Re: [PATCH 3/7] zram: Speed insertion of new pages with cached idx

Pekka Enberg
2011-01-26T17:53:30Z

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Robert Jennings <rcj@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> Calculate the first- and second-level indices for new page when the pool
> is initialized rather than calculating them on each insertion.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Jennings <rcj@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/zram/xvmalloc.c     |   13 +++++++++++--
>  drivers/staging/zram/xvmalloc_int.h |    4 ++++
>  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/xvmalloc.c b/drivers/staging/zram/xvmalloc.c
> index 3fdbb8a..a507f95 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/zram/xvmalloc.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/zram/xvmalloc.c
> @@ -184,8 +184,13 @@ static void insert_block(struct xv_pool *pool, struct page *page, u32 offset,
>        u32 flindex, slindex;
>        struct block_header *nextblock;
>
> -       slindex = get_index_for_insert(block->size);
> -       flindex = slindex / BITS_PER_LONG;
> +       if (block->size >= (PAGE_SIZE - XV_ALIGN)) {
> +               slindex = pagesize_slindex;
> +               flindex = pagesize_flindex;
> +       } else {
> +               slindex = get_index_for_insert(block->size);
> +               flindex = slindex / BITS_PER_LONG;
> +       }
>
>        block->link.prev_page = 0;
>        block->link.prev_offset = 0;
> @@ -316,6 +321,10 @@ struct xv_pool *xv_create_pool(void)
>        if (!pool)
>                return NULL;
>
> +       /* cache the first/second-level indices for PAGE_SIZE allocations */
> +       pagesize_slindex = get_index_for_insert(PAGE_SIZE);
> +       pagesize_flindex = pagesize_slindex / BITS_PER_LONG;

Why is this in xv_create_pool(). AFAICT, it can be called multiple
times if there's more than one zram device. Do we really need
variables for these? They look like something GCC constant propagation
should take care of if they would be defines or static inline
functions.

> +
>        spin_lock_init(&pool->lock);
>
>        return pool;
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/xvmalloc_int.h b/drivers/staging/zram/xvmalloc_int.h
> index 051a49b..68db384 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/zram/xvmalloc_int.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/zram/xvmalloc_int.h
> @@ -52,6 +52,10 @@
>
>  /* End of user params */
>
> +/* Cache of the first/second-level indices for PAGE_SIZE allocations */
> +static u32 pagesize_slindex;
> +static u32 pagesize_flindex;

This doesn't look right. You shouldn't put variable declarations in
header files.

> +
>  enum blockflags {
>        BLOCK_FREE,
>        PREV_FREE,
> --
> 1.6.0.2
>
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