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author | Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> | 2009-09-22 10:26:52 +0530 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2009-12-11 12:23:04 -0800 |
commit | 644bf7b5983cf2540b57a5b25b775cb3c1e8e943 (patch) | |
tree | 011667c2bd293164205fd83180517ba552283e2e /drivers/staging/ramzswap/xvmalloc_int.h | |
parent | efdf83c1763156220a74c8f2755c1a6fa1e1c26b (diff) | |
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Staging: xvmalloc memory allocator
* Features:
- Low metadata overhead (just 4 bytes per object)
- O(1) Alloc/Free - except when we have to call system page allocator to
get additional memory.
- Very low fragmentation: In all tests, xvmalloc memory usage is within 12%
of "Ideal".
- Pool based allocator: Each pool can grow and shrink.
- It maps pages only when required. So, it does not hog vmalloc area which
is very small on 32-bit systems.
SLUB allocator could not be used due to fragmentation issues:
http://code.google.com/p/compcache/wiki/AllocatorsComparison
Data here shows kmalloc using ~43% more memory than TLSF and xvMalloc
is showed ~2% more space efficiency than TLSF (due to smaller metadata).
Creating various kmem_caches can reduce space efficiency gap but still
problem of being limited to low memory exists. Also, it depends on
allocating higher order pages to reduce fragmentation - this is not
acceptable for ramzswap as it is used under memory crunch (its a swap
device!).
SLOB allocator could not be used do to reasons mentioned here:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/3/18/210
* Implementation:
It uses two-level bitmap search to find free list containing block of
correct size. This idea is taken from TLSF (Two-Level Segregate Fit)
allocator and is well explained in its paper (see [Links] below).
* Limitations:
- Poor scalability: No per-cpu data structures (work in progress).
[Links]
1. Details and Performance data:
http://code.google.com/p/compcache/wiki/xvMalloc
http://code.google.com/p/compcache/wiki/xvMallocPerformance
2. TLSF memory allocator:
home: http://rtportal.upv.es/rtmalloc/
paper: http://rtportal.upv.es/rtmalloc/files/MRBC_2008.pdf
Signed-off-by: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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diff --git a/drivers/staging/ramzswap/xvmalloc_int.h b/drivers/staging/ramzswap/xvmalloc_int.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000..03c1a65 --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/staging/ramzswap/xvmalloc_int.h @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +/* + * xvmalloc memory allocator + * + * Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 Nitin Gupta + * + * This code is released using a dual license strategy: BSD/GPL + * You can choose the licence that better fits your requirements. + * + * Released under the terms of 3-clause BSD License + * Released under the terms of GNU General Public License Version 2.0 + */ + +#ifndef _XV_MALLOC_INT_H_ +#define _XV_MALLOC_INT_H_ + +#include <linux/kernel.h> +#include <linux/types.h> + +/* User configurable params */ + +/* Must be power of two */ +#define XV_ALIGN_SHIFT 2 +#define XV_ALIGN (1 << XV_ALIGN_SHIFT) +#define XV_ALIGN_MASK (XV_ALIGN - 1) + +/* This must be greater than sizeof(link_free) */ +#define XV_MIN_ALLOC_SIZE 32 +#define XV_MAX_ALLOC_SIZE (PAGE_SIZE - XV_ALIGN) + +/* Free lists are separated by FL_DELTA bytes */ +#define FL_DELTA_SHIFT 3 +#define FL_DELTA (1 << FL_DELTA_SHIFT) +#define FL_DELTA_MASK (FL_DELTA - 1) +#define NUM_FREE_LISTS ((XV_MAX_ALLOC_SIZE - XV_MIN_ALLOC_SIZE) \ + / FL_DELTA + 1) + +#define MAX_FLI DIV_ROUND_UP(NUM_FREE_LISTS, BITS_PER_LONG) + +/* End of user params */ + +enum blockflags { + BLOCK_FREE, + PREV_FREE, + __NR_BLOCKFLAGS, +}; + +#define FLAGS_MASK XV_ALIGN_MASK +#define PREV_MASK (~FLAGS_MASK) + +struct freelist_entry { + struct page *page; + u16 offset; + u16 pad; +}; + +struct link_free { + struct page *prev_page; + struct page *next_page; + u16 prev_offset; + u16 next_offset; +}; + +struct block_header { + union { + /* This common header must be ALIGN bytes */ + u8 common[XV_ALIGN]; + struct { + u16 size; + u16 prev; + }; + }; + struct link_free link; +}; + +struct xv_pool { + ulong flbitmap; + ulong slbitmap[MAX_FLI]; + spinlock_t lock; + + struct freelist_entry freelist[NUM_FREE_LISTS]; + + /* stats */ + u64 total_pages; +}; + +#endif |