Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 3/3] Avoid repeated memory allocation in xen_disk

[Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 10:01:09AM +0000, Tim Smith wrote:
> xen_disk currently allocates memory to hold the data for each ioreq
> as that ioreq is used, and frees it afterwards. Because it requires
> page-aligned blocks, this interacts poorly with non-page-aligned
> allocations and balloons the heap.
> 
> Instead, allocate the maximum possible requirement, which is
> BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST pages (currently 11 pages) when
> the ioreq is created, and keep that allocation until it is destroyed.
> Since the ioreqs themselves are re-used via a free list, this
> should actually improve memory usage.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tim Smith <tim.smith@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Anthony PERARD

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