[patch 05/12] Slab defragmentation: Log information to the syslog to show defrag operations

Christoph Lameter
2007-07-08T03:05:43Z

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Dump information into the syslog during defragmentation actions to show that
something is occurring and what effect it has.

This is likely only useful in mm for testing and verification.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>

---
mm/slub.c | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6.22-rc6-mm1/mm/slub.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.22-rc6-mm1.orig/mm/slub.c 2007-07-06 20:04:54.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc6-mm1/mm/slub.c 2007-07-06 20:06:45.000000000 -0700
@@ -2599,6 +2599,8 @@ static unsigned long sort_partial_list(s
return freed;
}

+#define NR_INUSE 40
+
/*
* Shrink the slab cache on a particular node of the cache
*/
@@ -2610,6 +2612,8 @@ static unsigned long __kmem_cache_shrink
LIST_HEAD(zaplist);
int freed;
int inuse;
+ int nr[NR_INUSE] = { 0, };
+ int i;

spin_lock_irqsave(&n->list_lock, flags);
freed = sort_partial_list(s, n, scratch);
@@ -2646,6 +2650,8 @@ static unsigned long __kmem_cache_shrink
n->nr_partial--;
SetSlabFrozen(page);
slab_unlock(page);
+ if (inuse < NR_INUSE)
+ nr[inuse]++;
}

spin_unlock_irqrestore(&n->list_lock, flags);
@@ -2659,6 +2665,13 @@ static unsigned long __kmem_cache_shrink
if (__kmem_cache_vacate(s, page, flags, scratch) == 0)
freed++;
}
+ printk(KERN_INFO "Slab %s: Defrag freed %d pages. PartSlab config=",
+ s->name, freed << s->order);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < NR_INUSE; i++)
+ if (nr[i])
+ printk(" %d=%d", i, nr[i]);
+ printk("\n");
return freed;
}

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