On 05/25/2009 10:30 AM, Jens Axboe wrote: > Fold the sense buffer into the command, thereby eliminating a slab > allocation and free per command. > > Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Jens Hi. I'm "TO:" this to Tomo. This is the way it used to be for a long time. It was only recently changed by Tomo because of a bug on none-cache-coherent arches that need to dma-access the sense_buffer and also on the other hand change scsi_cmnd members by CPU. In my opinion all you need is an __aligned(SMP_CACHE_BYTES) declaration at sense_buffer[] and let there be a hole at the end before the array. But Tomo did not like that, so he separated the two. Ideally there should be a MACRO that is defined to WORD_SIZE on cache-coherent ARCHs and to SMP_CACHE_BYTES on none-cache-coherent systems and use that size at the __align() attribute. (So only stupid ARCHES get hurt) (see below) > --- > drivers/scsi/scsi.c | 44 ++++++++++---------------------------------- > include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h | 12 ++++++------ > 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c > index 166417a..6a993af 100644 > --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c > +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c > @@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_device_type); > > struct scsi_host_cmd_pool { > struct kmem_cache *cmd_slab; > - struct kmem_cache *sense_slab; > unsigned int users; > char *cmd_name; > char *sense_name; > @@ -167,20 +166,9 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(host_cmd_pool_mutex); > static struct scsi_cmnd * > scsi_pool_alloc_command(struct scsi_host_cmd_pool *pool, gfp_t gfp_mask) > { > - struct scsi_cmnd *cmd; > - > - cmd = kmem_cache_zalloc(pool->cmd_slab, gfp_mask | pool->gfp_mask); > - if (!cmd) > - return NULL; > + gfp_t gfp = gfp_mask | pool->gfp_mask; > > - cmd->sense_buffer = kmem_cache_alloc(pool->sense_slab, > - gfp_mask | pool->gfp_mask); > - if (!cmd->sense_buffer) { > - kmem_cache_free(pool->cmd_slab, cmd); > - return NULL; > - } > - > - return cmd; > + return kmem_cache_zalloc(pool->cmd_slab, gfp); > } > > /** > @@ -198,7 +186,6 @@ scsi_pool_free_command(struct scsi_host_cmd_pool *pool, > if (cmd->prot_sdb) > kmem_cache_free(scsi_sdb_cache, cmd->prot_sdb); > > - kmem_cache_free(pool->sense_slab, cmd->sense_buffer); > kmem_cache_free(pool->cmd_slab, cmd); > } > > @@ -242,7 +229,6 @@ scsi_host_alloc_command(struct Scsi_Host *shost, gfp_t gfp_mask) > struct scsi_cmnd *__scsi_get_command(struct Scsi_Host *shost, gfp_t gfp_mask) > { > struct scsi_cmnd *cmd; > - unsigned char *buf; > > cmd = scsi_host_alloc_command(shost, gfp_mask); > > @@ -257,11 +243,8 @@ struct scsi_cmnd *__scsi_get_command(struct Scsi_Host *shost, gfp_t gfp_mask) > } > spin_unlock_irqrestore(&shost->free_list_lock, flags); > > - if (cmd) { > - buf = cmd->sense_buffer; > + if (cmd) > memset(cmd, 0, sizeof(*cmd)); > - cmd->sense_buffer = buf; > - } > } > > return cmd; > @@ -361,19 +344,13 @@ static struct scsi_host_cmd_pool *scsi_get_host_cmd_pool(gfp_t gfp_mask) > pool = (gfp_mask & __GFP_DMA) ? &scsi_cmd_dma_pool : > &scsi_cmd_pool; > if (!pool->users) { > - pool->cmd_slab = kmem_cache_create(pool->cmd_name, > - sizeof(struct scsi_cmnd), 0, > - pool->slab_flags, NULL); > - if (!pool->cmd_slab) > - goto fail; > + unsigned int slab_size; > > - pool->sense_slab = kmem_cache_create(pool->sense_name, > - SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, 0, > - pool->slab_flags, NULL); > - if (!pool->sense_slab) { > - kmem_cache_destroy(pool->cmd_slab); > + slab_size = sizeof(struct scsi_cmnd) + SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE; You might as well just define sense array as unsigned char sense_buffer[SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE] and save the manual calculation. > + pool->cmd_slab = kmem_cache_create(pool->cmd_name, slab_size, > + 0, pool->slab_flags, NULL); > + if (!pool->cmd_slab) > goto fail; > - } > } > > pool->users++; > @@ -397,10 +374,9 @@ static void scsi_put_host_cmd_pool(gfp_t gfp_mask) > */ > BUG_ON(pool->users == 0); > > - if (!--pool->users) { > + if (!--pool->users) > kmem_cache_destroy(pool->cmd_slab); > - kmem_cache_destroy(pool->sense_slab); > - } > + > mutex_unlock(&host_cmd_pool_mutex); > } > > diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h b/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h > index 43b50d3..649ad36 100644 > --- a/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h > +++ b/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h > @@ -102,12 +102,6 @@ struct scsi_cmnd { > struct request *request; /* The command we are > working on */ > > -#define SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE 96 > - unsigned char *sense_buffer; > - /* obtained by REQUEST SENSE when > - * CHECK CONDITION is received on original > - * command (auto-sense) */ > - > /* Low-level done function - can be used by low-level driver to point > * to completion function. Not used by mid/upper level code. */ > void (*scsi_done) (struct scsi_cmnd *); > @@ -129,6 +123,12 @@ struct scsi_cmnd { > int result; /* Status code from lower level driver */ > > unsigned char tag; /* SCSI-II queued command tag */ > + > +#define SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE 96 > + unsigned char sense_buffer[0]; + unsigned char sense_buffer[BUFFERSIZE]; __aligned(CACHE_COHERENT_BYTES) > + /* obtained by REQUEST SENSE when > + * CHECK CONDITION is received on original > + * command (auto-sense) */ > }; > > extern struct scsi_cmnd *scsi_get_command(struct scsi_device *, gfp_t); Thanks Boaz -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html