SLUB: i386 support

SLUB cannot run on i386 at this point because i386 uses the page->private and
page->index field of slab pages for the pgd cache.

Make SLUB run on i386 by replacing the pgd slab cache with a quicklist.
Limit the changes as much as possible. Leave the improvised linked list in place
etc etc. This has been working here for a couple of weeks now.

Acked-by: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/mm/init.c b/arch/i386/mm/init.c
index c50782e..b22ce8d 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mm/init.c
@@ -740,7 +740,6 @@ int remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(remove_memory);
 #endif
 
-struct kmem_cache *pgd_cache;
 struct kmem_cache *pmd_cache;
 
 void __init pgtable_cache_init(void)
@@ -764,12 +763,6 @@ void __init pgtable_cache_init(void)
 			pgd_size = PAGE_SIZE;
 		}
 	}
-	pgd_cache = kmem_cache_create("pgd",
-				pgd_size,
-				pgd_size,
-				SLAB_PANIC,
-				pgd_ctor,
-				(!SHARED_KERNEL_PMD) ? pgd_dtor : NULL);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/i386/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/i386/mm/pgtable.c
index 9a96c16..8d7c086 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/quicklist.h>
 
 #include <asm/system.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
@@ -205,8 +206,6 @@ void pmd_ctor(void *pmd, struct kmem_cache *cache, unsigned long flags)
  * against pageattr.c; it is the unique case in which a valid change
  * of kernel pagetables can't be lazily synchronized by vmalloc faults.
  * vmalloc faults work because attached pagetables are never freed.
- * The locking scheme was chosen on the basis of manfred's
- * recommendations and having no core impact whatsoever.
  * -- wli
  */
 DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pgd_lock);
@@ -232,9 +231,11 @@ static inline void pgd_list_del(pgd_t *pgd)
 		set_page_private(next, (unsigned long)pprev);
 }
 
+
+
 #if (PTRS_PER_PMD == 1)
 /* Non-PAE pgd constructor */
-void pgd_ctor(void *pgd, struct kmem_cache *cache, unsigned long unused)
+void pgd_ctor(void *pgd)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ void pgd_ctor(void *pgd, struct kmem_cache *cache, unsigned long unused)
 }
 #else  /* PTRS_PER_PMD > 1 */
 /* PAE pgd constructor */
-void pgd_ctor(void *pgd, struct kmem_cache *cache, unsigned long unused)
+void pgd_ctor(void *pgd)
 {
 	/* PAE, kernel PMD may be shared */
 
@@ -275,11 +276,12 @@ void pgd_ctor(void *pgd, struct kmem_cache *cache, unsigned long unused)
 }
 #endif	/* PTRS_PER_PMD */
 
-void pgd_dtor(void *pgd, struct kmem_cache *cache, unsigned long unused)
+void pgd_dtor(void *pgd)
 {
 	unsigned long flags; /* can be called from interrupt context */
 
-	BUG_ON(SHARED_KERNEL_PMD);
+	if (SHARED_KERNEL_PMD)
+		return;
 
 	paravirt_release_pd(__pa(pgd) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&pgd_lock, flags);
@@ -321,7 +323,7 @@ static void pmd_cache_free(pmd_t *pmd, int idx)
 pgd_t *pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	int i;
-	pgd_t *pgd = kmem_cache_alloc(pgd_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+	pgd_t *pgd = quicklist_alloc(0, GFP_KERNEL, pgd_ctor);
 
 	if (PTRS_PER_PMD == 1 || !pgd)
 		return pgd;
@@ -344,7 +346,7 @@ out_oom:
 		paravirt_release_pd(__pa(pmd) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 		pmd_cache_free(pmd, i);
 	}
-	kmem_cache_free(pgd_cache, pgd);
+	quicklist_free(0, pgd_dtor, pgd);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -361,5 +363,11 @@ void pgd_free(pgd_t *pgd)
 			pmd_cache_free(pmd, i);
 		}
 	/* in the non-PAE case, free_pgtables() clears user pgd entries */
-	kmem_cache_free(pgd_cache, pgd);
+	quicklist_free(0, pgd_dtor, pgd);
 }
+
+void check_pgt_cache(void)
+{
+	quicklist_trim(0, pgd_dtor, 25, 16);
+}
+