[PATCH] btrfs: compression: allocate buckets with workspace

From: Rosen Penev

Date: Sun Jun 28 2026 - 20:25:24 EST


Convert 3 allocations into one. Simplifies code slightly.

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/btrfs/compression.c | 18 +++++-------------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/compression.c b/fs/btrfs/compression.c
index ffb6b52863a7..da6749ff5924 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/compression.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/compression.c
@@ -650,11 +650,11 @@ struct heuristic_ws {
/* Partial copy of input data */
u8 *sample;
u32 sample_size;
- /* Buckets store counters for each byte value */
- struct bucket_item *bucket;
/* Sorting buffer */
struct bucket_item *bucket_b;
struct list_head list;
+ /* Buckets store counters for each byte value */
+ struct bucket_item bucket[];
};

static void free_heuristic_ws(struct list_head *ws)
@@ -664,8 +664,6 @@ static void free_heuristic_ws(struct list_head *ws)
workspace = list_entry(ws, struct heuristic_ws, list);

kvfree(workspace->sample);
- kfree(workspace->bucket);
- kfree(workspace->bucket_b);
kfree(workspace);
}

@@ -673,22 +671,16 @@ static struct list_head *alloc_heuristic_ws(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
{
struct heuristic_ws *ws;

- ws = kzalloc_obj(*ws);
+ ws = kzalloc(struct_size(ws, bucket, BUCKET_SIZE * 2), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ws)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);

+ ws->bucket_b = ws->bucket + BUCKET_SIZE;
+
ws->sample = kvmalloc(MAX_SAMPLE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ws->sample)
goto fail;

- ws->bucket = kzalloc_objs(*ws->bucket, BUCKET_SIZE);
- if (!ws->bucket)
- goto fail;
-
- ws->bucket_b = kzalloc_objs(*ws->bucket_b, BUCKET_SIZE);
- if (!ws->bucket_b)
- goto fail;
-
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ws->list);
return &ws->list;
fail:
--
2.54.0