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<title>linux-toradex.git/include/linux/slub_def.h, branch v3.4.73</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>Merge branch 'slab/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/linux</title>
<updated>2012-03-28T22:04:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2012-03-28T22:04:26+00:00</published>
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Pull SLAB changes from Pekka Enberg:
 "There's the new kmalloc_array() API, minor fixes and performance
  improvements, but quite honestly, nothing terribly exciting."

* 'slab/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/linux:
  mm: SLAB Out-of-memory diagnostics
  slab: introduce kmalloc_array()
  slub: per cpu partial statistics change
  slub: include include for prefetch
  slub: Do not hold slub_lock when calling sysfs_slab_add()
  slub: prefetch next freelist pointer in slab_alloc()
  slab, cleanup: remove unneeded return
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Pull SLAB changes from Pekka Enberg:
 "There's the new kmalloc_array() API, minor fixes and performance
  improvements, but quite honestly, nothing terribly exciting."

* 'slab/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/linux:
  mm: SLAB Out-of-memory diagnostics
  slab: introduce kmalloc_array()
  slub: per cpu partial statistics change
  slub: include include for prefetch
  slub: Do not hold slub_lock when calling sysfs_slab_add()
  slub: prefetch next freelist pointer in slab_alloc()
  slab, cleanup: remove unneeded return
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<entry>
<title>BUG: headers with BUG/BUG_ON etc. need linux/bug.h</title>
<updated>2012-03-04T22:54:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul Gortmaker</name>
<email>paul.gortmaker@windriver.com</email>
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<published>2011-11-24T01:12:59+00:00</published>
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If a header file is making use of BUG, BUG_ON, BUILD_BUG_ON, or any
other BUG variant in a static inline (i.e. not in a #define) then
that header really should be including &lt;linux/bug.h&gt; and not just
expecting it to be implicitly present.

We can make this change risk-free, since if the files using these
headers didn't have exposure to linux/bug.h already, they would have
been causing compile failures/warnings.

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker &lt;paul.gortmaker@windriver.com&gt;
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If a header file is making use of BUG, BUG_ON, BUILD_BUG_ON, or any
other BUG variant in a static inline (i.e. not in a #define) then
that header really should be including &lt;linux/bug.h&gt; and not just
expecting it to be implicitly present.

We can make this change risk-free, since if the files using these
headers didn't have exposure to linux/bug.h already, they would have
been causing compile failures/warnings.

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker &lt;paul.gortmaker@windriver.com&gt;
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<title>slub: per cpu partial statistics change</title>
<updated>2012-02-18T09:00:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Alex Shi</name>
<email>alex.shi@intel.com</email>
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<published>2012-02-03T15:34:56+00:00</published>
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This patch split the cpu_partial_free into 2 parts: cpu_partial_node, PCP refilling
times from node partial; and same name cpu_partial_free, PCP refilling times in
slab_free slow path. A new statistic 'cpu_partial_drain' is added to get PCP
drain to node partial times. These info are useful when do PCP tunning.

The slabinfo.c code is unchanged, since cpu_partial_node is not on slow path.

Signed-off-by: Alex Shi &lt;alex.shi@intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Christoph Lameter &lt;cl@linux.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg &lt;penberg@kernel.org&gt;
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This patch split the cpu_partial_free into 2 parts: cpu_partial_node, PCP refilling
times from node partial; and same name cpu_partial_free, PCP refilling times in
slab_free slow path. A new statistic 'cpu_partial_drain' is added to get PCP
drain to node partial times. These info are useful when do PCP tunning.

The slabinfo.c code is unchanged, since cpu_partial_node is not on slow path.

Signed-off-by: Alex Shi &lt;alex.shi@intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Christoph Lameter &lt;cl@linux.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg &lt;penberg@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>slub: correct comments error for per cpu partial</title>
<updated>2011-09-27T20:03:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Alex Shi</name>
<email>alex.shi@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-09-01T03:32:18+00:00</published>
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Correct comment errors, that mistake cpu partial objects number as pages
number, may make reader misunderstand.

