[PATCH 4/4] zsmalloc: zsmalloc: align cache line size

From: Minchan Kim
Date: Thu May 03 2012 - 02:41:24 EST


It's a overkill to align pool size with PAGE_SIZE to avoid
false-sharing. This patch aligns it with just cache line size.

Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c b/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c
index 51074fa..3991b03 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c
@@ -489,14 +489,14 @@ fail:

struct zs_pool *zs_create_pool(const char *name, gfp_t flags)
{
- int i, error, ovhd_size;
+ int i, error;
struct zs_pool *pool;

if (!name)
return NULL;

- ovhd_size = roundup(sizeof(*pool), PAGE_SIZE);
- pool = kzalloc(ovhd_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ pool = kzalloc(ALIGN(sizeof(*pool), cache_line_size()),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
if (!pool)
return NULL;

--
1.7.9.5

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