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In deactivate_slab() we currently move all but one objects on the cpu freelist to the page freelist one by one using the costly cmpxchg_double() operation. Then we unfreeze the page while moving the last object on page freelist, with a final cmpxchg_double(). This can be optimized to avoid the cmpxchg_double() per object. Just count the objects on cpu freelist (to adjust page->inuse properly) and also remember the last object in the chain. Then splice page->freelist to the last object and effectively add the whole cpu freelist to page->freelist while unfreezing the page, with a single cmpxchg_double(). Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210115183543.15097-1-vbabka@suse.cz Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.