linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xen/blkfront: speed up purge_persistent

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Date:   Fri, 11 Mar 2022 12:01:40 +0100
From:   Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
CC:     <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>, <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen/blkfront: speed up purge_persistent_grants()

On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 11:35:27AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote:
> purge_persistent_grants() is scanning the grants list for persistent
> grants being no longer in use by the backend. When having found such a
> grant, it will be set to "invalid" and pushed to the tail of the list.
> 
> Instead of pushing it directly to the end of the list, add it first to
> a temporary list, avoiding to scan those entries again in the main
> list traversal. After having finished the scan, append the temporary
> list to the grant list.
> 
> Suggested-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>

Reviewed-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>

Thanks.