Re: [PATCH] Block: Check major number before allocate the bufferin register_blkdev()

[Jens Axboe]

On Mon, May 10 2010, wzt.wzt@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Check major number before allocate the buffer, if the major number is not exist,
> and the register_blkdev() called many times, kmalloc()/kfree() will be no need 
> to invoked many times. So check the major number before use kmalloc() to allocate
> the buffer will be better.

This would generally be sound advice for performance oriented code, but
I can't see it making any difference here.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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