Re: [PATCH] dmapool: push new blocks in ascending order
From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Tue Feb 21 2023 - 13:02:42 EST
On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 08:54:00AM -0800, Keith Busch wrote:
> From: Keith Busch <kbusch@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Some users of the dmapool need their allocations to happen in ascending
> order. The recent optimizations pushed the blocks in reverse order, so
> restore the previous behavior by linking the next available block from
> low-to-high.
Who are those users?
Also should we document this behavior somewhere so that it isn't
accidentally changed again some time in the future?