The patch titled memcgroup: use vmalloc for mem_cgroup allocation has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is use-vmalloc-for-mem_cgroup-allocation-v3.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/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: memcgroup: use vmalloc for mem_cgroup allocation From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On ia64, this kmalloc() requires order-4 pages. But this is not necessary to be physically contiguous. For big mem_cgroup, vmalloc is better. For small ones, kmalloc is used. Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memcontrol.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/memcontrol.c~use-vmalloc-for-mem_cgroup-allocation-v3 mm/memcontrol.c --- a/mm/memcontrol.c~use-vmalloc-for-mem_cgroup-allocation-v3 +++ a/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ #include <linux/spinlock.h> #include <linux/fs.h> #include <linux/seq_file.h> +#include <linux/vmalloc.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> @@ -983,6 +984,31 @@ static void free_mem_cgroup_per_zone_inf kfree(mem->info.nodeinfo[node]); } +static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(void) +{ + struct mem_cgroup *mem; + + if (sizeof(*mem) < PAGE_SIZE) + mem = kmalloc(sizeof(*mem), GFP_KERNEL); + else + mem = vmalloc(sizeof(*mem)); + + if (!mem) + return NULL; + + memset(mem, 0, sizeof(*mem)); + return mem; +} + +static void mem_cgroup_free(struct mem_cgroup *mem) +{ + if (sizeof(*mem) < PAGE_SIZE) + kfree(mem); + else + vfree(mem); +} + + static struct cgroup_subsys_state * mem_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont) { @@ -993,12 +1019,11 @@ mem_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys * mem = &init_mem_cgroup; page_cgroup_cache = KMEM_CACHE(page_cgroup, SLAB_PANIC); } else { - mem = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mem_cgroup), GFP_KERNEL); + mem = mem_cgroup_alloc(); + if (!mem) + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); } - if (mem == NULL) - return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); - res_counter_init(&mem->res); memset(&mem->info, 0, sizeof(mem->info)); @@ -1012,7 +1037,7 @@ free_out: for_each_node_state(node, N_POSSIBLE) free_mem_cgroup_per_zone_info(mem, node); if (cont->parent != NULL) - kfree(mem); + mem_cgroup_free(mem); return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); } @@ -1032,7 +1057,7 @@ static void mem_cgroup_destroy(struct cg for_each_node_state(node, N_POSSIBLE) free_mem_cgroup_per_zone_info(mem, node); - kfree(mem_cgroup_from_cont(cont)); + mem_cgroup_free(mem_cgroup_from_cont(cont)); } static int mem_cgroup_populate(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are memcg-fix-oops-in-oom-handling.patch git-x86.patch mm-use-zonelists-instead-of-zones-when-direct-reclaiming-pages.patch mm-introduce-node_zonelist-for-accessing-the-zonelist-for-a-gfp-mask.patch mm-remember-what-the-preferred-zone-is-for-zone_statistics.patch mm-use-two-zonelist-that-are-filtered-by-gfp-mask.patch mm-have-zonelist-contains-structs-with-both-a-zone-pointer-and-zone_idx.patch mm-have-zonelist-contains-structs-with-both-a-zone-pointer-and-zone_idx-fix-memcg-ooms.patch mm-have-zonelist-contains-structs-with-both-a-zone-pointer-and-zone_idx-just-return-do_try_to_free_pages.patch mm-have-zonelist-contains-structs-with-both-a-zone-pointer-and-zone_idx-just-return-do_try_to_free_pages-do_try_to_free_pages-gfp_mask-redundant.patch mm-filter-based-on-a-nodemask-as-well-as-a-gfp_mask.patch mm-filter-based-on-a-nodemask-as-well-as-a-gfp_mask-doc-fixes.patch mm-filter-based-on-a-nodemask-as-well-as-a-gfp_mask-make-dequeue_huge_page_vma-obey-mpol_bind-nodemask.patch mm-filter-based-on-a-nodemask-as-well-as-a-gfp_mask-make-dequeue_huge_page_vma-obey-mpol_bind-nodemask-rework.patch mm-filter-based-on-a-nodemask-as-well-as-a-gfp_mask-deporkify.patch mm-fix-alloc_bootmem_core-to-use-fast-searching-for-all-nodes.patch mm-offset-align-in-alloc_bootmem.patch mm-make-reserve_bootmem-can-crossed-the-nodes.patch mm-make-early_pfn_to_nid-a-c-function.patch sparsemem-vmemmap-does-not-need-section-bits.patch kbuild-create-a-way-to-create-preprocessor-constants-from-c-expressions.patch pageflags-use-an-enum-for-the-flags.patch pageflags-get-rid-of-flags_reserved.patch pageflags-introduce-macros-to-generate-page-flag-functions.patch pageflags-convert-to-the-use-of-new-macros.patch pageflags-use-proper-page-flag-functions-in-xen.patch pageflags-eliminate-pg_xxx-aliases.patch memory-hotplug-add-removable-to-sysfs-to-show-memblock-removability.patch cgroup-api-files-rename-read-write_uint-methods-to-read_write_u64.patch cgroup-api-files-add-res_counter_read_u64.patch cgroup-api-files-use-read_u64-in-memory-controller.patch cgroup-api-files-strip-all-trailing-whitespace-in-cgroup_write_u64.patch cgroup-api-files-update-cpusets-to-use-cgroup-structured-file-api.patch cgroup-api-files-update-cpusets-to-use-cgroup-structured-file-api-fix.patch cgroup-api-files-add-cgroup-map-data-type.patch cgroup-api-files-use-cgroup-map-for-memcontrol-stats-file.patch cgroup-api-files-drop-mem_cgroup_force_empty.patch cgroup-api-files-move-releasable-to-cgroup_debug-subsystem.patch cgroup-api-files-make-cgroup_debug-default-to-off.patch cgroups-add-the-trigger-callback-to-struct-cftype.patch cgroups-implement-device-whitelist-v6.patch cgroups-implement-device-whitelist-v6-checkpatch-fixes.patch cgroups-implement-device-whitelist-v6-cleanups.patch cgroups-implement-device-whitelist-doc.patch cgroups-implement-device-whitelist-v6-fix.patch cgroups-use-a-hash-table-for-css_set-finding.patch cgroups-simplify-init_subsys.patch cgroups-remove-the-css_set-linked-list.patch cgroups-introduce-cft-read_seq-v2.patch cgroups-add-an-owner-to-the-mm_struct.patch memcgroup-add-the-max_usage-member-on-the-res_counter.patch add-a-document-describing-the-resource-counter-abstraction-v2.patch add-a-document-describing-the-resource-counter-abstraction-v2-fix.patch memcgroup-move-memory-controller-allocations-to-their-own-slabs.patch memcgroup-use-triggers-in-force_empty-and-max_usage-files.patch memcgroup-implement-failcounter-reset.patch memcgroup-implement-failcounter-reset-checkpatch-fixes.patch memcg-remove-redundant-function-calls.patch memcgroup-make-the-memory-controller-more-desktop-responsive.patch use-vmalloc-for-mem_cgroup-allocation-v3.patch use-vmalloc-for-mem_cgroup-allocation-v2.patch use-vmalloc-for-mem_cgroup-allocation-v2-fix.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html