From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
Cc: "Jens Axboe" <axboe@kernel.dk>, "Keith Busch" <kbusch@kernel.org>,
"Christoph Hellwig" <hch@lst.de>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 06/14] block: introduce dma map backed bio type
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:07:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260729070727.GF9534@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f97985ac5cfff3d9f7777b93f11456af57e253e2.1785274111.git.asml.silence@gmail.com>
> - bio->bi_io_vec = bio_src->bi_io_vec;
> +
> + if (op_is_dmabuf(bio->bi_opf)) {
> + bio->bi_dmabuf_map = bio_src->bi_dmabuf_map;
> + } else {
> + bio->bi_io_vec = bio_src->bi_io_vec;
> + }
No need for the braces. But given that these are the fields why
even bother doing both sides and not rely on the union?
> +void bio_dmabuf_map_set(struct bio *bio, struct iov_iter *iter)
> +{
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(bio->bi_max_vecs);
> +
> + bio->bi_dmabuf_map = iter->dmabuf_map;
> + bio->bi_vcnt = 0;
> + bio->bi_iter.bi_offset = iter->iov_offset;
> + bio->bi_iter.bi_size = iov_iter_count(iter);
> + bio->bi_opf |= REQ_NOMERGE | REQ_DMABUF;
This seems to be largely copied from bio_iov_bvec_set, but misses
the REQ_CLONE there that we should probably set as well to indicate
that the data descriptor is not owned (although not setting it is
not really a bug).
What about merging these two into a single and easier to use interface
like this:
diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index cc2bb9183c1a..25393bdd119d 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -860,12 +860,9 @@ static int __bio_clone(struct bio *bio, struct bio *bio_src, gfp_t gfp)
bio->bi_write_hint = bio_src->bi_write_hint;
bio->bi_write_stream = bio_src->bi_write_stream;
bio->bi_iter = bio_src->bi_iter;
-
- if (op_is_dmabuf(bio->bi_opf)) {
- bio->bi_dmabuf_map = bio_src->bi_dmabuf_map;
- } else {
- bio->bi_io_vec = bio_src->bi_io_vec;
- }
+ static_assert(offsetof(struct bio, bi_io_vec) ==
+ offsetof(struct bio, bi_dmabuf_map));
+ bio->bi_io_vec = bio_src->bi_io_vec;
if (bio->bi_bdev) {
if (bio->bi_bdev == bio_src->bi_bdev &&
@@ -1186,26 +1183,21 @@ void __bio_release_pages(struct bio *bio, bool mark_dirty)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__bio_release_pages);
-void bio_iov_bvec_set(struct bio *bio, const struct iov_iter *iter)
+bool bio_iov_iter_set(struct bio *bio, const struct iov_iter *iter)
{
WARN_ON_ONCE(bio->bi_max_vecs);
+ if (!iov_iter_is_bvec(iter) && !iov_iter_is_dmabuf_map(iter))
+ return false;
+
bio->bi_io_vec = (struct bio_vec *)iter->bvec;
bio->bi_iter.bi_idx = 0;
bio->bi_iter.bi_offset = iter->iov_offset;
bio->bi_iter.bi_size = iov_iter_count(iter);
bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_CLONED);
-}
-
-void bio_dmabuf_map_set(struct bio *bio, struct iov_iter *iter)
-{
- WARN_ON_ONCE(bio->bi_max_vecs);
-
- bio->bi_dmabuf_map = iter->dmabuf_map;
- bio->bi_vcnt = 0;
- bio->bi_iter.bi_offset = iter->iov_offset;
- bio->bi_iter.bi_size = iov_iter_count(iter);
- bio->bi_opf |= REQ_NOMERGE | REQ_DMABUF;
+ if (iov_iter_is_dmabuf_map(iter))
+ bio->bi_opf |= REQ_NOMERGE | REQ_DMABUF;
+ return true;
}
/*
@@ -1265,13 +1257,7 @@ int bio_iov_iter_get_pages(struct bio *bio, struct iov_iter *iter,
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(bio_flagged(bio, BIO_CLONED)))
return -EIO;
- if (iov_iter_is_bvec(iter)) {
- bio_iov_bvec_set(bio, iter);
- iov_iter_advance(iter, bio->bi_iter.bi_size);
- return 0;
- }
- if (iov_iter_is_dmabuf_map(iter)) {
- bio_dmabuf_map_set(bio, iter);
+ if (bio_iov_iter_set(bio, iter)) {
iov_iter_advance(iter, bio->bi_iter.bi_size);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/block/blk-map.c b/block/blk-map.c
index d1d6bbe0ecf1..34816e6e64de 100644
--- a/block/blk-map.c
+++ b/block/blk-map.c
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ static int blk_rq_map_user_bvec(struct request *rq, const struct iov_iter *iter)
bio = blk_rq_map_bio_alloc(rq, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!bio)
return -ENOMEM;
- bio_iov_bvec_set(bio, iter);
+ bio_iov_iter_set(bio, iter);
ret = blk_rq_append_bio(rq, bio);
if (ret)
diff --git a/block/fops.c b/block/fops.c
index d83cdbab65a6..97fb124a19b2 100644
--- a/block/fops.c
+++ b/block/fops.c
@@ -340,17 +340,12 @@ static ssize_t __blkdev_direct_IO_async(struct kiocb *iocb,
bio->bi_end_io = blkdev_bio_end_io_async;
bio->bi_ioprio = iocb->ki_ioprio;
- if (iov_iter_is_bvec(iter)) {
- /*
- * Users don't rely on the iterator being in any particular
- * state for async I/O returning -EIOCBQUEUED, hence we can
- * avoid expensive iov_iter_advance(). Bypass
- * bio_iov_iter_get_pages() and set the bvec directly.
