On Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 02:54:15PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 1/5/26 09:02, Harry Yoo wrote:
> > Convert ext4_inode_cache to use the kmem_cache_args interface and
> > specify a free pointer offset.
> >
> > Since ext4_inode_cache uses a constructor, the free pointer would be
> > placed after the object to overwriting fields used by the constructor.
>
> ^ prevent?
Oops, right.
Will fix.
> > However, some fields such as ->i_flags are not used by the constructor
> > and can safely be repurposed for the free pointer.
> >
> > Specify the free pointer offset at i_flags to reduce the object size.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
> > ---
> > fs/ext4/super.c | 20 ++++++++++++++------
> > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> > index 87205660c5d0..42580643a466 100644
> > --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> > +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> > @@ -1491,12 +1491,20 @@ static void init_once(void *foo)
> >
> > static int __init init_inodecache(void)
> > {
> > - ext4_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create_usercopy("ext4_inode_cache",
> > - sizeof(struct ext4_inode_info), 0,
> > - SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT | SLAB_ACCOUNT,
> > - offsetof(struct ext4_inode_info, i_data),
> > - sizeof_field(struct ext4_inode_info, i_data),
> > - init_once);
> > + struct kmem_cache_args args = {
> > + .align = 0,
>
> Nit: it's implicit so not necessary.
Right, will do.
> > + .useroffset = offsetof(struct ext4_inode_info, i_data),
> > + .usersize = sizeof_field(struct ext4_inode_info, i_data),
> > + .use_freeptr_offset = true,
> > + .freeptr_offset = offsetof(struct ext4_inode_info, i_flags),
> > + .ctor = init_once,
> > + };
> > +
> > + ext4_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("ext4_inode_cache",
> > + sizeof(struct ext4_inode_info),
> > + &args,
> > + SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT | SLAB_ACCOUNT);
> > +
> > if (ext4_inode_cachep == NULL)
> > return -ENOMEM;
> > return 0;
--
Cheers,
Harry / Hyeonggon