1 files changed, 59 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 613d385519fe..e869400ea731 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -702,32 +702,69 @@ kmem_cache_t *kmem_find_general_cachep(size_t size, gfp_t gfpflags)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_find_general_cachep);
 
-/* Cal the num objs, wastage, and bytes left over for a given slab size. */
-static void cache_estimate(unsigned long gfporder, size_t size, size_t align,
-			   int flags, size_t *left_over, unsigned int *num)
+static size_t slab_mgmt_size(size_t nr_objs, size_t align)
 {
-	int i;
-	size_t wastage = PAGE_SIZE << gfporder;
-	size_t extra = 0;
-	size_t base = 0;
+	return ALIGN(sizeof(struct slab)+nr_objs*sizeof(kmem_bufctl_t), align);
+}
 
-	if (!(flags & CFLGS_OFF_SLAB)) {
-		base = sizeof(struct slab);
-		extra = sizeof(kmem_bufctl_t);
-	}
-	i = 0;
-	while (i * size + ALIGN(base + i * extra, align) <= wastage)
-		i++;
-	if (i > 0)
-		i--;
+/* Calculate the number of objects and left-over bytes for a given
+   buffer size. */
+static void cache_estimate(unsigned long gfporder, size_t buffer_size,
+			   size_t align, int flags, size_t *left_over,
+			   unsigned int *num)
+{
+	int nr_objs;
+	size_t mgmt_size;
+	size_t slab_size = PAGE_SIZE << gfporder;
 
-	if (i > SLAB_LIMIT)
-		i = SLAB_LIMIT;
+	/*
+	 * The slab management structure can be either off the slab or
+	 * on it. For the latter case, the memory allocated for a
+	 * slab is used for:
+	 *
+	 * - The struct slab
+	 * - One kmem_bufctl_t for each object
+	 * - Padding to respect alignment of @align
+	 * - @buffer_size bytes for each object
+	 *
+	 * If the slab management structure is off the slab, then the
+	 * alignment will already be calculated into the size. Because
+	 * the slabs are all pages aligned, the objects will be at the
+	 * correct alignment when allocated.
+	 */
+	if (flags & CFLGS_OFF_SLAB) {
+		mgmt_size = 0;
+		nr_objs = slab_size / buffer_size;
 
-	*num = i;
-	wastage -= i * size;
-	wastage -= ALIGN(base + i * extra, align);
-	*left_over = wastage;
+		if (nr_objs > SLAB_LIMIT)
+			nr_objs = SLAB_LIMIT;
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * Ignore padding for the initial guess. The padding
+		 * is at most @align-1 bytes, and @buffer_size is at
+		 * least @align. In the worst case, this result will
+		 * be one greater than the number of objects that fit
+		 * into the memory allocation when taking the padding
+		 * into account.
+		 */
+		nr_objs = (slab_size - sizeof(struct slab)) /
+			  (buffer_size + sizeof(kmem_bufctl_t));
+
+		/*
+		 * This calculated number will be either the right
+		 * amount, or one greater than what we want.
+		 */
+		if (slab_mgmt_size(nr_objs, align) + nr_objs*buffer_size
+		       > slab_size)
+			nr_objs--;
+
+		if (nr_objs > SLAB_LIMIT)
+			nr_objs = SLAB_LIMIT;
+
+		mgmt_size = slab_mgmt_size(nr_objs, align);
+	}
+	*num = nr_objs;
+	*left_over = slab_size - nr_objs*buffer_size - mgmt_size;
 }
 
 #define slab_error(cachep, msg) __slab_error(__FUNCTION__, cachep, msg)