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Howlett" , Suren Baghdasaryan , Sebastian Andrzej Siewior , Alexei Starovoitov , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-rt-devel@lists.linux.dev, bpf@vger.kernel.org, kasan-dev@googlegroups.com References: <20260123-sheaves-for-all-v4-0-041323d506f7@suse.cz> <20260123-sheaves-for-all-v4-6-041323d506f7@suse.cz> <7tds765fsicczreeqckiuwpny2tolotfrnbz6jhpjrch6x5pg3@5irfwnohvsli> From: Vlastimil Babka Autocrypt: addr=vbabka@suse.cz; keydata= xsFNBFZdmxYBEADsw/SiUSjB0dM+vSh95UkgcHjzEVBlby/Fg+g42O7LAEkCYXi/vvq31JTB KxRWDHX0R2tgpFDXHnzZcQywawu8eSq0LxzxFNYMvtB7sV1pxYwej2qx9B75qW2plBs+7+YB 87tMFA+u+L4Z5xAzIimfLD5EKC56kJ1CsXlM8S/LHcmdD9Ctkn3trYDNnat0eoAcfPIP2OZ+ 9oe9IF/R28zmh0ifLXyJQQz5ofdj4bPf8ecEW0rhcqHfTD8k4yK0xxt3xW+6Exqp9n9bydiy tcSAw/TahjW6yrA+6JhSBv1v2tIm+itQc073zjSX8OFL51qQVzRFr7H2UQG33lw2QrvHRXqD Ot7ViKam7v0Ho9wEWiQOOZlHItOOXFphWb2yq3nzrKe45oWoSgkxKb97MVsQ+q2SYjJRBBH4 8qKhphADYxkIP6yut/eaj9ImvRUZZRi0DTc8xfnvHGTjKbJzC2xpFcY0DQbZzuwsIZ8OPJCc LM4S7mT25NE5kUTG/TKQCk922vRdGVMoLA7dIQrgXnRXtyT61sg8PG4wcfOnuWf8577aXP1x 6mzw3/jh3F+oSBHb/GcLC7mvWreJifUL2gEdssGfXhGWBo6zLS3qhgtwjay0Jl+kza1lo+Cv BB2T79D4WGdDuVa4eOrQ02TxqGN7G0Biz5ZLRSFzQSQwLn8fbwARAQABzSBWbGFzdGltaWwg QmFia2EgPHZiYWJrYUBzdXNlLmN6PsLBlAQTAQoAPgIbAwULCQgHAwUVCgkICwUWAgMBAAIe AQIXgBYhBKlA1DSZLC6OmRA9UCJPp+fMgqZkBQJnyBr8BQka0IFQAAoJECJPp+fMgqZkqmMQ AIbGN95ptUMUvo6aAdhxaOCHXp1DfIBuIOK/zpx8ylY4pOwu3GRe4dQ8u4XS9gaZ96Gj4bC+ jwWcSmn+TjtKW3rH1dRKopvC07tSJIGGVyw7ieV/5cbFffA8NL0ILowzVg8w1ipnz1VTkWDr 2zcfslxJsJ6vhXw5/npcY0ldeC1E8f6UUoa4eyoskd70vO0wOAoGd02ZkJoox3F5ODM0kjHu Y97VLOa3GG66lh+ZEelVZEujHfKceCw9G3PMvEzyLFbXvSOigZQMdKzQ8D/OChwqig8wFBmV QCPS4yDdmZP3oeDHRjJ9jvMUKoYODiNKsl2F+xXwyRM2qoKRqFlhCn4usVd1+wmv9iLV8nPs 2Db1ZIa49fJet3Sk3PN4bV1rAPuWvtbuTBN39Q/6MgkLTYHb84HyFKw14Rqe5YorrBLbF3rl M51Dpf6Egu1yTJDHCTEwePWug4XI11FT8lK0LNnHNpbhTCYRjX73iWOnFraJNcURld1jL1nV r/LRD+/e2gNtSTPK0Qkon6HcOBZnxRoqtazTU6YQRmGlT0v+rukj/cn5sToYibWLn+RoV1CE Qj6tApOiHBkpEsCzHGu+iDQ1WT0Idtdynst738f/uCeCMkdRu4WMZjteQaqvARFwCy3P/jpK uvzMtves5HvZw33ZwOtMCgbpce00DaET4y/UzsBNBFsZNTUBCACfQfpSsWJZyi+SHoRdVyX5 J6rI7okc4+b571a7RXD5UhS9dlVRVVAtrU9ANSLqPTQKGVxHrqD39XSw8hxK61pw8p90pg4G /N3iuWEvyt+t0SxDDkClnGsDyRhlUyEWYFEoBrrCizbmahOUwqkJbNMfzj5Y7n7OIJOxNRkB IBOjPdF26dMP69BwePQao1M8Acrrex9sAHYjQGyVmReRjVEtv9iG4DoTsnIR3amKVk6si4Ea X/mrapJqSCcBUVYUFH8M7bsm4CSxier5ofy8jTEa/CfvkqpKThTMCQPNZKY7hke5qEq1CBk2 wxhX48ZrJEFf1v3NuV3OimgsF2odzieNABEBAAHCwXwEGAEKACYCGwwWIQSpQNQ0mSwujpkQ PVAiT6fnzIKmZAUCZ8gcVAUJFhTonwAKCRAiT6fnzIKmZLY8D/9uo3Ut9yi2YCuASWxr7QQZ lJCViArjymbxYB5NdOeC50/0gnhK4pgdHlE2MdwF6o34x7TPFGpjNFvycZqccSQPJ/gibwNA zx3q9vJT4Vw+YbiyS53iSBLXMweeVV1Jd9IjAoL+EqB0cbxoFXvnjkvP1foiiF5r73jCd4PR rD+GoX5BZ7AZmFYmuJYBm28STM2NA6LhT0X+2su16f/HtummENKcMwom0hNu3MBNPUOrujtW khQrWcJNAAsy4yMoJ2Lw51T/5X5Hc7jQ9da9fyqu+phqlVtn70qpPvgWy4HRhr25fCAEXZDp xG4RNmTm+pqorHOqhBkI7wA7P/nyPo7ZEc3L+ZkQ37u0nlOyrjbNUniPGxPxv1imVq8IyycG AN5FaFxtiELK22gvudghLJaDiRBhn8/AhXc642/Z/yIpizE2xG4KU4AXzb6C+o7LX/WmmsWP Ly6jamSg6tvrdo4/e87lUedEqCtrp2o1xpn5zongf6cQkaLZKQcBQnPmgHO5OG8+50u88D9I rywqgzTUhHFKKF6/9L/lYtrNcHU8Z6Y4Ju/MLUiNYkmtrGIMnkjKCiRqlRrZE/v5YFHbayRD