On Tue, Aug 08, 2017 at 03:50:20PM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote: > There is no need to use dynamic bio allocation for BDI_CAP_SYNC > devices. They can with on-stack-bio without concern about waiting > bio allocation from mempool under heavy memory pressure. This seems ... more complex than necessary? Why not simply do this: diff --git a/fs/mpage.c b/fs/mpage.c index baff8f820c29..6db6bf5131ed 100644 --- a/fs/mpage.c +++ b/fs/mpage.c @@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ do_mpage_readpage(struct bio *bio, struct page *page, unsigned nr_pages, unsigned page_block; unsigned first_hole = blocks_per_page; struct block_device *bdev = NULL; + struct bio sbio; + struct bio_vec sbvec; int length; int fully_mapped = 1; unsigned nblocks; @@ -281,10 +283,17 @@ do_mpage_readpage(struct bio *bio, struct page *page, unsigned nr_pages, page)) goto out; } - bio = mpage_alloc(bdev, blocks[0] << (blkbits - 9), + if (bdi_cap_synchronous_io(inode_to_bdi(inode))) { + bio = &sbio; + bio_init(bio, &sbvec, nr_pages); + sbio.bi_bdev = bdev; + sbio.bi_iter.bi_sector = blocks[0] << (blkbits - 9); + } else { + bio = mpage_alloc(bdev, blocks[0] << (blkbits - 9), min_t(int, nr_pages, BIO_MAX_PAGES), gfp); - if (bio == NULL) - goto confused; + if (bio == NULL) + goto confused; + } } length = first_hole << blkbits; @@ -301,6 +310,8 @@ do_mpage_readpage(struct bio *bio, struct page *page, unsigned nr_pages, else *last_block_in_bio = blocks[blocks_per_page - 1]; out: + if (bio == &sbio) + bio = mpage_bio_submit(REQ_OP_READ, 0, bio); return bio; confused: -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>