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From: Wang Jianchao <jianchao.wan9@gmail.com>
To: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	adilger.kernel@dilger.ca
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 4/5] ext4: get discard out of jbd2 commit kthread contex
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 16:58:26 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5a3e272a-0714-4d10-d260-fc716f9438f9@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <65c6aa35-5e4c-a717-d1dc-8842e3ce0424@gmail.com>



On 2021/8/26 3:51 PM, Wang Jianchao wrote:

>>
>>> @@ -3672,8 +3724,14 @@ int __init ext4_init_mballoc(void)
>>>  	if (ext4_free_data_cachep == NULL)
>>>  		goto out_ac_free;
>>>  
>>> +	ext4_discard_wq = alloc_workqueue("ext4discard", WQ_UNBOUND, 0);
>>> +	if (!ext4_discard_wq)
>>> +		goto out_free_data;
>>> +
>>
>>
>> Perhaps we should only allocate the workqueue when it's needed ---
>> e.g., when a file system is mounted or remounted with "-o discard"?
>>
>> Then in ext4_exit_malloc(), we only free it if ext4_discard_wq is
>> non-NULL.
>>
>> This would save a bit of memory on systems that wouldn't need the ext4
>> discard work queue.
> 
> Yes, it make sense to the system with pool memory

s/pool/poor  :)

> 
> Thanks so much
> Jianchao
> 
>>
>> 					- Ted
>>

  reply	other threads:[~2021-08-26  8:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-24  7:41 [PATCH V3 0/5] ext4: get discard out of jbd2 commit context Wang Jianchao
2021-07-24  7:41 ` [PATCH V3 1/5] ext4: remove the 'group' parameter of ext4_trim_extent Wang Jianchao
2021-07-26  3:42   ` Guoqing Jiang
2021-08-04 15:26   ` Jan Kara
2021-07-24  7:41 ` [PATCH V3 2/5] ext4: add new helper interface ext4_try_to_trim_range() Wang Jianchao
2021-08-04 15:29   ` Jan Kara
2021-08-12 17:44   ` Theodore Ts'o
2021-08-26  7:19     ` Wang Jianchao
2021-07-24  7:41 ` [PATCH V3 3/5] ext4: remove the repeated comment of ext4_trim_all_free Wang Jianchao
2021-08-04 15:27   ` Jan Kara
2021-07-24  7:41 ` [PATCH V3 4/5] ext4: get discard out of jbd2 commit kthread contex Wang Jianchao
2021-08-04 15:45   ` Jan Kara
2021-08-26  7:15     ` Wang Jianchao
2021-08-12 19:46   ` Theodore Ts'o
2021-08-26  7:51     ` Wang Jianchao
2021-08-26  8:58       ` Wang Jianchao [this message]
2021-07-24  7:41 ` [PATCH V3 5/5] ext4: make fallocate retry when err is ENOSPC Wang Jianchao
2021-07-26  3:40   ` Guoqing Jiang
2021-07-26  7:05     ` Wang Jianchao
2021-08-04 15:52       ` Jan Kara
2021-08-26 11:42         ` Wang Jianchao
2021-08-04 15:32   ` Jan Kara
2021-08-04 15:46     ` Jan Kara

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