Merge branch 'slab/next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/linux

Pull slab changes from Pekka Enberg:
 "The biggest change is byte-sized freelist indices which reduces slab
  freelist memory usage:

    https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/12/2/64"

* 'slab/next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/linux:
  mm: slab/slub: use page->list consistently instead of page->lru
  mm/slab.c: cleanup outdated comments and unify variables naming
  slab: fix wrongly used macro
  slub: fix high order page allocation problem with __GFP_NOFAIL
  slab: Make allocations with GFP_ZERO slightly more efficient
  slab: make more slab management structure off the slab
  slab: introduce byte sized index for the freelist of a slab
  slab: restrict the number of objects in a slab
  slab: introduce helper functions to get/set free object
  slab: factor out calculate nr objects in cache_estimate

include/linux/mm_types.h

@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ struct page {
 	union {
 		struct list_head lru;	/* Pageout list, eg. active_list
 					 * protected by zone->lru_lock !
+					 * Can be used as a generic list
+					 * by the page owner.
 					 */
 		struct {		/* slub per cpu partial pages */
 			struct page *next;	/* Next partial slab */
@@ -136,7 +138,6 @@ struct page {
 #endif
 		};
 
-		struct list_head list;	/* slobs list of pages */
 		struct slab *slab_page; /* slab fields */
 		struct rcu_head rcu_head;	/* Used by SLAB
 						 * when destroying via RCU

include/linux/slab.h

@@ -242,6 +242,17 @@ struct kmem_cache {
 #define KMALLOC_MIN_SIZE (1 << KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW)
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * This restriction comes from byte sized index implementation.
+ * Page size is normally 2^12 bytes and, in this case, if we want to use
+ * byte sized index which can represent 2^8 entries, the size of the object
+ * should be equal or greater to 2^12 / 2^8 = 2^4 = 16.
+ * If minimum size of kmalloc is less than 16, we use it as minimum object
+ * size and give up to use byte sized index.
+ */
+#define SLAB_OBJ_MIN_SIZE      (KMALLOC_MIN_SIZE < 16 ? \
+                               (KMALLOC_MIN_SIZE) : 16)
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_SLOB
 extern struct kmem_cache *kmalloc_caches[KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH + 1];
 #ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA

mm/slob.c

@@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ static inline int slob_page_free(struct page *sp)
 
 static void set_slob_page_free(struct page *sp, struct list_head *list)
 {
-	list_add(&sp->list, list);
+	list_add(&sp->lru, list);
 	__SetPageSlobFree(sp);
 }
 
 static inline void clear_slob_page_free(struct page *sp)
 {
-	list_del(&sp->list);
+	list_del(&sp->lru);
 	__ClearPageSlobFree(sp);
 }
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ static void *slob_alloc(size_t size, gfp_t gfp, int align, int node)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&slob_lock, flags);
 	/* Iterate through each partially free page, try to find room */
-	list_for_each_entry(sp, slob_list, list) {
+	list_for_each_entry(sp, slob_list, lru) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 		/*
 		 * If there's a node specification, search for a partial
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static void *slob_alloc(size_t size, gfp_t gfp, int align, int node)
 			continue;
 
 		/* Attempt to alloc */
-		prev = sp->list.prev;
+		prev = sp->lru.prev;
 		b = slob_page_alloc(sp, size, align);
 		if (!b)
 			continue;
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static void *slob_alloc(size_t size, gfp_t gfp, int align, int node)
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&slob_lock, flags);
 		sp->units = SLOB_UNITS(PAGE_SIZE);
 		sp->freelist = b;
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sp->list);
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sp->lru);
 		set_slob(b, SLOB_UNITS(PAGE_SIZE), b + SLOB_UNITS(PAGE_SIZE));
 		set_slob_page_free(sp, slob_list);
 		b = slob_page_alloc(sp, size, align);

mm/slub.c

@@ -1352,11 +1352,12 @@ static struct page *allocate_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, int node)
 	page = alloc_slab_page(alloc_gfp, node, oo);
 	if (unlikely(!page)) {
 		oo = s->min;
+		alloc_gfp = flags;
 		/*
 		 * Allocation may have failed due to fragmentation.
 		 * Try a lower order alloc if possible
 		 */
-		page = alloc_slab_page(flags, node, oo);
+		page = alloc_slab_page(alloc_gfp, node, oo);
 
 		if (page)
 			stat(s, ORDER_FALLBACK);
@@ -1366,7 +1367,7 @@ static struct page *allocate_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, int node)
 		&& !(s->flags & (SLAB_NOTRACK | DEBUG_DEFAULT_FLAGS))) {
 		int pages = 1 << oo_order(oo);
 
-		kmemcheck_alloc_shadow(page, oo_order(oo), flags, node);
+		kmemcheck_alloc_shadow(page, oo_order(oo), alloc_gfp, node);
 
 		/*
 		 * Objects from caches that have a constructor don't get