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Date:	Thu, 18 Dec 2014 02:21:53 +0100
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Guido Martínez <guido@...guardiasur.com.ar>
CC:	dedekind1@...il.com, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] UBI: Fastmap: Don't allocate new ubi_wl_entry objects

Guido,

Am 18.12.2014 um 02:18 schrieb Guido Martínez:
> Hi Richard,
> 
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 12:35:36PM +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>> There is no need to allocate new ones every time, we can reuse
>> the existing ones.
>> This makes the code cleaner and more easy to follow.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
>> ---
>>  drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c | 31 +++++--------------------------
>>  drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c      | 11 +++++++----
>>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c
>> index db3defd..9507702 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c
>> @@ -1446,19 +1446,6 @@ int ubi_update_fastmap(struct ubi_device *ubi)
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	new_fm->used_blocks = ubi->fm_size / ubi->leb_size;
>> -
>> -	for (i = 0; i < new_fm->used_blocks; i++) {
>> -		new_fm->e[i] = kmem_cache_alloc(ubi_wl_entry_slab, GFP_KERNEL);
>> -		if (!new_fm->e[i]) {
>> -			while (i--)
>> -				kfree(new_fm->e[i]);
>> -
>> -			kfree(new_fm);
>> -			mutex_unlock(&ubi->fm_mutex);
>> -			return -ENOMEM;
>> -		}
>> -	}
>> -
>>  	old_fm = ubi->fm;
>>  	ubi->fm = NULL;
>>  
>> @@ -1494,12 +1481,9 @@ int ubi_update_fastmap(struct ubi_device *ubi)
>>  				ubi_err(ubi, "could not erase old fastmap PEB");
>>  				goto err;
>>  			}
>> -
>> -			new_fm->e[i]->pnum = old_fm->e[i]->pnum;
>> -			new_fm->e[i]->ec = old_fm->e[i]->ec;
>> +			new_fm->e[i] = old_fm->e[i];
>>  		} else {
>> -			new_fm->e[i]->pnum = tmp_e->pnum;
>> -			new_fm->e[i]->ec = tmp_e->ec;
>> +			new_fm->e[i] = tmp_e;
>>  
>>  			if (old_fm)
>>  				ubi_wl_put_fm_peb(ubi, old_fm->e[i], i,
>> @@ -1524,16 +1508,13 @@ int ubi_update_fastmap(struct ubi_device *ubi)
>>  							  i, 0);
>>  				goto err;
>>  			}
>> -
>> -			new_fm->e[0]->pnum = old_fm->e[0]->pnum;
>> +			new_fm->e[0] = old_fm->e[0];
>>  			new_fm->e[0]->ec = ret;
>>  		} else {
>>  			/* we've got a new anchor PEB, return the old one */
>>  			ubi_wl_put_fm_peb(ubi, old_fm->e[0], 0,
>>  					  old_fm->to_be_tortured[0]);
>> -
>> -			new_fm->e[0]->pnum = tmp_e->pnum;
>> -			new_fm->e[0]->ec = tmp_e->ec;
>> +			new_fm->e[0] = tmp_e;
>>  		}
>>  	} else {
>>  		if (!tmp_e) {
>> @@ -1546,9 +1527,7 @@ int ubi_update_fastmap(struct ubi_device *ubi)
>>  			ret = -ENOSPC;
>>  			goto err;
>>  		}
>> -
>> -		new_fm->e[0]->pnum = tmp_e->pnum;
>> -		new_fm->e[0]->ec = tmp_e->ec;
>> +		new_fm->e[0] = tmp_e;
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	down_write(&ubi->work_sem);
>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
>> index 47b215f..523d8a4 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
>> @@ -1014,9 +1014,6 @@ int ubi_wl_put_fm_peb(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_wl_entry *fm_e,
>>  		e = fm_e;
>>  		ubi_assert(e->ec >= 0);
>>  		ubi->lookuptbl[pnum] = e;
>> -	} else {
>> -		e->ec = fm_e->ec;
>> -		kfree(fm_e);
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	spin_unlock(&ubi->wl_lock);
>> @@ -2008,9 +2005,15 @@ int ubi_wl_init(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_attach_info *ai)
>>  
>>  	dbg_wl("found %i PEBs", found_pebs);
>>  
>> -	if (ubi->fm)
>> +	if (ubi->fm) {
>>  		ubi_assert(ubi->good_peb_count == \
>>  			   found_pebs + ubi->fm->used_blocks);
>> +
>> +		for (i = 0; i < ubi->fm->used_blocks; i++) {
>> +			e = ubi->fm->e[i];
>> +			ubi->lookuptbl[e->pnum] = e;
>> +		}
>> +	}
> Should this be in a separate patch? The commit log doesn't mention it.

Hmm, looks like a fragment from the memleak fix.
I've split up a lot of patches, maybe some hunks sneaked into other patches.
Anyway, will fixup!

Thanks a lot for reviewing!
//richard
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