[PATCH v2 2/3] slub: correct bootstrap() for kmem_cache, kmem_cache_node

From: Joonsoo Kim
Date: Mon Jan 21 2013 - 03:01:19 EST


Current implementation of bootstrap() is not sufficient for kmem_cache
and kmem_cache_node.

First, for kmem_cache.
bootstrap() call kmem_cache_zalloc() at first. When kmem_cache_zalloc()
is called, kmem_cache's slab is moved to cpu slab for satisfying kmem_cache
allocation request. In current implementation, we only consider
n->partial slabs, so, we miss this cpu slab for kmem_cache.

Second, for kmem_cache_node.
When slab_state = PARTIAL, create_boot_cache() is called. And then,
kmem_cache_node's slab is moved to cpu slab for satisfying kmem_cache_node
allocation request. So, we also miss this slab.

These didn't make any error previously, because we normally don't free
objects which comes from kmem_cache's first slab and kmem_cache_node's.

Problem will be solved if we consider a cpu slab in bootstrap().
This patch implement it.

v2: don't loop over all processors in bootstrap().

Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx>

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 7204c74..8b95364 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3614,10 +3614,15 @@ static int slab_memory_callback(struct notifier_block *self,
static struct kmem_cache * __init bootstrap(struct kmem_cache *static_cache)
{
int node;
+ struct kmem_cache_cpu *c;
struct kmem_cache *s = kmem_cache_zalloc(kmem_cache, GFP_NOWAIT);

memcpy(s, static_cache, kmem_cache->object_size);

+ c = this_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab);
+ if (c->page)
+ c->page->slab_cache = s;
+
for_each_node_state(node, N_NORMAL_MEMORY) {
struct kmem_cache_node *n = get_node(s, node);
struct page *p;
--
1.7.9.5

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