On Tue, 9 Apr 2013, Simon Jeons wrote: > > + int pages = 1 << compound_order(page); > > One question irrelevant this patch. Why slab cache can use compound > page(hugetlbfs pages/thp pages)? They are just used by app to optimize tlb > miss, is it?
Slab caches can use any order pages because these pages are never on the LRU and are not part of the page cache. Large continuous physical memory means that objects can be arranged in a more efficient way in the page. This is particularly useful for larger objects where we might use a lot of memory because objects do not fit well into a 4k page. It also reduces the slab page management if higher order pages are used. In the case of slub the page size also determines the number of objects that can be allocated/freed without the need for some form of synchronization. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
