Le mercredi 16 novembre 2011 à 18:39 +0100, Eric Dumazet a écrit : > Adding SLUB_STATS gives : > > $ cd /sys/kernel/slab/skbuff_head_cache ; grep . * > aliases:6 > align:8 > grep: alloc_calls: Function not implemented > alloc_fastpath:89181782 C0=89173048 C1=1599 C2=1357 C3=2140 C4=802 C5=675 C6=638 C7=1523 > alloc_from_partial:412658 C0=412658 > alloc_node_mismatch:0 > alloc_refill:593417 C0=593189 C1=19 C2=15 C3=24 C4=51 C5=18 C6=17 C7=84 > alloc_slab:2831313 C0=2831285 C1=2 C2=2 C3=2 C4=2 C5=12 C6=4 C7=4 > alloc_slowpath:4430371 C0=4430112 C1=20 C2=17 C3=25 C4=57 C5=31 C6=21 C7=88 > cache_dma:0 > cmpxchg_double_cpu_fail:0 > cmpxchg_double_fail:1 C0=1 > cpu_partial:30 > cpu_partial_alloc:592991 C0=592981 C2=1 C4=5 C5=2 C6=1 C7=1 > cpu_partial_free:4429836 C0=592981 C1=25 C2=19 C3=23 C4=3836767 C5=6 C6=8 C7=7 > cpuslab_flush:0 > cpu_slabs:107 > deactivate_bypass:3836954 C0=3836923 C1=1 C2=2 C3=1 C4=6 C5=13 C6=4 C7=4 > deactivate_empty:2831168 C4=2831168 > deactivate_full:0 > deactivate_remote_frees:0 > deactivate_to_head:0 > deactivate_to_tail:0 > destroy_by_rcu:0 > free_add_partial:0 > grep: free_calls: Function not implemented > free_fastpath:21192924 C0=21186268 C1=1420 C2=1204 C3=1966 C4=572 C5=349 C6=380 C7=765 > free_frozen:67988498 C0=516 C1=121 C2=85 C3=841 C4=67986468 C5=215 C6=76 C7=176 > free_remove_partial:18 C4=18 > free_slab:2831186 C4=2831186 > free_slowpath:71825749 C0=609 C1=146 C2=104 C3=864 C4=71823538 C5=221 C6=84 C7=183 > hwcache_align:0 > min_partial:5 > objects:2494 > object_size:192 > objects_partial:121 > objs_per_slab:21 > order:0 > order_fallback:0 > partial:14 > poison:0 > reclaim_account:0 > red_zone:0 > reserved:0 > sanity_checks:0 > slabs:127 > slabs_cpu_partial:99(99) C1=25(25) C2=18(18) C3=23(23) C4=16(16) C5=4(4) C6=7(7) C7=6(6) > slab_size:192 > store_user:0 > total_objects:2667 > trace:0 > And the SLUB stats for the 2048 bytes slab is even worse : About every alloc/free is slow path $ cd /sys/kernel/slab/:t-0002048 ; grep . * aliases:0 align:8 grep: alloc_calls: Function not implemented alloc_fastpath:8199220 C0=8196915 C1=306 C2=63 C3=297 C4=319 C5=550 C6=722 C7=48 alloc_from_partial:13931406 C0=13931401 C3=1 C5=4 alloc_node_mismatch:0 alloc_refill:70871657 C0=70871629 C1=2 C3=3 C4=9 C5=11 C6=3 alloc_slab:1335 C0=1216 C1=17 C2=2 C3=15 C4=17 C5=22 C6=44 C7=2 alloc_slowpath:155455299 C0=155455144 C1=18 C2=1 C3=21 C4=27 C5=40 C6=47 C7=1 cache_dma:0 cmpxchg_double_cpu_fail:0 cmpxchg_double_fail:27341 C0=12769 C4=14572 cpu_partial:6 cpu_partial_alloc:70650909 C0=70650899 C3=3 C4=2 C5=4 C6=1 cpu_partial_free:136279924 C0=71504388 C1=13 C2=1 C3=52 C4=64775461 C5=6 C6=2 C7=1 cpuslab_flush:0 cpu_slabs:29 deactivate_bypass:84583642 C0=84583515 C1=16 C2=1 C3=18 C4=18 C5=29 C6=44 C7=1 deactivate_empty:570 C0=80 C3=34 C4=456 deactivate_full:0 deactivate_remote_frees:0 deactivate_to_head:0 deactivate_to_tail:0 destroy_by_rcu:0 free_add_partial:0 grep: free_calls: Function not implemented free_fastpath:89153 C0=88972 C1=34 C2=35 C3=27 C4=12 C5=23 C6=30 C7=20 free_frozen:5971363 C0=554097 C1=196 C2=14 C3=730 C4=5416278 C5=16 C6=19 C7=13 free_remove_partial:401 C1=1 C4=400 free_slab:971 C0=80 C1=1 C3=34 C4=856 free_slowpath:92913113 C0=21090357 C1=212 C2=15 C3=784 C4=71821691 C5=19 C6=21 C7=14 hwcache_align:0 min_partial:5 objects:1873 object_size:2048 objects_partial:945 objs_per_slab:16 order:3 order_fallback:0 partial:306 poison:0 reclaim_account:0 red_zone:0 reserved:0 sanity_checks:0 slabs:364 slabs_cpu_partial:21(21) C0=3(3) C1=6(6) C2=1(1) C3=7(7) C5=2(2) C6=1(1) C7=1(1) slab_size:2048 store_user:0 total_objects:5824 trace:0 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>