From: Tejun Heo <tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
To: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/11] blkcg: __blkg_lookup_create() doesn't have to fail on radix tree preload failure
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:47:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120427144709.GJ27486@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120427144258.GI10579-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Hello,
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:42:58AM -0400, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:59:12PM -0700, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > __blkg_lookup_create() currently fails if radix_tree_preload() fails;
> > however, preload failrue doesn't imply insertion failure. Don't fail
> > __blkg_lookup_create() on preload failure.
> >
>
> If we are going to try the insertion anyway irrespective of the fact
> whether preload succeeded or not, they why call radix_tree_preload()
> at all? How does that help?
Hmmm... it seems I originally misread radix_tree_node_alloc() - I
thought it didn't go through kmem_cache_alloc() if gfp_mask didn't
contain __GFP_WAIT. If we don't use more permissible GFP flag during
preloading there's no point in preloading. Will drop it.
Thanks.
--
tejun
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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: axboe@kernel.dk, ctalbott@google.com, rni@google.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cgroups@vger.kernel.org,
containers@lists.linux-foundation.org, fengguang.wu@intel.com,
hughd@google.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/11] blkcg: __blkg_lookup_create() doesn't have to fail on radix tree preload failure
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:47:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120427144709.GJ27486@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120427144258.GI10579@redhat.com>
Hello,
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:42:58AM -0400, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:59:12PM -0700, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > __blkg_lookup_create() currently fails if radix_tree_preload() fails;
> > however, preload failrue doesn't imply insertion failure. Don't fail
> > __blkg_lookup_create() on preload failure.
> >
>
> If we are going to try the insertion anyway irrespective of the fact
> whether preload succeeded or not, they why call radix_tree_preload()
> at all? How does that help?
Hmmm... it seems I originally misread radix_tree_node_alloc() - I
thought it didn't go through kmem_cache_alloc() if gfp_mask didn't
contain __GFP_WAIT. If we don't use more permissible GFP flag during
preloading there's no point in preloading. Will drop it.
Thanks.
--
tejun
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-27 14:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 77+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-26 21:59 [PATCHSET] block: implement per-blkg request allocation Tejun Heo
2012-04-26 21:59 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-26 21:59 ` [PATCH 09/11] block: add q->nr_rqs[] and move q->rq.elvpriv to q->nr_rqs_elvpriv Tejun Heo
[not found] ` <1335477561-11131-1-git-send-email-tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-26 21:59 ` [PATCH 01/11] blkcg: fix blkg_alloc() failure path Tejun Heo
2012-04-26 21:59 ` Tejun Heo
[not found] ` <1335477561-11131-2-git-send-email-tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-27 14:26 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-04-27 14:26 ` Vivek Goyal
[not found] ` <20120427142652.GH10579-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-27 14:27 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-27 14:27 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-27 14:27 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-27 14:26 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-04-26 21:59 ` [PATCH 02/11] blkcg: __blkg_lookup_create() doesn't have to fail on radix tree preload failure Tejun Heo
2012-04-26 21:59 ` Tejun Heo
[not found] ` <1335477561-11131-3-git-send-email-tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-27 14:42 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-04-27 14:42 ` Vivek Goyal
[not found] ` <20120427144258.GI10579-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-27 14:47 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-27 14:47 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2012-04-27 14:47 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-27 21:18 ` [PATCH UPDATED 02/11] blkcg: __blkg_lookup_create() doesn't need radix preload Tejun Heo
2012-04-27 21:18 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-27 21:18 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-26 21:59 ` [PATCH 03/11] blkcg: make root blkcg allocation use %GFP_KERNEL Tejun Heo
2012-04-26 21:59 ` Tejun Heo
[not found] ` <1335477561-11131-4-git-send-email-tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-27 21:19 ` [PATCH UPDATED " Tejun Heo
2012-04-27 21:19 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-26 21:59 ` [PATCH 04/11] mempool: add @gfp_mask to mempool_create_node() Tejun Heo
2012-04-26 21:59 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-26 21:59 ` [PATCH 05/11] block: drop custom queue draining used by scsi_transport_{iscsi|fc} Tejun Heo
2012-04-26 21:59 ` Tejun Heo
[not found] ` <1335477561-11131-6-git-send-email-tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2012-05-02 4:55 ` Mike Christie
2012-05-02 4:55 ` Mike Christie
2012-05-02 4:55 ` Mike Christie
2012-04-26 21:59 ` [PATCH 06/11] block: refactor get_request[_wait]() Tejun Heo
2012-04-26 21:59 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-26 21:59 ` [PATCH 07/11] block: allocate io_context upfront Tejun Heo
2012-04-26 21:59 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-26 21:59 ` [PATCH 08/11] blkcg: inline bio_blkcg() and friends Tejun Heo
2012-04-26 21:59 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-26 21:59 ` [PATCH 09/11] block: add q->nr_rqs[] and move q->rq.elvpriv to q->nr_rqs_elvpriv Tejun Heo
2012-04-26 21:59 ` [PATCH 10/11] block: prepare for multiple request_lists Tejun Heo
2012-04-26 21:59 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-26 21:59 ` [PATCH 11/11] blkcg: implement per-blkg request allocation Tejun Heo
2012-04-26 21:59 ` Tejun Heo
[not found] ` <1335477561-11131-12-git-send-email-tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-27 14:54 ` Jeff Moyer
2012-04-27 14:54 ` Jeff Moyer
[not found] ` <x49wr51usxi.fsf-RRHT56Q3PSP4kTEheFKJxxDDeQx5vsVwAInAS/Ez/D0@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-27 15:02 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-27 15:02 ` Tejun Heo
[not found] ` <20120427150217.GK27486-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-27 15:40 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-04-27 15:40 ` Vivek Goyal
[not found] ` <20120427154033.GJ10579-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-27 15:45 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-27 15:45 ` Tejun Heo
[not found] ` <20120427154502.GM27486-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-27 15:48 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-04-27 15:48 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-04-27 15:48 ` Vivek Goyal
[not found] ` <20120427154841.GA16237-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-27 15:51 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-27 15:51 ` Tejun Heo
[not found] ` <20120427155140.GN27486-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-27 15:56 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-04-27 15:56 ` Vivek Goyal
[not found] ` <20120427155612.GK10579-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-27 16:19 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-04-27 16:19 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-04-27 16:20 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-27 16:20 ` Tejun Heo
[not found] ` <20120427162012.GP27486-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-27 17:21 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-04-27 17:21 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-04-27 17:21 ` Vivek Goyal
[not found] ` <20120427172110.GM10579-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-27 17:25 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-27 17:25 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-27 17:25 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-27 15:45 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-27 15:02 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-27 19:46 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-04-27 19:46 ` Vivek Goyal
[not found] ` <20120427194654.GN10579-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-27 20:15 ` Tejun Heo
2012-04-27 20:15 ` Tejun Heo
[not found] ` <20120427201516.GJ26595-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-27 20:21 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-04-27 20:21 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-04-27 20:21 ` Vivek Goyal
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