[PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 058/107] dm thin: allocate the cell_sort_array dynamically

From: Kamal Mostafa
Date: Wed Aug 05 2015 - 18:06:52 EST


3.19.8-ckt5 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Joe Thornber <ejt@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit a822c83e47d97cdef38c4352e1ef62d9f46cfe98 upstream.

Given the pool's cell_sort_array holds 8192 pointers it triggers an
order 5 allocation via kmalloc. This order 5 allocation is prone to
failure as system memory gets more fragmented over time.

Fix this by allocating the cell_sort_array using vmalloc.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/dm-thin.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
index 159a113..d0a8ee4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
#include <linux/sort.h>
#include <linux/rbtree.h>

@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ struct pool {
process_mapping_fn process_prepared_mapping;
process_mapping_fn process_prepared_discard;

- struct dm_bio_prison_cell *cell_sort_array[CELL_SORT_ARRAY_SIZE];
+ struct dm_bio_prison_cell **cell_sort_array;
};

static enum pool_mode get_pool_mode(struct pool *pool);
@@ -2498,6 +2499,7 @@ static void __pool_destroy(struct pool *pool)
{
__pool_table_remove(pool);

+ vfree(pool->cell_sort_array);
if (dm_pool_metadata_close(pool->pmd) < 0)
DMWARN("%s: dm_pool_metadata_close() failed.", __func__);

@@ -2610,6 +2612,13 @@ static struct pool *pool_create(struct mapped_device *pool_md,
goto bad_mapping_pool;
}

+ pool->cell_sort_array = vmalloc(sizeof(*pool->cell_sort_array) * CELL_SORT_ARRAY_SIZE);
+ if (!pool->cell_sort_array) {
+ *error = "Error allocating cell sort array";
+ err_p = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ goto bad_sort_array;
+ }
+
pool->ref_count = 1;
pool->last_commit_jiffies = jiffies;
pool->pool_md = pool_md;
@@ -2618,6 +2627,8 @@ static struct pool *pool_create(struct mapped_device *pool_md,

return pool;

+bad_sort_array:
+ mempool_destroy(pool->mapping_pool);
bad_mapping_pool:
dm_deferred_set_destroy(pool->all_io_ds);
bad_all_io_ds:
--
1.9.1

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