block: add bioset_create_nobvec()

Users of bio_clone_fast() do not want bios with their own bvecs.
Allocating a bvec mempool as part of the bioset intended for such users
is a waste of memory.

bioset_create_nobvec() creates a bioset that doesn't have the bvec
mempool.

Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
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Junichi Nomura
2014-10-03 17:27:12 -04:00
committed by Jens Axboe
parent 11dfce509e
commit d8f429e166
2 changed files with 45 additions and 17 deletions
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@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ static inline struct bio *bio_next_split(struct bio *bio, int sectors,
}
extern struct bio_set *bioset_create(unsigned int, unsigned int);
extern struct bio_set *bioset_create_nobvec(unsigned int, unsigned int);
extern void bioset_free(struct bio_set *);
extern mempool_t *biovec_create_pool(int pool_entries);