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SubjectRe: [14/14] vcompound: Avoid vmalloc for ehash_locks
Christoph Lameter a écrit :
> Avoid the use of vmalloc for the ehash locks.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
>
> ---
> include/net/inet_hashtables.h | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-2.6.25-rc5-mm1/include/net/inet_hashtables.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.25-rc5-mm1.orig/include/net/inet_hashtables.h 2008-03-20 22:21:02.680501729 -0700
> +++ linux-2.6.25-rc5-mm1/include/net/inet_hashtables.h 2008-03-20 22:22:15.416565317 -0700
> @@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ static inline int inet_ehash_locks_alloc
> if (sizeof(rwlock_t) != 0) {
> #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
> if (size * sizeof(rwlock_t) > PAGE_SIZE)
> - hashinfo->ehash_locks = vmalloc(size * sizeof(rwlock_t));
> + hashinfo->ehash_locks = __alloc_vcompound(GFP_KERNEL,
> + get_order(size * sizeof(rwlock_t)));
> else
> #endif
> hashinfo->ehash_locks = kmalloc(size * sizeof(rwlock_t),
> @@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ static inline void inet_ehash_locks_free
> unsigned int size = (hashinfo->ehash_locks_mask + 1) *
> sizeof(rwlock_t);
> if (size > PAGE_SIZE)
> - vfree(hashinfo->ehash_locks);
> + __free_vcompound(hashinfo->ehash_locks);
> else
> #endif
> kfree(hashinfo->ehash_locks);
>

But, isnt it defeating the purpose of this *particular* vmalloc() use ?

CONFIG_NUMA and vmalloc() at boot time means :

Try to distribute the pages on several nodes.

Memory pressure on ehash_locks[] is so high we definitly want to spread it.

(for similar uses of vmalloc(), see also hashdist=1 )

Also, please CC netdev for network patches :)

Thank you

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