Re: speed difference between using hard-linked and modular drives?

David S. Miller
2001-11-10T13:54:19Z

Ok, this should be a working patch, try this one :-)

diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore vanilla/linux/arch/alpha/mm/init.c linux/arch/alpha/mm/init.c
--- vanilla/linux/arch/alpha/mm/init.c Thu Sep 20 20:02:03 2001
+++ linux/arch/alpha/mm/init.c Sat Nov 10 01:49:56 2001
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
#include <linux/blk.h>
#endif
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>

#include <asm/system.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -360,6 +361,7 @@
mem_init(void)
{
max_mapnr = num_physpages = max_low_pfn;
+ page_cache_init(count_free_bootmem());
totalram_pages += free_all_bootmem();
high_memory = (void *) __va(max_low_pfn * PAGE_SIZE);

diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore vanilla/linux/arch/alpha/mm/numa.c linux/arch/alpha/mm/numa.c
--- vanilla/linux/arch/alpha/mm/numa.c Sun Aug 12 10:38:48 2001
+++ linux/arch/alpha/mm/numa.c Sat Nov 10 01:52:27 2001
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
#include <linux/blk.h>
#endif
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>

#include <asm/hwrpb.h>
#include <asm/pgalloc.h>
@@ -359,8 +360,13 @@
extern char _text, _etext, _data, _edata;
extern char __init_begin, __init_end;
extern unsigned long totalram_pages;
- unsigned long nid, i;
+ unsigned long nid, i, num_free_bootmem_pages;
mem_map_t * lmem_map;
+
+ num_free_bootmem_pages = 0;
+ for (nid = 0; nid < numnodes; nid++)
+ num_free_bootmem_pages += count_free_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(nid));
+ page_cache_init(num_free_bootmem_pages);

high_memory = (void *) __va(max_mapnr <<PAGE_SHIFT);

diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore vanilla/linux/arch/arm/mm/init.c linux/arch/arm/mm/init.c
--- vanilla/linux/arch/arm/mm/init.c Thu Oct 11 09:04:57 2001
+++ linux/arch/arm/mm/init.c Sat Nov 10 01:52:34 2001
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/bootmem.h>
#include <linux/blk.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>

#include <asm/segment.h>
#include <asm/mach-types.h>
@@ -594,6 +595,7 @@
void __init mem_init(void)
{
unsigned int codepages, datapages, initpages;
+ unsigned long num_free_bootmem_pages;
int i, node;

codepages = &_etext - &_text;
@@ -608,6 +610,11 @@
*/
if (meminfo.nr_banks != 1)
create_memmap_holes(&meminfo);
+
+ num_free_bootmem_pages = 0;
+ for (node = 0; node < numnodes; node++)
+ num_free_bootmem_pages += count_free_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(node));
+ page_cache_init(num_free_bootmem_pages);

/* this will put all unused low memory onto the freelists */
for (node = 0; node < numnodes; node++) {
diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore vanilla/linux/arch/cris/mm/init.c linux/arch/cris/mm/init.c
--- vanilla/linux/arch/cris/mm/init.c Thu Jul 26 15:10:06 2001
+++ linux/arch/cris/mm/init.c Sat Nov 10 01:53:10 2001
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
#include <linux/swap.h>
#include <linux/smp.h>
#include <linux/bootmem.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>

#include <asm/system.h>
#include <asm/segment.h>
@@ -366,6 +367,8 @@

max_mapnr = num_physpages = max_low_pfn - min_low_pfn;

+ page_cache_init(count_free_bootmem());
+
/* this will put all memory onto the freelists */
totalram_pages = free_all_bootmem();

diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore vanilla/linux/arch/i386/mm/init.c linux/arch/i386/mm/init.c
--- vanilla/linux/arch/i386/mm/init.c Thu Sep 20 19:59:20 2001
+++ linux/arch/i386/mm/init.c Sat Nov 10 01:53:43 2001
@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@
#endif
high_memory = (void *) __va(max_low_pfn * PAGE_SIZE);

