From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: Christian Brauner <christian@brauner.io>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>,
Steve French <sfrench@samba.org>,
ChenXiaoSong <chenxiaosong@chenxiaosong.com>,
Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>,
Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>,
Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@kernel.org>,
Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@codewreck.org>,
Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@gmail.com>,
netfs@lists.linux.dev, linux-afs@lists.infradead.org,
linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org,
ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org, v9fs@lists.linux.dev,
linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v8 07/25] netfs: Make mempool available for bvecq
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 11:02:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260804100224.2748935-8-dhowells@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260804100224.2748935-1-dhowells@redhat.com>
Make a mempool available for allocating bvecq structs. Use it
automatically if anything other than GFP_KERNEL (with GFP_ZONEMASK flags
masked off) is specified. Reading from a file can use GFP_KERNEL as the
failure mode is straightforward and the same for DIO reads and writes.
When it comes to writeback, however, the writeback_iter() API does not
permit temporary failure, including ENOMEM, if WB_SYNC_ALL is set and the
caller must process all folios to completion. (I'm not sure if EINTR
constitutes an acceptable failure).
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
cc: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>
cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
cc: linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org
cc: netfs@lists.linux.dev
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
---
fs/netfs/bvecq.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
fs/netfs/internal.h | 1 +
fs/netfs/main.c | 7 +++++++
include/linux/bvecq.h | 3 +++
4 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/netfs/bvecq.c b/fs/netfs/bvecq.c
index b8dd5250ec05..9be1d07a158e 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/bvecq.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/bvecq.c
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bvecq_dump);
*
* Allocate a single bvecq node and initialise the header. A number of inline
* slots are also allocated, rounded up to fit after the header in a power-of-2
- * slab object of up to 512 bytes (up to 29 slots on a 64-bit cpu). The slot
- * array is not initialised.
+ * slab object of up to 512 bytes (up to 29 slots on a 64-bit cpu). The caller
+ * should be aware that the number of slots allocated may be more or less than
+ * the number requested. The slot array is not initialised.
*
* Return: The node pointer or NULL on allocation failure.
*/
@@ -57,14 +58,27 @@ struct bvecq *bvecq_alloc_one(size_t nr_slots, gfp_t gfp)
const size_t max_slots = (max_size - sizeof(*bq)) / sizeof(bq->__bv[0]);
size_t part = umin(nr_slots, max_slots);
size_t size = roundup_pow_of_two(struct_size(bq, __bv, part));
-
- bq = kmalloc(size, gfp & ~GFP_ZONEMASK);
+ bool from_pool = false;
+
+ gfp &= ~GFP_ZONEMASK;
+ if (size != BVECQ_STD_SIZE) {
+ bq = kmalloc(size, gfp);
+ } else {
+ bq = netfs_bvecq_pool.alloc(gfp, netfs_bvecq_pool.pool_data);
+ from_pool = true;
+ }
+ if (!bq && gfp != GFP_KERNEL) {
+ bq = mempool_alloc(&netfs_bvecq_pool, gfp);
+ from_pool = true;
+ size = BVECQ_STD_SIZE;
+ }
if (bq) {
*bq = (struct bvecq) {
.ref = REFCOUNT_INIT(1),
.bv = bq->__bv,
.inline_bv = true,
.max_slots = (size - sizeof(*bq)) / sizeof(bq->__bv[0]),
+ .from_pool = from_pool,
};
netfs_stat(&netfs_n_bvecq);
}
@@ -242,7 +256,10 @@ void bvecq_put(struct bvecq *bq)
bvecq_free_slot(bq, slot);
next = bq->next;
netfs_stat_d(&netfs_n_bvecq);
- kfree(bq);
+ if (bq->from_pool)
+ mempool_free(bq, &netfs_bvecq_pool);
+ else
+ kfree(bq);
}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bvecq_put);
diff --git a/fs/netfs/internal.h b/fs/netfs/internal.h
index 46fb92601774..c68eea2ecc60 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/netfs/internal.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ extern struct list_head netfs_io_requests;
extern spinlock_t netfs_proc_lock;
extern mempool_t netfs_request_pool;
extern mempool_t netfs_subrequest_pool;
+extern mempool_t netfs_bvecq_pool;
extern mempool_t netfs_folioq_pool;
#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
diff --git a/fs/netfs/main.c b/fs/netfs/main.c
index 927badf3989d..9f72e5054aff 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/main.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/main.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *netfs_request_slab;
static struct kmem_cache *netfs_subrequest_slab;
mempool_t netfs_request_pool;
mempool_t netfs_subrequest_pool;
+mempool_t netfs_bvecq_pool;
mempool_t netfs_folioq_pool;
