mballoc history is likely a great debugging tool, but it seems a bit heavyweight. If I make it a config option and turn it off, things lighten up considerably, from: 220 ext4_mb_free_blocks 188 ext4_mb_seq_groups_show 176 ext4_mb_regular_allocator 164 ext4_mb_init_cache 156 ext4_mb_new_blocks 152 ext4_mb_release_inode_pa 136 ext4_mb_seq_history_show 124 ext4_mb_release_group_pa 124 ext4_mb_init ... to: 176 ext4_mb_regular_allocator 164 ext4_mb_init_cache 156 ext4_mb_new_blocks 124 ext4_mb_init 112 ext4_mb_free_blocks ... 44 ext4_mb_release_inode_pa ... 16 ext4_mb_release_group_pa It's a bit shocking how much this matters to the size of ext4_mb_release_inode_pa etc; I've not yet found the reason why. Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Index: linux-2.6.24-git9/fs/ext4/mballoc.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.24-git9.orig/fs/ext4/mballoc.c +++ linux-2.6.24-git9/fs/ext4/mballoc.c @@ -367,10 +367,9 @@ #endif /* - * with EXT4_MB_HISTORY mballoc stores last N allocations in memory - * and you can monitor it in /proc/fs/ext4/<dev>/mb_history + * with CONFIG_EXT4DEV_FS_MBHISTORY mballoc stores last N allocations in + * memory and you can monitor it in /proc/fs/ext4/<dev>/mb_history */ -#define EXT4_MB_HISTORY #define EXT4_MB_HISTORY_ALLOC 1 /* allocation */ #define EXT4_MB_HISTORY_PREALLOC 2 /* preallocated blocks used */ #define EXT4_MB_HISTORY_DISCARD 4 /* preallocation discarded */ @@ -562,7 +561,7 @@ struct ext4_buddy { #define EXT4_MB_BITMAP(e4b) ((e4b)->bd_bitmap) #define EXT4_MB_BUDDY(e4b) ((e4b)->bd_buddy) -#ifndef EXT4_MB_HISTORY +#ifndef CONFIG_EXT4DEV_FS_MBHISTORY static inline void ext4_mb_store_history(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac) { return; @@ -2093,7 +2092,7 @@ out: return err; } -#ifdef EXT4_MB_HISTORY +#ifdef CONFIG_EXT4DEV_FS_MBHISTORY struct ext4_mb_proc_session { struct ext4_mb_history *history; struct super_block *sb; Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/fs/Kconfig =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1.orig/fs/Kconfig +++ linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/fs/Kconfig @@ -202,6 +202,13 @@ config EXT4DEV_FS_SECURITY If you are not using a security module that requires using extended attributes for file security labels, say N. +config EXT4DEV_FS_MBHISTORY + bool "Ext4dev mballoc allocator history" + help + Enabling this option make it possible to monitor mballoc + allocator history via /proc/fs/ext4/<dev>/mb_history. + Disabling this option will save memory and stack space. + config JBD tristate help - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html