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,
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Subject: [PATCH v7 13/29] netfs: Add a function to extract from an iter into a bvecq
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:02:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260722130218.78958-14-dhowells@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260722130218.78958-1-dhowells@redhat.com>
Add a function to extract a slice of data from an iterator of any type into
a bvec queue chain.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
cc: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>
cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
cc: Steve French <sfrench@samba.org>
cc: linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org
cc: netfs@lists.linux.dev
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
---
fs/netfs/iterator.c | 142 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/netfs.h | 3 +
2 files changed, 145 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/netfs/iterator.c b/fs/netfs/iterator.c
index b375567e0520..8dbe1211873c 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/iterator.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/iterator.c
@@ -13,6 +13,148 @@
#include <linux/netfs.h>
#include "internal.h"
+/**
+ * netfs_extract_iter - Extract virtually contiguous pages from an iterator into a bvecq
+ * @orig: The original iterator
+ * @max_len: Maximum number of bytes to extract
+ * @max_pages: Maximum number of pages to extract
+ * @fpos: Starting file position to label the bvecq with
+ * @_bvecq_head: Where to cache the bvec queue
+ * @extraction_flags: Flags to qualify the request
+ *
+ * Extract virtually contiguous page fragments from the source iterator up to
+ * the given maxima and build bvec queue that refers to all of those bits.
+ * This allows the original iterator to disposed of.
+ *
+ * @extraction_flags can have ITER_ALLOW_P2PDMA set to request peer-to-peer DMA be
+ * allowed on the pages extracted.
+ *
+ * On success or partial success, the amount of data in the bvec is returned,
+ * the original iterator will have been advanced by the amount extracted.
+ *
+ * If an error occurs and no pages are extracted, an error will be returned and
+ * any allocated bvecq will be freed. If there is no data to be extracted (or
+ * @max_len or @max_pages are zero), a single empty bvecq will be returned.
+ *
+ * The bvecq segments are marked with indications on how to get clean up the
+ * extracted fragments.
+ */
+ssize_t netfs_extract_iter(struct iov_iter *orig, size_t max_len, size_t max_pages,
+ unsigned long long fpos, struct bvecq **_bvecq_head,
+ iov_iter_extraction_t extraction_flags)
+{
+ struct bvecq *bq_tail = NULL, *bq;
+ ssize_t ret = 0;
+ size_t extracted = 0;
+
+ _enter("{%u,%zx},%zx", orig->iter_type, orig->count, max_len);
+
+ *_bvecq_head = NULL;
+ if (max_len > orig->count)
+ max_len = orig->count;
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!max_len || !max_pages))
+ goto alloc_empty;
+
+ max_pages = iov_iter_npages(orig, max_pages);
+ if (!max_pages)
+ goto alloc_empty;
+
+ do {
+ bq = bvecq_alloc_one(max_pages, GFP_NOFS);
+ if (!bq) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ break;
+ }
+ if (user_backed_iter(orig))
+ bq->mem_type = iov_iter_extract_will_pin(orig) ?
+ BVECQ_MEM_GUP : BVECQ_MEM_PAGECACHE;
+ bq->fpos = fpos + extracted;
+
+ if (bq_tail)
+ bvecq_append(bq_tail, bq);
+ else
+ *_bvecq_head = bq;
+ bq_tail = bq;
+
+ if (max_len == 0)
+ break;
+
+ struct bio_vec *bv = bq->bv;
+ unsigned int slot = 0;
+ do {
+ struct page **pages;
+ ssize_t got;
+ size_t offset;
+ size_t space = bq->max_slots - slot;
+ size_t bv_size = array_size(bq->max_slots, sizeof(*bv));
+ size_t pg_size = array_size(space, sizeof(*pages));
+
+ /* Put the page list at the end of the bvec list
+ * storage. bvec elements are larger than page
+ * pointers, so as long as we work 0->last, we should
+ * be fine.
