From: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
To: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>,
Olga Kornievskaia <okorniev@redhat.com>,
Dai Ngo <dai.ngo@oracle.com>, Tom Talpey <tom@talpey.com>
Cc: <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>,
Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v8 07/12] NFSD: Introduce struct nfsd_write_dio_seg
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:46:25 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251027154630.1774-8-cel@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251027154630.1774-1-cel@kernel.org>
From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Passing iter arrays by reference is a little risky. Instead, pass a
struct with a fixed-size array so bounds checking can be done.
Name each item in the array a "segment", as the term "extent"
generally refers to a set of blocks on storage, not to a buffer.
Each segment is processed via a single vfs_iocb_iter_write() call,
and is either IOCB_DIRECT or buffered.
Introduce a segment constructor function so each segment is
initialized identically.
Consensus is that allowing the code to build segment arrays that
are smaller than 3 is better than the I/O loop unconditionally
visiting all 3 segments, skipping the zero-length ones.
Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---
fs/nfsd/vfs.c | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 326c60eada65..5d6efcceb8c9 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1254,12 +1254,16 @@ static int wait_for_concurrent_writes(struct file *file)
return err;
}
+struct nfsd_write_dio_seg {
+ struct iov_iter iter;
+ bool use_dio;
+};
+
struct nfsd_write_dio_args {
struct nfsd_file *nf;
-
- ssize_t start_len; /* Length for misaligned first extent */
- ssize_t middle_len; /* Length for DIO-aligned middle extent */
- ssize_t end_len; /* Length for misaligned last extent */
+ size_t first, middle, last;
+ unsigned int nsegs;
+ struct nfsd_write_dio_seg segment[3];
};
static bool
@@ -1267,21 +1271,20 @@ nfsd_is_write_dio_possible(loff_t offset, unsigned long len,
struct nfsd_write_dio_args *args)
{
u32 dio_blocksize = args->nf->nf_dio_offset_align;
- loff_t start_end, orig_end, middle_end;
+ loff_t first_end, orig_end, middle_end;
if (unlikely(!args->nf->nf_dio_mem_align || !dio_blocksize))
return false;
if (unlikely(len < dio_blocksize))
return false;
- start_end = round_up(offset, dio_blocksize);
+ first_end = round_up(offset, dio_blocksize);
orig_end = offset + len;
middle_end = round_down(orig_end, dio_blocksize);
- args->start_len = start_end - offset;
- args->middle_len = middle_end - start_end;
- args->end_len = orig_end - middle_end;
-
+ args->first = first_end - offset;
+ args->middle = middle_end - first_end;
+ args->last = orig_end - middle_end;
return true;
}
@@ -1311,47 +1314,47 @@ nfsd_iov_iter_aligned_bvec(const struct nfsd_file *nf, const struct iov_iter *i)
return true;
}
-/*
- * Setup as many as 3 iov_iter based on extents described by @write_dio.
- * Returns the number of iov_iter that were setup.
- */
-static int
-nfsd_setup_write_dio_iters(struct iov_iter **iterp, bool *iter_is_dio_aligned,
- struct bio_vec *rq_bvec, unsigned int nvecs,
- unsigned long cnt, struct nfsd_write_dio_args *args)
+static void
+nfsd_write_dio_seg_init(struct nfsd_write_dio_seg *segment,
+ struct bio_vec *bvec, unsigned int nvecs,
+ unsigned long total, size_t start, size_t len)
{
- int n_iters = 0;
- struct iov_iter *iters = *iterp;
+ iov_iter_bvec(&segment->iter, ITER_SOURCE, bvec, nvecs, total);
+ if (start)
+ iov_iter_advance(&segment->iter, start);
+ iov_iter_truncate(&segment->iter, len);
+ segment->use_dio = false;
+}
- /* Setup misaligned start? */
- if (args->start_len) {
- iov_iter_bvec(&iters[n_iters], ITER_SOURCE, rq_bvec, nvecs, cnt);
- iters[n_iters].count = args->start_len;
- iter_is_dio_aligned[n_iters] = false;
- ++n_iters;
+static bool
+nfsd_setup_write_dio_iters(struct bio_vec *bvec, unsigned int nvecs,
+ unsigned long total,
+ struct nfsd_write_dio_args *args)
+{
+ args->nsegs = 0;
+
+ if (args->first) {
+ nfsd_write_dio_seg_init(&args->segment[args->nsegs], bvec,
+ nvecs, total, 0, args->first);
+ ++args->nsegs;
}
- /* Setup DIO-aligned middle */
- iov_iter_bvec(&iters[n_iters], ITER_SOURCE, rq_bvec, nvecs, cnt);
- if (args->start_len)
- iov_iter_advance(&iters[n_iters], args->start_len);
- iters[n_iters].count -= args->end_len;
- iter_is_dio_aligned[n_iters] =
- nfsd_iov_iter_aligned_bvec(args->nf, &iters[n_iters]);
- if (unlikely(!iter_is_dio_aligned[n_iters]))
- return 0; /* no DIO-aligned IO possible */
- ++n_iters;
+ nfsd_write_dio_seg_init(&args->segment[args->nsegs], bvec, nvecs,
