The defrag_ratio is used to set the threshold at which defragmentation
should be attempted on a slab page.
The allocation ratio is measured by the percentage of the available slots
allocated.
Add a defrag ratio field and set it to 30% by default. A limit of 30% specified
that less than 3 out of 10 available slots for objects are in use before
slab defragmeentation runs.
Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <[email protected]>
---
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab | 13 +++++++++++++
include/linux/slub_def.h | 6 ++++++
mm/slub.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 42 insertions(+)
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/slub_def.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/slub_def.h 2010-01-29 10:37:01.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/slub_def.h 2010-01-29 10:42:43.000000000 -0600
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ struct kmem_cache {
int inuse; /* Offset to metadata */
int align; /* Alignment */
unsigned long min_partial;
+ int defrag_ratio; /*
+ * Ratio used to check the percentage of
+ * objects allocate in a slab page.
+ * If less than this ratio is allocated
+ * then reclaim attempts are made.
+ */
const char *name; /* Name (only for display!) */
struct list_head list; /* List of slab caches */
#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG
Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c 2010-01-29 10:37:01.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2010-01-29 10:42:44.000000000 -0600
@@ -2494,6 +2494,7 @@ static int kmem_cache_open(struct kmem_c
*/
set_min_partial(s, ilog2(s->size));
s->refcount = 1;
+ s->defrag_ratio = 30;
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
s->remote_node_defrag_ratio = 1000;
#endif
@@ -4317,6 +4318,27 @@ static ssize_t free_calls_show(struct km
}
SLAB_ATTR_RO(free_calls);
+static ssize_t defrag_ratio_show(struct kmem_cache *s, char *buf)
+{
+ return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", s->defrag_ratio);
+}
+
+static ssize_t defrag_ratio_store(struct kmem_cache *s,
+ const char *buf, size_t length)
+{
+ unsigned long ratio;
+ int err;
+
+ err = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &ratio);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
+ if (ratio < 100)
+ s->defrag_ratio = ratio;
+ return length;
+}
+SLAB_ATTR(defrag_ratio);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
static ssize_t remote_node_defrag_ratio_show(struct kmem_cache *s, char *buf)
{
@@ -4441,6 +4463,7 @@ static struct attribute *slab_attrs[] =
&shrink_attr.attr,
&alloc_calls_attr.attr,
&free_calls_attr.attr,
+ &defrag_ratio_attr.attr,
#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
&cache_dma_attr.attr,
#endif
Index: linux-2.6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab 2010-01-29 10:43:21.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab 2010-01-29 10:47:19.000000000 -0600
@@ -180,6 +180,19 @@ Description:
list. It can be written to clear the current count.
Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
+What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/defrag_ratio
+Date: February 2010
+KernelVersion: 2.6.34
+Contact: Christoph Lameter <[email protected]>
+ Pekka Enberg <[email protected]>,
+Description:
+ The defrag_ratio files allows the control of how agressive
+ slab fragmentation reduction works at reclaiming objects from
+ sparsely populated slabs. This is a percentage. If a slab
+ contains less than this percentage of objects then reclaim
+ will attempt to reclaim objects so that the whole slab
+ page can be freed. The default is 30%.
+
What: /sys/kernel/slab/cache/deactivate_to_tail
Date: February 2008
KernelVersion: 2.6.25
--