From: chengming.zhou@linux.dev
To: vbabka@suse.cz, cl@linux.com, penberg@kernel.org
Cc: rientjes@google.com, iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, roman.gushchin@linux.dev,
42.hyeyoo@gmail.com, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, chengming.zhou@linux.dev,
Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@bytedance.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 9/9] slub: Update frozen slabs documentations in the source
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 03:23:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231102032330.1036151-10-chengming.zhou@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231102032330.1036151-1-chengming.zhou@linux.dev>
From: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@bytedance.com>
The current updated scheme (which this series implemented) is:
- node partial slabs: PG_Workingset && !frozen
- cpu partial slabs: !PG_Workingset && !frozen
- cpu slabs: !PG_Workingset && frozen
- full slabs: !PG_Workingset && !frozen
The most important change is that "frozen" bit is not set for the
cpu partial slabs anymore, __slab_free() will grab node list_lock
then check by !PG_Workingset that it's not on a node partial list.
And the "frozen" bit is still kept for the cpu slabs for performance,
since we don't need to grab node list_lock to check whether the
PG_Workingset is set or not if the "frozen" bit is set in __slab_free().
Update related documentations and comments in the source.
Signed-off-by: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@bytedance.com>
Tested-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@gmail.com>
---
mm/slub.c | 16 ++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index c20bdf5dab0f..a307d319e82c 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -76,13 +76,22 @@
*
* Frozen slabs
*
- * If a slab is frozen then it is exempt from list management. It is not
- * on any list except per cpu partial list. The processor that froze the
+ * If a slab is frozen then it is exempt from list management. It is
+ * the cpu slab which is actively allocated from by the processor that
+ * froze it and it is not on any list. The processor that froze the
* slab is the one who can perform list operations on the slab. Other
* processors may put objects onto the freelist but the processor that
* froze the slab is the only one that can retrieve the objects from the
* slab's freelist.
*
+ * CPU partial slabs
+ *
+ * The partially empty slabs cached on the CPU partial list are used
+ * for performance reasons, which speeds up the allocation process.
+ * These slabs are not frozen, but are also exempt from list management,
+ * by clearing the PG_workingset flag when moving out of the node
+ * partial list. Please see __slab_free() for more details.
+ *
* list_lock
*
* The list_lock protects the partial and full list on each node and
@@ -2617,8 +2626,7 @@ static void put_partials_cpu(struct kmem_cache *s,
}
/*
- * Put a slab that was just frozen (in __slab_free|get_partial_node) into a
- * partial slab slot if available.
+ * Put a slab into a partial slab slot if available.
*
* If we did not find a slot then simply move all the partials to the
* per node partial list.
--
2.20.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-11-02 3:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-11-02 3:23 [PATCH v5 0/9] slub: Delay freezing of CPU partial slabs chengming.zhou
2023-11-02 3:23 ` [PATCH v5 1/9] slub: Reflow ___slab_alloc() chengming.zhou
2023-11-22 0:26 ` Hyeonggon Yoo
2023-11-02 3:23 ` [PATCH v5 2/9] slub: Change get_partial() interfaces to return slab chengming.zhou
2023-11-22 1:09 ` Hyeonggon Yoo
2023-11-02 3:23 ` [PATCH v5 3/9] slub: Keep track of whether slub is on the per-node partial list chengming.zhou
2023-11-22 1:21 ` Hyeonggon Yoo
2023-11-02 3:23 ` [PATCH v5 4/9] slub: Prepare __slab_free() for unfrozen partial slab out of node " chengming.zhou
2023-12-03 6:01 ` Hyeonggon Yoo
2023-11-02 3:23 ` [PATCH v5 5/9] slub: Introduce freeze_slab() chengming.zhou
2023-11-02 3:23 ` [PATCH v5 6/9] slub: Delay freezing of partial slabs chengming.zhou
2023-11-14 5:44 ` kernel test robot
2023-11-20 18:49 ` Mark Brown
2023-11-21 0:58 ` Chengming Zhou
2023-11-21 1:29 ` Mark Brown
2023-11-21 15:47 ` Chengming Zhou
2023-11-21 18:21 ` Mark Brown
2023-11-22 8:52 ` Vlastimil Babka
2023-11-22 9:37 ` Vlastimil Babka
2023-11-22 11:27 ` Mark Brown
2023-11-22 11:35 ` Chengming Zhou
2023-11-22 11:40 ` Vlastimil Babka
2023-11-22 11:54 ` Chengming Zhou
2023-11-22 13:19 ` Vlastimil Babka
2023-11-22 14:28 ` Chengming Zhou
2023-11-22 14:32 ` Vlastimil Babka
2023-12-03 6:53 ` Hyeonggon Yoo
2023-12-03 10:15 ` Chengming Zhou
2023-12-04 16:58 ` Vlastimil Babka
2023-11-02 3:23 ` [PATCH v5 7/9] slub: Optimize deactivate_slab() chengming.zhou
2023-12-03 9:23 ` Hyeonggon Yoo
2023-12-03 10:26 ` Chengming Zhou
2023-12-03 11:19 ` Hyeonggon Yoo
2023-12-03 11:47 ` Chengming Zhou
2023-12-04 17:55 ` Vlastimil Babka
2023-12-05 0:20 ` Hyeonggon Yoo
2023-11-02 3:23 ` [PATCH v5 8/9] slub: Rename all *unfreeze_partials* functions to *put_partials* chengming.zhou
2023-12-03 9:27 ` Hyeonggon Yoo
2023-11-02 3:23 ` chengming.zhou [this message]
2023-12-03 9:47 ` [PATCH v5 9/9] slub: Update frozen slabs documentations in the source Hyeonggon Yoo
2023-12-04 21:41 ` Christoph Lameter (Ampere)
2023-12-05 6:06 ` Chengming Zhou
2023-12-05 9:39 ` Vlastimil Babka
2023-11-13 8:36 ` [PATCH v5 0/9] slub: Delay freezing of CPU partial slabs Vlastimil Babka
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