Add a flag RECLAIMABLE to be set on slabs with a defragmentation method Clear the flag if a reclaim action is not successful in reducing the number of objects in a slab. The reclaim flag is set again when all objeccts of the slab have been allocated and it is removed from the partial lists. Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter --- mm/slub.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c 2007-11-06 17:06:46.000000000 -0800 +++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2007-11-06 17:07:54.000000000 -0800 @@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ #define FROZEN (1 << PG_active) #define LOCKED (1 << PG_locked) +#define RECLAIMABLE (1 << PG_dirty) #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG #define SLABDEBUG (1 << PG_error) @@ -1100,6 +1101,8 @@ static noinline struct page *new_slab(st if (s->flags & (SLAB_DEBUG_FREE | SLAB_RED_ZONE | SLAB_POISON | SLAB_STORE_USER | SLAB_TRACE)) state |= SLABDEBUG; + if (s->kick) + state |= RECLAIMABLE; start = page_address(page); page->end = start + 1; @@ -1176,6 +1179,7 @@ static void discard_slab(struct kmem_cac atomic_long_dec(&n->nr_slabs); reset_page_mapcount(page); + page->flags &= ~RECLAIMABLE; __ClearPageSlab(page); free_slab(s, page); } @@ -1408,8 +1412,11 @@ static void unfreeze_slab(struct kmem_ca if (page->freelist != page->end) add_partial(s, page, tail); - else + else { add_full(s, page, state); + if (s->kick && !(state & RECLAIMABLE)) + state |= RECLAIMABLE; + } slab_unlock(page, state); } else { @@ -2633,7 +2640,7 @@ out: * Check if the given state is that of a reclaimable slab page. * * This is only true if this is indeed a slab page and if - * the page has not been frozen. + * the page has not been frozen or marked as unreclaimable. */ static inline int reclaimable_slab(unsigned long state) { @@ -2643,7 +2650,7 @@ static inline int reclaimable_slab(unsig if (state & FROZEN) return 0; - return 1; + return state & RECLAIMABLE; } /* @@ -2958,6 +2965,8 @@ out: * Check the result and unfreeze the slab */ leftover = page->inuse; + if (leftover) + state &= ~RECLAIMABLE; unfreeze_slab(s, page, leftover > 0, state); local_irq_restore(flags); return leftover; @@ -3012,6 +3021,11 @@ static unsigned long __kmem_cache_shrink if (!state) continue; + if (!(state & RECLAIMABLE)) { + slab_unlock(page, state); + continue; + } + if (page->inuse) { list_move(&page->lru, &zaplist); -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/