1 files changed, 91 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index d7d8ffd0c306..f206cb10a544 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -31,6 +31,34 @@ DEFINE_MUTEX(slab_mutex);
 struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache;
 
 /*
+ * Set of flags that will prevent slab merging
+ */
+#define SLAB_NEVER_MERGE (SLAB_RED_ZONE | SLAB_POISON | SLAB_STORE_USER | \
+		SLAB_TRACE | SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU | SLAB_NOLEAKTRACE | \
+		SLAB_FAILSLAB)
+
+#define SLAB_MERGE_SAME (SLAB_DEBUG_FREE | SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT | \
+		SLAB_CACHE_DMA | SLAB_NOTRACK)
+
+/*
+ * Merge control. If this is set then no merging of slab caches will occur.
+ * (Could be removed. This was introduced to pacify the merge skeptics.)
+ */
+static int slab_nomerge;
+
+static int __init setup_slab_nomerge(char *str)
+{
+	slab_nomerge = 1;
+	return 1;
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB
+__setup_param("slub_nomerge", slub_nomerge, setup_slab_nomerge, 0);
+#endif
+
+__setup("slab_nomerge", setup_slab_nomerge);
+
+/*
  * Determine the size of a slab object
  */
 unsigned int kmem_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *s)
@@ -116,6 +144,69 @@ out:
 #endif
 
 /*
+ * Find a mergeable slab cache
+ */
+int slab_unmergeable(struct kmem_cache *s)
+{
+	if (slab_nomerge || (s->flags & SLAB_NEVER_MERGE))
+		return 1;
+
+	if (!is_root_cache(s))
+		return 1;
+
+	if (s->ctor)
+		return 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * We may have set a slab to be unmergeable during bootstrap.
+	 */
+	if (s->refcount < 0)
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct kmem_cache *find_mergeable(size_t size, size_t align,
+		unsigned long flags, const char *name, void (*ctor)(void *))
+{
+	struct kmem_cache *s;
+
+	if (slab_nomerge || (flags & SLAB_NEVER_MERGE))
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (ctor)
+		return NULL;
+
+	size = ALIGN(size, sizeof(void *));
+	align = calculate_alignment(flags, align, size);
+	size = ALIGN(size, align);
+	flags = kmem_cache_flags(size, flags, name, NULL);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(s, &slab_caches, list) {
+		if (slab_unmergeable(s))
+			continue;
+
+		if (size > s->size)
+			continue;
+
+		if ((flags & SLAB_MERGE_SAME) != (s->flags & SLAB_MERGE_SAME))
+			continue;
+		/*
+		 * Check if alignment is compatible.
+		 * Courtesy of Adrian Drzewiecki
+		 */
+		if ((s->size & ~(align - 1)) != s->size)
+			continue;
+
+		if (s->size - size >= sizeof(void *))
+			continue;
+
+		return s;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
  * Figure out what the alignment of the objects will be given a set of
  * flags, a user specified alignment and the size of the objects.
  */