+ page_cache_init(count_free_bootmem());
+
/* clear the zero-page */
memset(empty_zero_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);

diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore vanilla/linux/arch/ia64/mm/init.c linux/arch/ia64/mm/init.c
--- vanilla/linux/arch/ia64/mm/init.c Fri Nov 9 18:39:51 2001
+++ linux/arch/ia64/mm/init.c Sat Nov 10 01:54:20 2001
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <linux/reboot.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/swap.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>

#include <asm/bitops.h>
#include <asm/dma.h>
@@ -406,6 +407,8 @@

max_mapnr = max_low_pfn;
high_memory = __va(max_low_pfn * PAGE_SIZE);
+
+ page_cache_init(count_free_bootmem());

totalram_pages += free_all_bootmem();

diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore vanilla/linux/arch/m68k/mm/init.c linux/arch/m68k/mm/init.c
--- vanilla/linux/arch/m68k/mm/init.c Thu Sep 20 20:02:03 2001
+++ linux/arch/m68k/mm/init.c Sat Nov 10 01:54:47 2001
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM
#include <linux/blk.h>
#endif
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>

#include <asm/setup.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -135,6 +136,8 @@
if (MACH_IS_ATARI)
atari_stram_mem_init_hook();
#endif
+
+ page_cache_init(count_free_bootmem());

/* this will put all memory onto the freelists */
totalram_pages = free_all_bootmem();
diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore vanilla/linux/arch/mips/mm/init.c linux/arch/mips/mm/init.c
--- vanilla/linux/arch/mips/mm/init.c Wed Jul 4 11:50:39 2001
+++ linux/arch/mips/mm/init.c Sat Nov 10 01:55:09 2001
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
#include <linux/blk.h>
#endif
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>

#include <asm/bootinfo.h>
#include <asm/cachectl.h>
@@ -203,6 +204,8 @@

max_mapnr = num_physpages = max_low_pfn;
high_memory = (void *) __va(max_mapnr << PAGE_SHIFT);
+
+ page_cache_init(count_free_bootmem());

totalram_pages += free_all_bootmem();
totalram_pages -= setup_zero_pages(); /* Setup zeroed pages. */
diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore vanilla/linux/arch/mips64/mm/init.c linux/arch/mips64/mm/init.c
--- vanilla/linux/arch/mips64/mm/init.c Wed Jul 4 11:50:39 2001
+++ linux/arch/mips64/mm/init.c Sat Nov 10 01:55:30 2001
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
#include <linux/blk.h>
#endif
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>

#include <asm/bootinfo.h>
#include <asm/cachectl.h>
@@ -396,6 +397,8 @@

max_mapnr = num_physpages = max_low_pfn;
high_memory = (void *) __va(max_mapnr << PAGE_SHIFT);
+
+ page_cache_init(count_free_bootmem());

totalram_pages += free_all_bootmem();
totalram_pages -= setup_zero_pages(); /* Setup zeroed pages. */
diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore vanilla/linux/arch/mips64/sgi-ip27/ip27-memory.c linux/arch/mips64/sgi-ip27/ip27-memory.c
--- vanilla/linux/arch/mips64/sgi-ip27/ip27-memory.c Sun Sep 9 10:43:02 2001
+++ linux/arch/mips64/sgi-ip27/ip27-memory.c Sat Nov 10 02:02:33 2001
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/bootmem.h>
#include <linux/swap.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>

#include <asm/page.h>
#include <asm/bootinfo.h>
@@ -277,6 +278,11 @@
num_physpages = numpages; /* memory already sized by szmem */
max_mapnr = pagenr; /* already found during paging_init */
high_memory = (void *) __va(max_mapnr << PAGE_SHIFT);
+
+ tmp = 0;
+ for (nid = 0; nid < numnodes; nid++)
+ tmp += count_free_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(nid));
+ page_cache_init(tmp);

for (nid = 0; nid < numnodes; nid++) {

diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore vanilla/linux/arch/parisc/mm/init.c linux/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
--- vanilla/linux/arch/parisc/mm/init.c Tue Dec 5 12:29:39 2000
+++ linux/arch/parisc/mm/init.c Sat Nov 10 01:57:11 2001
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include <linux/pci.h> /* for hppa_dma_ops and pcxl_dma_ops */
#include <linux/swap.h>
#include <linux/unistd.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>

