On Mon, 2 Dec 2013, Greg KH wrote: > No, the release callback is in the kobj_type, not the kobject itself. Ahh... Ok. Patch follows: Subject: slub: use sysfs'es release mechanism for kmem_cache Sysfs has a release mechanism. Use that to release the kmem_cache structure if CONFIG_SYSFS is enabled. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Index: linux/include/linux/slub_def.h =================================================================== --- linux.orig/include/linux/slub_def.h 2013-12-02 13:31:07.395905824 -0600 +++ linux/include/linux/slub_def.h 2013-12-02 13:31:07.385906101 -0600 @@ -98,4 +98,8 @@ struct kmem_cache { struct kmem_cache_node *node[MAX_NUMNODES]; }; +#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS +#define SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS +#endif + #endif /* _LINUX_SLUB_DEF_H */ Index: linux/mm/slab.h =================================================================== --- linux.orig/mm/slab.h 2013-12-02 13:31:07.395905824 -0600 +++ linux/mm/slab.h 2013-12-02 13:39:46.671476284 -0600 @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ struct mem_cgroup; struct kmem_cache * __kmem_cache_alias(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, const char *name, size_t size, size_t align, unsigned long flags, void (*ctor)(void *)); +void sysfs_slab_remove(struct kmem_cache *); #else static inline struct kmem_cache * __kmem_cache_alias(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, const char *name, size_t size, @@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ __kmem_cache_alias(struct mem_cgroup *me #define CACHE_CREATE_MASK (SLAB_CORE_FLAGS | SLAB_DEBUG_FLAGS | SLAB_CACHE_FLAGS) int __kmem_cache_shutdown(struct kmem_cache *); +void slab_kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *); struct seq_file; struct file; Index: linux/mm/slab_common.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/mm/slab_common.c 2013-12-02 13:31:07.395905824 -0600 +++ linux/mm/slab_common.c 2013-12-02 13:33:57.221186749 -0600 @@ -251,6 +251,12 @@ kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size } EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_create); +void slab_kmem_cache_release(struct kmem_cache *s) +{ + kfree(s->name); + kmem_cache_free(kmem_cache, s); +} + void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s) { /* Destroy all the children caches if we aren't a memcg cache */ @@ -268,8 +274,12 @@ void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cach rcu_barrier(); memcg_release_cache(s); - kfree(s->name); - kmem_cache_free(kmem_cache, s); +#ifdef SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS + sysfs_slab_remove(s); +#else + slab_kmem_cache_release(); + +#endif } else { list_add(&s->list, &slab_caches); mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex); Index: linux/mm/slub.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/mm/slub.c 2013-12-02 13:31:07.395905824 -0600 +++ linux/mm/slub.c 2013-12-02 13:35:44.208213810 -0600 @@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ enum track_item { TRACK_ALLOC, TRACK_FRE #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS static int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *); static int sysfs_slab_alias(struct kmem_cache *, const char *); -static void sysfs_slab_remove(struct kmem_cache *); static void memcg_propagate_slab_attrs(struct kmem_cache *s); #else static inline int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s) { return 0; } @@ -3208,23 +3207,7 @@ static inline int kmem_cache_close(struc int __kmem_cache_shutdown(struct kmem_cache *s) { - int rc = kmem_cache_close(s); - - if (!rc) { - /* - * We do the same lock strategy around sysfs_slab_add, see - * __kmem_cache_create. Because this is pretty much the last - * operation we do and the lock will be released shortly after - * that in slab_common.c, we could just move sysfs_slab_remove - * to a later point in common code. We should do that when we - * have a common sysfs framework for all allocators. - */ - mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex); - sysfs_slab_remove(s); - mutex_lock(&slab_mutex); - } - - return rc; + return kmem_cache_close(s); } /******************************************************************** @@ -5073,6 +5056,11 @@ static void memcg_propagate_slab_attrs(s #endif } +static void kmem_cache_release(struct kobject *k) +{ + slab_kmem_cache_release(to_slab(k)); +} + static const struct sysfs_ops slab_sysfs_ops = { .show = slab_attr_show, .store = slab_attr_store, @@ -5080,6 +5068,7 @@ static const struct sysfs_ops slab_sysfs static struct kobj_type slab_ktype = { .sysfs_ops = &slab_sysfs_ops, + .release = kmem_cache_release, }; static int uevent_filter(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj) @@ -5184,7 +5173,7 @@ static int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_ca return 0; } -static void sysfs_slab_remove(struct kmem_cache *s) +void sysfs_slab_remove(struct kmem_cache *s) { if (slab_state < FULL) /* -- 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/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>