Re: [PATCH] mm/zsmalloc: avoid unnecessary iteration when freeing size_class

[Ganesh Mahendran]

Hello Minchan:

2015-02-02 9:09 GMT+08:00 Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hello Ganesh,
>
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 04:59:58PM +0800, Ganesh Mahendran wrote:
>> ping.
>>
>> 2015-01-24 21:50 GMT+08:00 Ganesh Mahendran <opensource.ganesh@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> > The pool->size_class[i] is assigned with the i from (zs_size_classes - 1) to 0.
>> > So if we failed in zs_create_pool(), we only need to iterate from (zs_size_classes - 1)
>> > to i, instead of from 0 to (zs_size_classes - 1)
>>
>> No functionality has been changed. This patch just avoids some
>> necessary iteration.
>
> Sorry for the delay. Did you saw any performance problem?
> I know it would be better than old but your assumption depends on the
> implmentation of zs_create_pool so if we changes(for example,
> revert 9eec4cd if compaction works well), your patch would be void.

Yes, You are right.
Thanks so much.

> If it's not a critical, I'd like to remain it as generic and doesn't
> contaminate git-blame.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Kind regards,
> Minchan Kim
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