Re: max_loop limit

[Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>]

On Mar 22 2007 14:42, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>Instead of using :
>
>static struct loop_device *loop_dev;
>loop_dev = kmalloc(max_loop * sizeof(struct loop_device));
>
>Switch to :
>
>static struct loop_device **loop_dev;
>loop_dev = kmalloc(max_loop * sizeof(void *));
>if (!loop_dev) rollback...
>for (i = 0 ; i < max_loop ; i++) {
>	loop_dev[i] = kmalloc(sizeof(struct loop_device));
>	if (!loop_dev[i]) rollback...
>}
>
>This time, you would be limited to 16384 loop devices on x86_64, 32768 on i386
>:)

Oh noes. Please use a linked list (kmalloc cope = perfect) if you really need
loads of loopdevs. Sorta

 struct loopdev {
    struct list_head lh;
    int lo_number;
 };

to keep the /dev/loop%d number consistent across loopdev removal.
Maybe it's better to even use an rbtree (linked list does not scale to it).


Jan
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