On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 18:49 +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 18:44 +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote: > > > > > Aha, SLUB thinks the minimum order for 4096 is 1. I guess you have > > > CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG enabled? If yes, something like to following should > > > help. Christoph, are you okay with this patch? On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 17:52 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > > + if ((size + MAX_DEBUG_SIZE) >= PAGE_SIZE) > > && size <= PAGE_SIZE > > ? Or is this a path that only happens for small allocations? > > > + s->flags &= ~(SLAB_POISON|SLAB_RED_ZONE|SLAB_STORE_USER); > > + > > if (!calculate_sizes(s, -1)) > > goto error; Although something like this would probably be even nicer. Pekka diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c index 65ffda5..a4206ef 100644 --- a/mm/slub.c +++ b/mm/slub.c @@ -2334,6 +2334,16 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_cache *s, int forced_order) } +#define MAX_DEBUG_SIZE (3 * sizeof(void *) + 2 * sizeof(struct track)) + +static bool must_disable_debug(size_t size) +{ + /* + * Disable debugging if it increases the minimum page order. + */ + return get_order(size + MAX_DEBUG_SIZE) > get_order(size); +} + static int kmem_cache_open(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, const char *name, size_t size, size_t align, unsigned long flags, @@ -2346,6 +2356,9 @@ static int kmem_cache_open(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, s->align = align; s->flags = kmem_cache_flags(size, flags, name, ctor); + if (must_disable_debug(size)) + s->flags &= ~(SLAB_POISON|SLAB_RED_ZONE|SLAB_STORE_USER); + if (!calculate_sizes(s, -1)) goto error; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-testers" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html