[PATCH RFC 02/15] mm/slab: stop inlining __slab_alloc_node()
From: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
Date: Tue Jun 09 2026 - 05:35:47 EST
With sheaves, this is no longer part of the allocation fastpath. For
the same reason, also mark the call to it from slab_alloc_node() as
unlikely().
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/slub.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index f787dc422d1b..af85f338db4f 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -4519,8 +4519,8 @@ static void *___slab_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node,
return object;
}
-static __always_inline void *__slab_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *s,
- gfp_t gfpflags, int node, unsigned long addr, size_t orig_size)
+static void *__slab_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int node,
+ unsigned long addr, size_t orig_size)
{
void *object;
@@ -4907,7 +4907,7 @@ static __fastpath_inline void *slab_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *s, struct list
object = alloc_from_pcs(s, gfpflags, node);
- if (!object)
+ if (unlikely(!object))
object = __slab_alloc_node(s, gfpflags, node, addr, orig_size);
maybe_wipe_obj_freeptr(s, object);
--
2.54.0