The commit 4c39529663b9 adds a warning about duplicate cache names if CONFIG_DEBUG_VM is selected. These warnings are triggered by the dm-cache code. The dm-cache code allocates a slab cache for each device. This commit changes it to allocate just one slab cache in the module init function. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 4c39529663b9 ("slab: Warn on duplicate cache names when DEBUG_VM=y") --- drivers/md/dm-cache-background-tracker.c | 25 ++++++------------------- drivers/md/dm-cache-background-tracker.h | 8 ++++++++ drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++----- 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-cache-background-tracker.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/md/dm-cache-background-tracker.c 2023-09-05 14:45:58.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-cache-background-tracker.c 2024-11-07 15:54:05.000000000 +0100 @@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ #define DM_MSG_PREFIX "dm-background-tracker" -struct bt_work { - struct list_head list; - struct rb_node node; - struct policy_work work; -}; - struct background_tracker { unsigned int max_work; atomic_t pending_promotes; @@ -26,10 +20,10 @@ struct background_tracker { struct list_head issued; struct list_head queued; struct rb_root pending; - - struct kmem_cache *work_cache; }; +struct kmem_cache *btracker_work_cache = NULL; + struct background_tracker *btracker_create(unsigned int max_work) { struct background_tracker *b = kmalloc(sizeof(*b), GFP_KERNEL); @@ -48,12 +42,6 @@ struct background_tracker *btracker_crea INIT_LIST_HEAD(&b->queued); b->pending = RB_ROOT; - b->work_cache = KMEM_CACHE(bt_work, 0); - if (!b->work_cache) { - DMERR("couldn't create mempool for background work items"); - kfree(b); - b = NULL; - } return b; } @@ -66,10 +54,9 @@ void btracker_destroy(struct background_ BUG_ON(!list_empty(&b->issued)); list_for_each_entry_safe (w, tmp, &b->queued, list) { list_del(&w->list); - kmem_cache_free(b->work_cache, w); + kmem_cache_free(btracker_work_cache, w); } - kmem_cache_destroy(b->work_cache); kfree(b); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(btracker_destroy); @@ -180,7 +167,7 @@ static struct bt_work *alloc_work(struct if (max_work_reached(b)) return NULL; - return kmem_cache_alloc(b->work_cache, GFP_NOWAIT); + return kmem_cache_alloc(btracker_work_cache, GFP_NOWAIT); } int btracker_queue(struct background_tracker *b, @@ -203,7 +190,7 @@ int btracker_queue(struct background_tra * There was a race, we'll just ignore this second * bit of work for the same oblock. */ - kmem_cache_free(b->work_cache, w); + kmem_cache_free(btracker_work_cache, w); return -EINVAL; } @@ -244,7 +231,7 @@ void btracker_complete(struct background update_stats(b, &w->work, -1); rb_erase(&w->node, &b->pending); list_del(&w->list); - kmem_cache_free(b->work_cache, w); + kmem_cache_free(btracker_work_cache, w); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(btracker_complete); Index: linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-cache-background-tracker.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/md/dm-cache-background-tracker.h 2023-09-05 14:45:58.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-cache-background-tracker.h 2024-11-07 15:53:42.000000000 +0100 @@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ * protected with a spinlock. */ +struct bt_work { + struct list_head list; + struct rb_node node; + struct policy_work work; +}; + +extern struct kmem_cache *btracker_work_cache; + struct background_work; struct background_tracker; Index: linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c 2024-11-07 12:47:50.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c 2024-11-07 15:58:34.000000000 +0100 @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ #include "dm-bio-record.h" #include "dm-cache-metadata.h" #include "dm-io-tracker.h" +#include "dm-cache-background-tracker.h" #include <linux/dm-io.h> #include <linux/dm-kcopyd.h> @@ -2263,7 +2264,7 @@ static int parse_cache_args(struct cache /*----------------------------------------------------------------*/ -static struct kmem_cache *migration_cache; +static struct kmem_cache *migration_cache = NULL; #define NOT_CORE_OPTION 1 @@ -3445,22 +3446,36 @@ static int __init dm_cache_init(void) int r; migration_cache = KMEM_CACHE(dm_cache_migration, 0); - if (!migration_cache) - return -ENOMEM; + if (!migration_cache) { + r = -ENOMEM; + goto err; + } + + btracker_work_cache = kmem_cache_create("dm_cache_bt_work", + sizeof(struct bt_work), __alignof__(struct bt_work), 0, NULL); + if (!btracker_work_cache) { + r = -ENOMEM; + goto err; + } r = dm_register_target(&cache_target); if (r) { - kmem_cache_destroy(migration_cache); - return r; + goto err; } return 0; + +err: + kmem_cache_destroy(migration_cache); + kmem_cache_destroy(btracker_work_cache); + return r; } static void __exit dm_cache_exit(void) { dm_unregister_target(&cache_target); kmem_cache_destroy(migration_cache); + kmem_cache_destroy(btracker_work_cache); } module_init(dm_cache_init);