Re: [PATCH 05/12] mm, slub: lower the default slub_max_order with CONFIG_SLUB_TINY

From: Roman Gushchin
Date: Wed Nov 23 2022 - 20:16:28 EST


On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 06:11:55PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> With CONFIG_SLUB_TINY we want to minimize memory overhead. By lowering
> the default slub_max_order we can make slab allocations use smaller
> pages. However depending on object sizes, order-0 might not be the best
> due to increased fragmentation. When testing on a 8MB RAM k210 system by
> Damien Le Moal [1], slub_max_order=1 had the best results, so use that
> as the default for CONFIG_SLUB_TINY.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/6a1883c4-4c3f-545a-90e8-2cd805bcf4ae@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!