Re: [PATCH v5 2/9] slub: Change get_partial() interfaces to return slab

[Hyeonggon Yoo]

On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 12:24 PM <chengming.zhou@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> We need all get_partial() related interfaces to return a slab, instead
> of returning the freelist (or object).
>
> Use the partial_context.object to return back freelist or object for
> now. This patch shouldn't have any functional changes.
>
> Suggested-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/slub.c | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
>  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
> index 0b0fdc8c189f..03384cd965c5 100644
> --- a/mm/slub.c
> +++ b/mm/slub.c
> @@ -204,9 +204,9 @@ DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(slub_debug_enabled);
>
>  /* Structure holding parameters for get_partial() call chain */
>  struct partial_context {
> -       struct slab **slab;
>         gfp_t flags;
>         unsigned int orig_size;
> +       void *object;
>  };
>
>  static inline bool kmem_cache_debug(struct kmem_cache *s)
> @@ -2269,10 +2269,11 @@ static inline bool pfmemalloc_match(struct slab *slab, gfp_t gfpflags);
>  /*
>   * Try to allocate a partial slab from a specific node.
>   */
> -static void *get_partial_node(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_node *n,
> -                             struct partial_context *pc)
> +static struct slab *get_partial_node(struct kmem_cache *s,
> +                                    struct kmem_cache_node *n,
> +                                    struct partial_context *pc)
>  {
> -       struct slab *slab, *slab2;
> +       struct slab *slab, *slab2, *partial = NULL;
>         void *object = NULL;
>         unsigned long flags;
>         unsigned int partial_slabs = 0;
> @@ -2288,27 +2289,28 @@ static void *get_partial_node(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_node *n,
>
>         spin_lock_irqsave(&n->list_lock, flags);
>         list_for_each_entry_safe(slab, slab2, &n->partial, slab_list) {
> -               void *t;
> -
>                 if (!pfmemalloc_match(slab, pc->flags))
>                         continue;
>
>                 if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SLUB_TINY) || kmem_cache_debug(s)) {
>                         object = alloc_single_from_partial(s, n, slab,
>                                                         pc->orig_size);
> -                       if (object)
> +                       if (object) {
> +                               partial = slab;
> +                               pc->object = object;
>                                 break;
> +                       }
>                         continue;
>                 }
>
> -               t = acquire_slab(s, n, slab, object == NULL);
> -               if (!t)
> +               object = acquire_slab(s, n, slab, object == NULL);
> +               if (!object)
>                         break;
>
> -               if (!object) {
> -                       *pc->slab = slab;
> +               if (!partial) {
> +                       partial = slab;
> +                       pc->object = object;
>                         stat(s, ALLOC_FROM_PARTIAL);
> -                       object = t;
>                 } else {
>                         put_cpu_partial(s, slab, 0);
>                         stat(s, CPU_PARTIAL_NODE);
> @@ -2324,20 +2326,21 @@ static void *get_partial_node(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_node *n,
>
>         }
>         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&n->list_lock, flags);
> -       return object;
> +       return partial;
>  }
>
>  /*
>   * Get a slab from somewhere. Search in increasing NUMA distances.
>   */
> -static void *get_any_partial(struct kmem_cache *s, struct partial_context *pc)
> +static struct slab *get_any_partial(struct kmem_cache *s,
> +                                   struct partial_context *pc)
>  {
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
>         struct zonelist *zonelist;
>         struct zoneref *z;
>         struct zone *zone;
>         enum zone_type highest_zoneidx = gfp_zone(pc->flags);
> -       void *object;
> +       struct slab *slab;
>         unsigned int cpuset_mems_cookie;
>
>         /*
> @@ -2372,8 +2375,8 @@ static void *get_any_partial(struct kmem_cache *s, struct partial_context *pc)
>
>                         if (n && cpuset_zone_allowed(zone, pc->flags) &&
>                                         n->nr_partial > s->min_partial) {
> -                               object = get_partial_node(s, n, pc);
> -                               if (object) {
> +                               slab = get_partial_node(s, n, pc);
> +                               if (slab) {
>                                         /*
>                                          * Don't check read_mems_allowed_retry()
>                                          * here - if mems_allowed was updated in
> @@ -2381,7 +2384,7 @@ static void *get_any_partial(struct kmem_cache *s, struct partial_context *pc)
>                                          * between allocation and the cpuset
>                                          * update
>                                          */
> -                                       return object;
> +                                       return slab;
>                                 }
>                         }
>                 }
> @@ -2393,17 +2396,18 @@ static void *get_any_partial(struct kmem_cache *s, struct partial_context *pc)
>  /*
>   * Get a partial slab, lock it and return it.
>   */
> -static void *get_partial(struct kmem_cache *s, int node, struct partial_context *pc)
> +static struct slab *get_partial(struct kmem_cache *s, int node,
> +                               struct partial_context *pc)
>  {
> -       void *object;
> +       struct slab *slab;
>         int searchnode = node;
>
>         if (node == NUMA_NO_NODE)
>                 searchnode = numa_mem_id();
>
> -       object = get_partial_node(s, get_node(s, searchnode), pc);
> -       if (object || node != NUMA_NO_NODE)
> -               return object;
> +       slab = get_partial_node(s, get_node(s, searchnode), pc);
> +       if (slab || node != NUMA_NO_NODE)
> +               return slab;
>
>         return get_any_partial(s, pc);
>  }
> @@ -3213,10 +3217,10 @@ static void *___slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node,
>  new_objects:
>
>         pc.flags = gfpflags;
> -       pc.slab = &slab;
>         pc.orig_size = orig_size;
> -       freelist = get_partial(s, node, &pc);
> -       if (freelist) {
> +       slab = get_partial(s, node, &pc);
> +       if (slab) {
> +               freelist = pc.object;
>                 if (kmem_cache_debug(s)) {
>                         /*
>                          * For debug caches here we had to go through
> @@ -3408,12 +3412,11 @@ static void *__slab_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *s,
>         void *object;
>
>         pc.flags = gfpflags;
> -       pc.slab = &slab;
>         pc.orig_size = orig_size;
> -       object = get_partial(s, node, &pc);
> +       slab = get_partial(s, node, &pc);
>
> -       if (object)
> -               return object;
> +       if (slab)
> +               return pc.object;
>
>         slab = new_slab(s, gfpflags, node);
>         if (unlikely(!slab)) {

Looks good to me,
Reviewed-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@xxxxxxxxx>