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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2024-03-13 06:14:54 +0300 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2024-03-13 06:14:54 +0300 |
commit | 0ea680eda6c9f59a9512f8b0dd4abf229bb9f6cf (patch) | |
tree | c9b92a3c28f6eb0cbd8be25234e5e894016f51f1 /Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | |
parent | cc4a875cf3b3bc07d523ea85b8ca45da1ca4f4e6 (diff) | |
parent | 1a1c4e4576d439a14b2499de52b9225c69348903 (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'slab-for-6.9' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vbabka/slab
Pull slab updates from Vlastimil Babka:
- Freelist loading optimization (Chengming Zhou)
When the per-cpu slab is depleted and a new one loaded from the cpu
partial list, optimize the loading to avoid an irq enable/disable
cycle. This results in a 3.5% performance improvement on the "perf
bench sched messaging" test.
- Kernel boot parameters cleanup after SLAB removal (Xiongwei Song)
Due to two different main slab implementations we've had boot
parameters prefixed either slab_ and slub_ with some later becoming
an alias as both implementations gained the same functionality (i.e.
slab_nomerge vs slub_nomerge). In order to eventually get rid of the
implementation-specific names, the canonical and documented
parameters are now all prefixed slab_ and the slub_ variants become
deprecated but still working aliases.
- SLAB_ kmem_cache creation flags cleanup (Vlastimil Babka)
The flags had hardcoded #define values which became tedious and
error-prone when adding new ones. Assign the values via an enum that
takes care of providing unique bit numbers. Also deprecate
SLAB_MEM_SPREAD which was only used by SLAB, so it's a no-op since
SLAB removal. Assign it an explicit zero value. The removals of the
flag usage are handled independently in the respective subsystems,
with a final removal of any leftover usage planned for the next
release.
- Misc cleanups and fixes (Chengming Zhou, Xiaolei Wang, Zheng Yejian)
Includes removal of unused code or function parameters and a fix of a
memleak.
* tag 'slab-for-6.9' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vbabka/slab:
slab: remove PARTIAL_NODE slab_state
mm, slab: remove memcg_from_slab_obj()
mm, slab: remove the corner case of inc_slabs_node()
mm/slab: Fix a kmemleak in kmem_cache_destroy()
mm, slab, kasan: replace kasan_never_merge() with SLAB_NO_MERGE
mm, slab: use an enum to define SLAB_ cache creation flags
mm, slab: deprecate SLAB_MEM_SPREAD flag
mm, slab: fix the comment of cpu partial list
mm, slab: remove unused object_size parameter in kmem_cache_flags()
mm/slub: remove parameter 'flags' in create_kmalloc_caches()
mm/slub: remove unused parameter in next_freelist_entry()
mm/slub: remove full list manipulation for non-debug slab
mm/slub: directly load freelist from cpu partial slab in the likely case
mm/slub: make the description of slab_min_objects helpful in doc
mm/slub: replace slub_$params with slab_$params in slub.rst
mm/slub: unify all sl[au]b parameters with "slab_$param"
Documentation: kernel-parameters: remove noaliencache
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt')
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1 files changed, 32 insertions, 43 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index b3b5ce13de2b..26534c8e927a 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3771,10 +3771,6 @@ no5lvl [X86-64,RISCV,EARLY] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces kernel to use 4-level paging instead. - noaliencache [MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien - caches in the slab allocator. Saves per-node memory, - but will impact performance. - noalign [KNL,ARM] noaltinstr [S390,EARLY] Disables alternative instructions @@ -5930,65 +5926,58 @@ simeth= [IA-64] simscsi= - slram= [HW,MTD] - - slab_merge [MM] - Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the - kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT. - - slab_nomerge [MM] - Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be - necessary if there is some reason to distinguish - allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened - environments where the risk of heap overflows and - layout control by attackers can usually be - frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce - most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single - cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly - unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their - own. - For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst. - - slab_max_order= [MM, SLAB] - Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs. - A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory - fragmentation. Defaults to 1 for systems with - more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise. - - slub_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...] [MM, SLUB] - Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the + slab_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...] [MM] + Enabling slab_debug allows one to determine the culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling - slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and + slab_debug can create guard zones around objects and may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the last alloc / free. For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst. + (slub_debug legacy name also accepted for now) - slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB] + slab_max_order= [MM] Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs. A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory fragmentation. For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst. + (slub_max_order legacy name also accepted for now) + + slab_merge [MM] + Enable merging of slabs with similar size when the + kernel is built without CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT. + (slub_merge legacy name also accepted for now) - slub_min_objects= [MM, SLUB] + slab_min_objects= [MM] The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will - increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to + increase the slab order up to slab_max_order to generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain the number of objects indicated. The higher the number of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs and the less frequently locks need to be acquired. For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst. + (slub_min_objects legacy name also accepted for now) - slub_min_order= [MM, SLUB] + slab_min_order= [MM] Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be - lower than slub_max_order. - For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst. + lower or equal to slab_max_order. For more information see + Documentation/mm/slub.rst. + (slub_min_order legacy name also accepted for now) - slub_merge [MM, SLUB] - Same with slab_merge. + slab_nomerge [MM] + Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be + necessary if there is some reason to distinguish + allocs to different slabs, especially in hardened + environments where the risk of heap overflows and + layout control by attackers can usually be + frustrated by disabling merging. This will reduce + most of the exposure of a heap attack to a single + cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly + unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their + own. + For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst. + (slub_nomerge legacy name also accepted for now) - slub_nomerge [MM, SLUB] - Same with slab_nomerge. This is supported for legacy. - See slab_nomerge for more information. + slram= [HW,MTD] smart2= [HW] Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]] |