From: "Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" <vbabka@kernel.org>
To: Harry Yoo <harry@kernel.org>
Cc: Hao Li <hao.li@linux.dev>, Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>,
Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@opensource.wdc.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" <vbabka@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 6/8] mm, slab: remove remaining compile-time checks for CONFIG_SLUB_TINY
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:45:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260923-slub_tiny_rework-v1-6-a0e66d536eb5@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260923-slub_tiny_rework-v1-0-a0e66d536eb5@kernel.org>
Remove several minor aspect of CONFIG_SLUB_TINY to allow it to be fully
a boot-time decision:
- remove check in cache_has_sheaves(), with no change to functionality
but only on code elimination
- remove SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS dependency on !CONFIG_SLUB_TINY, thus
/sys/kernel/slab will exist as long as CONFIG_SYSFS is enabled
(for now leave SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS around, can be cleaned up later)
- remove the control of __fastpath_inline so it's just a wrapper of
__always_inline. Leave it also around for documenting the intent, can
be revisited later.
- remove a comment for SLAB_NO_MERGE as we don't want new checks for
CONFIG_SLUB_TINY
This leaves the only usage of CONFIG_SLUB_TINY in slab code to set the
value of slab_tiny_enabled around.
net/core/skbuff.c keeps using it to control SLAB_NO_MERGE but that can
be dealt with independently after the config is deprecated.
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/slab.h | 2 +-
mm/slab.h | 7 +++----
mm/slub.c | 4 ----
3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 930dd64b9ad6..ad645967a3ee 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ enum _slab_flag_bits {
* - general caches created and used by a subsystem, only when a
* (subsystem-specific) debug option is enabled
* - performance critical caches, should be very rare and consulted with slab
- * maintainers, and not used together with CONFIG_SLUB_TINY
+ * maintainers
*/
#define SLAB_NO_MERGE __SLAB_FLAG_BIT(_SLAB_NO_MERGE)
diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index 23017a5d10d1..065de2b92586 100644
--- a/mm/slab.h
+++ b/mm/slab.h
@@ -296,16 +296,15 @@ struct kmem_cache {
/*
* Every cache has !NULL s->cpu_sheaves but they may point to the
* bootstrap_sheaf temporarily during init, or permanently for the boot caches
- * and caches with debugging enabled, or all caches with CONFIG_SLUB_TINY. This
+ * and caches with debugging enabled (or all caches with slab_tiny). This
* helper distinguishes whether cache has real non-bootstrap sheaves.
*/
static inline bool cache_has_sheaves(struct kmem_cache *s)
{
- /* Test CONFIG_SLUB_TINY for code elimination purposes */
- return !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SLUB_TINY) && s->sheaf_capacity;
+ return s->sheaf_capacity;
}
-#if defined(CONFIG_SYSFS) && !defined(CONFIG_SLUB_TINY)
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
#define SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS 1
void sysfs_slab_unlink(struct kmem_cache *s);
void sysfs_slab_release(struct kmem_cache *s);
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index c6a0422e055d..4814f025fde5 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -196,11 +196,7 @@ enum slab_flags {
SL_pfmemalloc = PG_active, /* Historical reasons for this bit */
};
-#ifndef CONFIG_SLUB_TINY
#define __fastpath_inline __always_inline
-#else
-#define __fastpath_inline
-#endif
DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_MAYBE(CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON, slub_debug_enabled);
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-23 15:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-23 15:45 [PATCH RFC 0/8] replace CONFIG_SLUB_TINY with a slab_tiny boot parameter Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-09-23 15:45 ` [PATCH RFC 1/8] mm, slab: refactor slab_min/max_order handling Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-09-23 15:45 ` [PATCH RFC 2/8] mm, slab: introduce slab_debug=N Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-09-24 14:48 ` Harry Yoo
2026-09-24 15:39 ` Harry Yoo
2026-09-23 15:45 ` [PATCH RFC 3/8] mm, slab: rework KMALLOC_RECLAIM handling of SLUB_TINY Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-09-23 15:45 ` [PATCH RFC 4/8] mm, slab: make SLUB_TINY handling dynamic for sizing decisions Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-09-23 15:45 ` [PATCH RFC 5/8] mm, slab: convert CONFIG_SLUB_TINY checks to kmem_cache_debug() Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-09-23 15:45 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) [this message]
2026-09-23 15:45 ` [PATCH RFC 7/8] mm, slab: add slab_tiny boot param Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-09-24 7:26 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-09-23 15:45 ` [PATCH RFC 8/8] mm, slab: deprecate CONFIG_SLUB_TINY and reduce its Kconfig effects Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-09-24 15:18 ` [PATCH RFC 0/8] replace CONFIG_SLUB_TINY with a slab_tiny boot parameter Harry Yoo
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