Signed-off-by: Alex Shi &lt;alex.shi@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter &lt;cl@linux.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg &lt;penberg@kernel.org&gt;
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Correct comment errors, that mistake cpu partial objects number as pages
number, may make reader misunderstand.

Signed-off-by: Alex Shi &lt;alex.shi@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter &lt;cl@linux.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg &lt;penberg@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>slub: per cpu cache for partial pages</title>
<updated>2011-08-19T16:34:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Lameter</name>
<email>cl@linux.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-08-09T21:12:27+00:00</published>
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Allow filling out the rest of the kmem_cache_cpu cacheline with pointers to
partial pages. The partial page list is used in slab_free() to avoid
per node lock taking.

In __slab_alloc() we can then take multiple partial pages off the per
node partial list in one go reducing node lock pressure.

We can also use the per cpu partial list in slab_alloc() to avoid scanning
partial lists for pages with free objects.

The main effect of a per cpu partial list is that the per node list_lock
is taken for batches of partial pages instead of individual ones.

Potential future enhancements:

1. The pickup from the partial list could be perhaps be done without disabling
   interrupts with some work. The free path already puts the page into the
   per cpu partial list without disabling interrupts.

2. __slab_free() may have some code paths that could use optimization.

Performance:

				Before		After
./hackbench 100 process 200000
				Time: 1953.047	1564.614
./hackbench 100 process 20000
				Time: 207.176   156.940
./hackbench 100 process 20000
				Time: 204.468	156.940
./hackbench 100 process 20000
				Time: 204.879	158.772
./hackbench 10 process 20000
				Time: 20.153	15.853
./hackbench 10 process 20000
				Time: 20.153	15.986
./hackbench 10 process 20000
				Time: 19.363	16.111
./hackbench 1 process 20000
				Time: 2.518	2.307
./hackbench 1 process 20000
				Time: 2.258	2.339
./hackbench 1 process 20000
				Time: 2.864	2.163

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter &lt;cl@linux.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg &lt;penberg@kernel.org&gt;
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Allow filling out the rest of the kmem_cache_cpu cacheline with pointers to
partial pages. The partial page list is used in slab_free() to avoid
per node lock taking.

In __slab_alloc() we can then take multiple partial pages off the per
node partial list in one go reducing node lock pressure.

We can also use the per cpu partial list in slab_alloc() to avoid scanning
partial lists for pages with free objects.

The main effect of a per cpu partial list is that the per node list_lock
is taken for batches of partial pages instead of individual ones.

Potential future enhancements:

1. The pickup from the partial list could be perhaps be done without disabling
   interrupts with some work. The free path already puts the page into the
   per cpu partial list without disabling interrupts.

2. __slab_free() may have some code paths that could use optimization.

Performance:

				Before		After
./hackbench 100 process 200000
				Time: 1953.047	1564.614
./hackbench 100 process 20000
				Time: 207.176   156.940
./hackbench 100 process 20000
				Time: 204.468	156.940
./hackbench 100 process 20000
				Time: 204.879	158.772
./hackbench 10 process 20000
				Time: 20.153	15.853
./hackbench 10 process 20000
				Time: 20.153	15.986
./hackbench 10 process 20000
				Time: 19.363	16.111
./hackbench 1 process 20000
				Time: 2.518	2.307
./hackbench 1 process 20000
				Time: 2.258	2.339
./hackbench 1 process 20000
				Time: 2.864	2.163

