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authorVlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>2022-11-14 18:13:45 +0100
committerVlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>2022-11-27 23:38:02 +0100
commite240e53ae0abb0896e0f399bdfef41c69cec3123 (patch)
tree5bfa40d95d36a7a9066ed8e78e1b56988c64cb05 /mm
parentmm, slab: ignore hardened usercopy parameters when disabled (diff)
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mm, slub: add CONFIG_SLUB_TINY
For tiny systems that have used SLOB until now, SLUB might be impractical due to its higher memory usage. To help with that, introduce an option CONFIG_SLUB_TINY that modifies SLUB to use less memory. This is done by sacrificing scalability, security and debugging features, therefore not recommended for any system with more than 16MB RAM. This commit introduces the option and uses it to set other related options in a way that reduces memory usage. Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Acked-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@gmail.com> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
-rw-r--r--mm/Kconfig21
-rw-r--r--mm/Kconfig.debug2
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index 57e1d8c5b505..6701d72d3037 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -230,6 +230,19 @@ config SLOB
endchoice
+config SLUB_TINY
+ bool "Configure SLUB for minimal memory footprint"
+ depends on SLUB && EXPERT
+ select SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT
+ help
+ Configures the SLUB allocator in a way to achieve minimal memory
+ footprint, sacrificing scalability, debugging and other features.
+ This is intended only for the smallest system that had used the
+ SLOB allocator and is not recommended for systems with more than
+ 16MB RAM.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT
bool "Allow slab caches to be merged"
default y
@@ -247,7 +260,7 @@ config SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT
config SLAB_FREELIST_RANDOM
bool "Randomize slab freelist"
- depends on SLAB || SLUB
+ depends on SLAB || (SLUB && !SLUB_TINY)
help
Randomizes the freelist order used on creating new pages. This
security feature reduces the predictability of the kernel slab
@@ -255,7 +268,7 @@ config SLAB_FREELIST_RANDOM
config SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED
bool "Harden slab freelist metadata"
- depends on SLAB || SLUB
+ depends on SLAB || (SLUB && !SLUB_TINY)
help
Many kernel heap attacks try to target slab cache metadata and
other infrastructure. This options makes minor performance
@@ -267,7 +280,7 @@ config SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED
config SLUB_STATS
default n
bool "Enable SLUB performance statistics"
- depends on SLUB && SYSFS
+ depends on SLUB && SYSFS && !SLUB_TINY
help
SLUB statistics are useful to debug SLUBs allocation behavior in
order find ways to optimize the allocator. This should never be
@@ -279,7 +292,7 @@ config SLUB_STATS
config SLUB_CPU_PARTIAL
default y
- depends on SLUB && SMP
+ depends on SLUB && SMP && !SLUB_TINY
bool "SLUB per cpu partial cache"
help
Per cpu partial caches accelerate objects allocation and freeing
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig.debug b/mm/Kconfig.debug
index ce8dded36de9..fca699ad1fb0 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/mm/Kconfig.debug
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ config DEBUG_SLAB
config SLUB_DEBUG
default y
bool "Enable SLUB debugging support" if EXPERT
- depends on SLUB && SYSFS
+ depends on SLUB && SYSFS && !SLUB_TINY
select STACKDEPOT if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
help
SLUB has extensive debug support features. Disabling these can