linux-kernel - Re: [slubllv7 06/17] slub: Add cmpxchg_double

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Date:	Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:55:00 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [slubllv7 06/17] slub: Add cmpxchg_double_slab()

Le mercredi 01 juin 2011 à 12:25 -0500, Christoph Lameter a écrit :
> pièce jointe document texte brut (cmpxchg_double_slab)
> 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 <cl@...ux.com>
> 
> ---
>  include/linux/slub_def.h |    1 
>  mm/slub.c                |   65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c	2011-05-31 11:57:59.622937422 -0500
> +++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c	2011-05-31 12:03:16.652935392 -0500
> @@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ static inline int kmem_cache_debug(struc
>  /* Enable to test recovery from slab corruption on boot */
>  #undef SLUB_RESILIENCY_TEST
>  
> +/* Enable to log cmpxchg failures */
> +#undef SLUB_DEBUG_CMPXCHG
> +
>  /*
>   * Mininum number of partial slabs. These will be left on the partial
>   * lists even if they are empty. kmem_cache_shrink may reclaim them.
> @@ -170,6 +173,7 @@ static inline int kmem_cache_debug(struc
>  
>  /* Internal SLUB flags */
>  #define __OBJECT_POISON		0x80000000UL /* Poison object */
> +#define __CMPXCHG_DOUBLE	0x40000000UL /* Use cmpxchg_double */
>  
>  static int kmem_size = sizeof(struct kmem_cache);
>  
> @@ -338,6 +342,37 @@ static inline int oo_objects(struct kmem
>  	return x.x & OO_MASK;
>  }
>  
> +static inline bool cmpxchg_double_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
> +		void *freelist_old, unsigned long counters_old,
> +		void *freelist_new, unsigned long counters_new,
> +		const char *n)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CMPXCHG_DOUBLE
> +	if (s->flags & __CMPXCHG_DOUBLE) {
> +		if (cmpxchg_double(&page->freelist,
> +			freelist_old, counters_old,
> +			freelist_new, counters_new))
> +		return 1;
> +	} else
> +#endif
> +	{
> +		if (page->freelist == freelist_old && page->counters == counters_old) {
> +			page->freelist = freelist_new;
> +			page->counters = counters_new;
> +			return 1;
> +		}
> +	}

This works only on 64bit arches, where page->counters get all following
fields combined : inuse, objects, frozen, _count

On 32bit arch, I am afraid you have to disable the cmpxchg_double()
thing ?




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