linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 4/5] slub: Only IPI CPUs that have per cpu obj to flush

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Date:	Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:57:09 +0200
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
To:	Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/5] slub: Only IPI CPUs that have per cpu obj to flush

On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Nov 2011, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
>>
>> static void flush_all(struct kmem_cache *s)
>> {
>> -       on_each_cpu(flush_cpu_slab, s, 1);
>> +       cpumask_var_t cpus;
>> +       struct kmem_cache_cpu *c;
>> +       int cpu;
>> +
>> +       if (likely(zalloc_cpumask_var(&cpus, GFP_ATOMIC))) {
>
> __GFP_NOWARN too maybe?
>
>> +               for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
>> +                       c = per_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab, cpu);
>> +                       if (c->page)
>> +                               cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, cpus);
>> +               }
>> +               on_each_cpu_mask(cpus, flush_cpu_slab, s, 1);
>> +               free_cpumask_var(cpus);
>> +       } else
>> +               on_each_cpu(flush_cpu_slab, s, 1);
>> }
>
> Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
>
> I can't take the patch because it depends on a new API introduced in the
> first patch.
>
> I'm CC'ing Andrew.

...this time with the right email address.
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