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* [PATCH 3/7] memcontrol: use simple_malloc()/simple_free()
@ 2008-11-16  4:33 Lai Jiangshan
  2008-11-16  4:51 ` Alexey Dobriyan
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Lai Jiangshan @ 2008-11-16  4:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: kamezawa.hiroyu, Balbir Singh, Linux Kernel Mailing List


use simple_malloc()/simple_free() instead of current codes.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
---
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 866dcc7..66e1c6d 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1062,11 +1062,7 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(void)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup *mem;
 
-	if (sizeof(*mem) < PAGE_SIZE)
-		mem = kmalloc(sizeof(*mem), GFP_KERNEL);
-	else
-		mem = vmalloc(sizeof(*mem));
-
+	mem = simple_malloc(sizeof(*mem));
 	if (mem)
 		memset(mem, 0, sizeof(*mem));
 	return mem;
@@ -1074,10 +1070,7 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(void)
 
 static void mem_cgroup_free(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
 {
-	if (sizeof(*mem) < PAGE_SIZE)
-		kfree(mem);
-	else
-		vfree(mem);
+	simple_free(mem);
 }
 
 




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* Re: [PATCH 3/7] memcontrol: use simple_malloc()/simple_free()
  2008-11-16  4:33 [PATCH 3/7] memcontrol: use simple_malloc()/simple_free() Lai Jiangshan
@ 2008-11-16  4:51 ` Alexey Dobriyan
  2008-11-16  4:54   ` Alexey Dobriyan
                     ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Alexey Dobriyan @ 2008-11-16  4:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Lai Jiangshan
  Cc: Andrew Morton, kamezawa.hiroyu, Balbir Singh,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:33:46PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> use simple_malloc()/simple_free() instead of current codes.

struct mem_cgroup can't reach the size when kmalloc starts failing.

> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -1062,11 +1062,7 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(void)
>  {
>  	struct mem_cgroup *mem;
>  
> -	if (sizeof(*mem) < PAGE_SIZE)
> -		mem = kmalloc(sizeof(*mem), GFP_KERNEL);
> -	else
> -		mem = vmalloc(sizeof(*mem));
> -
> +	mem = simple_malloc(sizeof(*mem));
>  	if (mem)
>  		memset(mem, 0, sizeof(*mem));
>  	return mem;
> @@ -1074,10 +1070,7 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(void)
>  
>  static void mem_cgroup_free(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
>  {
> -	if (sizeof(*mem) < PAGE_SIZE)
> -		kfree(mem);
> -	else
> -		vfree(mem);
> +	simple_free(mem);
>  }

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* Re: [PATCH 3/7] memcontrol: use simple_malloc()/simple_free()
  2008-11-16  4:51 ` Alexey Dobriyan
@ 2008-11-16  4:54   ` Alexey Dobriyan
  2008-11-17  0:09     ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
  2008-11-16  5:01   ` Lai Jiangshan
  2008-11-16  8:16   ` David Miller
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Alexey Dobriyan @ 2008-11-16  4:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Lai Jiangshan
  Cc: Andrew Morton, kamezawa.hiroyu, Balbir Singh,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 07:51:28AM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:33:46PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> > use simple_malloc()/simple_free() instead of current codes.
> 
> struct mem_cgroup can't reach the size when kmalloc starts failing.

Or it probably can with big NR_CPUS.

	struct mem_cgroup_stat {
  	      struct mem_cgroup_stat_cpu cpustat[NR_CPUS];
	};

> > --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> > +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> > @@ -1062,11 +1062,7 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(void)
> >  {
> >  	struct mem_cgroup *mem;
> >  
> > -	if (sizeof(*mem) < PAGE_SIZE)
> > -		mem = kmalloc(sizeof(*mem), GFP_KERNEL);
> > -	else
> > -		mem = vmalloc(sizeof(*mem));
> > -
> > +	mem = simple_malloc(sizeof(*mem));
> >  	if (mem)
> >  		memset(mem, 0, sizeof(*mem));
> >  	return mem;
> > @@ -1074,10 +1070,7 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(void)
> >  
> >  static void mem_cgroup_free(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
> >  {
> > -	if (sizeof(*mem) < PAGE_SIZE)
> > -		kfree(mem);
> > -	else
> > -		vfree(mem);
> > +	simple_free(mem);
> >  }

