linux-kernel - [PATCH v3] mm/zsmalloc: avoid duplicate assignment of prev

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Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:00:44 +0800
From:	Ganesh Mahendran <opensource.ganesh@...il.com>
To:	minchan@...nel.org, ngupta@...are.org, ddstreet@...e.org
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ganesh Mahendran <opensource.ganesh@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] mm/zsmalloc: avoid duplicate assignment of prev_class

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: Ganesh Mahendran <opensource.ganesh@...il.com>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Cc: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>
Cc: Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...e.org>

---
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()

v2 -> v3:
  - move *prev_class* definition out of the loop - Dan
---
 mm/zsmalloc.c |    7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/zsmalloc.c b/mm/zsmalloc.c
index 83ecdb6..de1320e 100644
--- a/mm/zsmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/zsmalloc.c
@@ -966,6 +966,7 @@ struct zs_pool *zs_create_pool(gfp_t flags)
 {
 	int i, ovhd_size;
 	struct zs_pool *pool;
+	struct size_class *prev_class = NULL;
 
 	ovhd_size = roundup(sizeof(*pool), PAGE_SIZE);
 	pool = kzalloc(ovhd_size, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -980,7 +981,6 @@ struct zs_pool *zs_create_pool(gfp_t flags)
 		int size;
 		int pages_per_zspage;
 		struct size_class *class;
-		struct size_class *prev_class;
 
 		size = ZS_MIN_ALLOC_SIZE + i * ZS_SIZE_CLASS_DELTA;
 		if (size > ZS_MAX_ALLOC_SIZE)
@@ -996,8 +996,7 @@ 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;
@@ -1013,6 +1012,8 @@ 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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