linux SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN

SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN 是 Linux 内核中一种用于优化 CPU 缓存效率的内存分配算法。它可以让内核中的内存分配更加高效，通过减少 CPU 缓存行被多个 CPU 核心共享的情况，提高 CPU 的缓存命中率，从而提高系统性能。

在内核中，分配的内存块被称为“slab”，每个 slab 都是由相同大小的多个对象组成的。 SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN 算法通过将 slab 对齐到 CPU 缓存行的大小，使得每个 slab 中的对象都被对齐到 CPU 缓存行的边界上，这样可以避免多个 CPU 核心同时操作同一个缓存行，提高 CPU 缓存的利用率。

总之，SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN 算法可以提高系统性能，尤其是在多处理器系统中。

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void __init proc_caches_init(void) { sigact_cachep = kmem_cache_create("signal_act", sizeof(struct signal_struct), 0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL, NULL); if (!sigact_cachep) panic("Cannot create signal action SLAB cache"); files_cachep = kmem_cache_create("files_cache", sizeof(struct files_struct), 0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL, NULL); if (!files_cachep) panic("Cannot create files SLAB cache"); fs_cachep = kmem_cache_create("fs_cache", sizeof(struct fs_struct), 0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL, NULL); if (!fs_cachep) panic("Cannot create fs_struct SLAB cache"); vm_area_cachep = kmem_cache_create("vm_area_struct", sizeof(struct vm_area_struct), 0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL, NULL); if(!vm_area_cachep) panic("vma_init: Cannot alloc vm_area_struct SLAB cache"); mm_cachep = kmem_cache_create("mm_struct", sizeof(struct mm_struct), 0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL, NULL); if(!mm_cachep) panic("vma_init: Cannot alloc mm_struct SLAB cache"); }

这段代码是在内核初始化时创建了几个 SLAB 缓存，用于存放进程相关的数据结构。首先是创建一个名为 "signal_act" 的 kmem_cache，用于存放信号处理的数据结构 signal_struct。接着创建一个名为 "files_cache" 的 kmem_cache，用于存放进程文件信息的数据结构 files_struct。再创建一个名为 "fs_cache" 的 kmem_cache，用于存放进程文件系统信息的数据结构 fs_struct。然后，创建一个名为 "vm_area_struct" 的 kmem_cache，用于存放进程内存映射区域的数据结构 vm_area_struct。最后，创建一个名为 "mm_struct" 的 kmem_cache，用于存放进程地址空间的数据结构 mm_struct。如果在创建过程中出现错误，则会调用 panic 函数，使系统进入崩溃状态。

unevictable, dirty, writeback, unstable, slab_reclaimable, slab_unreclaimable, mapped, shmem, pagetables。 在linux中含义

1. unevictable - Refers to memory pages that cannot be swapped out or removed from memory, typically because they are being actively used by the system or an application.

2. dirty - Refers to memory pages that have been modified and need to be written back to disk before they can be evicted from memory.

3. writeback - Refers to the process of writing dirty pages back to disk.

4. unstable - Refers to memory pages that are in the process of being modified and may not be in a consistent state.

5. slab_reclaimable - Refers to memory used for kernel data structures that can be safely reclaimed if needed.

6. slab_unreclaimable - Refers to memory used for kernel data structures that cannot be reclaimed.

7. mapped - Refers to memory pages that are mapped to a file or device.

8. shmem - Refers to shared memory pages used for inter-process communication.

9. pagetables - Refers to memory used by the kernel to manage page tables, which map virtual memory addresses to physical memory locations.