[PATCHv2] btrfs: compression: allocate buckets with workspace

From: Rosen Penev

Date: Fri Jul 03 2026 - 18:46:24 EST


Convert 3 allocations into one. Simplifies code slightly by removing
extra kfree calls.

SLUB merges same/similar sized structures for the named caches, so not
a huge size concern:

grep 2112 /proc/slabinfo
sighand_cache 593 1335 2112 15 8

Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: use normal arrays
fs/btrfs/compression.c | 14 ++------------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/compression.c b/fs/btrfs/compression.c
index ffb6b52863a7..c62b5148d5ac 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/compression.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/compression.c
@@ -651,9 +651,9 @@ struct heuristic_ws {
u8 *sample;
u32 sample_size;
/* Buckets store counters for each byte value */
- struct bucket_item *bucket;
+ struct bucket_item bucket[BUCKET_SIZE];
/* Sorting buffer */
- struct bucket_item *bucket_b;
+ struct bucket_item bucket_b[BUCKET_SIZE];
struct list_head list;
};

@@ -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);
}

@@ -681,14 +679,6 @@ static struct list_head *alloc_heuristic_ws(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
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:
--
2.55.0