On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 15:01 -0700, Badari Pulavarty wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 12:29 -0700, Mingming Cao wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-09-14 at 11:53 -0700, Mingming Cao wrote:
> > > jbd/jbd2: Replace slab allocations with page cache allocations
> > >
> > > From: Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >
> > > JBD should not pass slab pages down to the block layer.
> > > Use page allocator pages instead. This will also prepare
> > > JBD for the large blocksize patchset.
> > >
> >
> > Currently memory allocation for committed_data(and frozen_buffer) for
> > bufferhead is done through jbd slab management, as Christoph Hellwig
> > pointed out that this is broken as jbd should not pass slab pages down
> > to IO layer. and suggested to use get_free_pages() directly.
> >
> > The problem with this patch, as Andreas Dilger pointed today in ext4
> > interlock call, for 1k,2k block size ext2/3/4, get_free_pages() waste
> > 1/3-1/2 page space.
> >
> > What was the originally intention to set up slabs for committed_data(and
> > frozen_buffer) in JBD? Why not using kmalloc?
> >
> > Mingming
>
> Looks good. Small suggestion is to get rid of all kmalloc() usages and
> consistently use jbd_kmalloc() or jbd2_kmalloc().
>
> Thanks,
> Badari
>
Here is the incremental small cleanup patch.
Remove kamlloc usages in jbd/jbd2 and consistently use jbd_kmalloc/jbd2_malloc.
Signed-off-by: Mingming Cao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
fs/jbd/journal.c | 8 +++++---
fs/jbd/revoke.c | 12 ++++++------
fs/jbd2/journal.c | 8 +++++---
fs/jbd2/revoke.c | 12 ++++++------
4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6.23-rc6/fs/jbd/journal.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23-rc6.orig/fs/jbd/journal.c 2007-09-17 14:32:16.000000000
-0700
+++ linux-2.6.23-rc6/fs/jbd/journal.c 2007-09-17 14:33:59.000000000 -0700
@@ -723,7 +723,8 @@ journal_t * journal_init_dev(struct bloc
journal->j_blocksize = blocksize;
n = journal->j_blocksize / sizeof(journal_block_tag_t);
journal->j_wbufsize = n;
- journal->j_wbuf = kmalloc(n * sizeof(struct buffer_head*), GFP_KERNEL);
+ journal->j_wbuf = jbd_kmalloc(n * sizeof(struct buffer_head*),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
if (!journal->j_wbuf) {
printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Cant allocate bhs for commit thread\n",
__FUNCTION__);
@@ -777,7 +778,8 @@ journal_t * journal_init_inode (struct i
/* journal descriptor can store up to n blocks -bzzz */
n = journal->j_blocksize / sizeof(journal_block_tag_t);
journal->j_wbufsize = n;
- journal->j_wbuf = kmalloc(n * sizeof(struct buffer_head*), GFP_KERNEL);
+ journal->j_wbuf = jbd_kmalloc(n * sizeof(struct buffer_head*),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
if (!journal->j_wbuf) {
printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Cant allocate bhs for commit thread\n",
__FUNCTION__);
@@ -1157,7 +1159,7 @@ void journal_destroy(journal_t *journal)
iput(journal->j_inode);
if (journal->j_revoke)
journal_destroy_revoke(journal);
- kfree(journal->j_wbuf);
+ jbd_kfree(journal->j_wbuf);
jbd_kfree(journal);
}
Index: linux-2.6.23-rc6/fs/jbd/revoke.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23-rc6.orig/fs/jbd/revoke.c 2007-09-17 14:32:22.000000000
-0700
+++ linux-2.6.23-rc6/fs/jbd/revoke.c 2007-09-17 14:35:13.000000000 -0700
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ int journal_init_revoke(journal_t *journ
journal->j_revoke->hash_shift = shift;
journal->j_revoke->hash_table =
- kmalloc(hash_size * sizeof(struct list_head), GFP_KERNEL);
+ jbd_kmalloc(hash_size * sizeof(struct list_head), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!journal->j_revoke->hash_table) {
kmem_cache_free(revoke_table_cache, journal->j_revoke_table[0]);
journal->j_revoke = NULL;
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ int journal_init_revoke(journal_t *journ
journal->j_revoke_table[1] = kmem_cache_alloc(revoke_table_cache,
GFP_KERNEL);
if (!journal->j_revoke_table[1]) {
- kfree(journal->j_revoke_table[0]->hash_table);
+ jbd_kfree(journal->j_revoke_table[0]->hash_table);
kmem_cache_free(revoke_table_cache, journal->j_revoke_table[0]);
return -ENOMEM;
}
@@ -246,9 +246,9 @@ int journal_init_revoke(journal_t *journ
journal->j_revoke->hash_shift = shift;
journal->j_revoke->hash_table =
- kmalloc(hash_size * sizeof(struct list_head), GFP_KERNEL);
+ jbd_kmalloc(hash_size * sizeof(struct list_head), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!journal->j_revoke->hash_table) {