#include <asm/pgalloc.h>

@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@
{
max_mapnr = num_physpages = max_low_pfn;
high_memory = __va(max_low_pfn * PAGE_SIZE);
+
+ page_cache_init(count_free_bootmem());

totalram_pages += free_all_bootmem();
printk("Memory: %luk available\n", totalram_pages << (PAGE_SHIFT-10));
diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore vanilla/linux/arch/ppc/mm/init.c linux/arch/ppc/mm/init.c
--- vanilla/linux/arch/ppc/mm/init.c Tue Oct 2 09:12:44 2001
+++ linux/arch/ppc/mm/init.c Sat Nov 10 01:57:34 2001
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
#include <linux/blk.h> /* for initrd_* */
#endif
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>

#include <asm/pgalloc.h>
#include <asm/prom.h>
@@ -462,6 +463,8 @@

high_memory = (void *) __va(max_low_pfn * PAGE_SIZE);
num_physpages = max_mapnr; /* RAM is assumed contiguous */
+
+ page_cache_init(count_free_bootmem());

totalram_pages += free_all_bootmem();

diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore vanilla/linux/arch/s390/mm/init.c linux/arch/s390/mm/init.c
--- vanilla/linux/arch/s390/mm/init.c Thu Oct 11 09:04:57 2001
+++ linux/arch/s390/mm/init.c Sat Nov 10 01:57:56 2001
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@
/* clear the zero-page */
memset(empty_zero_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);

+ page_cache_init(count_free_bootmem());
+
/* this will put all low memory onto the freelists */
totalram_pages += free_all_bootmem();

diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore vanilla/linux/arch/s390x/mm/init.c linux/arch/s390x/mm/init.c
--- vanilla/linux/arch/s390x/mm/init.c Fri Nov 9 18:39:51 2001
+++ linux/arch/s390x/mm/init.c Sat Nov 10 01:58:14 2001
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@
/* clear the zero-page */
memset(empty_zero_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);

+ page_cache_init(count_free_bootmem());
+
/* this will put all low memory onto the freelists */
totalram_pages += free_all_bootmem();

diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore vanilla/linux/arch/sh/mm/init.c linux/arch/sh/mm/init.c
--- vanilla/linux/arch/sh/mm/init.c Mon Oct 15 13:36:48 2001
+++ linux/arch/sh/mm/init.c Sat Nov 10 01:59:56 2001
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
#endif
#include <linux/highmem.h>
#include <linux/bootmem.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>

#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <asm/system.h>
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@
void __init mem_init(void)
{
extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[1024];
+ unsigned long num_free_bootmem_pages;
int codesize, reservedpages, datasize, initsize;
int tmp;

@@ -148,6 +150,12 @@
/* clear the zero-page */
memset(empty_zero_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
__flush_wback_region(empty_zero_page, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+ num_free_bootmem_pages = count_free_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(0));
+#ifdef CONFIG_DISCONTIGMEM
+ num_free_bootmem_pages += count_free_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(1));
+#endif
+ page_cache_init(num_free_bootmem_pages);

/* this will put all low memory onto the freelists */
totalram_pages += free_all_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(0));
diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore vanilla/linux/arch/sparc/mm/init.c linux/arch/sparc/mm/init.c
--- vanilla/linux/arch/sparc/mm/init.c Mon Oct 1 09:19:56 2001
+++ linux/arch/sparc/mm/init.c Sat Nov 10 05:30:31 2001
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: init.c,v 1.100 2001/09/21 22:51:47 davem Exp $
+/* $Id: init.c,v 1.101 2001/11/10 13:30:31 davem Exp $
* linux/arch/sparc/mm/init.c
*
* Copyright (C) 1995 David S. Miller (davem@caip.rutgers.edu)
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/highmem.h>
#include <linux/bootmem.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>

#include <asm/system.h>
#include <asm/segment.h>
@@ -434,6 +435,8 @@

max_mapnr = last_valid_pfn - (phys_base >> PAGE_SHIFT);
high_memory = __va(max_low_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT);
+
+ page_cache_init(count_free_bootmem());

