[slub p3 5/7] slub: return object pointer from get_partial() / new_slab().

From: Christoph Lameter
Date: Mon Aug 01 2011 - 12:29:16 EST


There is no need anymore to return the pointer to a slab page from get_partial()
since the page reference can be stored in the kmem_cache_cpu structures "page" field.

Return an object pointer instead.

That in turn allows a simplification of the spaghetti code in __slab_alloc().

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>


---
mm/slub.c | 133 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
1 file changed, 73 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c 2011-08-01 11:04:29.985858887 -0500
+++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2011-08-01 11:04:33.755858864 -0500
@@ -1554,9 +1554,11 @@ static inline void remove_partial(struct
* Lock slab, remove from the partial list and put the object into the
* per cpu freelist.
*
+ * Returns a list of objects or NULL if it fails.
+ *
* Must hold list_lock.
*/
-static inline int acquire_slab(struct kmem_cache *s,
+static inline void *acquire_slab(struct kmem_cache *s,
struct kmem_cache_node *n, struct page *page,
struct kmem_cache_cpu *c)
{
@@ -1587,10 +1589,11 @@ static inline int acquire_slab(struct km

if (freelist) {
/* Populate the per cpu freelist */
- c->freelist = freelist;
c->page = page;
c->node = page_to_nid(page);
- return 1;
+ stat(s, ALLOC_FROM_PARTIAL);
+
+ return freelist;
} else {
/*
* Slab page came from the wrong list. No object to allocate
@@ -1599,17 +1602,18 @@ static inline int acquire_slab(struct km
*/
printk(KERN_ERR "SLUB: %s : Page without available objects on"
" partial list\n", s->name);
- return 0;
+ return NULL;
}
}

/*
* Try to allocate a partial slab from a specific node.
*/
-static struct page *get_partial_node(struct kmem_cache *s,
+static void *get_partial_node(struct kmem_cache *s,
struct kmem_cache_node *n, struct kmem_cache_cpu *c)
{
struct page *page;
+ void *object;

/*
* Racy check. If we mistakenly see no partial slabs then we
@@ -1621,13 +1625,15 @@ static struct page *get_partial_node(str
return NULL;

spin_lock(&n->list_lock);
- list_for_each_entry(page, &n->partial, lru)
- if (acquire_slab(s, n, page, c))
+ list_for_each_entry(page, &n->partial, lru) {
+ object = acquire_slab(s, n, page, c);
+ if (object)
goto out;
- page = NULL;
+ }
+ object = NULL;
out:
spin_unlock(&n->list_lock);
- return page;
+ return object;
}

/*
@@ -1641,7 +1647,7 @@ static struct page *get_any_partial(stru
struct zoneref *z;
struct zone *zone;
enum zone_type high_zoneidx = gfp_zone(flags);
- struct page *page;
+ void *object;

/*
* The defrag ratio allows a configuration of the tradeoffs between
@@ -1674,10 +1680,10 @@ static struct page *get_any_partial(stru

if (n && cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, flags) &&
n->nr_partial > s->min_partial) {
- page = get_partial_node(s, n, c);
- if (page) {
+ object = get_partial_node(s, n, c);
+ if (object) {
put_mems_allowed();
- return page;
+ return object;
}
}
}
@@ -1689,15 +1695,15 @@ static struct page *get_any_partial(stru
/*
* Get a partial page, lock it and return it.
*/
-static struct page *get_partial(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, int node,
+static void *get_partial(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, int node,
struct kmem_cache_cpu *c)
{
- struct page *page;
+ void *object;
int searchnode = (node == NUMA_NO_NODE) ? numa_node_id() : node;

- page = get_partial_node(s, get_node(s, searchnode), c);
- if (page || node != NUMA_NO_NODE)
- return page;
+ object = get_partial_node(s, get_node(s, searchnode), c);
+ if (object || node != NUMA_NO_NODE)
+ return object;

return get_any_partial(s, flags, c);
}
@@ -2027,6 +2033,35 @@ slab_out_of_memory(struct kmem_cache *s,
}
}