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* Re: [PATCH 3/7] memcontrol: use simple_malloc()/simple_free()
  2008-11-16  4:51 ` Alexey Dobriyan
  2008-11-16  4:54   ` Alexey Dobriyan
@ 2008-11-16  5:01   ` Lai Jiangshan
  2008-11-16  8:16   ` David Miller
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Lai Jiangshan @ 2008-11-16  5:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Alexey Dobriyan
  Cc: Andrew Morton, kamezawa.hiroyu, Balbir Singh,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List

Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:33:46PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
>> use simple_malloc()/simple_free() instead of current codes.
> 
> struct mem_cgroup can't reach the size when kmalloc starts failing.

Good catch! Thanx!

compiler will optimize it and select the correct way.
using "simple_malloc()/simple_free()" here is no sense.

> 
>> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
>> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
>> @@ -1062,11 +1062,7 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(void)
>>  {
>>  	struct mem_cgroup *mem;
>>  
>> -	if (sizeof(*mem) < PAGE_SIZE)
>> -		mem = kmalloc(sizeof(*mem), GFP_KERNEL);
>> -	else
>> -		mem = vmalloc(sizeof(*mem));
>> -
>> +	mem = simple_malloc(sizeof(*mem));
>>  	if (mem)
>>  		memset(mem, 0, sizeof(*mem));
>>  	return mem;
>> @@ -1074,10 +1070,7 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(void)
>>  
>>  static void mem_cgroup_free(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
>>  {
>> -	if (sizeof(*mem) < PAGE_SIZE)
>> -		kfree(mem);
>> -	else
>> -		vfree(mem);
>> +	simple_free(mem);
>>  }
> 
> 
> 



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* Re: [PATCH 3/7] memcontrol: use simple_malloc()/simple_free()
  2008-11-16  4:51 ` Alexey Dobriyan
  2008-11-16  4:54   ` Alexey Dobriyan
  2008-11-16  5:01   ` Lai Jiangshan
@ 2008-11-16  8:16   ` David Miller
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2008-11-16  8:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: adobriyan; +Cc: laijs, akpm, kamezawa.hiroyu, balbir, linux-kernel

From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:51:28 +0300

> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:33:46PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> > use simple_malloc()/simple_free() instead of current codes.
> 
> struct mem_cgroup can't reach the size when kmalloc starts failing.

That's not the point.

When you got past a page, kmalloc/gfp allocations are less reliable,
and people also want NUMA spreading when possible.

That's why we use PAGE_SIZE as the table vmalloc() breakpoint.  We do
this in many places already, with the exact same heuristics, and
for the exact same reasons.

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* Re: [PATCH 3/7] memcontrol: use simple_malloc()/simple_free()
  2008-11-16  4:54   ` Alexey Dobriyan
@ 2008-11-17  0:09     ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki @ 2008-11-17  0:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Alexey Dobriyan
  Cc: Lai Jiangshan, Andrew Morton, Balbir Singh,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:54:04 +0300
Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 07:51:28AM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:33:46PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> > > use simple_malloc()/simple_free() instead of current codes.
> > 
> > struct mem_cgroup can't reach the size when kmalloc starts failing.
> 
> Or it probably can with big NR_CPUS.
> 
> 	struct mem_cgroup_stat {
>   	      struct mem_cgroup_stat_cpu cpustat[NR_CPUS];
> 	};

It's now changed. see mmotm.

Thanks,
-Kame
> 
> > > --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> > > +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> > > @@ -1062,11 +1062,7 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(void)
> > >  {
> > >  	struct mem_cgroup *mem;
> > >  
> > > -	if (sizeof(*mem) < PAGE_SIZE)
> > > -		mem = kmalloc(sizeof(*mem), GFP_KERNEL);
> > > -	else
> > > -		mem = vmalloc(sizeof(*mem));
> > > -
> > > +	mem = simple_malloc(sizeof(*mem));
> > >  	if (mem)
> > >  		memset(mem, 0, sizeof(*mem));
> > >  	return mem;
> > > @@ -1074,10 +1070,7 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(void)
> > >  
> > >  static void mem_cgroup_free(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
> > >  {
> > > -	if (sizeof(*mem) < PAGE_SIZE)
> > > -		kfree(mem);
> > > -	else
> > > -		vfree(mem);
> > > +	simple_free(mem);
> > >  }
> 


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