The patch titled
Subject: mm/filemap: remove dynamically allocated array from filemap_read
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-filemap-remove-dynamically-allocated-array-from-filemap_read.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/filemap: remove dynamically allocated array from filemap_read
Increasing the batch size runs into diminishing returns. It's probably
better to make, eg, three calls to filemap_get_pages() than it is to call
into kmalloc().
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210122160140.223228-3-willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/filemap.c | 15 ++-------------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/filemap.c~mm-filemap-remove-dynamically-allocated-array-from-filemap_read
+++ a/mm/filemap.c
@@ -2431,8 +2431,8 @@ ssize_t generic_file_buffered_read(struc
struct file_ra_state *ra = &filp->f_ra;
struct address_space *mapping = filp->f_mapping;
struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
- struct page *pages_onstack[PAGEVEC_SIZE], **pages = NULL;
- unsigned int nr_pages = min_t(unsigned int, 512,
+ struct page *pages[PAGEVEC_SIZE];
+ unsigned int nr_pages = min_t(unsigned int, PAGEVEC_SIZE,
((iocb->ki_pos + iter->count + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT) -
(iocb->ki_pos >> PAGE_SHIFT));
int i, pg_nr, error = 0;
@@ -2446,14 +2446,6 @@ ssize_t generic_file_buffered_read(struc
iov_iter_truncate(iter, inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes);
- if (nr_pages > ARRAY_SIZE(pages_onstack))
- pages = kmalloc_array(nr_pages, sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
-
- if (!pages) {
- pages = pages_onstack;
- nr_pages = min_t(unsigned int, nr_pages, ARRAY_SIZE(pages_onstack));
- }
-
do {
cond_resched();
@@ -2538,9 +2530,6 @@ put_pages:
file_accessed(filp);
- if (pages != pages_onstack)
- kfree(pages);
-
return written ? written : error;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(generic_file_buffered_read);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
mm-make-pagecache-tagged-lookups-return-only-head-pages.patch
mm-shmem-use-pagevec_lookup-in-shmem_unlock_mapping.patch
mm-swap-optimise-get_shadow_from_swap_cache.patch
mm-add-fgp_entry.patch
mm-filemap-rename-find_get_entry-to-mapping_get_entry.patch
mm-filemap-add-helper-for-finding-pages.patch
mm-filemap-add-helper-for-finding-pages-fix.patch
mm-filemap-add-mapping_seek_hole_data.patch
mm-filemap-add-mapping_seek_hole_data-fix.patch
iomap-use-mapping_seek_hole_data.patch
mm-add-and-use-find_lock_entries.patch
mm-add-and-use-find_lock_entries-fix.patch
mm-add-an-end-parameter-to-find_get_entries.patch
mm-add-an-end-parameter-to-pagevec_lookup_entries.patch
mm-remove-nr_entries-parameter-from-pagevec_lookup_entries.patch
mm-pass-pvec-directly-to-find_get_entries.patch
mm-remove-pagevec_lookup_entries.patch
