* [PATCH v2] block: remove create_io_context
@ 2020-04-25 7:55 Christoph Hellwig
2020-04-25 15:44 ` Jens Axboe
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Christoph Hellwig @ 2020-04-25 7:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: axboe; +Cc: linux-block
create_io_context just has a single caller, which also happens to not
even use the return value. Just open code it there.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---
Changes since v1:
- add a commit log
block/blk-core.c | 11 ++++++-----
block/blk.h | 20 --------------------
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 311596d5dbc41..38e984d95e84b 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -963,12 +963,13 @@ generic_make_request_checks(struct bio *bio)
}
/*
- * Various block parts want %current->io_context and lazy ioc
- * allocation ends up trading a lot of pain for a small amount of
- * memory. Just allocate it upfront. This may fail and block
- * layer knows how to live with it.
+ * Various block parts want %current->io_context, so allocate it up
+ * front rather than dealing with lots of pain to allocate it only
+ * where needed. This may fail and the block layer knows how to live
+ * with it.
*/
- create_io_context(GFP_ATOMIC, q->node);
+ if (unlikely(!current->io_context))
+ create_task_io_context(current, GFP_ATOMIC, q->node);
if (!blkcg_bio_issue_check(q, bio))
return false;
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 204963bb03e89..73bd3b1c69384 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -303,26 +303,6 @@ void ioc_clear_queue(struct request_queue *q);
int create_task_io_context(struct task_struct *task, gfp_t gfp_mask, int node);
-/**
- * create_io_context - try to create task->io_context
- * @gfp_mask: allocation mask
- * @node: allocation node
- *
- * If %current->io_context is %NULL, allocate a new io_context and install
- * it. Returns the current %current->io_context which may be %NULL if
- * allocation failed.
- *
- * Note that this function can't be called with IRQ disabled because
- * task_lock which protects %current->io_context is IRQ-unsafe.
- */
-static inline struct io_context *create_io_context(gfp_t gfp_mask, int node)
-{
- WARN_ON_ONCE(irqs_disabled());
- if (unlikely(!current->io_context))
- create_task_io_context(current, gfp_mask, node);
- return current->io_context;
-}
-
/*
* Internal throttling interface
*/
--
2.26.1
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* Re: [PATCH v2] block: remove create_io_context
2020-04-25 7:55 [PATCH v2] block: remove create_io_context Christoph Hellwig
@ 2020-04-25 15:44 ` Jens Axboe
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jens Axboe @ 2020-04-25 15:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Christoph Hellwig; +Cc: linux-block
On 4/25/20 1:55 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> create_io_context just has a single caller, which also happens to not
> even use the return value. Just open code it there.
Applied, thanks.
--
Jens Axboe
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