From: "Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" <vbabka@kernel.org>
To: Harry Yoo <harry@kernel.org>, Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Hao Li <hao.li@linux.dev>, Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>,
Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>,
Marco Elver <elver@google.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
cgroups@vger.kernel.org,
"Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" <vbabka@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 08/12] mm/slab: change struct slabobj_ext to a union
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:10:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260715-b4-objext_split-v1-8-9a49c4ccf4c3@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260715-b4-objext_split-v1-0-9a49c4ccf4c3@kernel.org>
Currently, struct slabobj_ext can hold both objcg pointer and
codetag_ref (when both are compile-enabled) and there is an array of as
many slabobj_ext instances as there are objects in a slab.
This makes the layout fixed so even if codetag_ref is unused (because
memory allocation profiling is disabled), the space for them is
allocated and wasted. Similarly, some caches (currently kmalloc_normal)
do not ever need objcg pointers, leading to wasted memory with memory
allocation profiling enabled.
To make this more flexible, change the layout so that struct slabobj_ext
becomes an union of objcg pointer and codetag_ref (to ensure uniform
size; in practice both are the same size anyway). The slabobj_ext array
then can have twice as many elements as before. For cache locality
purposes, the effective memory layout is unchanged, so objcg and codetag
ref for a given object are still adjacent.
static_obj_ext_size() returns the effective size of (0-2) struct
slabobj_ext's, depending on the config. slab_obj_ext_size() is currently
static as well, but takes a slab pointer so it can be made dynamic
later. Replace all sizeof(slabobj_ext) usage with these.
No functional change intended, the layout is still effectively static.
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org>
---
mm/slab.h | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
mm/slub.c | 17 +++++++++--------
2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index 3ad9777ad600..359ab8caf61e 100644
--- a/mm/slab.h
+++ b/mm/slab.h
@@ -554,14 +554,34 @@ static inline bool need_kmalloc_no_objext(void)
* if MEMCG_DATA_OBJEXTS is set.
*/
struct slabobj_ext {
+ union {
#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
- struct obj_cgroup *_objcg;
+ struct obj_cgroup *_objcg;
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING
- union codetag_ref _ctref;
+ union codetag_ref _ctref;
#endif
+ };
} __aligned(8);
+static inline size_t static_obj_ext_size(void)
+{
+ size_t sz = 0;
+
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEMCG))
+ sz += 1;
+
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING))
+ sz += 1;
+
+ return sizeof(struct slabobj_ext) * sz;
+}
+
+static inline size_t slab_obj_ext_size(struct slab *slab)
+{
+ return static_obj_ext_size();
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_SLAB_OBJ_EXT
/*
@@ -650,17 +670,18 @@ slab_obj_ext(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab, unsigned long obj_exts,
{
struct slabobj_ext *obj_ext;
unsigned int index;
+ unsigned int stride;
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(obj_exts != slab_obj_exts(slab));
index = obj_to_index(s, slab, obj);
- if (!obj_exts_in_object(slab)) {
- obj_ext = ((struct slabobj_ext *)obj_exts) + index;
- } else {
- unsigned int stride = s->size;
- obj_ext = (struct slabobj_ext *)(obj_exts + index * stride);
- }
+ if (!obj_exts_in_object(slab))
+ stride = slab_obj_ext_size(slab);
+ else
+ stride = s->size;
+
+ obj_ext = (struct slabobj_ext *)(obj_exts + index * stride);
return kasan_reset_tag(obj_ext);
}
@@ -668,6 +689,7 @@ slab_obj_ext(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab, unsigned long obj_exts,
#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
static inline struct obj_cgroup **slab_obj_ext_objcgp(struct slabobj_ext *obj_ext)
{
+ /* if objcg exists, it's first, so we don't need to do anything */
return &obj_ext->_objcg;
}
#endif
@@ -676,6 +698,9 @@ static inline struct obj_cgroup **slab_obj_ext_objcgp(struct slabobj_ext *obj_ex
static inline union codetag_ref *
slab_obj_ext_codetag_ref(struct slab *slab, struct slabobj_ext *obj_ext)
{
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEMCG))
+ obj_ext += 1;
+
return &obj_ext->_ctref;
}
#endif
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 98a14e5842a2..dd15af8abd62 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ static inline bool need_slab_obj_exts(struct kmem_cache *s)
