[PATCH RFC hotfixes 1/2] mm/slab: decouple SLAB_NO_SHEAVES from SLAB_NO_OBJ_EXT

From: Harry Yoo (Oracle)

Date: Thu Jul 02 2026 - 00:10:17 EST


Bootstrap caches are created with SLAB_NO_OBJ_EXT to disallow sheaves
and obj_exts.

To allow disabling obj_exts while allowing sheaves, decouple
SLAB_NO_SHEAVES from SLAB_NO_OBJ_EXT. Bootstrap caches now have both
SLAB_NO_SHEAVES and SLAB_NO_OBJ_EXT.

No functional change intended.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: e47c897a2949 ("slab: add sheaves to most caches")
Signed-off-by: Harry Yoo (Oracle) <harry@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/slab.h | 13 +++++++++++--
mm/slub.c | 10 ++++++----
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 51f03f18c9a7..08d7b6c9c4d6 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -58,10 +58,13 @@ enum _slab_flag_bits {
#endif
_SLAB_OBJECT_POISON,
_SLAB_CMPXCHG_DOUBLE,
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLAB_OBJ_EXT
_SLAB_NO_OBJ_EXT,
-#if defined(CONFIG_SLAB_OBJ_EXT) && defined(CONFIG_64BIT)
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
_SLAB_OBJ_EXT_IN_OBJ,
#endif
+#endif
+ _SLAB_NO_SHEAVES,
_SLAB_FLAGS_LAST_BIT
};

@@ -239,8 +242,14 @@ enum _slab_flag_bits {
#endif
#define SLAB_TEMPORARY SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT /* Objects are short-lived */

-/* Slab created using create_boot_cache */
+/* Slab caches without obj_exts array */
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLAB_OBJ_EXT
#define SLAB_NO_OBJ_EXT __SLAB_FLAG_BIT(_SLAB_NO_OBJ_EXT)
+#else
+#define SLAB_NO_OBJ_EXT __SLAB_FLAG_UNUSED
+#endif
+
+#define SLAB_NO_SHEAVES __SLAB_FLAG_BIT(_SLAB_NO_SHEAVES)

#if defined(CONFIG_SLAB_OBJ_EXT) && defined(CONFIG_64BIT)
#define SLAB_OBJ_EXT_IN_OBJ __SLAB_FLAG_BIT(_SLAB_OBJ_EXT_IN_OBJ)
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 9f754cf1c187..efc85053ae84 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -7777,12 +7777,12 @@ static unsigned int calculate_sheaf_capacity(struct kmem_cache *s,
return 0;

/*
- * Bootstrap caches can't have sheaves for now (SLAB_NO_OBJ_EXT).
+ * Bootstrap caches can't have sheaves for now (SLAB_NO_SHEAVES).
* SLAB_NOLEAKTRACE caches (e.g., kmemleak's object_cache) must not
* have sheaves to avoid recursion when sheaf allocation triggers
* kmemleak tracking.
*/
- if (s->flags & (SLAB_NO_OBJ_EXT | SLAB_NOLEAKTRACE))
+ if (s->flags & (SLAB_NO_SHEAVES | SLAB_NOLEAKTRACE))
return 0;

/*
@@ -8559,7 +8559,8 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)

create_boot_cache(kmem_cache_node, "kmem_cache_node",
sizeof(struct kmem_cache_node),
- SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_NO_OBJ_EXT, 0, 0);
+ SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_NO_SHEAVES | SLAB_NO_OBJ_EXT,
+ 0, 0);

hotplug_node_notifier(slab_memory_callback, SLAB_CALLBACK_PRI);

@@ -8569,7 +8570,8 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
create_boot_cache(kmem_cache, "kmem_cache",
offsetof(struct kmem_cache, per_node) +
nr_node_ids * sizeof(struct kmem_cache_per_node_ptrs),
- SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_NO_OBJ_EXT, 0, 0);
+ SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_NO_SHEAVES | SLAB_NO_OBJ_EXT,
+ 0, 0);

kmem_cache = bootstrap(&boot_kmem_cache);
kmem_cache_node = bootstrap(&boot_kmem_cache_node);

--
2.53.0