linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mm/slab: Improve performance of gathering slabinfo stats

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Date:	Tue, 16 Aug 2016 12:03:14 +0900
From:	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc:	Aruna Ramakrishna <aruna.ramakrishna@...cle.com>,
	Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm/slab: Improve performance of gathering slabinfo
 stats

On Fri, Aug 05, 2016 at 09:21:56AM -0500, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Aug 2016, Joonsoo Kim wrote:
> 
> > If above my comments are fixed, all counting would be done with
> > holding a lock. So, atomic definition isn't needed for the SLAB.
> 
> Ditto for slub. struct kmem_cache_node is alrady defined in mm/slab.h.
> Thus it is a common definition already and can be used by both.
> 
> Making nr_slabs and total_objects unsigned long would be great.

In SLUB, nr_slabs is manipulated without holding a lock so atomic
operation should be used.

Anyway, Aruna. Could you handle my comment?

Thank.