linux/fs
Jeff Layton 54a66e5480 knfsd: allocate readahead cache in individual chunks
I had a report from someone building a large NFS server that they were
unable to start more than 585 nfsd threads. It was reported against an
older kernel using the slab allocator, and I tracked it down to the
large allocation in nfsd_racache_init failing.

It appears that the slub allocator handles large allocations better,
but large contiguous allocations can often be problematic. There
doesn't seem to be any reason that the racache has to be allocated as a
single large chunk. This patch breaks this up so that the racache is
built up from separate allocations.

(Thanks also to Takashi Iwai for a bugfix.)

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
2008-09-29 17:56:59 -04:00
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9p [PATCH] fix ->llseek() for a bunch of directories 2008-08-25 01:18:09 -04:00
adfs [PATCH] fix ->llseek() for a bunch of directories 2008-08-25 01:18:09 -04:00
affs [PATCH] fix ->llseek() for a bunch of directories 2008-08-25 01:18:09 -04:00
afs mm: rename page trylock 2008-08-04 21:31:34 -07:00
autofs
autofs4 [PATCH] fix ->llseek() for a bunch of directories 2008-08-25 01:18:09 -04:00
befs [PATCH] fix ->llseek() for a bunch of directories 2008-08-25 01:18:09 -04:00
bfs bfs: fix Lockdep warning 2008-09-13 14:41:51 -07:00
cifs [CIFS] Turn off Unicode during session establishment for plaintext authentication 2008-08-28 15:32:22 +00:00
coda [PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al. 2008-07-26 20:53:34 -04:00
configfs [PATCH] configfs: Consolidate locking around configfs_detach_prep() in configfs_rmdir() 2008-08-22 11:09:02 -07:00
cramfs cramfs: fix named-pipe handling 2008-08-20 15:40:32 -07:00
debugfs debugfs: Implement debugfs_remove_recursive() 2008-07-21 21:54:59 -07:00
devpts [PATCH] devpts: switch to IDA 2008-08-01 11:25:29 -04:00
dlm dlm: rename structs 2008-08-13 12:47:36 -05:00
ecryptfs eCryptfs: use page_alloc not kmalloc to get a page of memory 2008-07-28 16:30:21 -07:00
efs [PATCH] fix efs_lookup() 2008-08-25 01:18:04 -04:00
exportfs fs: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
ext2 vfs: pagecache usage optimization for pagesize!=blocksize 2008-07-28 16:30:21 -07:00
ext3 [PATCH] fix races and leaks in vfs_quota_on() users 2008-08-01 11:25:25 -04:00
ext4 ext4: Initialize writeback_index to 0 when allocating a new inode 2008-08-19 21:14:52 -04:00
fat vfat: fix 'sync' mount deadlock due to BKL->lock_super conversion 2008-08-20 08:31:19 -07:00
freevxfs fs/freevxfs/: proper externs 2008-04-29 08:06:00 -07:00
fuse [PATCH] fix MAY_CHDIR/MAY_ACCESS/LOOKUP_ACCESS mess 2008-07-26 20:53:21 -04:00
gfs2 [PATCH] don't pass nameidata to gfs2_lookupi() 2008-07-26 20:53:36 -04:00
hfs [PATCH] f_count may wrap around 2008-07-26 20:53:40 -04:00
hfsplus [PATCH] f_count may wrap around 2008-07-26 20:53:40 -04:00
hostfs [PATCH] sanitize ->permission() prototype 2008-07-26 20:53:14 -04:00
hpfs [patch 05/14] hpfs: dont call permission() 2008-07-26 20:53:13 -04:00
hppfs [patch] hppfs: remove hppfs_permission 2008-07-26 20:53:07 -04:00
hugetlbfs SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
isofs SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
jbd Merge branch 'core/locking' into core/urgent 2008-08-12 00:11:49 +02:00
jbd2 Merge branch 'core/locking' into core/urgent 2008-08-12 00:11:49 +02:00
jffs2 removed unused #include <linux/version.h>'s 2008-08-23 12:14:12 -07:00
jfs [PATCH] sanitize ->permission() prototype 2008-07-26 20:53:14 -04:00
lockd SUNRPC: Add address family field to svc_serv data structure 2008-09-29 17:56:56 -04:00
minix SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
