linux-kernel - Re: [3/7] dst: export node.

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Message-ID: <20090114145204.GE30821@kernel.dk>
Date:	Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:52:05 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dst@...emap.net
Subject: Re: [3/7] dst: export node.

On Wed, Jan 14 2009, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote:
> +	bio = bio_alloc_bioset(GFP_KERNEL,
> +			PAGE_ALIGN(cmd->size) >> PAGE_SHIFT,
> +			dst_bio_set);
> +	if (!bio)
> +		goto err_out_exit;
> +	bio->bi_private = NULL;
> +
> +	priv = mempool_alloc(st->node->trans_pool, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!priv)
> +		goto err_out_free;

Did you know that you can now set the appropriate extra size for your
private bio set, thus getting rid of this extra 'priv' allocation and
free for each bio?

See bioset_create().

-- 
Jens Axboe

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