• Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)'s avatar
    rcu/tree: cache specified number of objects · 53c72b59
    Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) authored
    In order to reduce the dynamic need for pages in kfree_rcu(),
    pre-allocate a configurable number of pages per CPU and link
    them in a list. When kfree_rcu() reclaims objects, the object's
    container page is cached into a list instead of being released
    to the low-level page allocator.
    
    Such an approach provides O(1) access to free pages while also
    reducing the number of requests to the page allocator. It also
    makes the kfree_rcu() code to have free pages available during
    a low memory condition.
    
    A read-only sysfs parameter (rcu_min_cached_objs) reflects the
    minimum number of allowed cached pages per CPU.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarUladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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