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author | Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> | 2007-10-16 01:24:49 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-10-16 09:42:54 -0700 |
commit | 26fb1589cb0aaec3a0b4418c54f30c1a2b1781f6 (patch) | |
tree | 1486600f31a6f1387f4f5db276684f0b727eec89 /kernel/capability.c | |
parent | a4b0672db3a698d0684ee6e54f44e2e162a3da1b (diff) | |
download | linux-26fb1589cb0aaec3a0b4418c54f30c1a2b1781f6.tar.bz2 |
fix the max path calculation in radix-tree.c
A while back, Nick Piggin introduced a patch to reduce the node memory
usage for small files (commit cfd9b7df4abd3257c9e381b0e445817b26a51c0c):
-#define RADIX_TREE_MAP_SHIFT 6
+#define RADIX_TREE_MAP_SHIFT (CONFIG_BASE_SMALL ? 4 : 6)
Unfortunately, he didn't take into account the fact that the
calculation of the maximum path was based on an assumption of having
to round up:
#define RADIX_TREE_MAX_PATH (RADIX_TREE_INDEX_BITS/RADIX_TREE_MAP_SHIFT + 2)
So, if CONFIG_BASE_SMALL is set, you will end up with a
RADIX_TREE_MAX_PATH that is one greater than necessary. The practical
upshot of this is just a bit of wasted memory (one long in the
height_to_maxindex array, an extra pre-allocated radix tree node per
cpu, and extra stack usage in a couple of functions), but it seems
worth getting right.
It's also worth noting that I never build with CONFIG_BASE_SMALL.
What I did to test this was duplicate the code in a small user-space
program and check the results of the calculations for max path and the
contents of the height_to_maxindex array.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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