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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org, dlemoal@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] block: convert struct blk_plug callback list to hlists
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 01:30:26 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZbDYssPlyoPUGvqI@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240123173310.1966157-7-axboe@kernel.dk>

On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 10:30:38AM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
> We currently use a doubly linked list, which means the head takes up
> 16 bytes. As any iteration goes over the full list by first splicing it
> to an on-stack copy, we never need to remove members from the middle of
> the list.
> 
> Convert it to an hlist instead, saving 8 bytes in the blk_plug structure.
> This also helps save 40 bytes of text in the core block code, tested on
> arm64.
> 
> This does mean that flush callbacks will be run in reverse. While this
> should not pose a problem, we can always change the list splicing to
> just iteration-and-add instead, preservering ordering. These lists are
> generally just a single entry (or a few entries), either way this should
> be fine.

That would complete mess up I/O order for anyone using flush callbacks,
I don't think that's great.


  reply	other threads:[~2024-01-24  9:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-01-23 17:30 [PATCHSET v4 0/6] Cache issue side time querying Jens Axboe
2024-01-23 17:30 ` [PATCH 1/6] block: move cgroup time handling code into blkdev.h Jens Axboe
2024-01-23 17:30 ` [PATCH 2/6] block: add blk_time_get_ns() and blk_time_get() helpers Jens Axboe
2024-01-24  9:28   ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-01-24 15:04     ` Jens Axboe
2024-01-23 17:30 ` [PATCH 3/6] block: cache current nsec time in struct blk_plug Jens Axboe
2024-01-23 17:30 ` [PATCH 4/6] block: update cached timestamp post schedule/preemption Jens Axboe
2024-01-23 17:55   ` Keith Busch
2024-01-23 19:15     ` Jens Axboe
2024-01-23 17:30 ` [PATCH 5/6] block: shrink plug->{nr_ios, rq_count} to unsigned char Jens Axboe
2024-01-24  9:29   ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-01-24 15:04     ` Jens Axboe
2024-01-23 17:30 ` [PATCH 6/6] block: convert struct blk_plug callback list to hlists Jens Axboe
2024-01-24  9:30   ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
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2024-01-18 19:20 [PATCHSET RFC v3 0/6] Cache issue side time querying Jens Axboe
2024-01-18 19:20 ` [PATCH 6/6] block: convert struct blk_plug callback list to hlists Jens Axboe

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