linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] btrfs: allocate page arrays more efficiently

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Date:   Wed, 30 Mar 2022 18:58:37 +0200
From:   David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
To:     Sweet Tea Dorminy <sweettea-kernel@...miny.me>
Cc:     Chris Mason <clm@...com>, Josef Bacik <josef@...icpanda.com>,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>,
        Nick Terrell <terrelln@...com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] btrfs: allocate page arrays more efficiently

On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 12:44:05PM -0400, Sweet Tea Dorminy wrote:
> In several places, btrfs allocates an array of pages, one at a time.  In
> addition to duplicating code, the mm subsystem provides a helper to
> allocate multiple pages at once into an array which is suited for our
> usecase. In the fast path, the batching can result in better allocation
> decisions and less locking. This changeset first adjusts the users to
> call a common array-of-pages allocation function, then adjusts that
> common function to use the batch page allocator.
> 
> v2: moved new helper to extent_io.[ch]. Fixed title format.

It does not address comments from
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-btrfs/20220328230909.GW2237@twin.jikos.cz