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter &lt;cl@linux.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg &lt;penberg@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'slub/lockless' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/slab-2.6</title>
<updated>2011-07-30T18:21:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2011-07-30T18:21:48+00:00</published>
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* 'slub/lockless' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/slab-2.6: (21 commits)
  slub: When allocating a new slab also prep the first object
  slub: disable interrupts in cmpxchg_double_slab when falling back to pagelock
  Avoid duplicate _count variables in page_struct
  Revert "SLUB: Fix build breakage in linux/mm_types.h"
  SLUB: Fix build breakage in linux/mm_types.h
  slub: slabinfo update for cmpxchg handling
  slub: Not necessary to check for empty slab on load_freelist
  slub: fast release on full slab
  slub: Add statistics for the case that the current slab does not match the node
  slub: Get rid of the another_slab label
  slub: Avoid disabling interrupts in free slowpath
  slub: Disable interrupts in free_debug processing
  slub: Invert locking and avoid slab lock
  slub: Rework allocator fastpaths
  slub: Pass kmem_cache struct to lock and freeze slab
  slub: explicit list_lock taking
  slub: Add cmpxchg_double_slab()
  mm: Rearrange struct page
  slub: Move page-&gt;frozen handling near where the page-&gt;freelist handling occurs
  slub: Do not use frozen page flag but a bit in the page counters
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* 'slub/lockless' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/slab-2.6: (21 commits)
  slub: When allocating a new slab also prep the first object
  slub: disable interrupts in cmpxchg_double_slab when falling back to pagelock
  Avoid duplicate _count variables in page_struct
  Revert "SLUB: Fix build breakage in linux/mm_types.h"
  SLUB: Fix build breakage in linux/mm_types.h
  slub: slabinfo update for cmpxchg handling
  slub: Not necessary to check for empty slab on load_freelist
  slub: fast release on full slab
  slub: Add statistics for the case that the current slab does not match the node
  slub: Get rid of the another_slab label
  slub: Avoid disabling interrupts in free slowpath
  slub: Disable interrupts in free_debug processing
  slub: Invert locking and avoid slab lock
  slub: Rework allocator fastpaths
  slub: Pass kmem_cache struct to lock and freeze slab
  slub: explicit list_lock taking
  slub: Add cmpxchg_double_slab()
  mm: Rearrange struct page
  slub: Move page-&gt;frozen handling near where the page-&gt;freelist handling occurs
  slub: Do not use frozen page flag but a bit in the page counters
  ...
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<entry>
<title>slub: Add method to verify memory is not freed</title>
<updated>2011-07-07T19:17:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ben Greear</name>
<email>greearb@candelatech.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-07-07T18:36:37+00:00</published>
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This is for tracking down suspect memory usage.

Acked-by: Christoph Lameter &lt;cl@linux.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Greear &lt;greearb@candelatech.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg &lt;penberg@kernel.org&gt;
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This is for tracking down suspect memory usage.

Acked-by: Christoph Lameter &lt;cl@linux.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Greear &lt;greearb@candelatech.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg &lt;penberg@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>slub: fast release on full slab</title>
<updated>2011-07-02T10:26:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Lameter</name>
<email>cl@linux.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-06-01T17:25:58+00:00</published>
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Make deactivation occur implicitly while checking out the current freelist.

This avoids one cmpxchg operation on a slab that is now fully in use.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter &lt;cl@linux.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg &lt;penberg@kernel.org&gt;
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Make deactivation occur implicitly while checking out the current freelist.

This avoids one cmpxchg operation on a slab that is now fully in use.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter &lt;cl@linux.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg &lt;penberg@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>slub: Add statistics for the case that the current slab does not match the node</title>
<updated>2011-07-02T10:26:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Lameter</name>
<email>cl@linux.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-06-01T17:25:57+00:00</published>
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Slub reloads the per cpu slab if the page does not satisfy the NUMA condition. Track
those reloads since doing so has a performance impact.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter &lt;cl@linux.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg &lt;penberg@kernel.org&gt;
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Slub reloads the per cpu slab if the page does not satisfy the NUMA condition. Track
those reloads since doing so has a performance impact.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter &lt;cl@linux.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg &lt;penberg@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>slub: Add cmpxchg_double_slab()</title>
<updated>2011-07-02T10:26:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Lameter</name>
<email>cl@linux.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-06-01T17:25:49+00:00</published>
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Add a function that operates on the second doubleword in the page struct
and manipulates the object counters, the freelist and the frozen attribute.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter &lt;cl@linux.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg &lt;penberg@kernel.org&gt;
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Add a function that operates on the second doubleword in the page struct
and manipulates the object counters, the freelist and the frozen attribute.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter &lt;cl@linux.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg &lt;penberg@kernel.org&gt;
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