From: Paul Jackson Change the kmem_cache_create calls for certain slab caches to support cpuset memory spreading. See the previous patches, cpuset_mem_spread, for an explanation of cpuset memory spreading, and cpuset_mem_spread_slab_cache for the slab cache support for memory spreading. The slab caches marked for now are: dentry_cache, inode_cache, some xfs slab caches, and buffer_head. This list may change over time. In particular, other file system types that are used extensively on large NUMA systems may want to allow for spreading their directory and inode slab cache entries. Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- fs/buffer.c | 7 +++++-- fs/dcache.c | 3 ++- fs/inode.c | 9 +++++++-- fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h | 2 +- 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/buffer.c~cpuset-memory-spread-slab-cache-hooks fs/buffer.c --- devel/fs/buffer.c~cpuset-memory-spread-slab-cache-hooks 2006-03-11 02:46:49.000000000 -0800 +++ devel-akpm/fs/buffer.c 2006-03-11 02:46:49.000000000 -0800 @@ -3205,8 +3205,11 @@ void __init buffer_init(void) int nrpages; bh_cachep = kmem_cache_create("buffer_head", - sizeof(struct buffer_head), 0, - SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC, init_buffer_head, NULL); + sizeof(struct buffer_head), 0, + (SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC| + SLAB_MEM_SPREAD), + init_buffer_head, + NULL); /* * Limit the bh occupancy to 10% of ZONE_NORMAL diff -puN fs/dcache.c~cpuset-memory-spread-slab-cache-hooks fs/dcache.c --- devel/fs/dcache.c~cpuset-memory-spread-slab-cache-hooks 2006-03-11 02:46:49.000000000 -0800 +++ devel-akpm/fs/dcache.c 2006-03-11 02:46:49.000000000 -0800 @@ -1709,7 +1709,8 @@ static void __init dcache_init(unsigned dentry_cache = kmem_cache_create("dentry_cache", sizeof(struct dentry), 0, - SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC, + (SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC| + SLAB_MEM_SPREAD), NULL, NULL); set_shrinker(DEFAULT_SEEKS, shrink_dcache_memory); diff -puN fs/inode.c~cpuset-memory-spread-slab-cache-hooks fs/inode.c --- devel/fs/inode.c~cpuset-memory-spread-slab-cache-hooks 2006-03-11 02:46:49.000000000 -0800 +++ devel-akpm/fs/inode.c 2006-03-11 02:46:49.000000000 -0800 @@ -1375,8 +1375,13 @@ void __init inode_init(unsigned long mem int loop; /* inode slab cache */ - inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("inode_cache", sizeof(struct inode), - 0, SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC, init_once, NULL); + inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("inode_cache", + sizeof(struct inode), + 0, + (SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC| + SLAB_MEM_SPREAD), + init_once, + NULL); set_shrinker(DEFAULT_SEEKS, shrink_icache_memory); /* Hash may have been set up in inode_init_early */ diff -puN fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h~cpuset-memory-spread-slab-cache-hooks fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h --- devel/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h~cpuset-memory-spread-slab-cache-hooks 2006-03-11 02:46:49.000000000 -0800 +++ devel-akpm/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h 2006-03-11 02:46:49.000000000 -0800 @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ extern void kmem_free(void *, size_t); #define KM_ZONE_HWALIGN SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN #define KM_ZONE_RECLAIM SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT -#define KM_ZONE_SPREAD 0 +#define KM_ZONE_SPREAD SLAB_MEM_SPREAD #define kmem_zone kmem_cache #define kmem_zone_t struct kmem_cache _