[patch 01/21] slub: Add defrag_ratio field and sysfs support.

[Christoph Lameter]

The defrag_ratio is used to set the threshold at which defragmentation
should be attempted on a slab page.

The allocation ratio is measured by the percentage of the available slots
allocated.

Add a defrag ratio field and set it to 30% by default. A limit of 30% specified
that less than 3 out of 10 available slots for objects are in use before
slab defragmeentation runs.

Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/slub_def.h |    7 +++++++
 mm/slub.c                |   23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/slub_def.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/slub_def.h	2008-05-05 18:27:21.212659137 -0700
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/slub_def.h	2008-05-05 18:48:42.745160406 -0700
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ struct kmem_cache {
 	void (*ctor)(struct kmem_cache *, void *);
 	int inuse;		/* Offset to metadata */
 	int align;		/* Alignment */
+	int defrag_ratio;	/*
+				 * Ratio used to check the percentage of
+				 * objects allocate in a slab page.
+				 * If less than this ratio is allocated
+				 * then reclaim attempts are made.
+				 */
+
 	const char *name;	/* Name (only for display!) */
 	struct list_head list;	/* List of slab caches */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG
Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c	2008-05-05 18:47:18.872659344 -0700
+++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c	2008-05-05 18:48:42.745160406 -0700
@@ -2337,6 +2337,7 @@ static int kmem_cache_open(struct kmem_c
 		goto error;
 
 	s->refcount = 1;
+	s->defrag_ratio = 30;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 	s->remote_node_defrag_ratio = 100;
 #endif
@@ -4060,6 +4061,27 @@ static ssize_t free_calls_show(struct km
 }
 SLAB_ATTR_RO(free_calls);
 
+static ssize_t defrag_ratio_show(struct kmem_cache *s, char *buf)
+{
+	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", s->defrag_ratio);
+}
+
+static ssize_t defrag_ratio_store(struct kmem_cache *s,
+				const char *buf, size_t length)
+{
+	unsigned long ratio;
+	int err;
+
+	err = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &ratio);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	if (ratio < 100)
+		s->defrag_ratio = ratio;
+	return length;
+}
+SLAB_ATTR(defrag_ratio);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 static ssize_t remote_node_defrag_ratio_show(struct kmem_cache *s, char *buf)
 {
@@ -4167,6 +4189,7 @@ static struct attribute *slab_attrs[] = 
 	&shrink_attr.attr,
 	&alloc_calls_attr.attr,
 	&free_calls_attr.attr,
+	&defrag_ratio_attr.attr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
 	&cache_dma_attr.attr,
 #endif

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