linux-kernel - [patch 4/4 -mm] flex_array: add flex_array

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Date:	Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:21:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch 4/4 -mm] flex_array: add flex_array_shrink function

This patch adds a new function to the flex_array API:

	int flex_array_shrink(struct flex_array *fa)

This function will free all unused second-level pages.  Since elements
are now poisoned if they are not allocated with __GFP_ZERO, it's
possible to identify parts that consist solely of unused elements.

flex_array_shrink() returns the number of pages freed.

Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
---
 include/linux/flex_array.h |    1 +
 lib/flex_array.c           |   40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/flex_array.h b/include/linux/flex_array.h
--- a/include/linux/flex_array.h
+++ b/include/linux/flex_array.h
@@ -46,5 +46,6 @@ int flex_array_put(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr, void *src,
 		gfp_t flags);
 int flex_array_clear(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr);
 void *flex_array_get(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr);
+int flex_array_shrink(struct flex_array *fa);
 
 #endif /* _FLEX_ARRAY_H */
diff --git a/lib/flex_array.c b/lib/flex_array.c
--- a/lib/flex_array.c
+++ b/lib/flex_array.c
@@ -291,3 +291,43 @@ void *flex_array_get(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr)
 	}
 	return &part->elements[index_inside_part(fa, element_nr)];
 }
+
+static int part_is_free(struct flex_array_part *part)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(struct flex_array_part); i++)
+		if (part->elements[i] != FLEX_ARRAY_FREE)
+			return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * flex_array_shrink - free unused second-level pages
+ *
+ * Frees all second-level pages that consist solely of unused
+ * elements.  Returns the number of pages freed.
+ *
+ * Locking must be provided by the caller.
+ */
+int flex_array_shrink(struct flex_array *fa)
+{
+	struct flex_array_part *part;
+	int max_part = nr_base_part_ptrs();
+	int part_nr;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (elements_fit_in_base(fa))
+		return ret;
+	for (part_nr = 0; part_nr < max_part; part_nr++) {
+		part = fa->parts[part_nr];
+		if (!part)
+			continue;
+		if (part_is_free(part)) {
+			fa->parts[part_nr] = NULL;
+			kfree(part);
+			ret++;
+		}
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
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