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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.c index f654f51b0c67..4f33c32affe3 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.c +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.c @@ -2434,13 +2434,22 @@ xfs_alloc_vextent_worker( current_restore_flags_nested(&pflags, PF_FSTRANS); } - -int /* error */ +/* + * Data allocation requests often come in with little stack to work on. Push + * them off to a worker thread so there is lots of stack to use. Metadata + * requests, OTOH, are generally from low stack usage paths, so avoid the + * context switch overhead here. + */ +int xfs_alloc_vextent( - xfs_alloc_arg_t *args) /* allocation argument structure */ + struct xfs_alloc_arg *args) { DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done); + if (!args->userdata) + return __xfs_alloc_vextent(args); + + args->done = &done; INIT_WORK_ONSTACK(&args->work, xfs_alloc_vextent_worker); queue_work(xfs_alloc_wq, &args->work); |
