Re: [patch 1/3] slub: add per-cache slab thrash ratio

From: Christoph Lameter
Date: Tue Mar 31 2009 - 09:30:54 EST


On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, David Rientjes wrote:

> @@ -3833,7 +3830,9 @@ static ssize_t order_store(struct kmem_cache *s,
> if (order > slub_max_order || order < slub_min_order)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> + thrash_ratio = s->min_free_watermark * 100 / oo_objects(s->oo);
> calculate_sizes(s, order);
> + s->min_free_watermark = oo_objects(s->oo) * thrash_ratio / 100;
> return length;
> }
>

Hmmm.. Still calculating the trash ratio based on existing objects per
slab and then resetting the objects per slab to a different number.
Shouldnt the trash_ratio simply be zapped to an initial value if the
number of objects per slab changes?

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