#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
@@ -112,6 +113,9 @@ static int __init netfs_init(void)
if (mempool_init_kmalloc_pool(&netfs_folioq_pool, 100, sizeof(struct folio_queue)) < 0)
goto error_folioq_pool;
+ if (mempool_init_kmalloc_pool(&netfs_bvecq_pool, 100, BVECQ_STD_SIZE) < 0)
+ goto error_bvecq_pool;
+
netfs_request_slab = kmem_cache_create("netfs_request",
sizeof(struct netfs_io_request), 0,
SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_ACCOUNT,
@@ -164,6 +168,8 @@ static int __init netfs_init(void)
error_reqpool:
kmem_cache_destroy(netfs_request_slab);
error_req:
+ mempool_exit(&netfs_bvecq_pool);
+error_bvecq_pool:
mempool_exit(&netfs_folioq_pool);
error_folioq_pool:
return ret;
@@ -178,6 +184,7 @@ static void __exit netfs_exit(void)
kmem_cache_destroy(netfs_subrequest_slab);
mempool_exit(&netfs_request_pool);
kmem_cache_destroy(netfs_request_slab);
+ mempool_exit(&netfs_bvecq_pool);
mempool_exit(&netfs_folioq_pool);
}
module_exit(netfs_exit);
diff --git a/include/linux/bvecq.h b/include/linux/bvecq.h
index fa46be520649..d1476393942e 100644
--- a/include/linux/bvecq.h
+++ b/include/linux/bvecq.h
@@ -49,15 +49,18 @@ struct bvecq {
enum bvecq_mem mem_type:3; /* What sort of memory and how to free it */
bool inline_bv:1; /* T if __bv[] is being used */
bool discontig:1; /* T if not contiguous with previous bvecq */
+ bool from_pool:1; /* T if bvecq from mempool */
struct bio_vec *bv; /* Pointer to array of page fragments */
struct bio_vec __bv[]; /* Default array (if ->inline_bv) */
};
#if BITS_PER_LONG == 64
/* Number of slots in __bv[] for a bvecq in a 512-byte kmalloc block. */
+#define BVECQ_STD_SIZE 512
#define BVECQ_STD_SLOTS 29 /* 2 words/slot; 32 slots; bvecq is 6 words (3 slots) */
#elif BITS_PER_LONG == 32
/* Number of slots in __bv[] for a bvecq in a 256-byte kmalloc block. */
+#define BVECQ_STD_SIZE 256
#define BVECQ_STD_SLOTS 18 /* 3 words/slot; 21 slots; bvecq is 9 words (3 slots) */
#else
#error BVECQ_STD_SLOTS undetermined
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-04 10:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-04 10:01 [PATCH v8 00/25] netfs: Keep track of folios in a segmented bio_vec[] chain David Howells
2026-08-04 10:01 ` [PATCH v8 01/25] mm: Make readahead store folio count in readahead_control David Howells
2026-08-04 10:01 ` [PATCH v8 02/25] netfs: Bulk load the readahead-provided folios up front David Howells
2026-08-04 10:01 ` [PATCH v8 03/25] Add a function to kmap one page of a multipage bio_vec David Howells
2026-08-04 10:01 ` [PATCH v8 04/25] iov_iter: Make iov_iter_get_pages*() wrap iov_iter_extract_pages() David Howells
2026-08-04 10:02 ` [PATCH v8 05/25] iov_iter: Add a segmented queue of bio_vec[] David Howells
2026-08-04 10:02 ` [PATCH v8 06/25] netfs: Add some tools for managing bvecq chains David Howells
2026-08-04 10:02 ` David Howells [this message]
2026-08-04 10:02 ` [PATCH v8 08/25] netfs: Add a function to extract from an iter into a bvecq David Howells
2026-08-04 10:02 ` [PATCH v8 09/25] afs: Use a bvecq to hold dir content rather than folioq David Howells
2026-08-04 10:02 ` [PATCH v8 10/25] cifs: Use a bvecq for buffering instead of a folioq David Howells
2026-08-04 10:02 ` [PATCH v8 11/25] smbdirect: Support ITER_BVECQ in smbdirect_map_sges_from_iter() David Howells
2026-08-04 10:02 ` [PATCH v8 12/25] netfs: Remove the writethrough code David Howells
2026-08-04 10:02 ` [PATCH v8 13/25] cachefiles,netfs: sunset ondemand mode David Howells
2026-08-04 14:32 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-04 10:02 ` [PATCH v8 14/25] cachefiles: Don't rely on backing fs storage map for most use cases David Howells
2026-08-04 10:02 ` [PATCH v8 15/25] netfs: Add the cache object ID to netfs_read/write tracepoints David Howells
2026-08-04 10:02 ` [PATCH v8 16/25] netfs: Switch to using bvecq rather than folio_queue and rolling_buffer David Howells
2026-08-04 10:02 ` [PATCH v8 17/25] smbdirect: Remove support for ITER_FOLIOQ from smbdirect_map_sges_from_iter() David Howells
2026-08-04 10:02 ` [PATCH v8 18/25] netfs: Remove netfs_alloc/free_folioq_buffer() David Howells
2026-08-04 10:02 ` [PATCH v8 19/25] netfs: Remove netfs_extract_user_iter() David Howells
2026-08-04 10:02 ` [PATCH v8 20/25] iov_iter: Remove ITER_FOLIOQ David Howells
2026-08-04 10:02 ` [PATCH v8 21/25] netfs: Remove folio_queue and rolling_buffer David Howells
2026-08-04 10:02 ` [PATCH v8 22/25] netfs: Check for too much data being read David Howells
2026-08-04 10:02 ` [PATCH v8 23/25] netfs: Limit the minimum trigger for progress reporting David Howells
2026-08-04 10:02 ` [PATCH v8 24/25] netfs: Combine prepare and issue ops and grab the buffers on request David Howells
2026-08-04 10:02 ` [PATCH v8 25/25] cachefiles: Preset the state xattr when creating a new file David Howells
2026-08-10 13:12 ` [PATCH v8 00/25] netfs: Keep track of folios in a segmented bio_vec[] chain Christian Brauner
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