The count of active Objects shown by Slub's slabinfo is too approximate, because each cpu slab is counted as all in use, even when lots are free. That makes tracing leaks harder than it need be.
Add a free count into kmem_cache_cpu (which doesn't enlarge it on 64-bit), to keep that count in the hot and dirty per-cpu cacheline. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- I recommend this for 2.6.24-rc2, and 2.6.23-stable. But perhaps you've intentionally avoided this little extra overhead (which isn't necessary for any functional correctness). I do think it helps to see accurate numbers there - which Slab gives, doesn't it? I believe I've seen a futures patch go by in which you fit something else into kmem_cache_cpu here; then another in which you remove more. Not sure where you stand now! include/linux/slub_def.h | 1 + mm/slub.c | 9 +++++++-- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- 2.6.24-rc1+/include/linux/slub_def.h 2007-10-24 07:16:02.000000000 +0100 +++ linux/include/linux/slub_def.h 2007-11-03 13:22:48.000000000 +0000 @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ struct kmem_cache_cpu { void **freelist; struct page *page; + unsigned int free; int node; unsigned int offset; unsigned int objsize; --- 2.6.24-rc1+/mm/slub.c 2007-11-03 13:22:31.000000000 +0000 +++ linux/mm/slub.c 2007-11-03 13:22:48.000000000 +0000 @@ -1392,6 +1392,7 @@ static void deactivate_slab(struct kmem_ page->freelist = object; page->inuse--; } + c->free = 0; c->page = NULL; unfreeze_slab(s, page); } @@ -1483,8 +1484,8 @@ load_freelist: if (unlikely(SlabDebug(c->page))) goto debug; - object = c->page->freelist; c->freelist = object[c->offset]; + c->free = s->objects - c->page->inuse - 1; c->page->inuse = s->objects; c->page->freelist = NULL; c->node = page_to_nid(c->page); @@ -1528,6 +1529,7 @@ new_slab: if (c->freelist) { object = c->freelist; c->freelist = object[c->offset]; + c->free--; return object; } slab_lock(c->page); @@ -1580,6 +1582,7 @@ static void __always_inline *slab_alloc( else { object = c->freelist; c->freelist = object[c->offset]; + c->free--; } local_irq_restore(flags); @@ -1685,6 +1688,7 @@ static void __always_inline slab_free(st if (likely(page == c->page && c->node >= 0)) { object[c->offset] = c->freelist; c->freelist = object; + c->free++; } else __slab_free(s, page, x, addr, c->offset); @@ -1866,6 +1870,7 @@ static void init_kmem_cache_cpu(struct k { c->page = NULL; c->freelist = NULL; + c->free = 0; c->node = 0; c->offset = s->offset / sizeof(void *); c->objsize = s->objsize; @@ -3534,7 +3539,7 @@ static unsigned long slab_objects(struct int x = 0; if (flags & SO_OBJECTS) - x = page->inuse; + x = page->inuse - c->free; else x = 1; total += x; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/