mm: slub: move flush_cpu_slab() invocations __free_slab() invocations out of IRQ context
flush_all() flushes a specific SLAB cache on each CPU (where the cache is present). The deactivate_slab()/__free_slab() invocation happens within IPI handler and is problematic for PREEMPT_RT. The flush operation is not a frequent operation or a hot path. The per-CPU flush operation can be moved to within a workqueue. Because a workqueue handler, unlike IPI handler, does not disable irqs, flush_slab() now has to disable them for working with the kmem_cache_cpu fields. deactivate_slab() is safe to call with irqs enabled. [vbabka@suse.cz: adapt to new SLUB changes] Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
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