Re: [PATCH 01/17] quota: allocate dquot_hash with kmalloc()

From: Jan Kara

Date: Mon May 25 2026 - 12:10:17 EST


On Sat 23-05-26 20:54:13, Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) wrote:
> dquot_init() allocates a single page for dquot_hash with
> __get_free_pages().
>
> kmalloc() is a better API for such use and it also provides better
> scalability and more debugging possibilities.
>
> Replace use of __get_free_pages() with kmalloc() and get rid of the order
> variable that remained 0 for more than 20 years.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks! I've added this patch to my tree.

Honza

> ---
> fs/quota/dquot.c | 11 +++++------
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/quota/dquot.c b/fs/quota/dquot.c
> index 64cf42721496..9850de3955d3 100644
> --- a/fs/quota/dquot.c
> +++ b/fs/quota/dquot.c
> @@ -3022,7 +3022,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table fs_dqstats_table[] = {
> static int __init dquot_init(void)
> {
> int i, ret;
> - unsigned long nr_hash, order;
> + unsigned long nr_hash;
> struct shrinker *dqcache_shrinker;
>
> printk(KERN_NOTICE "VFS: Disk quotas %s\n", __DQUOT_VERSION__);
> @@ -3035,8 +3035,7 @@ static int __init dquot_init(void)
> SLAB_PANIC),
> NULL);
>
> - order = 0;
> - dquot_hash = (struct hlist_head *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, order);
> + dquot_hash = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!dquot_hash)
> panic("Cannot create dquot hash table");
>
> @@ -3046,7 +3045,7 @@ static int __init dquot_init(void)
> panic("Cannot create dquot stat counters");
>
> /* Find power-of-two hlist_heads which can fit into allocation */
> - nr_hash = (1UL << order) * PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct hlist_head);
> + nr_hash = PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct hlist_head);
> dq_hash_bits = ilog2(nr_hash);
>
> nr_hash = 1UL << dq_hash_bits;
> @@ -3054,8 +3053,8 @@ static int __init dquot_init(void)
> for (i = 0; i < nr_hash; i++)
> INIT_HLIST_HEAD(dquot_hash + i);
>
> - pr_info("VFS: Dquot-cache hash table entries: %ld (order %ld,"
> - " %ld bytes)\n", nr_hash, order, (PAGE_SIZE << order));
> + pr_info("VFS: Dquot-cache hash table entries: %ld (%ld bytes)\n",
> + nr_hash, PAGE_SIZE);
>
> dqcache_shrinker = shrinker_alloc(0, "dquota-cache");
> if (!dqcache_shrinker)
>
> --
> 2.53.0
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR