linux-kernel - [PATCH linus/master 1/2] rcuperf: Add ability to increase object allocation size

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Date:   Thu,  5 Mar 2020 17:13:22 -0500
From:   "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, rcu@...r.kernel.org,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, urezki@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH linus/master 1/2] rcuperf: Add ability to increase object allocation size

This allows us to increase memory pressure dynamically using a new
rcuperf boot command line parameter called 'rcumult'.

Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>

---
 kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c b/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
index da94b89cd5310..36f0ed75c7cf3 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ torture_param(bool, shutdown, RCUPERF_SHUTDOWN,
 torture_param(int, verbose, 1, "Enable verbose debugging printk()s");
 torture_param(int, writer_holdoff, 0, "Holdoff (us) between GPs, zero to disable");
 torture_param(int, kfree_rcu_test, 0, "Do we run a kfree_rcu() perf test?");
+torture_param(int, kfree_mult, 1, "Multiple of kfree_obj size to allocate.");
 
 static char *perf_type = "rcu";
 module_param(perf_type, charp, 0444);
@@ -627,7 +628,7 @@ kfree_perf_thread(void *arg)
 
 	do {
 		for (i = 0; i < kfree_alloc_num; i++) {
-			alloc_ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct kfree_obj), GFP_KERNEL);
+			alloc_ptr = kmalloc(kfree_mult * sizeof(struct kfree_obj), GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!alloc_ptr)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -712,6 +713,8 @@ kfree_perf_init(void)
 		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
 	}
 
+	pr_alert("kfree object size=%lu\n", kfree_mult * sizeof(struct kfree_obj));
+
 	kfree_reader_tasks = kcalloc(kfree_nrealthreads, sizeof(kfree_reader_tasks[0]),
 			       GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (kfree_reader_tasks == NULL) {
-- 
2.25.0.265.gbab2e86ba0-goog