On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 21:28 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> One allocator is all I need; it would just be grand if all could be
> supported.
>
> So what you suggest is not placing the 'emergency' slab into the regular
> place so that normal allocations will not be able to find it. Then if an
> emergency allocation cannot be satified by the regular path, we fall
> back to the slow path and find the emergency slab.
How about something like this; it seems to sustain a little stress.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
---
include/linux/slub_def.h | 3 +
mm/slub.c | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
2 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6-git/include/linux/slub_def.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-git.orig/include/linux/slub_def.h
+++ linux-2.6-git/include/linux/slub_def.h
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ struct kmem_cache {
struct list_head list; /* List of slab caches */
struct kobject kobj; /* For sysfs */
+ spinlock_t reserve_lock;
+ struct page *reserve_slab;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
int defrag_ratio;
struct kmem_cache_node *node[MAX_NUMNODES];
Index: linux-2.6-git/mm/slub.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-git.orig/mm/slub.c
+++ linux-2.6-git/mm/slub.c
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@
#include <linux/mempolicy.h>
#include <linux/ctype.h>
#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include "internal.h"
/*
* Lock order:
- * 1. slab_lock(page)
- * 2. slab->list_lock
+ * 1. slab->reserve_lock
+ * 2. slab_lock(page)
+ * 3. node->list_lock
*
* The slab_lock protects operations on the object of a particular
* slab and its metadata in the page struct. If the slab lock
@@ -981,7 +983,7 @@ static void setup_object(struct kmem_cac
s->ctor(object, s, SLAB_CTOR_CONSTRUCTOR);
}
-static struct page *new_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, int node)
+static struct page *new_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, int node, int *rank)
{
struct page *page;
struct kmem_cache_node *n;
@@ -999,6 +1001,7 @@ static struct page *new_slab(struct kmem
if (!page)
goto out;
+ *rank = page->rank;
n = get_node(s, page_to_nid(page));
if (n)
atomic_long_inc(&n->nr_slabs);
@@ -1286,7 +1289,7 @@ static void putback_slab(struct kmem_cac
/*
* Remove the cpu slab
*/
-static void deactivate_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page, int cpu)
+static void __deactivate_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page)
{
/*
* Merge cpu freelist into freelist. Typically we get here
@@ -1305,8 +1308,13 @@ static void deactivate_slab(struct kmem_
page->freelist = object;
page->inuse--;
}
- s->cpu_slab[cpu] = NULL;
ClearPageActive(page);
+}
+
+static void deactivate_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page, int cpu)
+{
+ __deactivate_slab(s, page);
+ s->cpu_slab[cpu] = NULL;
putback_slab(s, page);
}
@@ -1372,6 +1380,7 @@ static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_ca
{
void **object;
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+ int rank = 0;
if (!page)
goto new_slab;
@@ -1403,10 +1412,42 @@ have_slab:
s->cpu_slab[cpu] = page;
SetPageActive(page);
goto load_freelist;
+ } else if (gfp_to_alloc_flags(gfpflags) & ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS) {
+ spin_lock(&s->reserve_lock);
+ page = s->reserve_slab;
+ if (page) {
+ if (page->freelist) {
+ slab_lock(page);
+ spin_unlock(&s->reserve_lock);
+ goto load_freelist;
+ } else
+ s->reserve_slab = NULL;
+ }
+ spin_unlock(&s->reserve_lock);
+
+ if (page) {
+ slab_lock(page);
+ __deactivate_slab(s, page);
+ putback_slab(s, page);
+ }
}
- page = new_slab(s, gfpflags, node);
- if (page) {
+ page = new_slab(s, gfpflags, node, &rank);
+ if (page && rank) {
+ if (unlikely(s->reserve_slab)) {
+ struct page *reserve;
+
+ spin_lock(&s->reserve_lock);
+ reserve = s->reserve_slab;
+ s->reserve_slab = NULL;
+ spin_unlock(&s->reserve_lock);
+
+ if (reserve) {
+ slab_lock(reserve);
+ __deactivate_slab(s, reserve);
+ putback_slab(s, reserve);
+ }
+ }
cpu = smp_processor_id();
if (s->cpu_slab[cpu]) {
/*
@@ -1432,6 +1473,18 @@ have_slab:
}
slab_lock(page);
goto have_slab;
+ } else if (page) {
+ spin_lock(&s->reserve_lock);
+ if (s->reserve_slab) {
+ discard_slab(s, page);
+ page = s->reserve_slab;
+ }
+ slab_lock(page);
+ SetPageActive(page);
+ s->reserve_slab = page;
+ spin_unlock(&s->reserve_lock);
+
+ goto load_freelist;
}
return NULL;
debug:
@@ -1788,10 +1841,11 @@ static struct kmem_cache_node * __init e
{
struct page *page;
struct kmem_cache_node *n;
+ int rank;
BUG_ON(kmalloc_caches->size < sizeof(struct kmem_cache_node));
- page = new_slab(kmalloc_caches, gfpflags | GFP_THISNODE, node);
+ page = new_slab(kmalloc_caches, gfpflags | GFP_THISNODE, node, &rank);
/* new_slab() disables interupts */
local_irq_enable();
@@ -2002,6 +2056,9 @@ static int kmem_cache_open(struct kmem_c
s->defrag_ratio = 100;
#endif
+ spin_lock_init(&s->reserve_lock);
+ s->reserve_slab = NULL;
+
if (init_kmem_cache_nodes(s, gfpflags & ~SLUB_DMA))
return 1;
error:
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