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authorChristoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>2015-11-20 15:57:35 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-11-20 16:17:32 -0800
commita380a3c75529a5c42b78c0d64a46404f8cb0c0d1 (patch)
tree9b7084a6b6c3e4b9f43a6d8ba16734ff8d4e8d32 /mm/slub.c
parent21fa8442799945beaca074cb5bcf7cfe24969d59 (diff)
slub: create new ___slab_alloc function that can be called with irqs disabled
Bulk alloc needs a function like that because it enables interrupts before calling __slab_alloc which promptly disables them again using the expensive local_irq_save(). Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com> Cc: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/slub.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/slub.c44
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 7cb4bf9ae320..2a952751bb50 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2295,23 +2295,15 @@ static inline void *get_freelist(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page)
* And if we were unable to get a new slab from the partial slab lists then
* we need to allocate a new slab. This is the slowest path since it involves
* a call to the page allocator and the setup of a new slab.
+ *
+ * Version of __slab_alloc to use when we know that interrupts are
+ * already disabled (which is the case for bulk allocation).
*/
-static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node,
+static void *___slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node,
unsigned long addr, struct kmem_cache_cpu *c)
{
void *freelist;
struct page *page;
- unsigned long flags;
-
- local_irq_save(flags);
-#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
- /*
- * We may have been preempted and rescheduled on a different
- * cpu before disabling interrupts. Need to reload cpu area
- * pointer.
- */
- c = this_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab);
-#endif
page = c->page;
if (!page)
@@ -2369,7 +2361,6 @@ load_freelist:
VM_BUG_ON(!c->page->frozen);
c->freelist = get_freepointer(s, freelist);
c->tid = next_tid(c->tid);
- local_irq_restore(flags);
return freelist;
new_slab:
@@ -2386,7 +2377,6 @@ new_slab:
if (unlikely(!freelist)) {
slab_out_of_memory(s, gfpflags, node);
- local_irq_restore(flags);
return NULL;
}
@@ -2402,11 +2392,35 @@ new_slab:
deactivate_slab(s, page, get_freepointer(s, freelist));
c->page = NULL;
c->freelist = NULL;
- local_irq_restore(flags);
return freelist;
}
/*
+ * Another one that disabled interrupt and compensates for possible
+ * cpu changes by refetching the per cpu area pointer.
+ */
+static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node,
+ unsigned long addr, struct kmem_cache_cpu *c)
+{
+ void *p;
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ local_irq_save(flags);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
+ /*
+ * We may have been preempted and rescheduled on a different
+ * cpu before disabling interrupts. Need to reload cpu area
+ * pointer.
+ */
+ c = this_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab);
+#endif
+
+ p = ___slab_alloc(s, gfpflags, node, addr, c);
+ local_irq_restore(flags);
+ return p;
+}
+
+/*
* Inlined fastpath so that allocation functions (kmalloc, kmem_cache_alloc)
* have the fastpath folded into their functions. So no function call
* overhead for requests that can be satisfied on the fastpath.