msdos fatfs: add UTC timestamp option 2008-07-25 10:53:34 -07:00
ncpfs [PATCH] don't pass nameidata to __ncp_lookup_validate() 2008-07-26 20:53:37 -04:00
nfs SUNRPC: Add address family field to svc_serv data structure 2008-09-29 17:56:56 -04:00
nfs_common
nfsd knfsd: allocate readahead cache in individual chunks 2008-09-29 17:56:59 -04:00
nls
ntfs NTFS: update homepage 2008-09-02 19:21:37 -07:00
ocfs2 ocfs2: Fix a bug in direct IO read. 2008-09-10 01:44:08 -07:00
omfs omfs: fix oops when file metadata is corrupted 2008-08-15 08:35:44 -07:00
openpromfs SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
partitions rescan_partitions(): make device capacity errors non-fatal 2008-09-13 14:41:52 -07:00
proc Configure out file locking features 2008-09-29 17:56:57 -04:00
qnx4 SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
ramfs ramfs: enable splice write 2008-07-04 09:52:14 +02:00
reiserfs reiserfs: removed duplicated #include 2008-08-12 16:07:30 -07:00
romfs romfs_readpage: don't report errors for pages beyond i_size 2008-07-30 14:30:34 -07:00
smbfs [PATCH] sanitize ->permission() prototype 2008-07-26 20:53:14 -04:00
sysfs Use WARN() in fs/sysfs 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
sysv SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
ubifs UBIFS: make minimum fanout 3 2008-09-05 20:02:35 +03:00
udf udf: add llseek method 2008-09-08 20:31:04 +02:00
ufs Revert "UFS: add const to parser token table" 2008-08-04 16:50:38 -07:00
vfat fatfs: add UTC timestamp option 2008-07-25 10:53:34 -07:00
xfs [XFS] Don't do I/O beyond eof when unreserving space 2008-09-17 16:52:50 +10:00
aio.c [PATCH] f_count may wrap around 2008-07-26 20:53:40 -04:00
anon_inodes.c flag parameters: NONBLOCK in anon_inode_getfd 2008-07-24 10:47:28 -07:00
attr.c [patch 4/4] vfs: immutable inode checking cleanup 2008-07-26 20:53:28 -04:00
bad_inode.c [PATCH] sanitize ->permission() prototype 2008-07-26 20:53:14 -04:00
binfmt_aout.c tracehook: exec 2008-07-26 12:00:08 -07:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c binfmt_elf_fdpic: Magical stack pointer index, for NEW_AUX_ENT compat. 2008-07-28 18:10:28 +09:00
binfmt_elf.c tracehook: exec 2008-07-26 12:00:08 -07:00
binfmt_em86.c binfmt_misc.c: avoid potential kernel stack overflow 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
binfmt_flat.c binfmt_flat: Stub in a FLAT_PLAT_INIT(). 2008-08-11 20:17:55 +09:00
binfmt_misc.c binfmt_misc: fix false -ENOEXEC when coupled with other binary handlers 2008-08-20 15:40:31 -07:00
binfmt_script.c binfmt_misc.c: avoid potential kernel stack overflow 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
binfmt_som.c tracehook: exec 2008-07-26 12:00:08 -07:00
bio-integrity.c bio-integrity: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL for bio_integrity_init_slab() 2008-07-28 16:30:21 -07:00
bio.c bio: fix __bio_copy_iov() handling of bio->bv_len 2008-08-27 09:50:19 +02:00
block_dev.c [PATCH] switch mtd and dm-table to lookup_bdev() 2008-08-01 11:25:31 -04:00
buffer.c block: submit_bh() inadvertently discards barrier flag on a sync write 2008-08-27 09:50:19 +02:00
char_dev.c Remove the lock_kernel() call from chrdev_open() 2008-06-20 14:05:53 -06:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c
compat_ioctl.c remove unused #include <linux/dirent.h>'s 2008-07-25 10:53:34 -07:00
compat.c [PATCH] fix regular readdir() and friends 2008-08-25 01:18:08 -04:00
dcache.c [PATCH] change d_add_ci argument ordering 2008-08-25 01:18:05 -04:00
dcookies.c
direct-io.c dio: use get_user_pages_fast 2008-07-26 12:00:06 -07:00
dnotify.c [PATCH] split linux/file.h 2008-05-01 13:08:16 -04:00
dquot.c [PATCH] fix races and leaks in vfs_quota_on() users 2008-08-01 11:25:25 -04:00
