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| author | Chengming Zhou | 2023-11-02 03:23:30 +0000 |
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| committer | Vlastimil Babka | 2023-12-05 10:38:27 +0100 |
| commit | 31bda717d7777b8b6cf542af2730651ad6bb4839 (patch) | |
| tree | 4dc5dece86d2ba5fbb4899ad0c9f4cdc5d8a24ed /mm/slub.c | |
| parent | 21316fdc799932ff43fa00a6d6a45b16dbd77844 (diff) | |
slub: Update frozen slabs documentations in the source
The current updated scheme (which this series implemented) is:
- node partial slabs: PG_Workingset && !frozen
- cpu partial slabs: !PG_Workingset && !frozen
- cpu slabs: !PG_Workingset && frozen
- full slabs: !PG_Workingset && !frozen
The most important change is that "frozen" bit is not set for the
cpu partial slabs anymore, __slab_free() will grab node list_lock
then check by !PG_Workingset that it's not on a node partial list.
And the "frozen" bit is still kept for the cpu slabs for performance,
since we don't need to grab node list_lock to check whether the
PG_Workingset is set or not if the "frozen" bit is set in __slab_free().
Update related documentations and comments in the source.
Signed-off-by: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@bytedance.com>
Tested-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Christoph Lameter (Ampere) <cl@linux.com>
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/slub.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/slub.c | 22 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c index fe5fcf074dfd..4fc203a4fa03 100644 --- a/mm/slub.c +++ b/mm/slub.c @@ -76,13 +76,28 @@ * * Frozen slabs * - * If a slab is frozen then it is exempt from list management. It is not - * on any list except per cpu partial list. The processor that froze the + * If a slab is frozen then it is exempt from list management. It is + * the cpu slab which is actively allocated from by the processor that + * froze it and it is not on any list. The processor that froze the * slab is the one who can perform list operations on the slab. Other * processors may put objects onto the freelist but the processor that * froze the slab is the only one that can retrieve the objects from the * slab's freelist. * + * CPU partial slabs + * + * The partially empty slabs cached on the CPU partial list are used + * for performance reasons, which speeds up the allocation process. + * These slabs are not frozen, but are also exempt from list management, + * by clearing the PG_workingset flag when moving out of the node + * partial list. Please see __slab_free() for more details. + * + * To sum up, the current scheme is: + * - node partial slab: PG_Workingset && !frozen + * - cpu partial slab: !PG_Workingset && !frozen + * - cpu slab: !PG_Workingset && frozen + * - full slab: !PG_Workingset && !frozen + * * list_lock * * The list_lock protects the partial and full list on each node and @@ -2617,8 +2632,7 @@ static void put_partials_cpu(struct kmem_cache *s, } /* - * Put a slab that was just frozen (in __slab_free|get_partial_node) into a - * partial slab slot if available. + * Put a slab into a partial slab slot if available. * * If we did not find a slot then simply move all the partials to the * per node partial list. |