#ifdef DEBUG_BOOTMEM
prom_printf("mem_init: Calling free_all_bootmem().\n");
diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore vanilla/linux/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c linux/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c
--- vanilla/linux/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c Tue Oct 30 15:08:11 2001
+++ linux/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c Sat Nov 10 05:30:31 2001
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: init.c,v 1.199 2001/10/25 18:48:03 davem Exp $
+/* $Id: init.c,v 1.201 2001/11/10 13:30:31 davem Exp $
* arch/sparc64/mm/init.c
*
* Copyright (C) 1996-1999 David S. Miller (davem@caip.rutgers.edu)
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <linux/blk.h>
#include <linux/swap.h>
#include <linux/swapctl.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>

#include <asm/head.h>
#include <asm/system.h>
@@ -1400,7 +1401,7 @@
if (second_alias_page)
spitfire_flush_dtlb_nucleus_page(second_alias_page);

- flush_tlb_all();
+ __flush_tlb_all();

{
unsigned long zones_size[MAX_NR_ZONES];
@@ -1584,6 +1585,8 @@

max_mapnr = last_valid_pfn - (phys_base >> PAGE_SHIFT);
high_memory = __va(last_valid_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT);
+
+ page_cache_init(count_free_bootmem());

num_physpages = free_all_bootmem() - 1;

diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore vanilla/linux/include/linux/bootmem.h linux/include/linux/bootmem.h
--- vanilla/linux/include/linux/bootmem.h Mon Nov 5 12:43:18 2001
+++ linux/include/linux/bootmem.h Sat Nov 10 02:33:45 2001
@@ -43,11 +43,13 @@
#define alloc_bootmem_low_pages(x) \
__alloc_bootmem((x), PAGE_SIZE, 0)
extern unsigned long __init free_all_bootmem (void);
+extern unsigned long __init count_free_bootmem (void);

extern unsigned long __init init_bootmem_node (pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long freepfn, unsigned long startpfn, unsigned long endpfn);
extern void __init reserve_bootmem_node (pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long physaddr, unsigned long size);
extern void __init free_bootmem_node (pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long addr, unsigned long size);
extern unsigned long __init free_all_bootmem_node (pg_data_t *pgdat);
+extern unsigned long __init count_free_bootmem_node (pg_data_t *pgdat);
extern void * __init __alloc_bootmem_node (pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long size, unsigned long align, unsigned long goal);
#define alloc_bootmem_node(pgdat, x) \
__alloc_bootmem_node((pgdat), (x), SMP_CACHE_BYTES, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS))
diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore vanilla/linux/init/main.c linux/init/main.c
--- vanilla/linux/init/main.c Fri Nov 9 18:40:00 2001
+++ linux/init/main.c Sat Nov 10 04:58:16 2001
@@ -597,7 +597,6 @@
proc_caches_init();
vfs_caches_init(mempages);
buffer_init(mempages);
- page_cache_init(mempages);
#if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_S390)
ccwcache_init();
#endif
diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore vanilla/linux/mm/bootmem.c linux/mm/bootmem.c
--- vanilla/linux/mm/bootmem.c Tue Sep 18 14:10:43 2001
+++ linux/mm/bootmem.c Sat Nov 10 05:18:53 2001
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@
if (align & (align-1))
BUG();

+ offset = (bdata->node_boot_start & (align - 1));
+ offset >>= PAGE_SHIFT;
+
/*
* We try to allocate bootmem pages above 'goal'
* first, then we try to allocate lower pages.
@@ -165,6 +168,7 @@
preferred = 0;

preferred = ((preferred + align - 1) & ~(align - 1)) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+ preferred += offset;
areasize = (size+PAGE_SIZE-1)/PAGE_SIZE;
incr = align >> PAGE_SHIFT ? : 1;

@@ -184,7 +188,7 @@
fail_block:;
}
if (preferred) {
- preferred = 0;
+ preferred = offset;
goto restart_scan;
}
return NULL;
@@ -272,6 +276,28 @@
return total;
}

