linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.2 069/110] dm thin: allocate the cell_sort

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Date:	Mon, 10 Aug 2015 12:12:31 +0200
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Mike Snitzer" <snitzer@...hat.com>,
	"Joe Thornber" <ejt@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.2 069/110] dm thin: allocate the cell_sort_array dynamically

3.2.71-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Joe Thornber <ejt@...hat.com>

commit a822c83e47d97cdef38c4352e1ef62d9f46cfe98 upstream.

Given the pool's cell_sort_array holds 8192 pointers it triggers an
order 5 allocation via kmalloc.  This order 5 allocation is prone to
failure as system memory gets more fragmented over time.

Fix this by allocating the cell_sort_array using vmalloc.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: make a similar change in prison_{create,destroy}()]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/md/dm-thin.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 
 #define	DM_MSG_PREFIX	"thin"
 
@@ -158,9 +159,7 @@ static struct bio_prison *prison_create(
 {
 	unsigned i;
 	uint32_t nr_buckets = calc_nr_buckets(nr_cells);
-	size_t len = sizeof(struct bio_prison) +
-		(sizeof(struct hlist_head) * nr_buckets);
-	struct bio_prison *prison = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct bio_prison *prison = kmalloc(sizeof(*prison), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!prison)
 		return NULL;
@@ -173,9 +172,15 @@ static struct bio_prison *prison_create(
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	prison->cells = vmalloc(sizeof(*prison->cells) * nr_buckets);
+	if (!prison->cells) {
+		mempool_destroy(prison->cell_pool);
+		kfree(prison);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	prison->nr_buckets = nr_buckets;
 	prison->hash_mask = nr_buckets - 1;
-	prison->cells = (struct hlist_head *) (prison + 1);
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_buckets; i++)
 		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(prison->cells + i);
 
@@ -184,6 +189,7 @@ static struct bio_prison *prison_create(
 
 static void prison_destroy(struct bio_prison *prison)
 {
+	vfree(prison->cells);
 	mempool_destroy(prison->cell_pool);
 	kfree(prison);
 }

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