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flex_array: add flex_array_shrink function

Add a new function to the flex_array API: int flex_array_shrink(struct flex_array *fa) This function will free all unused second-level pages. Since elements are now poisoned if they are not allocated with __GFP_ZERO, it's possible to identify parts that consist solely of unused elements. flex_array_shrink() returns the number of pages freed.

David Rientjes committed 17 years ago

Commit 4af5a2f1 parent 19da3dd2 files · +41 −0Browse files

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  1. include/linux/flex_array.h +1 −0
  2. lib/flex_array.c +40 −0
include/linux/flex_array.h+1−0
@@ -46,5 +46,6 @@ int flex_array_put(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr, void *src, · 45 unmodified lines
46 gfp_t flags);46 gfp_t flags);
47int flex_array_clear(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr);47int flex_array_clear(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr);
48void *flex_array_get(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr);48void *flex_array_get(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr);
49int flex_array_shrink(struct flex_array *fa);
49 50
50#endif /* _FLEX_ARRAY_H */51#endif /* _FLEX_ARRAY_H */
lib/flex_array.c+40−0
@@ -291,3 +291,43 @@ void *flex_array_get(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr) · 290 unmodified lines
291 }291 }
292 return &part->elements[index_inside_part(fa, element_nr)];292 return &part->elements[index_inside_part(fa, element_nr)];
293}293}
294
295static int part_is_free(struct flex_array_part *part)
296{
297 int i;
298
299 for (i = 0; i < sizeof(struct flex_array_part); i++)
300 if (part->elements[i] != FLEX_ARRAY_FREE)
301 return 0;
302 return 1;
303}
304
305/**
306 * flex_array_shrink - free unused second-level pages
307 *
308 * Frees all second-level pages that consist solely of unused
309 * elements. Returns the number of pages freed.
310 *
311 * Locking must be provided by the caller.
312 */
313int flex_array_shrink(struct flex_array *fa)
314{
315 struct flex_array_part *part;
316 int max_part = nr_base_part_ptrs();
317 int part_nr;
318 int ret = 0;
319
320 if (elements_fit_in_base(fa))
321 return ret;
322 for (part_nr = 0; part_nr < max_part; part_nr++) {
323 part = fa->parts[part_nr];
324 if (!part)
325 continue;
326 if (part_is_free(part)) {
327 fa->parts[part_nr] = NULL;
328 kfree(part);
329 ret++;
330 }
331 }
332 return ret;
333}