[PATCH v4 29/35] mm: slub: Move flush_cpu_slab() invocations __free_slab() invocations out of IRQ context

From: Vlastimil Babka
Date: Thu Aug 05 2021 - 11:25:31 EST


From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

flush_all() flushes a specific SLAB cache on each CPU (where the cache
is present). The deactivate_slab()/__free_slab() invocation happens
within IPI handler and is problematic for PREEMPT_RT.

The flush operation is not a frequent operation or a hot path. The
per-CPU flush operation can be moved to within a workqueue.

[vbabka@xxxxxxx: adapt to new SLUB changes]
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
---
mm/slub.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index dceb289cb052..da48ada3d17f 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2513,33 +2513,73 @@ static inline void __flush_cpu_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, int cpu)
unfreeze_partials_cpu(s, c);
}

+struct slub_flush_work {
+ struct work_struct work;
+ struct kmem_cache *s;
+ bool skip;
+};
+
/*
* Flush cpu slab.
*
- * Called from IPI handler with interrupts disabled.
+ * Called from CPU work handler with migration disabled.
*/
-static void flush_cpu_slab(void *d)
+static void flush_cpu_slab(struct work_struct *w)
{
- struct kmem_cache *s = d;
- struct kmem_cache_cpu *c = this_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab);
+ struct kmem_cache *s;
+ struct kmem_cache_cpu *c;
+ struct slub_flush_work *sfw;
+
+ sfw = container_of(w, struct slub_flush_work, work);
+
+ s = sfw->s;
+ c = this_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab);

if (c->page)
- flush_slab(s, c, false);
+ flush_slab(s, c, true);

unfreeze_partials(s);
}

-static bool has_cpu_slab(int cpu, void *info)
+static bool has_cpu_slab(int cpu, struct kmem_cache *s)
{
- struct kmem_cache *s = info;
struct kmem_cache_cpu *c = per_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab, cpu);

return c->page || slub_percpu_partial(c);
}

+static DEFINE_MUTEX(flush_lock);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct slub_flush_work, slub_flush);
+
static void flush_all(struct kmem_cache *s)
{
- on_each_cpu_cond(has_cpu_slab, flush_cpu_slab, s, 1);
+ struct slub_flush_work *sfw;
+ unsigned int cpu;
+
+ mutex_lock(&flush_lock);
+ cpus_read_lock();
+
+ for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
+ sfw = &per_cpu(slub_flush, cpu);
+ if (!has_cpu_slab(cpu, s)) {
+ sfw->skip = true;
+ continue;
+ }
+ INIT_WORK(&sfw->work, flush_cpu_slab);
+ sfw->skip = false;
+ sfw->s = s;
+ schedule_work_on(cpu, &sfw->work);
+ }
+
+ for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
+ sfw = &per_cpu(slub_flush, cpu);
+ if (sfw->skip)
+ continue;
+ flush_work(&sfw->work);
+ }
+
+ cpus_read_unlock();
+ mutex_unlock(&flush_lock);
}

/*
--
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