Query regarding size-16384 cache in kernel

[Sowmya Sridharan]

Hi,

We see an continuous increase in slab size of 1GB for slab cache named 
"size-16384" in a system. 
The system is stable and sending/receiving bulk amounts of packets.

"/proc/slabinfo" Initial Value:
size-16384(DMA) 0 0 16384 1 4 : tunables 8 4 0 : slabdata 0 0 0
size-16384 9247 9247 16384 1 4 : tunables 8 4 0 : slabdata 9247 9247 0

"/proc/slabinfo" Final Value:
size-16384(DMA) 0 0 16384 1 4 : tunables 8 4 0 : slabdata 0 0 0
size-16384 75023 75023 16384 1 4 : tunables 8 4 0 : slabdata 75023 75023 0

Can anyone please tell us what kind of functions in kernel need to 
allocate an object for "size-16384"?
In what possible scenarios are these slab objects allocated?

Thanks,
Sowmya
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