dJKXobXTtCBYpLJM4ZYRpGZXne/FAtWNe4KbNJJqxMvrTOrnIatPj8NhBVI0RSJRsbilh6TE m6M14QORSWTLRg== In-Reply-To: <7tds765fsicczreeqckiuwpny2tolotfrnbz6jhpjrch6x5pg3@5irfwnohvsli> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.51 / 50.00]; BAYES_HAM(-3.00)[100.00%]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[suse.cz:s=susede2_rsa,suse.cz:s=susede2_ed25519]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.20)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[]; FUZZY_RATELIMITED(0.00)[rspamd.com]; FREEMAIL_ENVRCPT(0.00)[gmail.com]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWELVE(0.00)[17]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_BLOCKED_OPENRESOLVER(0.00)[2a07:de40:b281:106:10:150:64:167:received]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_CC(0.00)[oracle.com,suse.com,gentwo.org,google.com,linux.dev,linux-foundation.org,gmail.com,linutronix.de,kernel.org,kvack.org,vger.kernel.org,lists.linux.dev,googlegroups.com]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DKIM_SIGNED(0.00)[suse.cz:s=susede2_rsa,suse.cz:s=susede2_ed25519]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[suse.cz:+] X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -4.51 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 9CCB9336CE X-Rspamd-Action: no action X-Rspamd-Server: rspamd2.dmz-prg2.suse.org X-Spam-Level: On 1/26/26 07:36, Hao Li wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 07:52:44AM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote: >> In the first step to replace cpu (partial) slabs with sheaves, enable >> sheaves for almost all caches. Treat args->sheaf_capacity as a minimum, >> and calculate sheaf capacity with a formula that roughly follows the >> formula for number of objects in cpu partial slabs in set_cpu_partial(). >> >> This should achieve roughly similar contention on the barn spin lock as >> there's currently for node list_lock without sheaves, to make >> benchmarking results comparable. It can be further tuned later. >> >> Don't enable sheaves for bootstrap caches as that wouldn't work. In >> order to recognize them by SLAB_NO_OBJ_EXT, make sure the flag exists >> even for !CONFIG_SLAB_OBJ_EXT. >> >> This limitation will be lifted for kmalloc caches after the necessary >> bootstrapping changes. >> >> Also do not enable sheaves for SLAB_NOLEAKTRACE caches to avoid >> recursion with kmemleak tracking (thanks to Breno Leitao). >> >> Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan >> Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo >> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka > > Also, looks good to me. > > As a side node, while looking into the test results reported by Zhao Liu [1], I > ran a quick test of the current patchset with the will-it-scale mmap2 workload. > In my runs, tuning capacity up or down did indeed have a noticeable impact on > performance. Hopefully we can make this tuning even smarter in follow-up work. Right, thanks for checking that. > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/aWi9nAbIkTfYFoMM@intel.com/ > > Reviewed-by: Hao Li Thanks!