Shift the allocations to common code. That way the allocation and freeing of the kmem_cache structures is handled by common code. V2->V3: Use GFP_KERNEL instead of GFP_NOWAIT (JoonSoo Kim). V1->V2: Use the return code from setup_cpucache() in slab instead of returning -ENOSPC Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Index: linux-2.6/mm/slab.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slab.c 2012-08-08 12:56:08.517806807 -0500 +++ linux-2.6/mm/slab.c 2012-08-08 12:56:19.405836235 -0500 @@ -1673,7 +1673,8 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void) * bug. */ - sizes[INDEX_AC].cs_cachep = __kmem_cache_create(names[INDEX_AC].name, + sizes[INDEX_AC].cs_cachep = kmem_cache_zalloc(kmem_cache, GFP_NOWAIT); + __kmem_cache_create(sizes[INDEX_AC].cs_cachep, names[INDEX_AC].name, sizes[INDEX_AC].cs_size, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN, ARCH_KMALLOC_FLAGS|SLAB_PANIC, @@ -1681,8 +1682,8 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void) list_add(&sizes[INDEX_AC].cs_cachep->list, &slab_caches); if (INDEX_AC != INDEX_L3) { - sizes[INDEX_L3].cs_cachep = - __kmem_cache_create(names[INDEX_L3].name, + sizes[INDEX_L3].cs_cachep = kmem_cache_zalloc(kmem_cache, GFP_NOWAIT); + __kmem_cache_create(sizes[INDEX_L3].cs_cachep, names[INDEX_L3].name, sizes[INDEX_L3].cs_size, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN, ARCH_KMALLOC_FLAGS|SLAB_PANIC, @@ -1701,7 +1702,8 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void) * allow tighter packing of the smaller caches. */ if (!sizes->cs_cachep) { - sizes->cs_cachep = __kmem_cache_create(names->name, + sizes->cs_cachep = kmem_cache_zalloc(kmem_cache, GFP_NOWAIT); + __kmem_cache_create(sizes->cs_cachep, names->name, sizes->cs_size, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN, ARCH_KMALLOC_FLAGS|SLAB_PANIC, @@ -1709,7 +1711,8 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void) list_add(&sizes->cs_cachep->list, &slab_caches); } #ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA - sizes->cs_dmacachep = __kmem_cache_create( + sizes->cs_dmacachep = kmem_cache_zalloc(kmem_cache, GFP_NOWAIT); + __kmem_cache_create(sizes->cs_dmacachep, names->name_dma, sizes->cs_size, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN, @@ -2353,13 +2356,13 @@ static int __init_refok setup_cpu_cache( * cacheline. This can be beneficial if you're counting cycles as closely * as davem. */ -struct kmem_cache * -__kmem_cache_create (const char *name, size_t size, size_t align, +int +__kmem_cache_create (struct kmem_cache *cachep, const char *name, size_t size, size_t align, unsigned long flags, void (*ctor)(void *)) { size_t left_over, slab_size, ralign; - struct kmem_cache *cachep = NULL; gfp_t gfp; + int err; #if DEBUG #if FORCED_DEBUG @@ -2447,11 +2450,6 @@ __kmem_cache_create (const char *name, s else gfp = GFP_NOWAIT; - /* Get cache's description obj. */ - cachep = kmem_cache_zalloc(kmem_cache, gfp); - if (!cachep) - return NULL; - cachep->nodelists = (struct kmem_list3 **)&cachep->array[nr_cpu_ids]; cachep->object_size = size; cachep->align = align; @@ -2506,8 +2504,7 @@ __kmem_cache_create (const char *name, s if (!cachep->num) { printk(KERN_ERR "kmem_cache_create: couldn't create cache %s.\n", name); - kmem_cache_free(kmem_cache, cachep); - return NULL; + return -E2BIG; } slab_size = ALIGN(cachep->num * sizeof(kmem_bufctl_t) + sizeof(struct slab), align); @@ -2564,9 +2561,10 @@ __kmem_cache_create (const char *name, s cachep->name = name; cachep->refcount = 1; - if (setup_cpu_cache(cachep, gfp)) { + err = setup_cpu_cache(cachep, gfp); + if (err) { __kmem_cache_shutdown(cachep); - return NULL; + return err; } if (flags & SLAB_DEBUG_OBJECTS) { @@ -2579,7 +2577,7 @@ __kmem_cache_create (const char *name, s slab_set_debugobj_lock_classes(cachep); } - return cachep; + return 0; } #if DEBUG Index: linux-2.6/mm/slab.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slab.h 2012-08-08 12:56:08.505806774 -0500 +++ linux-2.6/mm/slab.h 2012-08-08 12:56:19.405836235 -0500 @@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ extern struct list_head slab_caches; extern struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache; /* Functions provided by the slab allocators */ -struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size, - size_t align, unsigned long flags, void (*ctor)(void *)); +extern int __kmem_cache_create(struct kmem_cache *, const char *name, + size_t size, size_t align, unsigned long flags, void (*ctor)(void *)); #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_alias(const char *name, size_t size, Index: linux-2.6/mm/slab_common.