On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:20:34 -0500
Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Remove the dynamic dma slab allocation since this causes too many issues with
> nested locks etc etc. The change avoids passing gfpflags into many functions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
Uh...I think just using GFP_KERNEL drops too much requests-from-user-via-gfp_mask.
How about this ?
gfp_mask = (gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK);
if you want to drop __GFP_DMA.
Thanks,
-Kame
> ---
> mm/slub.c | 153 ++++++++++++++++----------------------------------------------
> 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 112 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c 2010-06-15 12:40:58.000000000 -0500
> +++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2010-06-15 12:41:36.000000000 -0500
> @@ -2070,7 +2070,7 @@ init_kmem_cache_node(struct kmem_cache_n
>
> static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct kmem_cache_cpu, kmalloc_percpu[KMALLOC_CACHES]);
>
> -static inline int alloc_kmem_cache_cpus(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags)
> +static inline int alloc_kmem_cache_cpus(struct kmem_cache *s)
> {
> if (s < kmalloc_caches + KMALLOC_CACHES && s >= kmalloc_caches)
> /*
> @@ -2097,7 +2097,7 @@ static inline int alloc_kmem_cache_cpus(
> * when allocating for the kmalloc_node_cache. This is used for bootstrapping
> * memory on a fresh node that has no slab structures yet.
> */
> -static void early_kmem_cache_node_alloc(gfp_t gfpflags, int node)
> +static void early_kmem_cache_node_alloc(int node)
> {
> struct page *page;
> struct kmem_cache_node *n;
> @@ -2105,7 +2105,7 @@ static void early_kmem_cache_node_alloc(
>
> BUG_ON(kmalloc_caches->size < sizeof(struct kmem_cache_node));
>
> - page = new_slab(kmalloc_caches, gfpflags, node);
> + page = new_slab(kmalloc_caches, GFP_KERNEL, node);
>
> BUG_ON(!page);
> if (page_to_nid(page) != node) {
> @@ -2149,7 +2149,7 @@ static void free_kmem_cache_nodes(struct
> }
> }
>
> -static int init_kmem_cache_nodes(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags)
> +static int init_kmem_cache_nodes(struct kmem_cache *s)
> {
> int node;
>
> @@ -2157,11 +2157,11 @@ static int init_kmem_cache_nodes(struct
> struct kmem_cache_node *n;
>
> if (slab_state == DOWN) {
> - early_kmem_cache_node_alloc(gfpflags, node);
> + early_kmem_cache_node_alloc(node);
> continue;
> }
> n = kmem_cache_alloc_node(kmalloc_caches,
> - gfpflags, node);
> + GFP_KERNEL, node);
>
> if (!n) {
> free_kmem_cache_nodes(s);
> @@ -2178,7 +2178,7 @@ static void free_kmem_cache_nodes(struct
> {
> }
>
> -static int init_kmem_cache_nodes(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags)
> +static int init_kmem_cache_nodes(struct kmem_cache *s)
> {
> init_kmem_cache_node(&s->local_node, s);
> return 1;
> @@ -2318,7 +2318,7 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_c
>
> }
>
> -static int kmem_cache_open(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags,
> +static int kmem_cache_open(struct kmem_cache *s,
> const char *name, size_t size,
> size_t align, unsigned long flags,
> void (*ctor)(void *))
> @@ -2354,10 +2354,10 @@ static int kmem_cache_open(struct kmem_c
> #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
> s->remote_node_defrag_ratio = 1000;
> #endif
> - if (!init_kmem_cache_nodes(s, gfpflags & ~SLUB_DMA))
> + if (!init_kmem_cache_nodes(s))
> goto error;
>
> - if (alloc_kmem_cache_cpus(s, gfpflags & ~SLUB_DMA))
> + if (alloc_kmem_cache_cpus(s))
> return 1;
>
> free_kmem_cache_nodes(s);
> @@ -2517,6 +2517,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_destroy);
> struct kmem_cache kmalloc_caches[KMALLOC_CACHES] __cacheline_aligned;
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmalloc_caches);
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
> +static struct kmem_cache kmalloc_dma_caches[SLUB_PAGE_SHIFT];
> +#endif
> +
> static int __init setup_slub_min_order(char *str)
> {
> get_option(&str, &slub_min_order);
> @@ -2553,116 +2557,26 @@ static int __init setup_slub_nomerge(cha
>
> __setup("slub_nomerge", setup_slub_nomerge);
>
> -static struct kmem_cache *create_kmalloc_cache(struct kmem_cache *s,
> - const char *name, int size, gfp_t gfp_flags)
> +static void create_kmalloc_cache(struct kmem_cache *s,
> + const char *name, int size, unsigned int flags)
> {
> - unsigned int flags = 0;
> -
> - if (gfp_flags & SLUB_DMA)
> - flags = SLAB_CACHE_DMA;
> -
> /*
> * This function is called with IRQs disabled during early-boot on
> * single CPU so there's no need to take slub_lock here.