drop_caches.c vfs: skip inodes without pages to free in drop_pagecache_sb() 2008-04-29 08:06:05 -07:00
eventfd.c flag parameters: check magic constants 2008-07-24 10:47:29 -07:00
eventpoll.c fs/eventpoll.c: fix sys_epoll_create1() comment 2008-08-12 16:07:30 -07:00
exec.c exec: include pagemap.h again to fix build 2008-07-28 16:30:20 -07:00
fcntl.c [PATCH] clean dup2() up a bit 2008-08-01 11:25:24 -04:00
fifo.c [PATCH] reuse xxx_fifo_fops for xxx_pipe_fops 2008-07-26 20:53:06 -04:00
file_table.c [PATCH] f_count may wrap around 2008-07-26 20:53:40 -04:00
file.c [PATCH] merge locate_fd() and get_unused_fd() 2008-08-01 11:25:23 -04:00
filesystems.c
fs-writeback.c VFS: export sync_sb_inodes 2008-07-14 19:10:52 +03:00
generic_acl.c
inode.c fs/inode.c: properly init address_space->writeback_index 2008-08-15 08:35:44 -07:00
inotify_user.c [PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al. 2008-07-26 20:53:34 -04:00
inotify.c
internal.h [PATCH] move a bunch of declarations to fs/internal.h 2008-04-21 23:11:01 -04:00
ioctl.c make vfs_ioctl() static 2008-04-29 08:06:00 -07:00
ioprio.c fix setpriority(PRIO_PGRP) thread iterator breakage 2008-08-20 15:40:32 -07:00
Kconfig Configure out file locking features 2008-09-29 17:56:57 -04:00
Kconfig.binfmt sh: Initial ELF FDPIC support. 2008-07-28 18:10:28 +09:00
libfs.c VFS: increase pseudo-filesystem block size to PAGE_SIZE 2008-07-30 09:41:44 -07:00
locks.c SL*B: drop kmem cache argument from constructor 2008-07-26 12:00:07 -07:00
Makefile Configure out file locking features 2008-09-29 17:56:57 -04:00
mbcache.c vfs: fix possible deadlock in ext2, ext3, ext4 when using xattrs 2008-04-15 19:35:41 -07:00
mpage.c vfs: add hooks for ext4's delayed allocation support 2008-07-11 19:27:31 -04:00
namei.c [patch 3/4] vfs: remove unused nameidata argument of may_create() 2008-08-01 11:25:30 -04:00
namespace.c [PATCH] pass struct path * to do_add_mount() 2008-08-01 11:25:32 -04:00
nfsctl.c
no-block.c
open.c [PATCH] merge locate_fd() and get_unused_fd() 2008-08-01 11:25:23 -04:00
pipe.c [PATCH] reuse xxx_fifo_fops for xxx_pipe_fops 2008-07-26 20:53:06 -04:00
pnode.c [patch 7/7] vfs: mountinfo: show dominating group id 2008-04-23 00:05:09 -04:00
pnode.h [patch 7/7] vfs: mountinfo: show dominating group id 2008-04-23 00:05:09 -04:00
posix_acl.c
quota_v1.c quota: move function-macros from quota.h to quotaops.h 2008-07-25 10:53:35 -07:00
quota_v2.c quota: move function-macros from quota.h to quotaops.h 2008-07-25 10:53:35 -07:00
quota.c quota: cleanup loop in sync_dquots() 2008-07-25 10:53:35 -07:00
read_write.c Remove BKL from remote_llseek v2 2008-07-02 15:06:27 -06:00
read_write.h
readdir.c [PATCH] fix regular readdir() and friends 2008-08-25 01:18:08 -04:00
select.c Fix performance regression on lmbench select benchmark 2008-06-22 12:23:15 -07:00
seq_file.c [PATCH] deal with the first call of ->show() generating no output 2008-08-25 01:18:10 -04:00
signalfd.c flag parameters: check magic constants 2008-07-24 10:47:29 -07:00
splice.c mm: rename page trylock 2008-08-04 21:31:34 -07:00
stack.c
stat.c [PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al. 2008-07-26 20:53:34 -04:00
super.c fix soft lock up at NFS mount via per-SB LRU-list of unused dentries 2008-07-24 10:47:15 -07:00
sync.c SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE may and will block. Document that. 2008-07-24 10:47:17 -07:00
timerfd.c flag parameters: check magic constants 2008-07-24 10:47:29 -07:00
utimes.c [PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al. 2008-07-26 20:53:34 -04:00
xattr_acl.c
xattr.c [PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al. 2008-07-26 20:53:34 -04:00