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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/vmalloc.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vmalloc.c | 55 |
1 files changed, 51 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c index b645686ef9b6..45e0dc0e09f8 100644 --- a/mm/vmalloc.c +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c @@ -365,6 +365,13 @@ static LIST_HEAD(free_vmap_area_list); */ static struct rb_root free_vmap_area_root = RB_ROOT; +/* + * Preload a CPU with one object for "no edge" split case. The + * aim is to get rid of allocations from the atomic context, thus + * to use more permissive allocation masks. + */ +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct vmap_area *, ne_fit_preload_node); + static __always_inline unsigned long va_size(struct vmap_area *va) { @@ -951,9 +958,24 @@ adjust_va_to_fit_type(struct vmap_area *va, * L V NVA V R * |---|-------|---| */ - lva = kmem_cache_alloc(vmap_area_cachep, GFP_NOWAIT); - if (unlikely(!lva)) - return -1; + lva = __this_cpu_xchg(ne_fit_preload_node, NULL); + if (unlikely(!lva)) { + /* + * For percpu allocator we do not do any pre-allocation + * and leave it as it is. The reason is it most likely + * never ends up with NE_FIT_TYPE splitting. In case of + * percpu allocations offsets and sizes are aligned to + * fixed align request, i.e. RE_FIT_TYPE and FL_FIT_TYPE + * are its main fitting cases. + * + * There are a few exceptions though, as an example it is + * a first allocation (early boot up) when we have "one" + * big free space that has to be split. + */ + lva = kmem_cache_alloc(vmap_area_cachep, GFP_NOWAIT); + if (!lva) + return -1; + } /* * Build the remainder. @@ -1032,7 +1054,7 @@ static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size, unsigned long vstart, unsigned long vend, int node, gfp_t gfp_mask) { - struct vmap_area *va; + struct vmap_area *va, *pva; unsigned long addr; int purged = 0; @@ -1057,7 +1079,32 @@ static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size, kmemleak_scan_area(&va->rb_node, SIZE_MAX, gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK); retry: + /* + * Preload this CPU with one extra vmap_area object to ensure + * that we have it available when fit type of free area is + * NE_FIT_TYPE. + * + * The preload is done in non-atomic context, thus it allows us + * to use more permissive allocation masks to be more stable under + * low memory condition and high memory pressure. + * + * Even if it fails we do not really care about that. Just proceed + * as it is. "overflow" path will refill the cache we allocate from. + */ + preempt_disable(); + if (!__this_cpu_read(ne_fit_preload_node)) { + preempt_enable(); + pva = kmem_cache_alloc_node(vmap_area_cachep, GFP_KERNEL, node); + preempt_disable(); + + if (__this_cpu_cmpxchg(ne_fit_preload_node, NULL, pva)) { + if (pva) + kmem_cache_free(vmap_area_cachep, pva); + } + } + spin_lock(&vmap_area_lock); + preempt_enable(); /* * If an allocation fails, the "vend" address is |