On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 03:47:40PM +0100, David Vrabel wrote: > On 26/04/13 14:45, Roger Pau Monne wrote: > > Allocate pending requests in smaller chunks instead of allocating them > > all at the same time. > > > > This change also removes the global array of pending_reqs, it is no > > longer necessay. > > > > Variables related to the grant mapping have been grouped into a struct > > called "grant_page", this allows to allocate them in smaller chunks, > > and also improves memory locality. > > > [...] > > diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c > > b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c > > index afab208..2841c0f 100644 > > --- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c > > +++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c > > @@ -127,22 +128,53 @@ static struct xen_blkif *xen_blkif_alloc(domid_t > > domid) > > blkif->free_pages_num = 0; > > atomic_set(&blkif->persistent_gnt_in_use, 0); > > > > - blkif->pending_reqs = kcalloc(XEN_BLKIF_REQS, > > - sizeof(blkif->pending_reqs[0]), > > - GFP_KERNEL); > > - if (!blkif->pending_reqs) { > > - kmem_cache_free(xen_blkif_cachep, blkif); > > - return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); > > - } > > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&blkif->pending_free); > > + > > + pr_alert("sizeof req: %lu\n", sizeof(*req)); > > Stray pr_alert() here. > > Looks good otherwise. > > Reviewed-by: David Vrabel <david.vra...@citrix.com>
Roger, could you repost it please and also include Tested-by: Sander.. on it please? > > David -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/