From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Joonsoo Kim <js1304@gmail.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>,
Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>,
Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/16] mm/slab: introduce new freed objects management way, OBJFREELIST_SLAB
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 20:40:13 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160126204013.a065301b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1452749069-15334-1-git-send-email-iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:24:13 +0900 Joonsoo Kim <js1304@gmail.com> wrote:
> This patchset implements new freed object management way, that is,
> OBJFREELIST_SLAB. Purpose of it is to reduce memory overhead in SLAB.
>
> SLAB needs a array to manage freed objects in a slab. If there is
> leftover after objects are packed into a slab, we can use it as
> a management array, and, in this case, there is no memory waste.
> But, in the other cases, we need to allocate extra memory for
> a management array or utilize dedicated internal memory in a slab for it.
> Both cases causes memory waste so it's not good.
>
> With this patchset, freed object itself can be used for a management
> array. So, memory waste could be reduced. Detailed idea and numbers
> are described in last patch's commit description. Please refer it.
>
> In fact, I tested another idea implementing OBJFREELIST_SLAB with
> extendable linked array through another freed object. It can remove
> memory waste completely but it causes more computational overhead
> in critical lock path and it seems that overhead outweigh benefit.
> So, this patchset doesn't include it. I will attach prototype just for
> a reference.
It appears that this patchset is perhaps due a couple of touchups from
Christoph's comments. I'll grab it as-is as I want to get an mmotm
into linux-next tomorrow then vanish for a few days.
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Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-14 5:24 [PATCH 00/16] mm/slab: introduce new freed objects management way, OBJFREELIST_SLAB Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-14 5:24 ` [PATCH 01/16] mm/slab: fix stale code comment Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-14 15:22 ` Christoph Lameter
2016-01-14 5:24 ` [PATCH 02/16] mm/slab: remove useless structure define Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-14 15:22 ` Christoph Lameter
2016-01-14 5:24 ` [PATCH 03/16] mm/slab: remove the checks for slab implementation bug Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-14 15:23 ` Christoph Lameter
2016-01-14 16:20 ` Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-14 5:24 ` [PATCH 04/16] mm/slab: activate debug_pagealloc in SLAB when it is actually enabled Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-14 12:09 ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2016-01-14 16:16 ` Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-14 5:24 ` [PATCH 05/16] mm/slab: use more appropriate condition check for debug_pagealloc Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-14 5:24 ` [PATCH 06/16] mm/slab: clean-up DEBUG_PAGEALLOC processing code Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-14 5:24 ` [PATCH 07/16] mm/slab: alternative implementation for DEBUG_SLAB_LEAK Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-14 5:24 ` [PATCH 08/16] mm/slab: remove object status buffer " Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-14 5:24 ` [PATCH 09/16] mm/slab: put the freelist at the end of slab page Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-14 15:26 ` Christoph Lameter
2016-01-14 16:21 ` Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-14 17:13 ` Christoph Lameter
2016-01-14 5:24 ` [PATCH 10/16] mm/slab: align cache size first before determination of OFF_SLAB candidate Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-14 5:24 ` [PATCH 11/16] mm/slab: clean-up cache type determination Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-14 5:24 ` [PATCH 12/16] mm/slab: do not change cache size if debug pagealloc isn't possible Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-14 5:24 ` [PATCH 13/16] mm/slab: make criteria for off slab determination robust and simple Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-14 5:24 ` [PATCH 14/16] mm/slab: factor out slab list fixup code Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-14 5:24 ` [PATCH 15/16] mm/slab: factor out debugging initialization in cache_init_objs() Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-14 5:24 ` [PATCH 16/16] mm/slab: introduce new slab management type, OBJFREELIST_SLAB Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-14 15:32 ` Christoph Lameter
2016-01-14 16:24 ` Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-27 13:35 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-01-27 16:48 ` Christoph Lameter
2016-01-27 17:18 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-01-27 17:55 ` Christoph Lameter
2016-01-28 4:51 ` Joonsoo Kim
2016-01-29 15:21 ` Vlastimil Babka
2016-01-27 4:40 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2016-01-27 4:46 ` [PATCH 00/16] mm/slab: introduce new freed objects management way, OBJFREELIST_SLAB Joonsoo Kim
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