This is a minor addition to the allocator setup options to provide
a simple way to on demand enable back cache merging for builds
that by default run with CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT not set.
Signed-off-by: Rafael Aquini <aquini@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2 changelog:
* fix __setup("slab_merge", setup_slab_nomerge); typo
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 +++++++
mm/slab_common.c | 8 ++++++++
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 04545725f187..06519eecbfec 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4877,6 +4877,10 @@
slram= [HW,MTD]
+ slab_merge [MM]
+ Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the
+ kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT.
+
slab_nomerge [MM]
Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be
necessary if there is some reason to distinguish
@@ -4924,6 +4928,9 @@
lower than slub_max_order.
For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.rst.
+ slub_merge [MM, SLUB]
+ Same with slab_merge.
+
slub_nomerge [MM, SLUB]
Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy.
See slab_nomerge for more information.
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 88e833986332..b84dd734b75f 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -71,11 +71,19 @@ static int __init setup_slab_nomerge(char *str)
return 1;
}
+static int __init setup_slab_merge(char *str)
+{
+ slab_nomerge = false;
+ return 1;
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB
__setup_param("slub_nomerge", slub_nomerge, setup_slab_nomerge, 0);
+__setup_param("slub_merge", slub_merge, setup_slab_merge, 0);
#endif
__setup("slab_nomerge", setup_slab_nomerge);
+__setup("slab_merge", setup_slab_merge);
/*
* Determine the size of a slab object
--
2.26.2