- kfree(journal->j_revoke_table[0]->hash_table);
+ jbd_kfree(journal->j_revoke_table[0]->hash_table);
kmem_cache_free(revoke_table_cache, journal->j_revoke_table[0]);
kmem_cache_free(revoke_table_cache, journal->j_revoke_table[1]);
journal->j_revoke = NULL;
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ void journal_destroy_revoke(journal_t *j
J_ASSERT (list_empty(hash_list));
}
- kfree(table->hash_table);
+ jbd_kfree(table->hash_table);
kmem_cache_free(revoke_table_cache, table);
journal->j_revoke = NULL;
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ void journal_destroy_revoke(journal_t *j
J_ASSERT (list_empty(hash_list));
}
- kfree(table->hash_table);
+ jbd_kfree(table->hash_table);
kmem_cache_free(revoke_table_cache, table);
journal->j_revoke = NULL;
}
Index: linux-2.6.23-rc6/fs/jbd2/journal.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23-rc6.orig/fs/jbd2/journal.c 2007-09-17 14:32:39.000000000
-0700
+++ linux-2.6.23-rc6/fs/jbd2/journal.c 2007-09-17 14:53:15.000000000 -0700
@@ -724,7 +724,8 @@ journal_t * jbd2_journal_init_dev(struct
journal->j_blocksize = blocksize;
n = journal->j_blocksize / sizeof(journal_block_tag_t);
journal->j_wbufsize = n;
- journal->j_wbuf = kmalloc(n * sizeof(struct buffer_head*), GFP_KERNEL);
+ journal->j_wbuf = jbd2_kmalloc(n * sizeof(struct buffer_head*),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
if (!journal->j_wbuf) {
printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Cant allocate bhs for commit thread\n",
__FUNCTION__);
@@ -778,7 +779,8 @@ journal_t * jbd2_journal_init_inode (str
/* journal descriptor can store up to n blocks -bzzz */
n = journal->j_blocksize / sizeof(journal_block_tag_t);
journal->j_wbufsize = n;
- journal->j_wbuf = kmalloc(n * sizeof(struct buffer_head*), GFP_KERNEL);
+ journal->j_wbuf = jbd2_kmalloc(n * sizeof(struct buffer_head*),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
if (!journal->j_wbuf) {
printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Cant allocate bhs for commit thread\n",
__FUNCTION__);
@@ -1158,7 +1160,7 @@ void jbd2_journal_destroy(journal_t *jou
iput(journal->j_inode);
if (journal->j_revoke)
jbd2_journal_destroy_revoke(journal);
- kfree(journal->j_wbuf);
+ jbd2_kfree(journal->j_wbuf);
jbd2_kfree(journal);
}
Index: linux-2.6.23-rc6/fs/jbd2/revoke.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23-rc6.orig/fs/jbd2/revoke.c 2007-09-17 14:32:34.000000000
-0700
+++ linux-2.6.23-rc6/fs/jbd2/revoke.c 2007-09-17 14:55:35.000000000 -0700
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ int jbd2_journal_init_revoke(journal_t *
journal->j_revoke->hash_shift = shift;
journal->j_revoke->hash_table =
- kmalloc(hash_size * sizeof(struct list_head), GFP_KERNEL);
+ jbd2_kmalloc(hash_size * sizeof(struct list_head), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!journal->j_revoke->hash_table) {
kmem_cache_free(jbd2_revoke_table_cache,
journal->j_revoke_table[0]);
journal->j_revoke = NULL;
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ int jbd2_journal_init_revoke(journal_t *
journal->j_revoke_table[1] = kmem_cache_alloc(jbd2_revoke_table_cache,
GFP_KERNEL);
if (!journal->j_revoke_table[1]) {
- kfree(journal->j_revoke_table[0]->hash_table);
+ jbd2_kfree(journal->j_revoke_table[0]->hash_table);
kmem_cache_free(jbd2_revoke_table_cache,
journal->j_revoke_table[0]);
return -ENOMEM;
}
@@ -247,9 +247,9 @@ int jbd2_journal_init_revoke(journal_t *
journal->j_revoke->hash_shift = shift;
journal->j_revoke->hash_table =
- kmalloc(hash_size * sizeof(struct list_head), GFP_KERNEL);
+ jbd2_kmalloc(hash_size * sizeof(struct list_head), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!journal->j_revoke->hash_table) {
- kfree(journal->j_revoke_table[0]->hash_table);
+ jbd2_kfree(journal->j_revoke_table[0]->hash_table);
kmem_cache_free(jbd2_revoke_table_cache,
journal->j_revoke_table[0]);
kmem_cache_free(jbd2_revoke_table_cache,
journal->j_revoke_table[1]);
journal->j_revoke = NULL;
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ void jbd2_journal_destroy_revoke(journal
J_ASSERT (list_empty(hash_list));
}
- kfree(table->hash_table);
+ jbd2_kfree(table->hash_table);
kmem_cache_free(jbd2_revoke_table_cache, table);
journal->j_revoke = NULL;
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ void jbd2_journal_destroy_revoke(journal
J_ASSERT (list_empty(hash_list));
}
- kfree(table->hash_table);
+ jbd2_kfree(table->hash_table);
kmem_cache_free(jbd2_revoke_table_cache, table);
journal->j_revoke = NULL;
}
-
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