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slub: Make the order configurable for each slab cache
authorChristoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:11:41 +0000 (19:11 +0300)
committerPekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:28:18 +0000 (18:28 +0300)
commit06b285dc3d6194abe79ab9dcaaab703d6f75627c
tree4443514e99740054028f6eb035c796a74a540ab1
parent319d1e240683d37924ea8977c91730c3393fd453
slub: Make the order configurable for each slab cache

Makes /sys/kernel/slab/<slabname>/order writable. The allocation
order of a slab cache can then be changed dynamically during runtime.
This can be used to override the objects per slabs value establisheed
with the slub_min_objects setting that was manually specified or
calculated on bootup.

The changes of the slab order can occur while allocate_slab() runs.
Allocate slab needs the order and the number of slab objects that
are both changed by the change of order. Both are put into
a single word (struct kmem_cache_order_objects). They can then
be atomically updated and retrieved.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
mm/slub.c