linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH bpf-next 0/3] bpf: Add slab iterator and kfunc (v1)

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Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:16:15 +0000
From: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>
To: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
	Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...ux.dev>,
	Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@...il.com>, Song Liu <song@...nel.org>,
	Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@...ux.dev>,
	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
	KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>, Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>,
	Hao Luo <haoluo@...gle.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH bpf-next 0/3] bpf: Add slab iterator and kfunc (v1)

On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 03:30:20PM -0700, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm proposing a new iterator and a kfunc for the slab memory allocator
> to get information of each kmem_cache like in /proc/slabinfo or
> /sys/kernel/slab.

Hello, Namhyung!

I personally like the idea very much. With a growing number of kmem_caches
/proc/slabinfo getting close to it's limit, so having a more flexible
interface makes a lot of sense.

> Maybe I need to call it kmem_cache iter but slab
> was short and easier to call. :)

I'd personally prefer kmem_cache or slab_cache, just in case somebody later
would propose an iterator over individual slab objects within a kmem_cache.

Acked-by: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev> (mm/*)

Thanks!