+static inline void *new_slab_objects(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags,
+ int node, struct kmem_cache_cpu **pc)
+{
+ void *object;
+ struct kmem_cache_cpu *c;
+ struct page *page = new_slab(s, flags, node);
+
+ if (page) {
+ c = __this_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab);
+ if (c->page)
+ flush_slab(s, c);
+
+ /*
+ * No other reference to the page yet so we can
+ * muck around with it freely without cmpxchg
+ */
+ object = page->freelist;
+ page->freelist = NULL;
+
+ stat(s, ALLOC_SLAB);
+ c->node = page_to_nid(page);
+ c->page = page;
+ *pc = c;
+ } else
+ object = NULL;
+
+ return object;
+}
+
/*
* Slow path. The lockless freelist is empty or we need to perform
* debugging duties.
@@ -2049,7 +2084,6 @@ static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_ca
unsigned long addr, struct kmem_cache_cpu *c)
{
void **object;
- struct page *page;
unsigned long flags;
struct page new;
unsigned long counters;
@@ -2064,8 +2098,7 @@ static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_ca
c = this_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab);
#endif

- page = c->page;
- if (!page)
+ if (!c->page)
goto new_slab;

if (unlikely(!node_match(c, node))) {
@@ -2077,8 +2110,8 @@ static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_ca
stat(s, ALLOC_SLOWPATH);

do {
- object = page->freelist;
- counters = page->counters;
+ object = c->page->freelist;
+ counters = c->page->counters;
new.counters = counters;
VM_BUG_ON(!new.frozen);

@@ -2090,12 +2123,12 @@ static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_ca
*
* If there are objects left then we retrieve them
* and use them to refill the per cpu queue.
- */
+ */

- new.inuse = page->objects;
+ new.inuse = c->page->objects;
new.frozen = object != NULL;

- } while (!__cmpxchg_double_slab(s, page,
+ } while (!__cmpxchg_double_slab(s, c->page,
object, counters,
NULL, new.counters,
"__slab_alloc"));
@@ -2109,53 +2142,33 @@ static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_ca
stat(s, ALLOC_REFILL);

load_freelist:
- VM_BUG_ON(!page->frozen);
c->freelist = get_freepointer(s, object);
c->tid = next_tid(c->tid);
local_irq_restore(flags);
return object;

new_slab:
- page = get_partial(s, gfpflags, node, c);
- if (page) {
- stat(s, ALLOC_FROM_PARTIAL);
- object = c->freelist;
+ object = get_partial(s, gfpflags, node, c);

- if (kmem_cache_debug(s))
- goto debug;
- goto load_freelist;
- }
+ if (unlikely(!object)) {

- page = new_slab(s, gfpflags, node);
+ object = new_slab_objects(s, gfpflags, node, &c);

- if (page) {
- c = __this_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab);
- if (c->page)
- flush_slab(s, c);
+ if (unlikely(!object)) {
+ if (!(gfpflags & __GFP_NOWARN) && printk_ratelimit())
+ slab_out_of_memory(s, gfpflags, node);

- /*
- * No other reference to the page yet so we can
- * muck around with it freely without cmpxchg
- */
- object = page->freelist;
- page->freelist = NULL;
-
- stat(s, ALLOC_SLAB);
- c->node = page_to_nid(page);
- c->page = page;
+ local_irq_restore(flags);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ }

- if (kmem_cache_debug(s))
- goto debug;
+ if (likely(!kmem_cache_debug(s)))
goto load_freelist;
- }
- if (!(gfpflags & __GFP_NOWARN) && printk_ratelimit())
- slab_out_of_memory(s, gfpflags, node);
- local_irq_restore(flags);
- return NULL;

-debug:
- if (!object || !alloc_debug_processing(s, page, object, addr))
- goto new_slab;
+ /* Only entered in the debug case */
+ if (!alloc_debug_processing(s, c->page, object, addr))
+ goto new_slab; /* Slab failed checks. Next slab needed */

c->freelist = get_freepointer(s, object);
deactivate_slab(s, c);

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