+ */
+ pages = (void *)bv + bv_size - pg_size;
+
+ got = iov_iter_extract_pages(orig, &pages, max_len,
+ min(space, max_pages),
+ extraction_flags, &offset);
+ if (got < 0) {
+ ret = got;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ if (got == 0) {
+ pr_err("extract_pages gave nothing from %zu, %zu\n",
+ extracted, max_len);
+ ret = -EIO;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ if (WARN(got > max_len,
+ "%s: extract_pages overrun %zd > %zu bytes\n",
+ __func__, got, max_len)) {
+ ret = -EIO;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ extracted += got;
+ max_len -= got;
+
+ do {
+ size_t len = umin(got, PAGE_SIZE - offset);
+
+ BUG_ON(slot >= bq->max_slots);
+
+ bvec_set_page(&bq->bv[slot], *pages++, len, offset);
+ slot++;
+ max_pages--;
+ got -= len;
+ offset = 0;
+ } while (got > 0);
+
+ bvecq_filled_to(bq, slot);
+ } while (max_len > 0 && max_pages > 0 && !bvecq_is_full(bq));
+
+ } while (max_len > 0 && max_pages > 0);
+
+out:
+ if (extracted || ret == 0)
+ return extracted;
+ bvecq_put(*_bvecq_head);
+ *_bvecq_head = NULL;
+ return ret;
+
+alloc_empty:
+ bq = bvecq_alloc_one(1, GFP_NOFS);
+ if (!bq)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ *_bvecq_head = bq;
+ return 0;
+
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(netfs_extract_iter);
+
/**
* netfs_extract_user_iter - Extract the pages from a user iterator into a bvec
* @orig: The original iterator
diff --git a/include/linux/netfs.h b/include/linux/netfs.h
index 2999c4b7e6a9..787670c2e134 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfs.h
@@ -439,6 +439,9 @@ void netfs_get_subrequest(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq,
enum netfs_sreq_ref_trace what);
void netfs_put_subrequest(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq,
enum netfs_sreq_ref_trace what);
+ssize_t netfs_extract_iter(struct iov_iter *orig, size_t max_len, size_t max_pages,
+ unsigned long long fpos, struct bvecq **_bvecq_head,
+ iov_iter_extraction_t extraction_flags);
ssize_t netfs_extract_user_iter(struct iov_iter *orig, size_t orig_len,
struct iov_iter *new,
iov_iter_extraction_t extraction_flags);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-22 13:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-22 13:01 [PATCH v7 00/29] netfs: Keep track of folios in a segmented bio_vec[] chain David Howells
2026-07-22 13:01 ` [PATCH v7 01/29] netfs: clear PG_private_2 on copy-to-cache append failure David Howells
2026-07-22 13:01 ` [PATCH v7 02/29] netfs: handle single writeback rolling buffer allocation failure David Howells
2026-07-22 13:01 ` [PATCH v7 03/29] netfs: release readahead folios on iterator preparation failure David Howells
2026-07-22 13:01 ` [PATCH v7 04/29] afs: Fix missing kunmap in afs_dir_search_bucket() David Howells
2026-07-22 13:01 ` [PATCH v7 05/29] afs: Fix afs_edit_dir_remove() to get, not find, block 0 David Howells
2026-07-22 13:01 ` [PATCH v7 06/29] afs: Fix double-unmap of directory block David Howells
2026-07-22 13:01 ` [PATCH v7 07/29] mm: Make readahead store folio count in readahead_control David Howells
2026-07-22 13:01 ` [PATCH v7 08/29] netfs: Bulk load the readahead-provided folios up front David Howells
2026-07-22 13:01 ` [PATCH v7 09/29] Add a function to kmap one page of a multipage bio_vec David Howells
2026-07-22 13:01 ` [PATCH v7 10/29] iov_iter: Make iov_iter_get_pages*() wrap iov_iter_extract_pages() David Howells
2026-07-22 13:01 ` [PATCH v7 11/29] iov_iter: Add a segmented queue of bio_vec[] David Howells
2026-07-22 13:01 ` [PATCH v7 12/29] netfs: Add some tools for managing bvecq chains David Howells
2026-07-22 13:02 ` David Howells [this message]
2026-07-22 13:02 ` [PATCH v7 14/29] afs: Use a bvecq to hold dir content rather than folioq David Howells
2026-07-22 13:02 ` [PATCH v7 15/29] cifs: Use a bvecq for buffering instead of a folioq David Howells
2026-07-22 13:02 ` [PATCH v7 16/29] smbdirect: Support ITER_BVECQ in smbdirect_map_sges_from_iter() David Howells
2026-07-22 13:02 ` [PATCH v7 17/29] netfs: Remove the writethrough code David Howells
2026-07-22 13:02 ` [PATCH v7 18/29] cachefiles,netfs: sunset ondemand mode David Howells
2026-07-22 13:02 ` [PATCH v7 19/29] cachefiles: Don't rely on backing fs storage map for most use cases David Howells
2026-07-22 13:02 ` [PATCH v7 20/29] netfs: Add the cache object ID to netfs_read/write tracepoints David Howells
2026-07-22 13:02 ` [PATCH v7 21/29] netfs: Switch to using bvecq rather than folio_queue and rolling_buffer David Howells
2026-07-22 13:02 ` [PATCH v7 22/29] smbdirect: Remove support for ITER_FOLIOQ from smbdirect_map_sges_from_iter() David Howells
2026-07-22 13:02 ` [PATCH v7 23/29] netfs: Remove netfs_alloc/free_folioq_buffer() David Howells
2026-07-22 13:02 ` [PATCH v7 24/29] netfs: Remove netfs_extract_user_iter() David Howells
2026-07-22 13:02 ` [PATCH v7 25/29] iov_iter: Remove ITER_FOLIOQ David Howells
2026-07-22 13:02 ` [PATCH v7 26/29] netfs: Remove folio_queue and rolling_buffer David Howells
2026-07-22 13:02 ` [PATCH v7 27/29] netfs: Check for too much data being read David Howells
2026-07-22 13:02 ` [PATCH v7 28/29] netfs: Limit the minimum trigger for progress reporting David Howells
2026-07-22 13:02 ` [PATCH v7 29/29] netfs: Combine prepare and issue ops and grab the buffers on request David Howells
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