[PATCH RFC 3/4] mm, slab: add static key for should_failslab()

From: Vlastimil Babka
Date: Fri May 31 2024 - 05:34:01 EST


Since commit 4f6923fbb352 ("mm: make should_failslab always available for
fault injection") should_failslab() is unconditionally a noinline
function. This adds visible overhead to the slab allocation hotpath,
even if the function is empty. With CONFIG_FAILSLAB=y there's additional
overhead when the functionality is not enabled by a boot parameter or
debugfs.

The overhead can be eliminated with a static key around the callsite.
Fault injection and error injection frameworks can now be told that the
this function has a static key associated, and are able to enable and
disable it accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
---
mm/failslab.c | 2 +-
mm/slab.h | 3 +++
mm/slub.c | 10 +++++++---
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/failslab.c b/mm/failslab.c
index ffc420c0e767..878fd08e5dac 100644
--- a/mm/failslab.c
+++ b/mm/failslab.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ static struct {
bool ignore_gfp_reclaim;
bool cache_filter;
} failslab = {
- .attr = FAULT_ATTR_INITIALIZER,
+ .attr = FAULT_ATTR_INITIALIZER_KEY(&should_failslab_active.key),
.ignore_gfp_reclaim = true,
.cache_filter = false,
};
diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index 5f8f47c5bee0..792e19cb37b8 100644
--- a/mm/slab.h
+++ b/mm/slab.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <linux/memcontrol.h>
#include <linux/kfence.h>
#include <linux/kasan.h>
+#include <linux/jump_label.h>

/*
* Internal slab definitions
@@ -160,6 +161,8 @@ static_assert(IS_ALIGNED(offsetof(struct slab, freelist), sizeof(freelist_aba_t)
*/
#define slab_page(s) folio_page(slab_folio(s), 0)

+DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(should_failslab_active);
+
/*
* If network-based swap is enabled, sl*b must keep track of whether pages
* were allocated from pfmemalloc reserves.
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 0809760cf789..3bb579760a37 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3874,13 +3874,15 @@ static __always_inline void maybe_wipe_obj_freeptr(struct kmem_cache *s,
0, sizeof(void *));
}

+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(should_failslab_active);
+
noinline int should_failslab(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags)
{
if (__should_failslab(s, gfpflags))
return -ENOMEM;
return 0;
}
-ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION(should_failslab, ERRNO);
+ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION_KEY(should_failslab, ERRNO, &should_failslab_active);

static __fastpath_inline
struct kmem_cache *slab_pre_alloc_hook(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags)
@@ -3889,8 +3891,10 @@ struct kmem_cache *slab_pre_alloc_hook(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags)

might_alloc(flags);

- if (unlikely(should_failslab(s, flags)))
- return NULL;
+ if (static_branch_unlikely(&should_failslab_active)) {
+ if (should_failslab(s, flags))
+ return NULL;
+ }

return s;
}

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2.45.1