Re: [patch 05/25] debugobjects: Dont free objects directly on CPU hotplug

From: Leizhen (ThunderTown)
Date: Wed Oct 09 2024 - 22:33:20 EST




On 2024/10/8 0:49, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Freeing the per CPU pool of the unplugged CPU directly is suboptimal as the
> objects can be reused in the real pool if there is room. Aside of that this
> gets the accounting wrong.
>
> Use the regular free path, which allows reuse and has the accounting correct.

Reviewed-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@xxxxxxxxxx>

>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> lib/debugobjects.c | 27 ++++++++++++++-------------
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/lib/debugobjects.c
> +++ b/lib/debugobjects.c
> @@ -430,27 +430,28 @@ static void free_object(struct debug_obj
> }
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
> -static int object_cpu_offline(unsigned int cpu)
> +static void put_objects(struct hlist_head *list)
> {
> - struct debug_percpu_free *percpu_pool;
> struct hlist_node *tmp;
> struct debug_obj *obj;
> - unsigned long flags;
>
> - /* Remote access is safe as the CPU is dead already */
> - percpu_pool = per_cpu_ptr(&percpu_obj_pool, cpu);
> - hlist_for_each_entry_safe(obj, tmp, &percpu_pool->free_objs, node) {
> + /*
> + * Using free_object() puts the objects into reuse or schedules
> + * them for freeing and it get's all the accounting correct.
> + */
> + hlist_for_each_entry_safe(obj, tmp, list, node) {
> hlist_del(&obj->node);
> - kmem_cache_free(obj_cache, obj);
> + free_object(obj);
> }
> +}
>
> - raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&pool_lock, flags);
> - obj_pool_used -= percpu_pool->obj_free;
> - debug_objects_freed += percpu_pool->obj_free;
> - raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool_lock, flags);
> -
> - percpu_pool->obj_free = 0;
> +static int object_cpu_offline(unsigned int cpu)
> +{
> + /* Remote access is safe as the CPU is dead already */
> + struct debug_percpu_free *pcp = per_cpu_ptr(&percpu_obj_pool, cpu);
>
> + put_objects(&pcp->free_objs);
> + pcp->obj_free = 0;
> return 0;
> }
> #endif
>
>
> .
>

--
Regards,
Zhen Lei