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  1. 20 Dec, 2009 3 commits
    • Christoph Lameter's avatar
      SLUB: this_cpu: Remove slub kmem_cache fields · ff12059e
      Christoph Lameter authored 
      Remove the fields in struct kmem_cache_cpu that were used to cache data from
struct kmem_cache when they were in different cachelines. The cacheline that
holds the per cpu array pointer now also holds these values. We can cut down
the struct kmem_cache_cpu size to almost half.

The get_freepointer() and set_freepointer() functions that used to be only
intended for the slow path now are also useful for the hot path since access
to the size field does not require accessing an additional cacheline anymore.
This results in consistent use of functions for setting the freepointer of
objects throughout SLUB.

Also we initialize all possible kmem_cache_cpu structures when a slab is
created. No need to initialize them when a processor or node comes online.
Signed-off-by: default avatarChristoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
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      SLUB: Get rid of dynamic DMA kmalloc cache allocation · 756dee75
      Christoph Lameter authored 
      Dynamic DMA kmalloc cache allocation is troublesome since the
new percpu allocator does not support allocations in atomic contexts.
Reserve some statically allocated kmalloc_cpu structures instead.
Signed-off-by: default avatarChristoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
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      SLUB: Use this_cpu operations in slub · 9dfc6e68
      Christoph Lameter authored 
      Using per cpu allocations removes the needs for the per cpu arrays in the
kmem_cache struct. These could get quite big if we have to support systems
with thousands of cpus. The use of this_cpu_xx operations results in:

1. The size of kmem_cache for SMP configuration shrinks since we will only
   need 1 pointer instead of NR_CPUS. The same pointer can be used by all
   processors. Reduces cache footprint of the allocator.

2. We can dynamically size kmem_cache according to the actual nodes in the
   system meaning less memory overhead for configurations that may potentially
   support up to 1k NUMA nodes / 4k cpus.

3. We can remove the diddle widdle with allocating and releasing of
   kmem_cache_cpu structures when bringing up and shutting down cpus. The cpu
   alloc logic will do it all for us. Removes some portions of the cpu hotplug
   functionality.

4. Fastpath performance increases since per cpu pointer lookups and
   address calculations are avoided.

V7-V8
- Convert missed get_cpu_slab() under CONFIG_SLUB_STATS
Signed-off-by: default avatarChristoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
      9dfc6e68
  3. 18 Dec, 2009 9 commits
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