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,
mhocko@kernel.org, muchun.song@linux.dev, rientjes@google.com,
roman.gushchin@linux.dev, ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com,
shakeel.butt@linux.dev, surenb@google.com,
vincenzo.frascino@arm.com, yeoreum.yun@arm.com,
harry.yoo@oracle.com, tytso@mit.edu, adilger.kernel@dilger.ca,
linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
cgroups@vger.kernel.org, hao.li@linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH V5 3/8] ext4: specify the free pointer offset for ext4_inode_cache
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 17:02:25 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260105080230.13171-4-harry.yoo@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260105080230.13171-1-harry.yoo@oracle.com>
Convert ext4_inode_cache to use the kmem_cache_args interface and
specify a free pointer offset.
Since ext4_inode_cache uses a constructor, the free pointer would be
placed after the object to overwriting fields used by the constructor.
However, some fields such as ->i_flags are not used by the constructor
and can safely be repurposed for the free pointer.
Specify the free pointer offset at i_flags to reduce the object size.
Signed-off-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
---
fs/ext4/super.c | 20 ++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 87205660c5d0..42580643a466 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1491,12 +1491,20 @@ static void init_once(void *foo)
static int __init init_inodecache(void)
{
- ext4_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create_usercopy("ext4_inode_cache",
- sizeof(struct ext4_inode_info), 0,
- SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT | SLAB_ACCOUNT,
- offsetof(struct ext4_inode_info, i_data),
- sizeof_field(struct ext4_inode_info, i_data),
- init_once);
+ struct kmem_cache_args args = {
+ .align = 0,
+ .useroffset = offsetof(struct ext4_inode_info, i_data),
+ .usersize = sizeof_field(struct ext4_inode_info, i_data),
+ .use_freeptr_offset = true,
+ .freeptr_offset = offsetof(struct ext4_inode_info, i_flags),
+ .ctor = init_once,
+ };
+
+ ext4_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("ext4_inode_cache",
+ sizeof(struct ext4_inode_info),
+ &args,
+ SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT | SLAB_ACCOUNT);
+
if (ext4_inode_cachep == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
return 0;
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-05 8:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-05 8:02 [PATCH V5 0/8] mm/slab: reduce slab accounting memory overhead by allocating slabobj_ext metadata within unsed slab space Harry Yoo
2026-01-05 8:02 ` [PATCH V5 1/8] mm/slab: use unsigned long for orig_size to ensure proper metadata align Harry Yoo
2026-01-07 11:43 ` Vlastimil Babka
2026-01-05 8:02 ` [PATCH V5 2/8] mm/slab: allow specifying free pointer offset when using constructor Harry Yoo
2026-01-05 8:02 ` Harry Yoo [this message]
2026-01-07 13:54 ` [PATCH V5 3/8] ext4: specify the free pointer offset for ext4_inode_cache Vlastimil Babka
2026-01-05 8:02 ` [PATCH V5 4/8] mm/slab: abstract slabobj_ext access via new slab_obj_ext() helper Harry Yoo
2026-01-07 14:53 ` Hao Li
2026-01-07 14:56 ` Vlastimil Babka
2026-01-05 8:02 ` [PATCH V5 5/8] mm/slab: use stride to access slabobj_ext Harry Yoo
2026-01-05 8:02 ` [PATCH V5 6/8] mm/memcontrol,alloc_tag: handle slabobj_ext access under KASAN poison Harry Yoo
2026-01-05 8:02 ` [PATCH V5 7/8] mm/slab: save memory by allocating slabobj_ext array from leftover Harry Yoo
2026-01-07 17:08 ` Vlastimil Babka
2026-01-05 8:02 ` [PATCH V5 8/8] mm/slab: place slabobj_ext metadata in unused space within s->size Harry Yoo
2026-01-07 17:33 ` Vlastimil Babka
2026-01-05 8:05 ` [PATCH V5 0/8] mm/slab: reduce slab accounting memory overhead by allocating slabobj_ext metadata within unsed slab space Harry Yoo
2026-01-07 17:43 ` Vlastimil Babka
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