kernel_optimize_test/include
Vadim Lobanov 5466b456ed [PATCH] fdtable: Implement new pagesize-based fdtable allocator
This patch provides an improved fdtable allocation scheme, useful for
expanding fdtable file descriptor entries.  The main focus is on the fdarray,
as its memory usage grows 128 times faster than that of an fdset.

The allocation algorithm sizes the fdarray in such a way that its memory usage
increases in easy page-sized chunks. The overall algorithm expands the allowed
size in powers of two, in order to amortize the cost of invoking vmalloc() for
larger allocation sizes. Namely, the following sizes for the fdarray are
considered, and the smallest that accommodates the requested fd count is
chosen:

    pagesize / 4
    pagesize / 2
    pagesize      <- memory allocator switch point
    pagesize * 2
    pagesize * 4
    ...etc...

Unlike the current implementation, this allocation scheme does not require a
loop to compute the optimal fdarray size, and can be done in efficient
straightline code.

Furthermore, since the fdarray overflows the pagesize boundary long before any
of the fdsets do, it makes sense to optimize run-time by allocating both
fdsets in a single swoop.  Even together, they will still be, by far, smaller
than the fdarray.  The fdtable->open_fds is now used as the anchor for the
fdset memory allocation.

Signed-off-by: Vadim Lobanov <vlobanov@speakeasy.net>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-10 09:57:22 -08:00
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acpi [PATCH] slab: remove kmem_cache_t 2006-12-07 08:39:25 -08:00
asm-alpha [PATCH] tty: preparatory structures for termios revamp 2006-12-08 08:28:56 -08:00
asm-arm [PATCH] spi: stabilize PIO mode transfers on PXA2xx systems 2006-12-10 09:55:40 -08:00
asm-arm26 [PATCH] tty: preparatory structures for termios revamp 2006-12-08 08:28:56 -08:00
asm-avr32 [PATCH] tty: preparatory structures for termios revamp 2006-12-08 08:28:56 -08:00
asm-cris [PATCH] tty: preparatory structures for termios revamp 2006-12-08 08:28:56 -08:00
asm-frv [PATCH] tty: preparatory structures for termios revamp 2006-12-08 08:28:56 -08:00
asm-generic [PATCH] tty: switch to ktermios 2006-12-08 08:28:57 -08:00
asm-h8300 [PATCH] tty: preparatory structures for termios revamp 2006-12-08 08:28:56 -08:00
asm-i386 [PATCH] sched: add option to serialize load balancing 2006-12-10 09:55:43 -08:00
asm-ia64 [PATCH] sched: add option to serialize load balancing 2006-12-10 09:55:43 -08:00
asm-m32r [PATCH] tty: preparatory structures for termios revamp 2006-12-08 08:28:56 -08:00
asm-m68k [PATCH] Sun3: General updates 2006-12-09 09:41:18 -08:00
asm-m68knommu [PATCH] cleanup asm/setup.h userspace visibility 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
asm-mips [PATCH] add STB810 support (Philips PNX8550-based) 2006-12-09 01:04:00 +00:00
asm-parisc [PATCH] tty: preparatory structures for termios revamp 2006-12-08 08:28:56 -08:00
asm-powerpc [PATCH] sched: add option to serialize load balancing 2006-12-10 09:55:43 -08:00
asm-ppc [PATCH] mm: pagefault_{disable,enable}() 2006-12-07 08:39:21 -08:00
asm-s390 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6 2006-12-08 11:21:55 -08:00
asm-sh [PATCH] tty: preparatory structures for termios revamp 2006-12-08 08:28:56 -08:00
asm-sh64 [PATCH] cleanup asm/setup.h userspace visibility 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
asm-sparc [PATCH] tty: preparatory structures for termios revamp 2006-12-08 08:28:56 -08:00
asm-sparc64 [PATCH] tty: preparatory structures for termios revamp 2006-12-08 08:28:56 -08:00
asm-um [PATCH] UML: add generic BUG support 2006-12-08 08:28:39 -08:00
asm-v850 [PATCH] tty: preparatory structures for termios revamp 2006-12-08 08:28:56 -08:00
asm-x86_64 [PATCH] sched: add option to serialize load balancing 2006-12-10 09:55:43 -08:00
asm-xtensa [PATCH] xtensa: fix system call interface 2006-12-10 09:55:39 -08:00
crypto [CRYPTO] lib: table driven multiplications in GF(2^128) 2006-12-06 18:38:55 -08:00
keys
linux [PATCH] fdtable: Implement new pagesize-based fdtable allocator 2006-12-10 09:57:22 -08:00
math-emu
media
mtd
net [PATCH] sysctl: remove unused "context" param 2006-12-10 09:55:41 -08:00
pcmcia [PATCH] pcmcia: multifunction card handling fixes 2006-12-04 20:09:15 -05:00
rdma IB/cm: Fix automatic path migration support 2006-11-29 15:33:10 -08:00
rxrpc
scsi [PATCH] slab: remove kmem_cache_t 2006-12-07 08:39:25 -08:00
sound Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 2006-12-05 17:01:28 +00:00
video [PATCH] video: pm3fb macros fix 2006-12-08 08:29:08 -08:00
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