On Sat, May 02, 2015 at 11:58:21PM -0400, [email protected] wrote:
> From: Oleg Drokin <[email protected]>
>
> Create libcfs_kvzalloc and libcfs_kvzalloc_cpt are
> are designed to replace OBD_ALLOC_LARGE and OBD_CPT_ALLOC_LARGE.
>
> Not a drop-in replacement as they also take gfp flags armument
> for more flexibility.
>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Drokin <[email protected]>
> ---
> This is how I envision the OBD_ALLOC_LARGE replacement.
>
> BTW, it appears we also have LIBCFS_ALLOC and friends that we probably dont'
> need either.
>
> Thanks your your great help!
>
> .../staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs.h | 4 ++
> .../staging/lustre/lustre/include/obd_support.h | 24 ++-------
> drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/Makefile | 1 +
> .../staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-mem.c | 59
> ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-mem.c
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs.h
> b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs.h
> index 4410d7f..947df7e 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs.h
> @@ -184,4 +184,8 @@ static inline void *__container_of(void *ptr, unsigned
> long shift)
>
> #define _LIBCFS_H
>
> +void *libcfs_kvzalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags);
> +void *libcfs_kvzalloc_cpt(struct cfs_cpt_table *cptab, int cpt, size_t size,
> + gfp_t flags);
> +
> #endif /* _LIBCFS_H */
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/obd_support.h
> b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/obd_support.h
> index 2991d2e..379266d 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/obd_support.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/obd_support.h
> @@ -676,37 +676,19 @@ do {
> \
> __OBD_VMALLOC_VEROBSE(ptr, cptab, cpt, size)
>
>
> -/* Allocations above this size are considered too big and could not be done
> - * atomically.
> - *
> - * Be very careful when changing this value, especially when decreasing it,
> - * since vmalloc in Linux doesn't perform well on multi-cores system, calling
> - * vmalloc in critical path would hurt performance badly. See LU-66.
> - */
> -#define OBD_ALLOC_BIG (4 * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
> -
> #define OBD_ALLOC_LARGE(ptr, size) \
> do { \
> - if (size > OBD_ALLOC_BIG) \
> - OBD_VMALLOC(ptr, size); \
> - else \
> - OBD_ALLOC(ptr, size); \
> + ptr = libcfs_kvzalloc(size, GFP_NOFS); \
> } while (0)
Just fix up all callers of these functions, if there are any anymore.
>
> #define OBD_CPT_ALLOC_LARGE(ptr, cptab, cpt, size) \
> do { \
> - if (size > OBD_ALLOC_BIG) \
> - OBD_CPT_VMALLOC(ptr, cptab, cpt, size); \
> - else \
> - OBD_CPT_ALLOC(ptr, cptab, cpt, size); \
> + ptr = libcfs_kvzalloc_cpt(cptab, cpt, size, GFP_NOFS); \
> } while (0)
Same here.
>
> #define OBD_FREE_LARGE(ptr, size) \
> do { \
> - if (size > OBD_ALLOC_BIG) \
> - OBD_VFREE(ptr, size); \
> - else \
> - OBD_FREE(ptr, size); \
> + kvfree(ptr); \
Same here.
> } while (0)
>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/Makefile
> b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/Makefile
> index 2996a48..fabdd3e 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/Makefile
> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ libcfs-linux-objs += linux-curproc.o
> libcfs-linux-objs += linux-module.o
> libcfs-linux-objs += linux-crypto.o
> libcfs-linux-objs += linux-crypto-adler.o
> +libcfs-linux-objs += linux-mem.o
>
> libcfs-linux-objs := $(addprefix linux/,$(libcfs-linux-objs))
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-mem.c
> b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-mem.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..1b068ae
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-mem.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
> +/*
> + * GPL HEADER START
This line isn't needed.
> + *
> + * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
This line isn't needed either, and in fact, is a lie, you can't force
anyone to not modify your file once it's in the kernel tree.
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only,
> + * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> + * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
> + * General Public License version 2 for more details (a copy is included
> + * in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> + * version 2 along with this program; If not, see
> + * http://www.sun.com/software/products/lustre/docs/GPLv2.pdf
> + *
> + * GPL HEADER END
Again, not needed.
> + */
> +/*
> + * Copyright (c) 2015, Oleg Drokin <[email protected]>
I think your employer would like a different line here...
thanks,
greg k-h
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