[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>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/gfs2/quota.c b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
index 60cc50f..a08dabd 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/quota.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ static void qdsb_put(struct gfs2_quota_data *qd)
 int gfs2_quota_hold(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u32 uid, u32 gid)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
-	struct gfs2_alloc *al = &ip->i_alloc;
+	struct gfs2_alloc *al = ip->i_alloc;
 	struct gfs2_quota_data **qd = al->al_qd;
 	int error;
 
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ out:
 void gfs2_quota_unhold(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
-	struct gfs2_alloc *al = &ip->i_alloc;
+	struct gfs2_alloc *al = ip->i_alloc;
 	unsigned int x;
 
 	gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, !test_bit(GIF_QD_LOCKED, &ip->i_flags));
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ fail:
 int gfs2_quota_lock(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u32 uid, u32 gid)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
-	struct gfs2_alloc *al = &ip->i_alloc;
+	struct gfs2_alloc *al = ip->i_alloc;
 	unsigned int x;
 	int error = 0;
 
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ static int need_sync(struct gfs2_quota_data *qd)
 
 void gfs2_quota_unlock(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
 {
-	struct gfs2_alloc *al = &ip->i_alloc;
+	struct gfs2_alloc *al = ip->i_alloc;
 	struct gfs2_quota_data *qda[4];
 	unsigned int count = 0;
 	unsigned int x;
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ static int print_message(struct gfs2_quota_data *qd, char *type)
 int gfs2_quota_check(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u32 uid, u32 gid)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
-	struct gfs2_alloc *al = &ip->i_alloc;
+	struct gfs2_alloc *al = ip->i_alloc;
 	struct gfs2_quota_data *qd;
 	s64 value;
 	unsigned int x;
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ int gfs2_quota_check(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u32 uid, u32 gid)
 void gfs2_quota_change(struct gfs2_inode *ip, s64 change,
 		       u32 uid, u32 gid)
 {
-	struct gfs2_alloc *al = &ip->i_alloc;
+	struct gfs2_alloc *al = ip->i_alloc;
 	struct gfs2_quota_data *qd;
 	unsigned int x;