From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: Christian Brauner <christian@brauner.io>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>,
Steve French <sfrench@samba.org>,
ChenXiaoSong <chenxiaosong@chenxiaosong.com>,
Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>,
Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>,
Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@kernel.org>,
Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@codewreck.org>,
Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@gmail.com>,
netfs@lists.linux.dev, linux-afs@lists.infradead.org,
linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org,
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linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v5 04/21] iov_iter: Make iov_iter_get_pages*() wrap iov_iter_extract_pages()
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 16:27:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260706152737.1231312-5-dhowells@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260706152737.1231312-1-dhowells@redhat.com>
Make iov_iter_get_pages*() wrap iov_iter_extract_pages() for kernel
iterator types (e.g. ITER_BVEC, ITER_FOLIOQ, ITER_XARRAY). The pages
obtained have their refcounts incremented afterwards if they're not slab
pages. ITER_KVEC is left returning -EFAULT.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Paulo Alcantara (Red Hat) <pc@manguebit.org>
cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
cc: netfs@lists.linux.dev
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
---
lib/iov_iter.c | 164 ++++++-------------------------------------------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 145 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/iov_iter.c b/lib/iov_iter.c
index c2484551a4e8..31afc9687eb6 100644
--- a/lib/iov_iter.c
+++ b/lib/iov_iter.c
@@ -910,118 +910,34 @@ static int want_pages_array(struct page ***res, size_t size,
return count;
}
-static ssize_t iter_folioq_get_pages(struct iov_iter *iter,
+/*
+ * Wrap iov_iter_extract_pages() and then pin the non-slab pages we got back.
+ * This only works for non-user iterator types as get_pages uses get_user_pages
+ * not pin_user_pages.
+ */
+static ssize_t iter_get_kernel_pages(struct iov_iter *iter,
struct page ***ppages, size_t maxsize,
unsigned maxpages, size_t *_start_offset)
{
- const struct folio_queue *folioq = iter->folioq;
struct page **pages;
- unsigned int slot = iter->folioq_slot;
- size_t extracted = 0, count = iter->count, iov_offset = iter->iov_offset;
+ ssize_t ret, done;
- if (slot >= folioq_nr_slots(folioq)) {
- folioq = folioq->next;
- slot = 0;
- if (WARN_ON(iov_offset != 0))
- return -EIO;
- }
+ ret = iov_iter_extract_pages(iter, ppages, maxsize, maxpages,
+ 0, _start_offset);
+ if (ret <= 0)
+ return ret;
- maxpages = want_pages_array(ppages, maxsize, iov_offset & ~PAGE_MASK, maxpages);
- if (!maxpages)
- return -ENOMEM;
- *_start_offset = iov_offset & ~PAGE_MASK;
pages = *ppages;
+ for (done = ret + *_start_offset; done > 0; done -= PAGE_SIZE) {
+ struct folio *folio = page_folio(*pages);
- for (;;) {
- struct folio *folio = folioq_folio(folioq, slot);
- size_t offset = iov_offset, fsize = folioq_folio_size(folioq, slot);
- size_t part = PAGE_SIZE - offset % PAGE_SIZE;
-
- if (offset < fsize) {
- part = umin(part, umin(maxsize - extracted, fsize - offset));
- count -= part;
- iov_offset += part;
- extracted += part;
-
- *pages = folio_page(folio, offset / PAGE_SIZE);
- get_page(*pages);
- pages++;
- maxpages--;
- }
-
- if (maxpages == 0 || extracted >= maxsize)
- break;
-
- if (iov_offset >= fsize) {
- iov_offset = 0;
- slot++;
- if (slot == folioq_nr_slots(folioq) && folioq->next) {
- folioq = folioq->next;
- slot = 0;
- }
- }
- }
-
- iter->count = count;
- iter->iov_offset = iov_offset;
- iter->folioq = folioq;
- iter->folioq_slot = slot;
- return extracted;
-}
-
-static ssize_t iter_xarray_populate_pages(struct page **pages, struct xarray *xa,
- pgoff_t index, unsigned int nr_pages)
-{
- XA_STATE(xas, xa, index);
- struct folio *folio;
- unsigned int ret = 0;
-
- rcu_read_lock();
- for (folio = xas_load(&xas); folio; folio = xas_next(&xas)) {
- if (xas_retry(&xas, folio))
- continue;
-
- /* Has the folio moved or been split? */
- if (unlikely(folio != xas_reload(&xas))) {
- xas_reset(&xas);
- continue;
- }
-
- pages[ret] = folio_file_page(folio, xas.xa_index);
- folio_get(folio);
- if (++ret == nr_pages)
- break;
+ if (!folio_test_slab(folio))
+ folio_get(folio);
+ pages++;
}
- rcu_read_unlock();
return ret;
}
-static ssize_t iter_xarray_get_pages(struct iov_iter *i,
- struct page ***pages, size_t maxsize,
- unsigned maxpages, size_t *_start_offset)
-{
- unsigned nr, offset, count;
- pgoff_t index;
- loff_t pos;
-
- pos = i->xarray_start + i->iov_offset;
- index = pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
- offset = pos & ~PAGE_MASK;
- *_start_offset = offset;
-
- count = want_pages_array(pages, maxsize, offset, maxpages);
- if (!count)
- return -ENOMEM;
- nr = iter_xarray_populate_pages(*pages, i->xarray, index, count);
- if (nr == 0)
- return 0;
-
- maxsize = min_t(size_t, nr * PAGE_SIZE - offset, maxsize);
- i->iov_offset += maxsize;
- i->count -= maxsize;
- return maxsize;
-}
-
/* must be done on non-empty ITER_UBUF or ITER_IOVEC one */
static unsigned long first_iovec_segment(const struct iov_iter *i, size_t *size)
{
@@ -1044,22 +960,6 @@ static unsigned long first_iovec_segment(const struct iov_iter *i, size_t *size)
BUG(); // if it had been empty, we wouldn't get called
}
-/* must be done on non-empty ITER_BVEC one */
-static struct page *first_bvec_segment(const struct iov_iter *i,
- size_t *size, size_t *start)
-{
- struct page *page;
- size_t skip = i->iov_offset, len;
-
- len = i->bvec->bv_len - skip;
- if (*size > len)
- *size = len;
- skip += i->bvec->bv_offset;
- page = i->bvec->bv_page + skip / PAGE_SIZE;
- *start = skip % PAGE_SIZE;
- return page;
-}
-
static ssize_t __iov_iter_get_pages_alloc(struct iov_iter *i,
struct page ***pages, size_t maxsize,
unsigned int maxpages, size_t *start)
@@ -1095,36 +995,10 @@ static ssize_t __iov_iter_get_pages_alloc(struct iov_iter *i,
iov_iter_advance(i, maxsize);
return maxsize;
}
- if (iov_iter_is_bvec(i)) {
- struct page **p;
- struct page *page;
- page = first_bvec_segment(i, &maxsize, start);
- n = want_pages_array(pages, maxsize, *start, maxpages);
- if (!n)
- return -ENOMEM;
- p = *pages;
- for (int k = 0; k < n; k++) {
- struct folio *folio = page_folio(page + k);
- p[k] = page + k;
- if (!folio_test_slab(folio))
- folio_get(folio);
- }
- maxsize = min_t(size_t, maxsize, n * PAGE_SIZE - *start);
- i->count -= maxsize;
- i->iov_offset += maxsize;
- if (i->iov_offset == i->bvec->bv_len) {
- i->iov_offset = 0;
- i->bvec++;
- i->nr_segs--;
- }
- return maxsize;
- }
- if (iov_iter_is_folioq(i))
- return iter_folioq_get_pages(i, pages, maxsize, maxpages, start);
- if (iov_iter_is_xarray(i))
- return iter_xarray_get_pages(i, pages, maxsize, maxpages, start);
- return -EFAULT;
+ if (iov_iter_is_kvec(i))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ return iter_get_kernel_pages(i, pages, maxsize, maxpages, start);
}
ssize_t iov_iter_get_pages2(struct iov_iter *i, struct page **pages,
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-06 15:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-06 15:27 [PATCH v5 00/21] netfs: Keep track of folios in a segmented bio_vec[] chain David Howells
2026-07-06 15:27 ` [PATCH v5 01/21] mm: Make readahead store folio count in readahead_control David Howells
2026-07-06 15:27 ` [PATCH v5 02/21] netfs: Bulk load the readahead-provided folios up front David Howells
2026-07-06 15:27 ` [PATCH v5 03/21] Add a function to kmap one page of a multipage bio_vec David Howells
2026-07-06 15:27 ` David Howells [this message]
2026-07-06 15:27 ` [PATCH v5 05/21] iov_iter: Add a segmented queue of bio_vec[] David Howells
2026-07-06 15:27 ` [PATCH v5 06/21] netfs: Add some tools for managing bvecq chains David Howells
2026-07-06 15:51 ` [PATCH v5 00/21] netfs: Keep track of folios in a segmented bio_vec[] chain David Howells
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2026-07-06 15:33 David Howells
2026-07-06 15:33 ` [PATCH v5 04/21] iov_iter: Make iov_iter_get_pages*() wrap iov_iter_extract_pages() David Howells
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