linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 09/19] zsmalloc: keep max_object in size

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Date:	Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:28:24 +0900
From:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
To:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jlayton@...chiereds.net,
	bfields@...ldses.org, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>, koct9i@...il.com,
	aquini@...hat.com, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
	rknize@...orola.com, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Gioh Kim <gurugio@...mail.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 09/19] zsmalloc: keep max_object in size_class

On (03/11/16 16:30), Minchan Kim wrote:
> Every zspage in a size_class has same number of max objects so
> we could move it to a size_class.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
> ---
>  mm/zsmalloc.c | 29 ++++++++++++++---------------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/zsmalloc.c b/mm/zsmalloc.c
> index b4fb11831acb..ca663c82c1fc 100644
> --- a/mm/zsmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/zsmalloc.c
> @@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
>   *	page->freelist: points to the first free object in zspage.
>   *		Free objects are linked together using in-place
>   *		metadata.
> - *	page->objects: maximum number of objects we can store in this
> - *		zspage (class->zspage_order * PAGE_SIZE / class->size)
>   *	page->lru: links together first pages of various zspages.
>   *		Basically forming list of zspages in a fullness group.
>   *	page->mapping: class index and fullness group of the zspage
> @@ -211,6 +209,7 @@ struct size_class {
>  	 * of ZS_ALIGN.
>  	 */
>  	int size;
> +	int objs_per_zspage;
>  	unsigned int index;

struct page ->objects "comes for free". now we don't use it, instead
every size_class grows by 4 bytes? is there any reason for this?

	-ss