From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Subject: mm, slub: detach whole partial list at once in unfreeze_partials() Instead of iterating through the live percpu partial list, detach it from the kmem_cache_cpu at once. This is simpler and will allow further optimization. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210805152000.12817-25-vbabka@xxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/slub.c | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/mm/slub.c~mm-slub-detach-whole-partial-list-at-once-in-unfreeze_partials +++ a/mm/slub.c @@ -2344,16 +2344,20 @@ static void unfreeze_partials(struct kme { #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_CPU_PARTIAL struct kmem_cache_node *n = NULL, *n2 = NULL; - struct page *page, *discard_page = NULL; + struct page *page, *partial_page, *discard_page = NULL; unsigned long flags; local_irq_save(flags); - while ((page = slub_percpu_partial(c))) { + partial_page = slub_percpu_partial(c); + c->partial = NULL; + + while (partial_page) { struct page new; struct page old; - slub_set_percpu_partial(c, page); + page = partial_page; + partial_page = page->next; n2 = get_node(s, page_to_nid(page)); if (n != n2) { _