Re: [PATCH][RFC 13/23]: Export of alloc_io_context() function

[Jens Axboe]

On Wed, Dec 10 2008, Vladislav Bolkhovitin wrote:
> This patch exports alloc_io_context() function. For performance reasons 
> SCST queues commands using a pool of IO threads. It is considerably 
> better for performance (>30% increase on sequential reads) if threads in 
>   a pool have the same IO context. Since SCST can be built as a module, 
> it needs alloc_io_context() function exported.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladislav Bolkhovitin <vst@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   block/blk-ioc.c |    1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff -upkr linux-2.6.27.2/block/blk-ioc.c linux-2.6.27.2/block/blk-ioc.c
> --- linux-2.6.27.2/block/blk-ioc.c	2008-10-10 02:13:53.000000000 +0400
> +++ linux-2.6.27.2/block/blk-ioc.c	2008-11-25 21:27:01.000000000 +0300
> @@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ struct io_context *alloc_io_context(gfp_
>  
>  	return ret;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_io_context);

Why is this needed, can't you just use CLONE_IO?

-- 
Jens Axboe

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