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slab_common.c 2012-08-08 12:56:08.533806800 -0500 +++ linux-2.6/mm/slab_common.c 2012-08-08 12:56:19.405836235 -0500 @@ -104,19 +104,21 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(con if (s) goto out_locked; - s = __kmem_cache_create(n, size, align, flags, ctor); - + s = kmem_cache_zalloc(kmem_cache, GFP_KERNEL); if (s) { - /* - * Check if the slab has actually been created and if it was a - * real instatiation. Aliases do not belong on the list - */ - if (s->refcount == 1) + err = __kmem_cache_create(s, n, size, align, flags, ctor); + if (!err) + list_add(&s->list, &slab_caches); + else { + kfree(n); + kmem_cache_free(kmem_cache, s); + } + } else { kfree(n); - err = -ENOSYS; /* Until __kmem_cache_create returns code */ + err = -ENOMEM; } out_locked: Index: linux-2.6/mm/slob.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slob.c 2012-08-08 12:56:08.525806780 -0500 +++ linux-2.6/mm/slob.c 2012-08-08 12:56:19.405836235 -0500 @@ -508,34 +508,27 @@ size_t ksize(const void *block) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(ksize); -struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size, +int __kmem_cache_create(struct kmem_cache *c, const char *name, size_t size, size_t align, unsigned long flags, void (*ctor)(void *)) { - struct kmem_cache *c; - - c = slob_alloc(sizeof(struct kmem_cache), - GFP_KERNEL, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN, -1); - - if (c) { - c->name = name; - c->size = size; - if (flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU) { - /* leave room for rcu footer at the end of object */ - c->size += sizeof(struct slob_rcu); - } - c->flags = flags; - c->ctor = ctor; - /* ignore alignment unless it's forced */ - c->align = (flags & SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN) ? SLOB_ALIGN : 0; - if (c->align < ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN) - c->align = ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN; - if (c->align < align) - c->align = align; - - kmemleak_alloc(c, sizeof(struct kmem_cache), 1, GFP_KERNEL); - c->refcount = 1; + c->name = name; + c->size = size; + if (flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU) { + /* leave room for rcu footer at the end of object */ + c->size += sizeof(struct slob_rcu); } - return c; + c->flags = flags; + c->ctor = ctor; + /* ignore alignment unless it's forced */ + c->align = (flags & SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN) ? SLOB_ALIGN : 0; + if (c->align < ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN) + c->align = ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN; + if (c->align < align) + c->align = align; + + kmemleak_alloc(c, sizeof(struct kmem_cache), 1, GFP_KERNEL); + c->refcount = 1; + return 0; } void *kmem_cache_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *c, gfp_t flags, int node) Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c 2012-08-08 12:56:08.545806872 -0500 +++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2012-08-08 12:56:38.981888970 -0500 @@ -3027,7 +3027,6 @@ static int kmem_cache_open(struct kmem_c size_t align, unsigned long flags, void (*ctor)(void *)) { - memset(s, 0, kmem_size); s->name = name; s->ctor = ctor; s->object_size = size; @@ -3102,7 +3101,7 @@ static int kmem_cache_open(struct kmem_c goto error; if (alloc_kmem_cache_cpus(s)) - return 1; + return 0; free_kmem_cache_nodes(s); error: @@ -3111,7 +3110,7 @@ error: "order=%u offset=%u flags=%lx\n", s->name, (unsigned long)size, s->size, oo_order(s->oo), s->offset, flags); - return 0; + return -EINVAL; } /* @@ -3259,7 +3258,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *__init create_ * This function is called with IRQs disabled during early-boot on * single CPU so there's no need to take slab_mutex here. */ - if (!kmem_cache_open(s, name, size, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN, + if (kmem_cache_open(s, name, size, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN, flags, NULL)) goto panic; @@ -3937,20 +3936,11 @@ struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_alias(co return s; } -struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size, +int __kmem_cache_create(struct kmem_cache *s, + const char *name, size_t size, size_t align, unsigned long flags, void (*ctor)(void *)) { - struct kmem_cache *s; - - s = kmem_cache_alloc(kmem_cache, GFP_KERNEL); - if (s) { - if (kmem_cache_open(s, name, - size, align, flags, ctor)) { - return s; - } - kmem_cache_free(kmem_cache, s); - } - return NULL; + return kmem_cache_open(s, name, size, align, flags, ctor); } #ifdef CONFIG_SMP -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. 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