SUNRPC: Add svc_rqst_replace_page() API
Replacing a page in rq_pages[] requires a get_page(), which is a
bus-locked operation, and a put_page(), which can be even more
costly.
To reduce the cost of replacing a page in rq_pages[], batch the
put_page() operations by collecting "freed" pages in a pagevec,
and then release those pages when the pagevec is full. This
pagevec is also emptied when each RPC completes.
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 0de918c..d2d412d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -838,6 +838,27 @@ svc_set_num_threads_sync(struct svc_serv *serv, struct svc_pool *pool, int nrser
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_set_num_threads_sync);
+/**
+ * svc_rqst_replace_page - Replace one page in rq_pages[]
+ * @rqstp: svc_rqst with pages to replace
+ * @page: replacement page
+ *
+ * When replacing a page in rq_pages, batch the release of the
+ * replaced pages to avoid hammering the page allocator.
+ */
+void svc_rqst_replace_page(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct page *page)
+{
+ if (*rqstp->rq_next_page) {
+ if (!pagevec_space(&rqstp->rq_pvec))
+ __pagevec_release(&rqstp->rq_pvec);
+ pagevec_add(&rqstp->rq_pvec, *rqstp->rq_next_page);
+ }
+
+ get_page(page);
+ *(rqstp->rq_next_page++) = page;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_rqst_replace_page);
+
/*
* Called from a server thread as it's exiting. Caller must hold the "service
* mutex" for the service.