From 92ca922f0a19145f2dcc99d84fe656fa55b52c2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hong zhi guo Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:41:35 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] vmalloc: walk vmap_areas by sorted list instead of rb_next() There's a walk by repeating rb_next to find a suitable hole. Could be simply replaced by walk on the sorted vmap_area_list. More simpler and efficient. Mutation of the list and tree only happens in pair within __insert_vmap_area and __free_vmap_area, under protection of vmap_area_lock. The patch code is also under vmap_area_lock, so the list walk is safe, and consistent with the tree walk. Tested on SMP by repeating batch of vmalloc anf vfree for random sizes and rounds for hours. Signed-off-by: Hong Zhiguo Cc: Nick Piggin Cc: Johannes Weiner Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Reading git-format-patch failed