From: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, vbabka@suse.cz
Cc: andreyknvl@gmail.com, cl@gentwo.org, dvyukov@google.com,
glider@google.com, hannes@cmpxchg.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
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Subject: [PATCH V4 5/8] mm/slab: use stride to access slabobj_ext
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:08:40 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251222110843.980347-6-harry.yoo@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251222110843.980347-1-harry.yoo@oracle.com>
Use a configurable stride value when accessing slab object extension
metadata instead of assuming a fixed sizeof(struct slabobj_ext).
Store stride value in free bits of slab->counters field. This allows
for flexibility in cases where the extension is embedded within
slab objects.
Since these free bits exist only on 64-bit, any future optimizations
that need to change stride value cannot be enabled on 32-bit architectures.
Suggested-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
---
mm/slab.h | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
mm/slub.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index 5c75ef3d1823..38967ec663d1 100644
--- a/mm/slab.h
+++ b/mm/slab.h
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ struct freelist_counters {
* that the slab was corrupted
*/
unsigned frozen:1;
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+ /*
+ * Some optimizations use free bits in 'counters' field
+ * to save memory. In case ->stride field is not available,
+ * such optimizations are disabled.
+ */
+ unsigned short stride;
+#endif
};
};
};
@@ -531,6 +539,26 @@ static inline unsigned long slab_obj_exts(struct slab *slab)
return obj_exts & ~OBJEXTS_FLAGS_MASK;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+static inline void slab_set_stride(struct slab *slab, unsigned short stride)
+{
+ slab->stride = stride;
+}
+static inline unsigned short slab_get_stride(struct slab *slab)
+{
+ return slab->stride;
+}
+#else
+static inline void slab_set_stride(struct slab *slab, unsigned short stride)
+{
+ VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(stride != sizeof(struct slabobj_ext));
+}
+static inline unsigned short slab_get_stride(struct slab *slab)
+{
+ return sizeof(struct slabobj_ext);
+}
+#endif
+
/*
* slab_obj_ext - get the pointer to the slab object extension metadata
* associated with an object in a slab.
@@ -544,13 +572,10 @@ static inline struct slabobj_ext *slab_obj_ext(struct slab *slab,
unsigned long obj_exts,
unsigned int index)
{
- struct slabobj_ext *obj_ext;
-
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!slab_obj_exts(slab));
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(obj_exts != slab_obj_exts(slab));
- obj_ext = (struct slabobj_ext *)obj_exts;
- return &obj_ext[index];
+ return (struct slabobj_ext *)(obj_exts + slab_get_stride(slab) * index);
}
int alloc_slab_obj_exts(struct slab *slab, struct kmem_cache *s,
@@ -569,6 +594,10 @@ static inline struct slabobj_ext *slab_obj_ext(struct slab *slab,
return NULL;
}
+static inline void slab_set_stride(struct slab *slab, unsigned int stride) { }
+static inline unsigned int slab_get_stride(struct slab *slab) { return 0; }
+
+
#endif /* CONFIG_SLAB_OBJ_EXT */
static inline enum node_stat_item cache_vmstat_idx(struct kmem_cache *s)
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 84bd4f23dc4a..8ac60a17d988 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2147,6 +2147,8 @@ int alloc_slab_obj_exts(struct slab *slab, struct kmem_cache *s,
retry:
old_exts = READ_ONCE(slab->obj_exts);
handle_failed_objexts_alloc(old_exts, vec, objects);
+ slab_set_stride(slab, sizeof(struct slabobj_ext));
+
if (new_slab) {
/*
* If the slab is brand new and nobody can yet access its
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-22 11:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-22 11:08 [PATCH V4 0/8] mm/slab: reduce slab accounting memory overhead by allocating slabobj_ext metadata within unsed slab space Harry Yoo
2025-12-22 11:08 ` [PATCH V4 1/8] mm/slab: use unsigned long for orig_size to ensure proper metadata align Harry Yoo
2025-12-22 11:08 ` [PATCH V4 2/8] mm/slab: allow specifying free pointer offset when using constructor Harry Yoo
2025-12-22 11:08 ` [PATCH V4 3/8] ext4: specify the free pointer offset for ext4_inode_cache Harry Yoo
2025-12-22 11:08 ` [PATCH V4 4/8] mm/slab: abstract slabobj_ext access via new slab_obj_ext() helper Harry Yoo
2025-12-22 23:36 ` kernel test robot
2025-12-23 0:08 ` kernel test robot
2025-12-22 11:08 ` Harry Yoo [this message]
2025-12-22 11:08 ` [PATCH V4 6/8] mm/memcontrol,alloc_tag: handle slabobj_ext access under KASAN poison Harry Yoo
2025-12-22 11:08 ` [PATCH V4 7/8] mm/slab: save memory by allocating slabobj_ext array from leftover Harry Yoo
2025-12-23 1:40 ` kernel test robot
2025-12-23 15:08 ` Hao Li
2025-12-23 15:31 ` Harry Yoo
2025-12-23 16:08 ` Hao Li
2025-12-23 16:25 ` Harry Yoo
2025-12-24 3:18 ` Hao Li
2025-12-24 5:53 ` Harry Yoo
2025-12-24 6:05 ` Hao Li
2025-12-24 12:51 ` [PATCH] slub: clarify object field layout comments Hao Li
2025-12-29 7:07 ` Harry Yoo
2025-12-29 11:56 ` Hao Li
2025-12-22 11:08 ` [PATCH V4 8/8] mm/slab: place slabobj_ext metadata in unused space within s->size Harry Yoo
2025-12-24 5:33 ` Hao Li
2025-12-24 6:38 ` Harry Yoo
2025-12-24 12:43 ` Hao Li
2025-12-30 4:59 ` Harry Yoo
2025-12-30 8:54 ` Hao Li
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