Re: [cpuops cmpxchg double V3 2/5] slub: Get rid ofslab_free_hook_irq()

From: Mathieu Desnoyers
Date: Fri Feb 25 2011 - 13:23:59 EST


* Christoph Lameter (cl@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> The following patch will make the fastpaths lockless and will no longer
> require interrupts to be disabled. Calling the free hook with irq disabled
> will no longer be possible.
>
> Move the slab_free_hook_irq() logic into slab_free_hook. Only disable
> interrupts if the features are selected that require callbacks with
> interrupts off and reenable after calls have been made.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> mm/slub.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------
> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c 2011-01-10 12:06:58.000000000 -0600
> +++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2011-01-10 12:07:11.000000000 -0600
> @@ -807,14 +807,24 @@ static inline void slab_post_alloc_hook(
> static inline void slab_free_hook(struct kmem_cache *s, void *x)
> {
> kmemleak_free_recursive(x, s->flags);
> -}
>
> -static inline void slab_free_hook_irq(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object)
> -{
> - kmemcheck_slab_free(s, object, s->objsize);
> - debug_check_no_locks_freed(object, s->objsize);
> - if (!(s->flags & SLAB_DEBUG_OBJECTS))
> - debug_check_no_obj_freed(object, s->objsize);
> + /*
> + * Trouble is that we may no longer disable interupts in the fast path

interrupts

/nitpick ;)

Mathieu

> + * So in order to make the debug calls that expect irqs to be
> + * disabled we need to disable interrupts temporarily.
> + */
> +#if defined(CONFIG_KMEMCHECK) || defined(CONFIG_LOCKDEP)
> + {
> + unsigned long flags;
> +
> + local_irq_save(flags);
> + kmemcheck_slab_free(s, x, s->objsize);
> + debug_check_no_locks_freed(x, s->objsize);
> + if (!(s->flags & SLAB_DEBUG_OBJECTS))
> + debug_check_no_obj_freed(x, s->objsize);
> + local_irq_restore(flags);
> + }
> +#endif
> }
>
> /*
> @@ -1101,9 +1111,6 @@ static inline void slab_post_alloc_hook(
>
> static inline void slab_free_hook(struct kmem_cache *s, void *x) {}
>
> -static inline void slab_free_hook_irq(struct kmem_cache *s,
> - void *object) {}
> -
> #endif /* CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG */
>
> /*
> @@ -1909,8 +1916,6 @@ static __always_inline void slab_free(st
> local_irq_save(flags);
> c = __this_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab);
>
> - slab_free_hook_irq(s, x);
> -
> if (likely(page == c->page && c->node != NUMA_NO_NODE)) {
> set_freepointer(s, object, c->freelist);
> c->freelist = object;
>

--
Mathieu Desnoyers
Operating System Efficiency R&D Consultant
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com
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