Current implementation of bootstrap() is not sufficient for kmem_cache
and kmem_cache_node.

First, for kmem_cache.
bootstrap() call kmem_cache_zalloc() at first. When kmem_cache_zalloc()
is called, kmem_cache's slab is moved to cpu slab for satisfying kmem_cache
allocation request. In current implementation, we only consider
n->partial slabs, so, we miss this cpu slab for kmem_cache.

Second, for kmem_cache_node.
When slab_state = PARTIAL, create_boot_cache() is called. And then,
kmem_cache_node's slab is moved to cpu slab for satisfying kmem_cache_node
allocation request. So, we also miss this slab.

These didn't make any error previously, because we normally don't free
objects which comes from kmem_cache's first slab and kmem_cache_node's.

Problem will be solved if we consider a cpu slab in bootstrap().
This patch implement it.

Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo....@lge.com>

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index abef30e..830348b 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3613,11 +3613,22 @@ static int slab_memory_callback(struct notifier_block 
*self,
 
 static struct kmem_cache * __init bootstrap(struct kmem_cache *static_cache)
 {
+       int cpu;
        int node;
        struct kmem_cache *s = kmem_cache_zalloc(kmem_cache, GFP_NOWAIT);
 
        memcpy(s, static_cache, kmem_cache->object_size);
 
+       for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+               struct kmem_cache_cpu *c;
+               struct page *p;
+
+               c = per_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab, cpu);
+               p = c->page;
+               if (p)
+                       p->slab_cache = s;
+       }
+
        for_each_node_state(node, N_NORMAL_MEMORY) {
                struct kmem_cache_node *n = get_node(s, node);
                struct page *p;
-- 
1.7.9.5

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