From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bio allocation cleanups
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:21:55 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yq1cy12nd9o.fsf@ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260316161144.1607877-1-hch@lst.de> (Christoph Hellwig's message of "Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:11:28 +0100")
Christoph,
> I recently looked into a batch bio allocator for a project I'm working
> on, and notice how convoluted the bio allocator has become.
>
> This series unwinds it so that the the fast-path slab allocation is
> better separated from the mempool fallback, which reduces the code
> complexity a lot, and avoids indirect calls for common cases.
LGTM.
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
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Martin K. Petersen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-18 1:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-16 16:11 bio allocation cleanups Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-16 16:11 ` [PATCH 1/3] block: mark bvec_{alloc,free} static Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-17 13:38 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2026-03-18 0:26 ` Chaitanya Kulkarni
2026-03-16 16:11 ` [PATCH 2/3] block: split bio_alloc_bioset more clearly into a fast and slowpath Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-18 0:27 ` Chaitanya Kulkarni
2026-03-16 16:11 ` [PATCH 3/3] block: remove bvec_free Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-17 13:40 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2026-03-18 0:27 ` Chaitanya Kulkarni
2026-03-18 1:21 ` Martin K. Petersen [this message]
2026-03-18 1:27 ` bio allocation cleanups Jens Axboe
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