2021-08-26 09:01:51

by Wang Jianchao

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Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 4/5] ext4: get discard out of jbd2 commit kthread contex



On 2021/8/26 3:51 PM, Wang Jianchao wrote:

>>
>>> @@ -3672,8 +3724,14 @@ int __init ext4_init_mballoc(void)
>>> if (ext4_free_data_cachep == NULL)
>>> goto out_ac_free;
>>>
>>> + ext4_discard_wq = alloc_workqueue("ext4discard", WQ_UNBOUND, 0);
>>> + if (!ext4_discard_wq)
>>> + goto out_free_data;
>>> +
>>
>>
>> Perhaps we should only allocate the workqueue when it's needed ---
>> e.g., when a file system is mounted or remounted with "-o discard"?
>>
>> Then in ext4_exit_malloc(), we only free it if ext4_discard_wq is
>> non-NULL.
>>
>> This would save a bit of memory on systems that wouldn't need the ext4
>> discard work queue.
>
> Yes, it make sense to the system with pool memory

s/pool/poor :)

>
> Thanks so much
> Jianchao
>
>>
>> - Ted
>>