On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 8:43 AM, Mahendran Ganesh
<opensource.ganesh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In zs_create_pool(), prev_class is assigned (ZS_SIZE_CLASSES - 1)
> times. And the prev_class only references to the previous size_class.
> So we do not need unnecessary assignement.
>
> This patch assigns *prev_class* when a new size_class structure
> is allocated and uses prev_class to check whether the first class
> has been allocated.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mahendran Ganesh <opensource.ganesh@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> v1 -> v2:
> - follow Dan Streetman's advise to use prev_class to
> check whether the first class has been allocated
> - follow Minchan Kim's advise to remove uninitialized_var()
> ---
> mm/zsmalloc.c | 7 ++++---
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/zsmalloc.c b/mm/zsmalloc.c
> index b3b57ef..810eda1 100644
> --- a/mm/zsmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/zsmalloc.c
> @@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ struct zs_pool *zs_create_pool(gfp_t flags)
> int size;
> int pages_per_zspage;
> struct size_class *class;
> - struct size_class *prev_class;
> + struct size_class *prev_class = NULL;
Maybe I'm looking at the wrong source tree, but I don't think this
will work? You have to move
prev_class outside the for loop, or it'll be NULL each iteration.
>
> size = ZS_MIN_ALLOC_SIZE + i * ZS_SIZE_CLASS_DELTA;
> if (size > ZS_MAX_ALLOC_SIZE)
> @@ -986,8 +986,7 @@ struct zs_pool *zs_create_pool(gfp_t flags)
> * characteristics. So, we makes size_class point to
> * previous size_class if possible.
> */
> - if (i < ZS_SIZE_CLASSES - 1) {
> - prev_class = pool->size_class[i + 1];
> + if (prev_class) {
> if (can_merge(prev_class, size, pages_per_zspage)) {
> pool->size_class[i] = prev_class;
> continue;
> @@ -1003,6 +1002,8 @@ struct zs_pool *zs_create_pool(gfp_t flags)
> class->pages_per_zspage = pages_per_zspage;
> spin_lock_init(&class->lock);
> pool->size_class[i] = class;
> +
> + prev_class = class;
> }
>
> pool->flags = flags;
> --
> 1.7.9.5
>
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