[PATCH] vfs: reduce stack usage in write_cache

To:	David Chinner <dgc@xxxxxxx>, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	[PATCH] vfs: reduce stack usage in write_cache_pages()
From:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:24:10 +0200
Cc:	xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Hi Al, David,

vfs function write_cache_pages() appears on the xfs
writeout path. It's *the* path which causes 4k stack
overflows on i386 with xfs.

This function uses ~100 bytes of stack on 32-bit i386.

This patch transforms it a little so that it uses
a bit less stack - minus 8 bytes to be precise.

This isn't much, but it helps not only xfs,
but all filesystems.

Only compile tested.

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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