From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
To: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>, Yu Kuai <yukuai@fnnas.com>,
Li Nan <linan122@huawei.com>, Xiao Ni <xiao@kernel.org>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] lib/raid: use kmalloc() in calibrate_xor_blocks()
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 11:17:51 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260520-lib-v1-1-cb3045bef2d8@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260520-lib-v1-0-cb3045bef2d8@kernel.org>
The xor benchmark allocates an order 2 (4 pages) scratch buffer that is
used purely as a CPU-only XOR working area.
For such large allocations kmalloc() would fall back to alloc_pages() but
still kmalloc() is a better API as it does not require unnecessary
castings and may provide more debugging possibilities.
Replace __get_free_pages() call with kmalloc().
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/635405e4-9423-4a25-a6e7-e03c8ea0bcbe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
lib/raid/xor/xor-core.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/raid/xor/xor-core.c b/lib/raid/xor/xor-core.c
index bd4e6e434418..50931fbf0324 100644
--- a/lib/raid/xor/xor-core.c
+++ b/lib/raid/xor/xor-core.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/raid/xor.h>
#include <linux/jiffies.h>
#include <linux/preempt.h>
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ static int __init calibrate_xor_blocks(void)
if (forced_template)
return 0;
- b1 = (void *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 2);
+ b1 = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE * 4, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!b1) {
pr_warn("xor: Yikes! No memory available.\n");
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ static int __init calibrate_xor_blocks(void)
pr_info("xor: using function: %s (%d MB/sec)\n",
fastest->name, fastest->speed);
- free_pages((unsigned long)b1, 2);
+ kfree(b1);
return 0;
}
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-20 8:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-20 8:17 [PATCH 0/2] lib/raid: replace __get_free_pages() call with kmalloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-05-20 8:17 ` Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) [this message]
2026-05-20 13:00 ` [PATCH 1/2] lib/raid: use kmalloc() in calibrate_xor_blocks() David Laight
2026-05-20 8:17 ` [PATCH 2/2] lib/raid6: use kmalloc() in raid6_select_algo() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-05-20 13:06 ` David Laight
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