Enabling various debugging options increases the size of structures and the subslab handling in SLABs kmem_cache_create will start to fail.
Here is a fix for that: Subject: Fix bootstrap creation of kmalloc caches For SLAB the kmalloc caches must be created in ascending sizes in order for the OFF_SLAB sub-slab cache to work properly. Create the non power of two caches immediately after the prior power of two kmalloc cache. Do not create the non power of two caches before all other caches. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lamete <c...@linux.com> Index: linux/mm/slab_common.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/mm/slab_common.c 2013-05-03 11:16:45.764382372 -0500 +++ linux/mm/slab_common.c 2013-05-03 12:59:40.431797020 -0500 @@ -444,18 +444,24 @@ void __init create_kmalloc_caches(unsign for (i = 128 + 8; i <= 192; i += 8) size_index[size_index_elem(i)] = 8; } - /* Caches that are not of the two-to-the-power-of size */ - if (KMALLOC_MIN_SIZE <= 32 && !kmalloc_caches[1]) - kmalloc_caches[1] = create_kmalloc_cache(NULL, 96, flags); - - if (KMALLOC_MIN_SIZE <= 64 && !kmalloc_caches[2]) - kmalloc_caches[2] = create_kmalloc_cache(NULL, 192, flags); - - for (i = KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW; i < KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH; i++) - if (!kmalloc_caches[i]) + for (i = KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW; i < KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH; i++) { + if (!kmalloc_caches[i]) { kmalloc_caches[i] = create_kmalloc_cache(NULL, 1 << i, flags); + /* + * Caches that are not of the two-to-the-power-of size. + * These have to be created immediately after the + * earlier power of two caches + */ + if (KMALLOC_MIN_SIZE <= 32 && !kmalloc_caches[1] && i == 6) + kmalloc_caches[1] = create_kmalloc_cache(NULL, 96, flags); + + if (KMALLOC_MIN_SIZE <= 64 && !kmalloc_caches[2] && i == 7) + kmalloc_caches[2] = create_kmalloc_cache(NULL, 192, flags); + } + } + /* Kmalloc array is now usable */ slab_state = UP; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/