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-rw-r--r--include/linux/slub_def.h19
-rw-r--r--mm/slub.c16
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/slub_def.h b/include/linux/slub_def.h
index 2f5c16b1aacd..986e09dcfd8f 100644
--- a/include/linux/slub_def.h
+++ b/include/linux/slub_def.h
@@ -121,10 +121,23 @@ struct kmem_cache {
#define KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW ilog2(KMALLOC_MIN_SIZE)
/*
+ * Maximum kmalloc object size handled by SLUB. Larger object allocations
+ * are passed through to the page allocator. The page allocator "fastpath"
+ * is relatively slow so we need this value sufficiently high so that
+ * performance critical objects are allocated through the SLUB fastpath.
+ *
+ * This should be dropped to PAGE_SIZE / 2 once the page allocator
+ * "fastpath" becomes competitive with the slab allocator fastpaths.
+ */
+#define SLUB_MAX_SIZE (PAGE_SIZE)
+
+#define SLUB_PAGE_SHIFT (PAGE_SHIFT + 1)
+
+/*
* We keep the general caches in an array of slab caches that are used for
* 2^x bytes of allocations.
*/
-extern struct kmem_cache kmalloc_caches[PAGE_SHIFT + 1];
+extern struct kmem_cache kmalloc_caches[SLUB_PAGE_SHIFT];
/*
* Sorry that the following has to be that ugly but some versions of GCC
@@ -212,7 +225,7 @@ static __always_inline void *kmalloc_large(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
static __always_inline void *kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
{
if (__builtin_constant_p(size)) {
- if (size > PAGE_SIZE)
+ if (size > SLUB_MAX_SIZE)
return kmalloc_large(size, flags);
if (!(flags & SLUB_DMA)) {
@@ -234,7 +247,7 @@ void *kmem_cache_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *, gfp_t flags, int node);
static __always_inline void *kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
{
if (__builtin_constant_p(size) &&
- size <= PAGE_SIZE && !(flags & SLUB_DMA)) {
+ size <= SLUB_MAX_SIZE && !(flags & SLUB_DMA)) {
struct kmem_cache *s = kmalloc_slab(size);
if (!s)
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index bdc9abb08a23..5a5e7f5bf799 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2475,7 +2475,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_destroy);
* Kmalloc subsystem
*******************************************************************/
-struct kmem_cache kmalloc_caches[PAGE_SHIFT + 1] __cacheline_aligned;
+struct kmem_cache kmalloc_caches[SLUB_PAGE_SHIFT] __cacheline_aligned;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmalloc_caches);
static int __init setup_slub_min_order(char *str)
@@ -2537,7 +2537,7 @@ panic:
}
#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
-static struct kmem_cache *kmalloc_caches_dma[PAGE_SHIFT + 1];
+static struct kmem_cache *kmalloc_caches_dma[SLUB_PAGE_SHIFT];
static void sysfs_add_func(struct work_struct *w)
{
@@ -2658,7 +2658,7 @@ void *__kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
{
struct kmem_cache *s;
- if (unlikely(size > PAGE_SIZE))
+ if (unlikely(size > SLUB_MAX_SIZE))
return kmalloc_large(size, flags);
s = get_slab(size, flags);
@@ -2686,7 +2686,7 @@ void *__kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
{
struct kmem_cache *s;
- if (unlikely(size > PAGE_SIZE))
+ if (unlikely(size > SLUB_MAX_SIZE))
return kmalloc_large_node(size, flags, node);
s = get_slab(size, flags);
@@ -2985,7 +2985,7 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
caches++;
}
- for (i = KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW; i <= PAGE_SHIFT; i++) {
+ for (i = KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW; i < SLUB_PAGE_SHIFT; i++) {
create_kmalloc_cache(&kmalloc_caches[i],
"kmalloc", 1 << i, GFP_KERNEL);
caches++;
@@ -3022,7 +3022,7 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
slab_state = UP;
/* Provide the correct kmalloc names now that the caches are up */
- for (i = KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW; i <= PAGE_SHIFT; i++)
+ for (i = KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW; i < SLUB_PAGE_SHIFT; i++)
kmalloc_caches[i]. name =
kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "kmalloc-%d", 1 << i);
@@ -3222,7 +3222,7 @@ void *__kmalloc_track_caller(size_t size, gfp_t gfpflags, unsigned long caller)
{
struct kmem_cache *s;
- if (unlikely(size > PAGE_SIZE))
+ if (unlikely(size > SLUB_MAX_SIZE))
return kmalloc_large(size, gfpflags);
s = get_slab(size, gfpflags);
@@ -3238,7 +3238,7 @@ void *__kmalloc_node_track_caller(size_t size, gfp_t gfpflags,
{
struct kmem_cache *s;
- if (unlikely(size > PAGE_SIZE))
+ if (unlikely(size > SLUB_MAX_SIZE))
return kmalloc_large_node(size, gfpflags, node);
s = get_slab(size, gfpflags);