linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V1] mm/slab: introduce kvfree_rcu_barrier_on

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Message-ID: <be021cb8-9bff-4bfc-bc79-c84cbb3f4c4e@nvidia.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 09:29:17 +0000
From: Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>
To: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@...cle.com>, surenb@...gle.com
Cc: Liam.Howlett@...cle.com, atomlin@...mlin.com, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
 cl@...two.org, da.gomez@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, lucas.demarchi@...el.com,
 maple-tree@...ts.infradead.org, mcgrof@...nel.org, petr.pavlu@...e.com,
 rcu@...r.kernel.org, rientjes@...gle.com, roman.gushchin@...ux.dev,
 samitolvanen@...gle.com, sidhartha.kumar@...cle.com, urezki@...il.com,
 vbabka@...e.cz, "linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org" <linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V1] mm/slab: introduce kvfree_rcu_barrier_on_cache() for
 cache destruction


On 28/11/2025 11:37, Harry Yoo wrote:
> Currently, kvfree_rcu_barrier() flushes RCU sheaves across all slab
> caches when a cache is destroyed. This is unnecessary when destroying
> a slab cache; only the RCU sheaves belonging to the cache being destroyed
> need to be flushed.
> 
> As suggested by Vlastimil Babka, introduce a weaker form of
> kvfree_rcu_barrier() that operates on a specific slab cache and call it
> on cache destruction.
> 
> The performance benefit is evaluated on a 12 core 24 threads AMD Ryzen
> 5900X machine (1 socket), by loading slub_kunit module.
> 
> Before:
>    Total calls: 19
>    Average latency (us): 8529
>    Total time (us): 162069
> 
> After:
>    Total calls: 19
>    Average latency (us): 3804
>    Total time (us): 72287
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/0406562e-2066-4cf8-9902-b2b0616dd742@kernel.org
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/e988eff6-1287-425e-a06c-805af5bbf262@nvidia.com
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/1bda09da-93be-4737-aef0-d47f8c5c9301@suse.cz
> Suggested-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> Signed-off-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@...cle.com>
> ---

Thanks for the rapid fix. I have been testing this and can confirm that 
this does fix the performance regression I was seeing.

BTW shouldn't we add a 'Fixes:' tag above? I would like to ensure that 
this gets picked up for v6.18 stable.

Otherwise ...

Tested-by: Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>

Thanks!
Jon

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