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| -rw-r--r-- | mm/slub.c | 22 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c index fe5fcf074dfd..4fc203a4fa03 100644 --- a/mm/slub.c +++ b/mm/slub.c @@ -76,13 +76,28 @@ * * Frozen slabs * - * If a slab is frozen then it is exempt from list management. It is not - * on any list except per cpu partial list. The processor that froze the + * If a slab is frozen then it is exempt from list management. It is + * the cpu slab which is actively allocated from by the processor that + * froze it and it is not on any list. The processor that froze the * slab is the one who can perform list operations on the slab. Other * processors may put objects onto the freelist but the processor that * froze the slab is the only one that can retrieve the objects from the * slab's freelist. * + * CPU partial slabs + * + * The partially empty slabs cached on the CPU partial list are used + * for performance reasons, which speeds up the allocation process. + * These slabs are not frozen, but are also exempt from list management, + * by clearing the PG_workingset flag when moving out of the node + * partial list. Please see __slab_free() for more details. + * + * To sum up, the current scheme is: + * - node partial slab: PG_Workingset && !frozen + * - cpu partial slab: !PG_Workingset && !frozen + * - cpu slab: !PG_Workingset && frozen + * - full slab: !PG_Workingset && !frozen + * * list_lock * * The list_lock protects the partial and full list on each node and @@ -2617,8 +2632,7 @@ static void put_partials_cpu(struct kmem_cache *s, } /* - * Put a slab that was just frozen (in __slab_free|get_partial_node) into a - * partial slab slot if available. + * Put a slab into a partial slab slot if available. * * If we did not find a slot then simply move all the partials to the * per node partial list. |