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From: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
To: js1304@gmail.com
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 12/17] mm/slab: do not change cache size if debug pagealloc isn't possible
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 10:13:47 -0600 (CST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1602261013140.24939@east.gentwo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1456466484-3442-13-git-send-email-iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>

On Fri, 26 Feb 2016, js1304@gmail.com wrote:

> We can fail to setup off slab in some conditions.  Even in this case,
> debug pagealloc increases cache size to PAGE_SIZE in advance and it is
> waste because debug pagealloc cannot work for it when it isn't the off
> slab.  To improve this situation, this patch checks first that this cache
> with increased size is suitable for off slab.  It actually increases cache
> size when it is suitable for off-slab, so possible waste is removed.

Maybe add some explanations to the code? You tried to simplify it earlier
and make it understandable. This makes it difficult to understand it.

  reply	other threads:[~2016-02-26 16:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-26  6:01 [PATCH v2 00/17] mm/slab: introduce new freed objects management way, OBJFREELIST_SLAB js1304
2016-02-26  6:01 ` [PATCH v2 01/17] mm/slab: fix stale code comment js1304
2016-02-26  6:01 ` [PATCH v2 02/17] mm/slab: remove useless structure define js1304
2016-02-26  6:01 ` [PATCH v2 03/17] mm/slab: remove the checks for slab implementation bug js1304
2016-02-26 16:05   ` Christoph Lameter
2016-02-26  6:01 ` [PATCH v2 04/17] mm/slab: activate debug_pagealloc in SLAB when it is actually enabled js1304
2016-02-26 16:06   ` Christoph Lameter
2016-02-26  6:01 ` [PATCH v2 05/17] mm/slab: use more appropriate condition check for debug_pagealloc js1304
2016-02-26 16:08   ` Christoph Lameter
2016-02-26  6:01 ` [PATCH v2 06/17] mm/slab: clean up DEBUG_PAGEALLOC processing code js1304
2016-02-26  6:01 ` [PATCH v2 07/17] mm/slab: alternative implementation for DEBUG_SLAB_LEAK js1304
2016-02-26  6:01 ` [PATCH v2 08/17] mm/slab: remove object status buffer " js1304
2016-02-26  6:01 ` [PATCH v2 09/17] mm/slab: put the freelist at the end of slab page js1304
2016-02-26  6:01 ` [PATCH v2 10/17] mm/slab: align cache size first before determination of OFF_SLAB candidate js1304
2016-02-26  6:01 ` [PATCH v2 11/17] mm/slab: clean up cache type determination js1304
2016-02-26  6:01 ` [PATCH v2 12/17] mm/slab: do not change cache size if debug pagealloc isn't possible js1304
2016-02-26 16:13   ` Christoph Lameter [this message]
2016-02-26 17:02     ` Joonsoo Kim
2016-02-26  6:01 ` [PATCH v2 13/17] mm/slab: make criteria for off slab determination robust and simple js1304
2016-02-26  6:01 ` [PATCH v2 14/17] mm/slab: factor out slab list fixup code js1304
2016-02-26  6:01 ` [PATCH v2 15/17] mm/slab: factor out debugging initialization in cache_init_objs() js1304
2016-02-26  6:01 ` [PATCH v2 16/17] mm/slab: introduce new slab management type, OBJFREELIST_SLAB js1304
2016-02-26 16:21   ` Christoph Lameter
2016-02-26 17:06     ` Joonsoo Kim
2016-02-26  6:01 ` [PATCH v2 17/17] mm/slab: avoid returning values by reference js1304
2016-02-26 16:22   ` Christoph Lameter

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