The patch titled Subject: mm, slub: move reset of c->page and freelist out of deactivate_slab() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-slub-move-reset-of-c-page-and-freelist-out-of-deactivate_slab.patch This patch should soon appear at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-slub-move-reset-of-c-page-and-freelist-out-of-deactivate_slab.patch and later at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-slub-move-reset-of-c-page-and-freelist-out-of-deactivate_slab.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Subject: mm, slub: move reset of c->page and freelist out of deactivate_slab() deactivate_slab() removes the cpu slab by merging the cpu freelist with slab's freelist and putting the slab on the proper node's list. It also sets the respective kmem_cache_cpu pointers to NULL. By extracting the kmem_cache_cpu operations from the function, we can make it not dependent on disabled irqs. Also if we return a single free pointer from ___slab_alloc, we no longer have to assign kmem_cache_cpu.page before deactivation or care if somebody preempted us and assigned a different page to our kmem_cache_cpu in the process. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210805152000.12817-20-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 | 31 ++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) --- a/mm/slub.c~mm-slub-move-reset-of-c-page-and-freelist-out-of-deactivate_slab +++ a/mm/slub.c @@ -2195,10 +2195,13 @@ static void init_kmem_cache_cpus(struct } /* - * Remove the cpu slab + * Finishes removing the cpu slab. Merges cpu's freelist with page's freelist, + * unfreezes the slabs and puts it on the proper list. + * Assumes the slab has been already safely taken away from kmem_cache_cpu + * by the caller. */ static void deactivate_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page, - void *freelist, struct kmem_cache_cpu *c) + void *freelist) { enum slab_modes { M_NONE, M_PARTIAL, M_FULL, M_FREE }; struct kmem_cache_node *n = get_node(s, page_to_nid(page)); @@ -2327,9 +2330,6 @@ redo: discard_slab(s, page); stat(s, FREE_SLAB); } - - c->page = NULL; - c->freelist = NULL; } /* @@ -2454,10 +2454,16 @@ static void put_cpu_partial(struct kmem_ static inline void flush_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_cpu *c) { - stat(s, CPUSLAB_FLUSH); - deactivate_slab(s, c->page, c->freelist, c); + void *freelist = c->freelist; + struct page *page = c->page; + c->page = NULL; + c->freelist = NULL; c->tid = next_tid(c->tid); + + deactivate_slab(s, page, freelist); + + stat(s, CPUSLAB_FLUSH); } /* @@ -2742,7 +2748,10 @@ deactivate_slab: local_irq_restore(flags); goto reread_page; } - deactivate_slab(s, page, c->freelist, c); + freelist = c->freelist; + c->page = NULL; + c->freelist = NULL; + deactivate_slab(s, page, freelist); local_irq_restore(flags); new_slab: @@ -2821,11 +2830,7 @@ check_new_page: return_single: local_irq_save(flags); - if (unlikely(c->page)) - flush_slab(s, c); - c->page = page; - - deactivate_slab(s, page, get_freepointer(s, freelist), c); + deactivate_slab(s, page, get_freepointer(s, freelist)); local_irq_restore(flags); return freelist; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from vbabka@xxxxxxx are mm-slub-fix-slub_debug-disablement-for-list-of-slabs.patch mm-slub-dont-call-flush_all-from-slab_debug_trace_open.patch mm-slub-allocate-private-object-map-for-debugfs-listings.patch mm-slub-allocate-private-object-map-for-validate_slab_cache.patch mm-slub-dont-disable-irq-for-debug_check_no_locks_freed.patch mm-slub-remove-redundant-unfreeze_partials-from-put_cpu_partial.patch mm-slub-unify-cmpxchg_double_slab-and-__cmpxchg_double_slab.patch mm-slub-extract-get_partial-from-new_slab_objects.patch mm-slub-dissolve-new_slab_objects-into-___slab_alloc.patch mm-slub-return-slab-page-from-get_partial-and-set-c-page-afterwards.patch mm-slub-restructure-new-page-checks-in-___slab_alloc.patch mm-slub-simplify-kmem_cache_cpu-and-tid-setup.patch mm-slub-move-disabling-enabling-irqs-to-___slab_alloc.patch mm-slub-do-initial-checks-in-___slab_alloc-with-irqs-enabled.patch mm-slub-move-disabling-irqs-closer-to-get_partial-in-___slab_alloc.patch mm-slub-restore-irqs-around-calling-new_slab.patch mm-slub-validate-slab-from-partial-list-or-page-allocator-before-making-it-cpu-slab.patch mm-slub-check-new-pages-with-restored-irqs.patch mm-slub-stop-disabling-irqs-around-get_partial.patch mm-slub-move-reset-of-c-page-and-freelist-out-of-deactivate_slab.patch mm-slub-make-locking-in-deactivate_slab-irq-safe.patch mm-slub-call-deactivate_slab-without-disabling-irqs.patch mm-slub-move-irq-control-into-unfreeze_partials.patch mm-slub-discard-slabs-in-unfreeze_partials-without-irqs-disabled.patch mm-slub-detach-whole-partial-list-at-once-in-unfreeze_partials.patch mm-slub-separate-detaching-of-partial-list-in-unfreeze_partials-from-unfreezing.patch mm-slub-only-disable-irq-with-spin_lock-in-__unfreeze_partials.patch mm-slub-dont-disable-irqs-in-slub_cpu_dead.patch mm-slab-make-flush_slab-possible-to-call-with-irqs-enabled.patch mm-slub-optionally-save-restore-irqs-in-slab_lock.patch mm-slub-make-slab_lock-disable-irqs-with-preempt_rt.patch mm-slub-protect-put_cpu_partial-with-disabled-irqs-instead-of-cmpxchg.patch mm-slub-use-migrate_disable-on-preempt_rt.patch mm-slub-convert-kmem_cpu_slab-protection-to-local_lock.patch