+static unsigned long __init count_free_bootmem_core(pg_data_t *pgdat)
+{
+ bootmem_data_t *bdata = pgdat->bdata;
+ unsigned long i, idx, total;
+
+ if (!bdata->node_bootmem_map) BUG();
+
+ total = 0;
+ idx = bdata->node_low_pfn - (bdata->node_boot_start >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+ for (i = 0; i < idx; i++) {
+ if (!test_bit(i, bdata->node_bootmem_map))
+ total++;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Count the allocator bitmap itself.
+ */
+ total += ((bdata->node_low_pfn-(bdata->node_boot_start >> PAGE_SHIFT))/8 + PAGE_SIZE-1)/PAGE_SIZE;
+
+ return total;
+}
+
unsigned long __init init_bootmem_node (pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long freepfn, unsigned long startpfn, unsigned long endpfn)
{
return(init_bootmem_core(pgdat, freepfn, startpfn, endpfn));
@@ -292,6 +318,11 @@
return(free_all_bootmem_core(pgdat));
}

+unsigned long __init count_free_bootmem_node (pg_data_t *pgdat)
+{
+ return(count_free_bootmem_core(pgdat));
+}
+
unsigned long __init init_bootmem (unsigned long start, unsigned long pages)
{
max_low_pfn = pages;
@@ -312,6 +343,11 @@
unsigned long __init free_all_bootmem (void)
{
return(free_all_bootmem_core(&contig_page_data));
+}
+
+unsigned long __init count_free_bootmem (void)
+{
+ return(count_free_bootmem_core(&contig_page_data));
}

void * __init __alloc_bootmem (unsigned long size, unsigned long align, unsigned long goal)
diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore vanilla/linux/mm/filemap.c linux/mm/filemap.c
--- vanilla/linux/mm/filemap.c Fri Nov 9 18:40:00 2001
+++ linux/mm/filemap.c Sat Nov 10 05:15:16 2001
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/iobuf.h>
#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <linux/bootmem.h>

#include <asm/pgalloc.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -2929,28 +2930,48 @@
goto unlock;
}

+/* This is called from the arch specific mem_init routine.
+ * It is done right before free_all_bootmem (or NUMA equivalent).
+ *
+ * The mempages arg is the number of pages free_all_bootmem is
+ * going to liberate, or a close approximation.
+ *
+ * We have to use bootmem because on huge systems (ie. 16GB ram)
+ * get_free_pages cannot give us a large enough allocation.
+ */
void __init page_cache_init(unsigned long mempages)
{
- unsigned long htable_size, order;
+ unsigned long htable_size, real_size;

htable_size = mempages;
htable_size *= sizeof(struct page *);
- for(order = 0; (PAGE_SIZE << order) < htable_size; order++)
+
+ for (real_size = 1UL; real_size < htable_size; real_size <<= 1UL)
;

do {
- unsigned long tmp = (PAGE_SIZE << order) / sizeof(struct page *);
+ unsigned long tmp = (real_size / sizeof(struct page *));
+ unsigned long align;

page_hash_bits = 0;
while((tmp >>= 1UL) != 0UL)
page_hash_bits++;
+
+ align = real_size;
+ if (align > (4UL * 1024UL * 1024UL))
+ align = (4UL * 1024UL * 1024UL);
+
+ page_hash_table = __alloc_bootmem(real_size, align,
+ __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS));
+
+ /* Perhaps the alignment was too strict. */
+ if (page_hash_table == NULL)
+ page_hash_table = alloc_bootmem(real_size);
+ } while (page_hash_table == NULL &&
+ (real_size >>= 1UL) >= PAGE_SIZE);

- page_hash_table = (struct page **)
- __get_free_pages(GFP_ATOMIC, order);
- } while(page_hash_table == NULL && --order > 0);
-
- printk("Page-cache hash table entries: %d (order: %ld, %ld bytes)\n",
- (1 << page_hash_bits), order, (PAGE_SIZE << order));
+ printk("Page-cache hash table entries: %d (%ld bytes)\n",
+ (1 << page_hash_bits), real_size);
if (!page_hash_table)
panic("Failed to allocate page hash table\n");
memset((void *)page_hash_table, 0, PAGE_HASH_SIZE * sizeof(struct page *));