Re: [PATCH 1/4] slab: do ClearSlabPfmemalloc() for all pages of slab

From: JoonSoo Kim
Date: Fri Sep 07 2012 - 17:10:28 EST


2012/9/7 Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>:
> This churns code a lot more than is necessary. How about this as a
> replacement patch?
>
> ---8<---
> From: Joonsoo Kim <js1304@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [PATCH] slab: do ClearSlabPfmemalloc() for all pages of slab
>
> Right now, we call ClearSlabPfmemalloc() for first page of slab when we
> clear SlabPfmemalloc flag. This is fine for most swap-over-network use
> cases as it is expected that order-0 pages are in use. Unfortunately it
> is possible that that __ac_put_obj() checks SlabPfmemalloc on a tail page
> and while this is harmless, it is sloppy. This patch ensures that the head
> page is always used.
>
> [mgorman@xxxxxxx: Easier implementation, changelog cleanup]
> Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <js1304@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/slab.c | 12 +++++-------
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
> index 811af03..590d52a 100644
> --- a/mm/slab.c
> +++ b/mm/slab.c
> @@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ static void *__ac_put_obj(struct kmem_cache *cachep, struct array_cache *ac,
> {
> if (unlikely(pfmemalloc_active)) {
> /* Some pfmemalloc slabs exist, check if this is one */
> - struct page *page = virt_to_page(objp);
> + struct page *page = virt_to_head_page(objp);
> if (PageSlabPfmemalloc(page))
> set_obj_pfmemalloc(&objp);
> }
> @@ -1919,12 +1919,10 @@ static void *kmem_getpages(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t flags, int nodeid)
> else
> add_zone_page_state(page_zone(page),
> NR_SLAB_UNRECLAIMABLE, nr_pages);
> - for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
> + for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++)
> __SetPageSlab(page + i);
> -
> - if (page->pfmemalloc)
> - SetPageSlabPfmemalloc(page + i);
> - }
> + if (page->pfmemalloc)
> + SetPageSlabPfmemalloc(page);
>
> if (kmemcheck_enabled && !(cachep->flags & SLAB_NOTRACK)) {
> kmemcheck_alloc_shadow(page, cachep->gfporder, flags, nodeid);
> @@ -1955,9 +1953,9 @@ static void kmem_freepages(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *addr)
> else
> sub_zone_page_state(page_zone(page),
> NR_SLAB_UNRECLAIMABLE, nr_freed);
> + __ClearPageSlabPfmemalloc(page);
> while (i--) {
> BUG_ON(!PageSlab(page));
> - __ClearPageSlabPfmemalloc(page);
> __ClearPageSlab(page);
> page++;
> }

Okay.
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