> */
> - if (!kmem_cache_open(s, gfp_flags, name, size, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN,
> + if (!kmem_cache_open(s, name, size, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN,
> flags, NULL))
> goto panic;
>
> list_add(&s->list, &slab_caches);
>
> - if (sysfs_slab_add(s))
> - goto panic;
> - return s;
> + if (!sysfs_slab_add(s))
> + return;
>
> panic:
> panic("Creation of kmalloc slab %s size=%d failed.\n", name, size);
> }
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
> -static struct kmem_cache *kmalloc_caches_dma[SLUB_PAGE_SHIFT];
> -
> -static void sysfs_add_func(struct work_struct *w)
> -{
> - struct kmem_cache *s;
> -
> - down_write(&slub_lock);
> - list_for_each_entry(s, &slab_caches, list) {
> - if (s->flags & __SYSFS_ADD_DEFERRED) {
> - s->flags &= ~__SYSFS_ADD_DEFERRED;
> - sysfs_slab_add(s);
> - }
> - }
> - up_write(&slub_lock);
> -}
> -
> -static DECLARE_WORK(sysfs_add_work, sysfs_add_func);
> -
> -static noinline struct kmem_cache *dma_kmalloc_cache(int index, gfp_t flags)
> -{
> - struct kmem_cache *s;
> - char *text;
> - size_t realsize;
> - unsigned long slabflags;
> - int i;
> -
> - s = kmalloc_caches_dma[index];
> - if (s)
> - return s;
> -
> - /* Dynamically create dma cache */
> - if (flags & __GFP_WAIT)
> - down_write(&slub_lock);
> - else {
> - if (!down_write_trylock(&slub_lock))
> - goto out;
> - }
> -
> - if (kmalloc_caches_dma[index])
> - goto unlock_out;
> -
> - realsize = kmalloc_caches[index].objsize;
> - text = kasprintf(flags & ~SLUB_DMA, "kmalloc_dma-%d",
> - (unsigned int)realsize);
> -
> - s = NULL;
> - for (i = 0; i < KMALLOC_CACHES; i++)
> - if (!kmalloc_caches[i].size)
> - break;
> -
> - BUG_ON(i >= KMALLOC_CACHES);
> - s = kmalloc_caches + i;
> -
> - /*
> - * Must defer sysfs creation to a workqueue because we don't know
> - * what context we are called from. Before sysfs comes up, we don't
> - * need to do anything because our sysfs initcall will start by
> - * adding all existing slabs to sysfs.
> - */
> - slabflags = SLAB_CACHE_DMA|SLAB_NOTRACK;
> - if (slab_state >= SYSFS)
> - slabflags |= __SYSFS_ADD_DEFERRED;
> -
> - if (!text || !kmem_cache_open(s, flags, text,
> - realsize, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN, slabflags, NULL)) {
> - s->size = 0;
> - kfree(text);
> - goto unlock_out;
> - }
> -
> - list_add(&s->list, &slab_caches);
> - kmalloc_caches_dma[index] = s;
> -
> - if (slab_state >= SYSFS)
> - schedule_work(&sysfs_add_work);
> -
> -unlock_out:
> - up_write(&slub_lock);
> -out:
> - return kmalloc_caches_dma[index];
> -}
> -#endif
> -
> /*
> * Conversion table for small slabs sizes / 8 to the index in the
> * kmalloc array. This is necessary for slabs < 192 since we have non power
> @@ -2715,7 +2629,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *get_slab(size_
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
> if (unlikely((flags & SLUB_DMA)))
> - return dma_kmalloc_cache(index, flags);
> + return &kmalloc_dma_caches[index];
>
> #endif
> return &kmalloc_caches[index];
> @@ -3053,7 +2967,7 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
> * kmem_cache_open for slab_state == DOWN.
> */
> create_kmalloc_cache(&kmalloc_caches[0], "kmem_cache_node",
> - sizeof(struct kmem_cache_node), GFP_NOWAIT);
> + sizeof(struct kmem_cache_node), 0);
> kmalloc_caches[0].refcount = -1;
> caches++;
>
> @@ -3066,18 +2980,18 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
> /* Caches that are not of the two-to-the-power-of size */
> if (KMALLOC_MIN_SIZE <= 32) {
> create_kmalloc_cache(&kmalloc_caches[1],
> - "kmalloc-96", 96, GFP_NOWAIT);
> + "kmalloc-96", 96, 0);
> caches++;
> }
> if (KMALLOC_MIN_SIZE <= 64) {
> create_kmalloc_cache(&kmalloc_caches[2],
> - "kmalloc-192", 192, GFP_NOWAIT);
> + "kmalloc-192", 192, 0);
> caches++;
> }
>
> for (i = KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW; i < SLUB_PAGE_SHIFT; i++) {
> create_kmalloc_cache(&kmalloc_caches[i],
> - "kmalloc", 1 << i, GFP_NOWAIT);
> + "kmalloc", 1 << i, 0);
> caches++;
> }
>
> @@ -3124,7 +3038,7 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
>
> /* Provide the correct kmalloc names now that the caches are up */
> for (i = KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW; i < SLUB_PAGE_SHIFT; i++)
> - kmalloc_caches[i]. name =
> + kmalloc_caches[i].name =
> kasprintf(GFP_NOWAIT, "kmalloc-%d", 1 << i);
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> @@ -3147,6 +3061,21 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
>
> void __init kmem_cache_init_late(void)
> {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
> + int i;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < SLUB_PAGE_SHIFT; i++) {
> + struct kmem_cache *s = &kmalloc_caches[i];
> +
> + if (s && s->size) {
> + char *name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL,
> + "dma-kmalloc-%d", s->objsize);
> +
> + create_kmalloc_cache(&kmalloc_dma_caches[i],
> + name, s->objsize, SLAB_CACHE_DMA);
> + }
> + }
> +#endif
> }
>
> /*
> @@ -3241,7 +3170,7 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(con
>
> s = kmalloc(kmem_size, GFP_KERNEL);
> if (s) {
> - if (kmem_cache_open(s, GFP_KERNEL, name,
> + if (kmem_cache_open(s, name,
> size, align, flags, ctor)) {
> list_add(&s->list, &slab_caches);
> up_write(&slub_lock);
>
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