From 5074bfe8ade40ddc64cba5526eb1333a73621e92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Chase Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 01:06:40 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Allocate zfs_znode_cache on the Linux slab The Linux slab, in general, performs better than the SPl slab in cases where a lot of objects are allocated and fragmentation is likely present. This patch fixes pathologically bad behavior in cases where the ARC is filled with mostly metadata and a user program needs to allocate and dirty enough memory which would require an insignificant amount of the ARC to be reclaimed. If zfs_znode_cache is on the SPL slab, the system may spin for a very long time trying to reclaim sufficient memory. If it is on the Linux slab, the behavior has been observed to be much more predictible; the memory is reclaimed more efficiently. Signed-off-by: Tim Chase Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf Issue #3283 --- module/zfs/zfs_znode.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/module/zfs/zfs_znode.c b/module/zfs/zfs_znode.c index c931a72c3..0c0091f04 100644 --- a/module/zfs/zfs_znode.c +++ b/module/zfs/zfs_znode.c @@ -147,12 +147,14 @@ void zfs_znode_init(void) { /* - * Initialize zcache + * Initialize zcache. The KMC_SLAB hint is used in order that it be + * backed by kmalloc() when on the Linux slab in order that any + * wait_on_bit() operations on the related inode operate properly. */ ASSERT(znode_cache == NULL); znode_cache = kmem_cache_create("zfs_znode_cache", sizeof (znode_t), 0, zfs_znode_cache_constructor, - zfs_znode_cache_destructor, NULL, NULL, NULL, KMC_KMEM); + zfs_znode_cache_destructor, NULL, NULL, NULL, KMC_SLAB); } void