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SubjectRe: pktcdvd stack usage regression
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Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> writes:

> On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 07:01:25AM +0100, Peter Osterlund wrote:
> > Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> writes:
> >
> > > With PACKET_MAX_SIZE=128, this allocates more than 1 kB on the stack
> >
> > Yes, I know.
> >
> > > which is not acceptable considering that we might have only 4 kB stack
> > > altogether.
> >
> > Why is it not acceptable? The pkt_start_write() function is only
> > called from the kcdrwd() kernel thread and the pkt_start_write()
> > function doesn't call anything else in the kernel that could require
> > lots of stack space.
> >
> > The actual I/O is started from pkt_iosched_process_queue(), which
> > calls generic_make_request(). However pkt_iosched_process_queue() is
> > on a different call chain than pkt_start_write(), so I don't see how
> > this could be a problem.
>
> You might be able to verify this is true today, but it is a bit fragile
> and other changes might always add even more stack usage in some places.

I don't think that would happen in this driver, but it doesn't really
matter, because I realized that those vectors aren't actually needed
at all. This patch removes them:


pktcdvd: Reduce stack usage.

Reduce stack usage in the pkt_start_write() function.

Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>
---

drivers/block/pktcdvd.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++--------------------------
1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
index d794f2b..f783af7 100644
--- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ static void pkt_copy_bio_data(struct bio
* b) The data can be used as cache to avoid read requests if we receive a
* new write request for the same zone.
*/
-static void pkt_make_local_copy(struct packet_data *pkt, struct page **pages, int *offsets)
+static void pkt_make_local_copy(struct packet_data *pkt, struct bio_vec *bvec)
{
int f, p, offs;

@@ -654,15 +654,15 @@ static void pkt_make_local_copy(struct p
p = 0;
offs = 0;
for (f = 0; f < pkt->frames; f++) {
- if (pages[f] != pkt->pages[p]) {
- void *vfrom = kmap_atomic(pages[f], KM_USER0) + offsets[f];
+ if (bvec[f].bv_page != pkt->pages[p]) {
+ void *vfrom = kmap_atomic(bvec[f].bv_page, KM_USER0) + bvec[f].bv_offset;
void *vto = page_address(pkt->pages[p]) + offs;
memcpy(vto, vfrom, CD_FRAMESIZE);
kunmap_atomic(vfrom, KM_USER0);
- pages[f] = pkt->pages[p];
- offsets[f] = offs;
+ bvec[f].bv_page = pkt->pages[p];
+ bvec[f].bv_offset = offs;
} else {
- BUG_ON(offsets[f] != offs);
+ BUG_ON(bvec[f].bv_offset != offs);
}
offs += CD_FRAMESIZE;
if (offs >= PAGE_SIZE) {
@@ -992,18 +992,17 @@ try_next_bio:
static void pkt_start_write(struct pktcdvd_device *pd, struct packet_data *pkt)
{
struct bio *bio;
- struct page *pages[PACKET_MAX_SIZE];
- int offsets[PACKET_MAX_SIZE];
int f;
int frames_write;
+ struct bio_vec *bvec = pkt->w_bio->bi_io_vec;

for (f = 0; f < pkt->frames; f++) {
- pages[f] = pkt->pages[(f * CD_FRAMESIZE) / PAGE_SIZE];
- offsets[f] = (f * CD_FRAMESIZE) % PAGE_SIZE;
+ bvec[f].bv_page = pkt->pages[(f * CD_FRAMESIZE) / PAGE_SIZE];
+ bvec[f].bv_offset = (f * CD_FRAMESIZE) % PAGE_SIZE;
}

/*
- * Fill-in pages[] and offsets[] with data from orig_bios.
+ * Fill-in bvec with data from orig_bios.
*/
frames_write = 0;
spin_lock(&pkt->lock);
@@ -1025,11 +1024,11 @@ static void pkt_start_write(struct pktcd
}

if (src_bvl->bv_len - src_offs >= CD_FRAMESIZE) {
- pages[f] = src_bvl->bv_page;
- offsets[f] = src_bvl->bv_offset + src_offs;
+ bvec[f].bv_page = src_bvl->bv_page;
+ bvec[f].bv_offset = src_bvl->bv_offset + src_offs;
} else {
pkt_copy_bio_data(bio, segment, src_offs,
- pages[f], offsets[f]);
+ bvec[f].bv_page, bvec[f].bv_offset);
}
src_offs += CD_FRAMESIZE;
frames_write++;
@@ -1043,7 +1042,7 @@ static void pkt_start_write(struct pktcd
BUG_ON(frames_write != pkt->write_size);

if (test_bit(PACKET_MERGE_SEGS, &pd->flags) || (pkt->write_size < pkt->frames)) {
- pkt_make_local_copy(pkt, pages, offsets);
+ pkt_make_local_copy(pkt, bvec);
pkt->cache_valid = 1;
} else {
pkt->cache_valid = 0;
@@ -1056,17 +1055,9 @@ static void pkt_start_write(struct pktcd
pkt->w_bio->bi_bdev = pd->bdev;
pkt->w_bio->bi_end_io = pkt_end_io_packet_write;
pkt->w_bio->bi_private = pkt;
- for (f = 0; f < pkt->frames; f++) {
- if ((f + 1 < pkt->frames) && (pages[f + 1] == pages[f]) &&
- (offsets[f + 1] = offsets[f] + CD_FRAMESIZE)) {
- if (!bio_add_page(pkt->w_bio, pages[f], CD_FRAMESIZE * 2, offsets[f]))
- BUG();
- f++;
- } else {
- if (!bio_add_page(pkt->w_bio, pages[f], CD_FRAMESIZE, offsets[f]))
- BUG();
- }
- }
+ for (f = 0; f < pkt->frames; f++)
+ if (!bio_add_page(pkt->w_bio, bvec[f].bv_page, CD_FRAMESIZE, bvec[f].bv_offset))
+ BUG();
VPRINTK("pktcdvd: vcnt=%d\n", pkt->w_bio->bi_vcnt);

atomic_set(&pkt->io_wait, 1);
--
Peter Osterlund - petero2@telia.com
http://web.telia.com/~u89404340
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