2 files changed, 20 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/slub_def.h b/include/linux/slub_def.h
index 5bad61a93f65..2f5c16b1aacd 100644
--- a/include/linux/slub_def.h
+++ b/include/linux/slub_def.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ struct kmem_cache_cpu {
 struct kmem_cache_node {
         spinlock_t list_lock;   /* Protect partial list and nr_partial */
         unsigned long nr_partial;
+        unsigned long min_partial;
         struct list_head partial;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG
         atomic_long_t nr_slabs;
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index c26d4c36fba9..4f5b96149458 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ static struct page *get_any_partial(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags)
                 n = get_node(s, zone_to_nid(zone));
 
                 if (n && cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, flags) &&
-                                n->nr_partial > MIN_PARTIAL) {
+                                n->nr_partial > n->min_partial) {
                         page = get_partial_node(n);
                         if (page)
                                 return page;
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ static void unfreeze_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page, int tail)
                 slab_unlock(page);
         } else {
                 stat(c, DEACTIVATE_EMPTY);
-                if (n->nr_partial < MIN_PARTIAL) {
+                if (n->nr_partial < n->min_partial) {
                         /*
                          * Adding an empty slab to the partial slabs in order
                          * to avoid page allocator overhead. This slab needs
@@ -1913,9 +1913,21 @@ static void init_kmem_cache_cpu(struct kmem_cache *s,
 #endif
 }
 
-static void init_kmem_cache_node(struct kmem_cache_node *n)
+static void
+init_kmem_cache_node(struct kmem_cache_node *n, struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
         n->nr_partial = 0;
+
+        /*
+         * The larger the object size is, the more pages we want on the partial
+         * list to avoid pounding the page allocator excessively.
+         */
+        n->min_partial = ilog2(s->size);
+        if (n->min_partial < MIN_PARTIAL)
+                n->min_partial = MIN_PARTIAL;
+        else if (n->min_partial > MAX_PARTIAL)
+                n->min_partial = MAX_PARTIAL;
+
         spin_lock_init(&n->list_lock);
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&n->partial);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG
@@ -2087,7 +2099,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache_node *early_kmem_cache_node_alloc(gfp_t gfpflags,
         init_object(kmalloc_caches, n, 1);
         init_tracking(kmalloc_caches, n);
 #endif
-        init_kmem_cache_node(n);
+        init_kmem_cache_node(n, kmalloc_caches);
         inc_slabs_node(kmalloc_caches, node, page->objects);
 
         /*
@@ -2144,7 +2156,7 @@ static int init_kmem_cache_nodes(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags)
 
                 }
                 s->node[node] = n;
-                init_kmem_cache_node(n);
+                init_kmem_cache_node(n, s);
         }
         return 1;
 }
@@ -2155,7 +2167,7 @@ static void free_kmem_cache_nodes(struct kmem_cache *s)
 
 static int init_kmem_cache_nodes(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags)
 {
-        init_kmem_cache_node(&s->local_node);
+        init_kmem_cache_node(&s->local_node, s);
         return 1;
 }
 #endif
@@ -2889,7 +2901,7 @@ static int slab_mem_going_online_callback(void *arg)
                         ret = -ENOMEM;
                         goto out;
                 }
-                init_kmem_cache_node(n);
+                init_kmem_cache_node(n, s);
                 s->node[nid] = n;
         }
 out: