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lib/rhashtable.c: simplify a strange allocation pattern
authorMichal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Mon, 8 May 2017 22:57:18 +0000 (15:57 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 9 May 2017 00:15:12 +0000 (17:15 -0700)
commit43ca5bc4f72ed22e6e20feabdd3eab3c721d98cd
tree249105f7324508432b7c242929349ed164f16d38
parent6c5ab6511f718c3fb19bcc3f78a90b0e0b601675
lib/rhashtable.c: simplify a strange allocation pattern

alloc_bucket_locks allocation pattern is quite unusual.  We are
preferring vmalloc when CONFIG_NUMA is enabled.  The rationale is that
vmalloc will respect the memory policy of the current process and so the
backing memory will get distributed over multiple nodes if the requester
is configured properly.  At least that is the intention, in reality
rhastable is shrunk and expanded from a kernel worker so no mempolicy
can be assumed.

Let's just simplify the code and use kvmalloc helper, which is a
transparent way to use kmalloc with vmalloc fallback, if the caller is
allowed to block and use the flag otherwise.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170306103032.2540-4-mhocko@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Tom Herbert <tom@herbertland.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
lib/rhashtable.c