+ total, args->first, args->middle);
+ if (!nfsd_iov_iter_aligned_bvec(args->nf,
+ &args->segment[args->nsegs].iter))
+ return false; /* no DIO-aligned IO possible */
+ args->segment[args->nsegs].use_dio = true;
+ ++args->nsegs;
- /* Setup misaligned end? */
- if (args->end_len) {
- iov_iter_bvec(&iters[n_iters], ITER_SOURCE, rq_bvec, nvecs, cnt);
- iov_iter_advance(&iters[n_iters],
- args->start_len + args->middle_len);
- iter_is_dio_aligned[n_iters] = false;
- ++n_iters;
+ if (args->last) {
+ nfsd_write_dio_seg_init(&args->segment[args->nsegs], bvec,
+ nvecs, total, args->first +
+ args->middle, args->last);
+ ++args->nsegs;
}
- return n_iters;
+ return true;
}
static int
@@ -1377,22 +1380,12 @@ nfsd_issue_write_dio(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, u32 *stable_how
struct nfsd_write_dio_args *args)
{
struct file *file = args->nf->nf_file;
- bool iter_is_dio_aligned[3];
- struct iov_iter iter_stack[3];
- struct iov_iter *iter = iter_stack;
- unsigned int n_iters = 0;
- unsigned long in_count = *cnt;
- loff_t in_offset = kiocb->ki_pos;
ssize_t host_err;
+ unsigned int i;
- n_iters = nfsd_setup_write_dio_iters(&iter, iter_is_dio_aligned,
- rqstp->rq_bvec, nvecs, *cnt,
- args);
- if (unlikely(!n_iters))
+ if (!nfsd_setup_write_dio_iters(rqstp->rq_bvec, nvecs, *cnt, args))
return nfsd_buffered_write(rqstp, file, nvecs, cnt, kiocb);
- trace_nfsd_write_direct(rqstp, fhp, in_offset, in_count);
-
/*
* Any buffered IO issued here will be misaligned, use
* sync IO to ensure it has completed before returning.
@@ -1402,18 +1395,21 @@ nfsd_issue_write_dio(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, u32 *stable_how
*stable_how = NFS_FILE_SYNC;
*cnt = 0;
- for (int i = 0; i < n_iters; i++) {
- if (iter_is_dio_aligned[i])
+ for (i = 0; i < args->nsegs; i++) {
+ if (args->segment[i].use_dio) {
kiocb->ki_flags |= IOCB_DIRECT;
- else
+ trace_nfsd_write_direct(rqstp, fhp, kiocb->ki_pos,
+ args->segment[i].iter.count);
+ } else
kiocb->ki_flags &= ~IOCB_DIRECT;
- host_err = vfs_iocb_iter_write(file, kiocb, &iter[i]);
+ host_err = vfs_iocb_iter_write(file, kiocb,
+ &args->segment[i].iter);
if (host_err < 0)
return host_err;
*cnt += host_err;
- if (host_err < iter[i].count) /* partial write? */
- break;
+ if (host_err < args->segment[i].iter.count)
+ break; /* partial write */
}
return 0;
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-27 15:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-27 15:46 [PATCH v8 00/12] NFSD: Implement NFSD_IO_DIRECT for NFS WRITE Chuck Lever
2025-10-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v8 01/12] NFSD: Make FILE_SYNC WRITEs comply with spec Chuck Lever
2025-10-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v8 02/12] NFSD: Enable return of an updated stable_how to NFS clients Chuck Lever
2025-10-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v8 03/12] NFSD: Implement NFSD_IO_DIRECT for NFS WRITE Chuck Lever
2025-10-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v8 04/12] NFSD: Remove specific error handling Chuck Lever
2025-10-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v8 05/12] NFSD: Remove alignment size checking Chuck Lever
2025-10-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v8 06/12] NFSD: Clean up struct nfsd_write_dio Chuck Lever
2025-10-27 15:46 ` Chuck Lever [this message]
2025-10-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v8 08/12] NFSD: Simplify nfsd_iov_iter_aligned_bvec() Chuck Lever
2025-10-30 15:00 ` Jeff Layton
2025-10-31 13:16 ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-10-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v8 09/12] NFSD: Handle both offset and memory alignment for direct I/O Chuck Lever
2025-10-30 19:52 ` Jeff Layton
2025-10-30 19:55 ` Chuck Lever
2025-10-31 9:13 ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-10-31 13:19 ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-10-31 13:21 ` Chuck Lever
2025-10-31 13:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-10-31 16:07 ` Mike Snitzer
2025-10-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v8 10/12] NFSD: Combine direct I/O feasibility check with iterator setup Chuck Lever
2025-10-30 19:59 ` Jeff Layton
2025-10-31 13:20 ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-10-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v8 11/12] NFSD: Handle kiocb->ki_flags correctly Chuck Lever
2025-10-30 20:01 ` Jeff Layton
2025-10-31 13:21 ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-10-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v8 12/12] NFSD: Refactor nfsd_vfs_write Chuck Lever
2025-10-30 20:02 ` Jeff Layton
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