- */
- bio_iov_bvec_set(bio, iter);
- } else if (iov_iter_is_dmabuf_map(iter)) {
- bio_dmabuf_map_set(bio, iter);
- } else {
+ /*
+ * Users don't rely on the iterator being in any particular state for
+ * async I/O returning -EIOCBQUEUED, hence we can avoid the expensive
+ * iov_iter_advance() if we could set the bvec/dmabuf directly.
+ */
+ if (!bio_iov_iter_set(bio, iter)) {
ret = blkdev_iov_iter_get_pages(bio, iter, bdev);
if (unlikely(ret))
goto out_bio_put;
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index c053e9444514..1eff02a843ef 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -484,8 +484,7 @@ int bdev_rw_virt(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector, void *data,
int bio_iov_iter_get_pages(struct bio *bio, struct iov_iter *iter,
unsigned len_align_mask);
-void bio_iov_bvec_set(struct bio *bio, const struct iov_iter *iter);
-void bio_dmabuf_map_set(struct bio *bio, struct iov_iter *iter);
+bool bio_iov_iter_set(struct bio *bio, const struct iov_iter *iter);
void __bio_release_pages(struct bio *bio, bool mark_dirty);
extern void bio_set_pages_dirty(struct bio *bio);
extern void bio_check_pages_dirty(struct bio *bio);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-29 7:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-28 21:29 [PATCH v4 00/14] Add dmabuf read/write via io_uring Pavel Begunkov
2026-07-28 21:29 ` [PATCH v4 01/14] dma-buf: introduce initial file I/O infrastructure Pavel Begunkov
2026-07-29 6:59 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-28 21:29 ` [PATCH v4 02/14] iov_iter: add iterator type for dmabuf maps Pavel Begunkov
2026-07-29 6:59 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-28 21:29 ` [PATCH v4 03/14] block: rename bi_bvec_done Pavel Begunkov
2026-07-29 7:00 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-28 21:29 ` [PATCH v4 04/14] block: always adjust bi_offset on bio_advance_iter Pavel Begunkov
2026-07-29 7:00 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-28 21:29 ` [PATCH v4 05/14] block: move bvec init into __bio_clone Pavel Begunkov
2026-07-29 7:00 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-28 21:29 ` [PATCH v4 06/14] block: introduce dma map backed bio type Pavel Begunkov
2026-07-29 7:07 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2026-07-28 21:29 ` [PATCH v4 07/14] block: forward init_dma_buf_io_ctx to drivers Pavel Begunkov
2026-07-29 7:07 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-28 21:29 ` [PATCH v4 08/14] nvme-pci: implement dma_token backed requests Pavel Begunkov
2026-07-29 7:10 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-28 21:29 ` [PATCH v4 09/14] nvme-pci: add SGL support for the dmabuf path Pavel Begunkov
2026-07-29 7:21 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-29 10:17 ` Anuj Gupta/Anuj Gupta
2026-07-28 21:29 ` [PATCH v4 10/14] io_uring/rsrc: introduce buf registration structure Pavel Begunkov
2026-07-28 21:29 ` [PATCH v4 11/14] io_uring/rsrc: extend buffer update Pavel Begunkov
2026-07-28 21:29 ` [PATCH v4 12/14] io_uring/rsrc: add uncloneable regbuf flag Pavel Begunkov
2026-07-28 21:29 ` [PATCH v4 13/14] io_uring/rsrc: add regbuf import flags Pavel Begunkov
2026-07-28 21:29 ` [PATCH v4 14/14] io_uring/rsrc: add dmabuf backed registered buffers Pavel Begunkov
2026-07-29 6:54 ` [PATCH v4 00/14] Add dmabuf read/write via io_uring Christoph Hellwig
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