[PATCH v2] udmabuf: use kmem_cache to alloc udmabuf folio

From: Huan Yang
Date: Wed Jul 31 2024 - 02:28:57 EST


The current udmabuf_folio contains a list_head and the corresponding
folio pointer, with a size of 24 bytes. udmabuf_folio uses kmalloc to
allocate memory.

However, kmalloc is a public pool, starting from 64 bytes. This means
that each udmabuf_folio allocation will waste 40 bytes.

Considering that each udmabuf creates a folio corresponding to a
udmabuf_folio, the wasted memory can be significant in the case of
memory fragmentation.

Furthermore, if udmabuf is frequently used, the allocation and
deallocation of udmabuf_folio will also be frequent.

Therefore, this patch adds a kmem_cache dedicated to the allocation and
deallocation of udmabuf_folio.This is expected to improve the
performance of allocation and deallocation within the expected range,
while also avoiding memory waste.

Signed-off-by: Huan Yang <link@xxxxxxxx>
---
v2 -> v1: fix double unregister, remove unlikely

drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c b/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c
index 047c3cd2ceff..c112c58ef09a 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ static int size_limit_mb = 64;
module_param(size_limit_mb, int, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(size_limit_mb, "Max size of a dmabuf, in megabytes. Default is 64.");

+static struct kmem_cache *udmabuf_folio_cachep;
+
struct udmabuf {
pgoff_t pagecount;
struct folio **folios;
@@ -169,7 +171,7 @@ static void unpin_all_folios(struct list_head *unpin_list)
unpin_folio(ubuf_folio->folio);

list_del(&ubuf_folio->list);
- kfree(ubuf_folio);
+ kmem_cache_free(udmabuf_folio_cachep, ubuf_folio);
}
}

@@ -178,7 +180,7 @@ static int add_to_unpin_list(struct list_head *unpin_list,
{
struct udmabuf_folio *ubuf_folio;

- ubuf_folio = kzalloc(sizeof(*ubuf_folio), GFP_KERNEL);
+ ubuf_folio = kmem_cache_alloc(udmabuf_folio_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ubuf_folio)
return -ENOMEM;

@@ -491,11 +493,20 @@ static int __init udmabuf_dev_init(void)
DMA_BIT_MASK(64));
if (ret < 0) {
pr_err("Could not setup DMA mask for udmabuf device\n");
- misc_deregister(&udmabuf_misc);
- return ret;
+ goto err;
+ }
+
+ udmabuf_folio_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(udmabuf_folio, 0);
+ if (!udmabuf_folio_cachep) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto err;
}

return 0;
+
+err:
+ misc_deregister(&udmabuf_misc);
+ return ret;
}

static void __exit udmabuf_dev_exit(void)

base-commit: cd19ac2f903276b820f5d0d89de0c896c27036ed
--
2.45.2