Do not use a page flag for the frozen bit. It needs to be part of the state that is handled with cmpxchg_double(). So use a bit in the counter struct in the page struct for that purpose. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter --- include/linux/mm_types.h | 5 +++-- include/linux/page-flags.h | 5 ----- mm/slub.c | 12 ++++++------ 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/mm_types.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/mm_types.h 2011-05-31 09:40:57.402990070 -0500 +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/mm_types.h 2011-05-31 09:42:53.632989323 -0500 @@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ struct page { * & limit reverse map searches. */ struct { /* SLUB */ - u16 inuse; - u16 objects; + unsigned inuse:16; + unsigned objects:15; + unsigned frozen:1; }; }; union { Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/page-flags.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/page-flags.h 2011-05-31 09:40:57.392990068 -0500 +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/page-flags.h 2011-05-31 09:43:25.402989115 -0500 @@ -124,9 +124,6 @@ enum pageflags { /* SLOB */ PG_slob_free = PG_private, - - /* SLUB */ - PG_slub_frozen = PG_active, }; #ifndef __GENERATING_BOUNDS_H @@ -212,8 +209,6 @@ PAGEFLAG(SwapBacked, swapbacked) __CLEAR __PAGEFLAG(SlobFree, slob_free) -__PAGEFLAG(SlubFrozen, slub_frozen) - /* * Private page markings that may be used by the filesystem that owns the page * for its own purposes. Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c 2011-05-31 09:42:08.102989621 -0500 +++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2011-05-31 09:42:53.632989323 -0500 @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static inline int kmem_cache_debug(struc #define OO_SHIFT 16 #define OO_MASK ((1 << OO_SHIFT) - 1) -#define MAX_OBJS_PER_PAGE 65535 /* since page.objects is u16 */ +#define MAX_OBJS_PER_PAGE 32767 /* since page.objects is u15 */ /* Internal SLUB flags */ #define __OBJECT_POISON 0x80000000UL /* Poison object */ @@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ static noinline int free_debug_processin } /* Special debug activities for freeing objects */ - if (!PageSlubFrozen(page) && !page->freelist) + if (!page->frozen && !page->freelist) remove_full(s, page); if (s->flags & SLAB_STORE_USER) set_track(s, object, TRACK_FREE, addr); @@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ static inline int lock_and_freeze_slab(s { if (slab_trylock(page)) { __remove_partial(n, page); - __SetPageSlubFrozen(page); + page->frozen = 1; return 1; } return 0; @@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ static void unfreeze_slab(struct kmem_ca { struct kmem_cache_node *n = get_node(s, page_to_nid(page)); - __ClearPageSlubFrozen(page); + page->frozen = 0; if (page->inuse) { if (page->freelist) { @@ -1868,7 +1868,7 @@ new_slab: flush_slab(s, c); slab_lock(page); - __SetPageSlubFrozen(page); + page->frozen = 1; c->node = page_to_nid(page); c->page = page; goto load_freelist; @@ -2048,7 +2048,7 @@ static void __slab_free(struct kmem_cach page->freelist = object; page->inuse--; - if (unlikely(PageSlubFrozen(page))) { + if (unlikely(page->frozen)) { stat(s, FREE_FROZEN); goto out_unlock; }