[GFS2] Reduce inode size by moving i_alloc out of line
It is possible to reduce the size of GFS2 inodes by taking the i_alloc structure out of the gfs2_inode. This patch allocates the i_alloc structure whenever its needed, and frees it afterward. This decreases the amount of low memory we use at the expense of requiring a memory allocation for each page or partial page that we write. A quick test with postmark shows that the overhead is not measurable and I also note that OCFS2 use the same approach. In the future I'd like to solve the problem by shrinking down the size of the members of the i_alloc structure, but for now, this reduces the immediate problem of using too much low-memory on x86 and doesn't add too much overhead. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
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@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ static int do_strip(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct buffer_head *dibh,
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if (metadata)
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revokes = (height) ? sdp->sd_inptrs : sdp->sd_diptrs;
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error = gfs2_rindex_hold(sdp, &ip->i_alloc.al_ri_gh);
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error = gfs2_rindex_hold(sdp, &ip->i_alloc->al_ri_gh);
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if (error)
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return error;
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@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ out_rg_gunlock:
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out_rlist:
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gfs2_rlist_free(&rlist);
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out:
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gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&ip->i_alloc.al_ri_gh);
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gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&ip->i_alloc->al_ri_gh);
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return error;
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}
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