linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] f2fs crypto: use bounce pages from mempool first

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Date:	Thu, 21 May 2015 17:40:24 -0700
From:	Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc:	Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] f2fs crypto: use bounce pages from mempool first

If a lot of write streams are triggered, alloc_page and __free_page are
costly called, resulting in high memory pressure.

In order to avoid that, let's reuse mempool pages for writeback pages.

Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
---
 fs/f2fs/crypto.c | 16 ++++------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/crypto.c b/fs/f2fs/crypto.c
index 2c7819a..2ceee68 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/crypto.c
@@ -408,20 +408,12 @@ struct page *f2fs_encrypt(struct inode *inode,
 		return (struct page *)ctx;
 
 	/* The encryption operation will require a bounce page. */
-	ciphertext_page = alloc_page(GFP_NOFS);
+	ciphertext_page = mempool_alloc(f2fs_bounce_page_pool, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!ciphertext_page) {
-		/*
-		 * This is a potential bottleneck, but at least we'll have
-		 * forward progress.
-		 */
-		ciphertext_page = mempool_alloc(f2fs_bounce_page_pool,
-							GFP_NOFS);
-		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ciphertext_page))
-			ciphertext_page = mempool_alloc(f2fs_bounce_page_pool,
-						GFP_NOFS | __GFP_WAIT);
-		ctx->flags &= ~F2FS_BOUNCE_PAGE_REQUIRES_FREE_ENCRYPT_FL;
-	} else {
+		ciphertext_page = alloc_page(GFP_NOFS);
 		ctx->flags |= F2FS_BOUNCE_PAGE_REQUIRES_FREE_ENCRYPT_FL;
+	} else {
+		ctx->flags &= ~F2FS_BOUNCE_PAGE_REQUIRES_FREE_ENCRYPT_FL;
 	}
 	ctx->flags |= F2FS_WRITE_PATH_FL;
 	ctx->w.bounce_page = ciphertext_page;
-- 
2.1.1

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