The xen-block dataplane currently allocates memory to hold the data for
each request as that request is used, and frees it afterwards. Because
it requires page-aligned blocks, this interacts poorly with non-page-
aligned allocations and balloons the heap.
Instead, allocate the maximum possible buffer size required for the
protocol, which is BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST (currently 11) pages
when the request structure is created, and keep that buffer until it is
destroyed. Since the requests are re-used via a free list, this should
actually improve memory usage.
Signed-off-by: Tim Smith <tim.smith@citrix.com>
Re-based and commit comment adjusted.
Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@citrix.com>
--- Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> Cc: Anthony Perard <anthony.perard@citrix.com> Cc: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> Cc: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>