fs/fuse: Replace kmap() with kmap_local_page()

The use of kmap() is being deprecated in favor of kmap_local_page().

There are two main problems with kmap(): (1) It comes with an overhead as
the mapping space is restricted and protected by a global lock for
synchronization and (2) it also requires global TLB invalidation when the
kmap’s pool wraps and it might block when the mapping space is fully
utilized until a slot becomes available.

With kmap_local_page() the mappings are per thread, CPU local, can take
page faults, and can be called from any context (including interrupts).
It is faster than kmap() in kernels with HIGHMEM enabled. Furthermore,
the tasks can be preempted and, when they are scheduled to run again, the
kernel virtual addresses are restored and still valid.

Therefore, replace kmap() with kmap_local_page() in fuse_readdir_cached(),
it being the only call site of kmap() currently left in fs/fuse.

Cc: "Venkataramanan, Anirudh" <anirudh.venkataramanan@intel.com>
Suggested-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>

diff --git a/fs/fuse/readdir.c b/fs/fuse/readdir.c
index e8deaacf1832a184a98733e19b093d6876e86e7b..dc603479b30efa3699adaaca733cb90c283572f6 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/fuse/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/readdir.c
@@ -547,9 +547,9 @@ retry_locked:
         * Contents of the page are now protected against changing by holding
         * the page lock.
         */
-       addr = kmap(page);
+       addr = kmap_local_page(page);
        res = fuse_parse_cache(ff, addr, size, ctx);
-       kunmap(page);
+       kunmap_local(addr);
        unlock_page(page);
        put_page(page);