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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/slab.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/slab.h | 17 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h index 1e2f4fe12773..9260abdd67df 100644 --- a/include/linux/slab.h +++ b/include/linux/slab.h @@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ struct kmem_cache { #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB /* - * SLUB allocates up to order 2 pages directly and otherwise - * passes the request to the page allocator. + * SLUB directly allocates requests fitting in to an order-1 page + * (PAGE_SIZE*2). Larger requests are passed to the page allocator. */ #define KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH (PAGE_SHIFT + 1) #define KMALLOC_SHIFT_MAX (MAX_ORDER + PAGE_SHIFT) @@ -217,12 +217,12 @@ struct kmem_cache { #ifdef CONFIG_SLOB /* - * SLOB passes all page size and larger requests to the page allocator. + * SLOB passes all requests larger than one page to the page allocator. * No kmalloc array is necessary since objects of different sizes can * be allocated from the same page. */ -#define KMALLOC_SHIFT_MAX 30 #define KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH PAGE_SHIFT +#define KMALLOC_SHIFT_MAX 30 #ifndef KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW #define KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW 3 #endif @@ -513,7 +513,9 @@ static __always_inline void *kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node) * * Both the root cache and the child caches will have it. For the root cache, * this will hold a dynamically allocated array large enough to hold - * information about the currently limited memcgs in the system. + * information about the currently limited memcgs in the system. To allow the + * array to be accessed without taking any locks, on relocation we free the old + * version only after a grace period. * * Child caches will hold extra metadata needed for its operation. Fields are: * @@ -528,7 +530,10 @@ static __always_inline void *kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node) struct memcg_cache_params { bool is_root_cache; union { - struct kmem_cache *memcg_caches[0]; + struct { + struct rcu_head rcu_head; + struct kmem_cache *memcg_caches[0]; + }; struct { struct mem_cgroup *memcg; struct list_head list; |
