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direct-io: use a slab cache for struct dio
authorAndi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Tue, 2 Aug 2011 04:38:06 +0000 (21:38 -0700)
committerroot <root@serles.lst.de>
Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:58:57 +0000 (14:58 +0200)
commit6e8267f532a17165ab551ac5fdafcba5333dcca5
tree7181c144b28f37d27275f74a538b01f891e149f7tree | snapshot
parent0dc2bc49be545626a2dc6da133202ffe69ac3fcccommit | diff
direct-io: use a slab cache for struct dio

A direct slab call is slightly faster than kmalloc and can be better cached
per CPU. It also avoids rounding to the next kmalloc slab.

In addition this enforces cache line alignment for struct dio to avoid
any false sharing.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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