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PERCPU : __percpu_alloc_mask() can dynamically size percpu_data storage

Instead of allocating a fix sized array of NR_CPUS pointers for percpu_data,
we can use nr_cpu_ids, which is generally < NR_CPUS.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Eric Dumazet 17 years ago
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2 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
  1. 1 1
      include/linux/percpu.h
  2. 1 1
      mm/allocpercpu.c

+ 1 - 1
include/linux/percpu.h

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 
 struct percpu_data {
-	void *ptrs[NR_CPUS];
+	void *ptrs[1];
 };
 
 #define __percpu_disguise(pdata) (struct percpu_data *)~(unsigned long)(pdata)

+ 1 - 1
mm/allocpercpu.c

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__percpu_populate_mask);
  */
 void *__percpu_alloc_mask(size_t size, gfp_t gfp, cpumask_t *mask)
 {
-	void *pdata = kzalloc(sizeof(struct percpu_data), gfp);
+	void *pdata = kzalloc(nr_cpu_ids * sizeof(void *), gfp);
 	void *__pdata = __percpu_disguise(pdata);
 
 	if (unlikely(!pdata))