jbd2: Remove a large array of bh's from the stack of the checkpoint routine

jbd2_log_do_checkpoint()n is one of the kernel's largest stack users.
Move the array of buffer head's from the stack of jbd2_log_do_checkpoint()
to the in-core journal structure.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
This commit is contained in:
Theodore Ts'o
2008-11-05 00:09:22 -05:00
parent 498e5f2415
commit 1a0d3786dd
3 changed files with 21 additions and 13 deletions

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@@ -687,6 +687,8 @@ jbd2_time_diff(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
return end + (MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET - start);
}
#define JBD2_NR_BATCH 64
/**
* struct journal_s - The journal_s type is the concrete type associated with
* journal_t.
@@ -830,6 +832,14 @@ struct journal_s
/* Semaphore for locking against concurrent checkpoints */
struct mutex j_checkpoint_mutex;
/*
* List of buffer heads used by the checkpoint routine. This
* was moved from jbd2_log_do_checkpoint() to reduce stack
* usage. Access to this array is controlled by the
* j_checkpoint_mutex. [j_checkpoint_mutex]
*/
struct buffer_head *j_chkpt_bhs[JBD2_NR_BATCH];
/*
* Journal head: identifies the first unused block in the journal.
* [j_state_lock]