linux/kernel
Zach Brown 20dcae3243 [PATCH] aio: remove kioctx from mm_struct
Sync iocbs have a life cycle that don't need a kioctx.  Their retrying, if
any, is done in the context of their owner who has allocated them on the
stack.

The sole user of a sync iocb's ctx reference was aio_complete() checking for
an elevated iocb ref count that could never happen.  No path which grabs an
iocb ref has access to sync iocbs.

If we were to implement sync iocb cancelation it would be done by the owner of
the iocb using its on-stack reference.

Removing this chunk from aio_complete allows us to remove the entire kioctx
instance from mm_struct, reducing its size by a third.  On a i386 testing box
the slab size went from 768 to 504 bytes and from 5 to 8 per page.

Signed-off-by: Zach Brown <zach.brown@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-13 18:14:16 -08:00
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irq [PATCH] more kernel-doc cleanups, additions 2005-11-07 07:53:55 -08:00
power [PATCH] move pm_register/etc. to CONFIG_PM_LEGACY, pm_legacy.h 2005-11-13 18:14:10 -08:00
acct.c [PATCH] saner handling of auto_acct_off() and DQUOT_OFF() in umount 2005-11-07 18:18:09 -08:00
audit.c [PATCH] gfp_t: kernel/* 2005-10-28 08:16:49 -07:00
auditsc.c [PATCH] gfp_t: kernel/* 2005-10-28 08:16:49 -07:00
capability.c
compat.c [PATCH] kernel: fix-up schedule_timeout() usage 2005-09-10 10:06:37 -07:00
configs.c
cpu.c [PATCH] cpu hotplug: fix locking in cpufreq drivers 2005-11-09 07:55:50 -08:00
cpuset.c [PATCH] cpuset: fix return without releasing semaphore 2005-11-13 18:14:11 -08:00
crash_dump.c
dma.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c [PATCH] m68k: introduce task_thread_info 2005-11-13 18:14:13 -08:00
extable.c
fork.c [PATCH] aio: remove kioctx from mm_struct 2005-11-13 18:14:16 -08:00
futex.c [PATCH] FUTEX_WAKE_OP: enhanced error handling 2005-11-07 07:53:38 -08:00
intermodule.c
itimer.c
kallsyms.c [PATCH] fix missing includes 2005-10-30 17:37:32 -08:00
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c [PATCH] mm: split page table lock 2005-10-29 21:40:42 -07:00
kfifo.c [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
kmod.c [PATCH] Keys: Get rid of warning in kmod.c if keys disabled 2005-10-30 17:37:23 -08:00
kprobes.c [PATCH] Kprobes: preempt_disable/enable() simplification 2005-11-07 07:53:46 -08:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c [PATCH] Add kthread_stop_sem() 2005-10-30 17:37:17 -08:00
Makefile [PATCH] RCU torture-testing kernel module 2005-10-30 17:37:27 -08:00
module.c [PATCH] fix remaining missing includes 2005-11-07 07:53:41 -08:00
panic.c
params.c [PATCH] fix missing includes 2005-10-30 17:37:32 -08:00
pid.c
posix-cpu-timers.c [PATCH] posix-timers `unlikely' rejig 2005-11-07 07:53:24 -08:00
posix-timers.c [PATCH] posix-timers: use schedule_timeout() in common_nsleep() 2005-10-30 17:37:20 -08:00
printk.c [PATCH] unexport console_unblank 2005-11-07 07:54:07 -08:00
profile.c
ptrace.c [PATCH] fix task_struct leak in ptrace 2005-11-13 18:14:11 -08:00
rcupdate.c [PATCH] RCU torture-testing kernel module 2005-10-30 17:37:27 -08:00
rcutorture.c [PATCH] rcutorture: renice to low priority 2005-11-13 18:14:15 -08:00
resource.c
sched.c [PATCH] m68k: introduce setup_thread_stack() and end_of_stack() 2005-11-13 18:14:13 -08:00
seccomp.c
signal.c [PATCH] signal handling: revert sigkill priority fix 2005-11-13 18:14:15 -08:00
softirq.c [PATCH] cpu hoptlug: avoid usage of smp_processor_id() in preemptible code 2005-11-07 07:53:29 -08:00
softlockup.c [PATCH] quieten softlockup at boot 2005-11-09 07:55:50 -08:00
spinlock.c
stop_machine.c [PATCH] stop_machine() vs. synchronous IPI send deadlock 2005-11-13 18:14:16 -08:00
sys_ni.c
sys.c [SPARC64]: Re-export uts_sem for solaris compat module. 2005-11-10 12:47:50 -08:00
sysctl.c [PATCH] Fix sysctl unregistration oops (CVE-2005-2709) 2005-11-08 17:57:30 -08:00
time.c [PATCH] NTP shift_right cleanup 2005-10-30 17:37:18 -08:00
timer.c [PATCH] jiffies_64 cleanup 2005-10-30 17:37:25 -08:00
uid16.c
user.c
wait.c
workqueue.c [PATCH] cpu hoptlug: avoid usage of smp_processor_id() in preemptible code 2005-11-07 07:53:29 -08:00