[PATCH 3.2 019/185] dm: allocate buffer for messages with small number of arguments using GFP_NOIO

Ben Hutchings
2013-12-29T02:53:55Z

From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>

commit f36afb3957353d2529cb2b00f78fdccd14fc5e9c upstream.

dm-mpath and dm-thin must process messages even if some device is
suspended, so we allocate argv buffer with GFP_NOIO. These messages have
a small fixed number of arguments.

On the other hand, dm-switch needs to process bulk data using messages
so excessive use of GFP_NOIO could cause trouble.

The patch also lowers the default number of arguments from 64 to 8, so
that there is smaller load on GFP_NOIO allocations.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
---
drivers/md/dm-table.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -581,14 +581,28 @@ static int adjoin(struct dm_table *table

/*
* Used to dynamically allocate the arg array.
+ *
+ * We do first allocation with GFP_NOIO because dm-mpath and dm-thin must
+ * process messages even if some device is suspended. These messages have a
+ * small fixed number of arguments.
+ *
+ * On the other hand, dm-switch needs to process bulk data using messages and
+ * excessive use of GFP_NOIO could cause trouble.
*/
static char **realloc_argv(unsigned *array_size, char **old_argv)
{
char **argv;
unsigned new_size;
+ gfp_t gfp;

- new_size = *array_size ? *array_size * 2 : 64;
- argv = kmalloc(new_size * sizeof(*argv), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (*array_size) {
+ new_size = *array_size * 2;
+ gfp = GFP_KERNEL;
+ } else {
+ new_size = 8;
+ gfp = GFP_NOIO;
+ }
+ argv = kmalloc(new_size * sizeof(*argv), gfp);
if (argv) {
memcpy(argv, old_argv, *array_size * sizeof(*argv));
*array_size = new_size;