static inline unsigned int obj_exts_size_in_slab(struct slab *slab)
{
- return sizeof(struct slabobj_ext) * slab->objects;
+ return slab_obj_ext_size(slab) * slab->objects;
}
static inline unsigned long obj_exts_offset_in_slab(struct kmem_cache *s,
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ static void print_trailer(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab, u8 *p)
off += kasan_metadata_size(s, false);
if (obj_exts_in_object(slab))
- off += sizeof(struct slabobj_ext);
+ off += slab_obj_ext_size(slab);
if (off != size_from_object(s))
/* Beginning of the filler is the free pointer */
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ static int check_pad_bytes(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab, u8 *p)
off += kasan_metadata_size(s, false);
if (obj_exts_in_object(slab))
- off += sizeof(struct slabobj_ext);
+ off += slab_obj_ext_size(slab);
if (size_from_object(s) == off)
return 1;
@@ -2089,6 +2089,8 @@ static inline bool mark_failed_objexts_alloc(struct slab *slab)
static inline void handle_failed_objexts_alloc(struct slab *slab,
unsigned long obj_exts, struct slabobj_ext *vec)
{
+ unsigned int stride = slab_obj_ext_size(slab) / sizeof(*vec);
+
/*
* If vector previously failed to allocate then we have live
* objects with no tag reference. Mark all references in this
@@ -2101,7 +2103,7 @@ static inline void handle_failed_objexts_alloc(struct slab *slab,
union codetag_ref *ref = slab_obj_ext_codetag_ref(slab, vec);
set_codetag_empty(ref);
- vec++;
+ vec += stride;
}
}
@@ -2127,7 +2129,7 @@ int alloc_slab_obj_exts(struct slab *slab, struct kmem_cache *s,
unsigned long new_exts;
unsigned long old_exts;
struct slabobj_ext *vec;
- size_t sz = sizeof(struct slabobj_ext) * slab->objects;
+ size_t sz = slab_obj_ext_size(slab) * slab->objects;
gfp &= ~OBJCGS_CLEAR_MASK;
/*
@@ -2270,8 +2272,7 @@ static void alloc_slab_obj_exts_early(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab)
get_slab_obj_exts(obj_exts);
for_each_object(addr, s, slab_address(slab), slab->objects)
- memset(kasan_reset_tag(addr) + offset, 0,
- sizeof(struct slabobj_ext));
+ memset(kasan_reset_tag(addr) + offset, 0, slab_obj_ext_size(slab));
put_slab_obj_exts(obj_exts);
#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
@@ -7930,7 +7931,7 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_cache_args *args, struct kmem_cache *s)
aligned_size = ALIGN(size, s->align);
#if defined(CONFIG_SLAB_OBJ_EXT) && defined(CONFIG_64BIT)
if (slab_args_unmergeable(args, s->flags) &&
- (aligned_size - size >= sizeof(struct slabobj_ext)))
+ (aligned_size - size >= static_obj_ext_size()))
s->flags |= SLAB_OBJ_EXT_IN_OBJ;
#endif
size = aligned_size;
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-15 10:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-15 10:10 [PATCH RFC 00/12] mm/slab, alloc_tag: reduce obj_ext memory waste Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-07-15 10:10 ` [PATCH RFC 01/12] mm/slab: skip kfence objects in allocation profiling Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-07-15 16:02 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-07-15 10:10 ` [PATCH RFC 02/12] mm/slab: remove objs_per_slab() Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-07-15 16:13 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-07-15 10:10 ` [PATCH RFC 03/12] mm: move struct slabobj_ext to mm/slab.h Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-07-15 10:10 ` [PATCH RFC 04/12] mm/slab: make slab_obj_ext() determine object index Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-07-15 10:10 ` [PATCH RFC 05/12] mm/slab: abstract slabobj_ext.objcg access Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-07-15 10:10 ` [PATCH RFC 06/12] mm/slab: abstract slabobj_ext.ref access Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-07-15 10:10 ` [PATCH RFC 07/12] mm/slab: replace slab.stride with obj_exts_in_object Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-07-15 10:10 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) [this message]
2026-07-15 10:10 ` [PATCH RFC 09/12] mm/slab: introduce slab_obj_ext_has_codetag() Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-07-15 10:10 ` [PATCH RFC 10/12] mm/slab: reduce slabobj_ext memory with allocation profiling disabled Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-07-15 10:10 ` [PATCH RFC 11/12] mm/slab: add slab_needs_objcg() helper Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-07-15 10:10 ` [PATCH RFC 12/12] mm/slab: stop allocating objcg pointers when unnecessary Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-07-15 15:32 ` [PATCH RFC 00/12] mm/slab, alloc_tag: reduce obj_ext memory waste Suren Baghdasaryan
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