On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 10:35:33AM +0200, Michael Mueller wrote: > From: Dong Dong Chen <ddongch@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Under memory pressure we observe load issues with module vhost_net, as the > vhost setup code will try to do an order 4 allocation for the device. > The likeliness of this issue to occur can be reduced when the statically > allocated variable "iov" in "struct vhost_virtqueue" is dynamically allocated > with exactly the required size, reducing this to an order 2 allocation. > > Signed-off-by: Dong Dong Chen <ddongch@xxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Michael Mueller <mimu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Please dont' do this, extra indirection hurts performance. Instead, please change vhost_net_open and scsi to allocate the whole structure with vmalloc if kmalloc fails, along the lines of 74d332c13b2148ae934ea94dac1745ae92efe8e5 > --- > drivers/vhost/net.c | 4 ++-- > drivers/vhost/scsi.c | 4 ++-- > drivers/vhost/test.c | 2 +- > drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 6 +++++- > drivers/vhost/vhost.h | 2 +- > 5 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c > index be414d2..e3a9a68 100644 > --- a/drivers/vhost/net.c > +++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c > @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net) > break; > > head = vhost_get_vq_desc(&net->dev, vq, vq->iov, > - ARRAY_SIZE(vq->iov), > + UIO_MAXIOV, > &out, &in, > NULL, NULL); > /* On error, stop handling until the next kick. */ > @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static int get_rx_bufs(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, > goto err; > } > r = vhost_get_vq_desc(vq->dev, vq, vq->iov + seg, > - ARRAY_SIZE(vq->iov) - seg, &out, > + UIO_MAXIOV - seg, &out, > &in, log, log_num); > if (unlikely(r < 0)) > goto err; > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c > index cf50ce9..a70f1d9 100644 > --- a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c > +++ b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c > @@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ tcm_vhost_do_evt_work(struct vhost_scsi *vs, struct tcm_vhost_evt *evt) > again: > vhost_disable_notify(&vs->dev, vq); > head = vhost_get_vq_desc(&vs->dev, vq, vq->iov, > - ARRAY_SIZE(vq->iov), &out, &in, > + UIO_MAXIOV, &out, &in, > NULL, NULL); > if (head < 0) { > vs->vs_events_missed = true; > @@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ vhost_scsi_handle_vq(struct vhost_scsi *vs, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq) > > for (;;) { > head = vhost_get_vq_desc(&vs->dev, vq, vq->iov, > - ARRAY_SIZE(vq->iov), &out, &in, > + UIO_MAXIOV, &out, &in, > NULL, NULL); > pr_debug("vhost_get_vq_desc: head: %d, out: %u in: %u\n", > head, out, in); > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/test.c b/drivers/vhost/test.c > index c2a54fb..2e01920 100644 > --- a/drivers/vhost/test.c > +++ b/drivers/vhost/test.c > @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static void handle_vq(struct vhost_test *n) > > for (;;) { > head = vhost_get_vq_desc(&n->dev, vq, vq->iov, > - ARRAY_SIZE(vq->iov), > + UIO_MAXIOV, > &out, &in, > NULL, NULL); > /* On error, stop handling until the next kick. */ > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c > index 78987e4..9017a55 100644 > --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c > +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c > @@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ static int vhost_worker(void *data) > > static void vhost_vq_free_iovecs(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq) > { > + kfree(vq->iov); > + vq->iov = NULL; > kfree(vq->indirect); > vq->indirect = NULL; > kfree(vq->log); > @@ -267,11 +269,12 @@ static long vhost_dev_alloc_iovecs(struct vhost_dev *dev) > > for (i = 0; i < dev->nvqs; ++i) { > vq = dev->vqs[i]; > + vq->iov = kmalloc(sizeof(*vq->iov) * UIO_MAXIOV, GFP_KERNEL); > vq->indirect = kmalloc(sizeof *vq->indirect * UIO_MAXIOV, > GFP_KERNEL); > vq->log = kmalloc(sizeof *vq->log * UIO_MAXIOV, GFP_KERNEL); > vq->heads = kmalloc(sizeof *vq->heads * UIO_MAXIOV, GFP_KERNEL); > - if (!vq->indirect || !vq->log || !vq->heads) > + if (!vq->iov || !vq->indirect || !vq->log || !vq->heads) > goto err_nomem; > } > return 0; > @@ -310,6 +313,7 @@ void vhost_dev_init(struct vhost_dev *dev, > for (i = 0; i < dev->nvqs; ++i) { > vq = dev->vqs[i]; > vq->log = NULL; > + vq->iov = NULL; > vq->indirect = NULL; > vq->heads = NULL; > vq->dev = dev; > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h > index 35eeb2a..541f757 100644 > --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h > +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h > @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ struct vhost_virtqueue { > bool log_used; > u64 log_addr; > > - struct iovec iov[UIO_MAXIOV]; > + struct iovec *iov; > struct iovec *indirect; > struct vring_used_elem *heads; > /* Protected by virtqueue mutex. */ > -- > 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html