From: Pranjal Shrivastava <praan@google.com>
To: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, Trond Myklebust <trondmy@kernel.org>,
Anna Schumaker <anna@kernel.org>
Cc: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>,
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>,
linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org,
Shivaji Kant <shivajikant@google.com>,
Pranjal Shrivastava <praan@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 4/5] nfs: migrate direct I/O to iov_iter_extract_pages
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:32:54 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260814143255.861084-5-praan@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260814143255.861084-1-praan@google.com>
Migrate the NFS Direct I/O path away from the legacy
iov_iter_get_pages_alloc2() API to the modern iov_iter_extract_pages API.
The transition aligns NFS with the modern VFS extraction model and serves
as a preparatory step for supporting requirements such as page pinning
via GUP for DMA.
The migration fixes a bug in the Direct I/O loop where pages were being
unpinned immediately after request creation. With the new extraction
model, pins are held until the I/O is complete. Manual release in the
loop is correspondingly updated to only clean up failed pages.
Signed-off-by: Pranjal Shrivastava <praan@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Shivaji Kant <shivajikant@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---
fs/nfs/direct.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 96995736fac2..a1479fbf4f9e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -168,14 +168,8 @@ int nfs_swap_rw(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
static void nfs_direct_release_pages(struct page **pages, unsigned int npages,
bool pinned)
{
- unsigned int i;
-
- if (pinned) {
+ if (pinned)
unpin_user_pages(pages, npages);
- } else {
- for (i = 0; i < npages; i++)
- put_page(pages[i]);
- }
}
void nfs_init_cinfo_from_dreq(struct nfs_commit_info *cinfo,
@@ -354,16 +348,17 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_read_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
inode_dio_begin(inode);
while (iov_iter_count(iter)) {
- struct page **pagevec;
+ struct page **pagevec = NULL;
size_t bytes;
size_t pgbase;
unsigned npages, i;
+ bool pinned = iov_iter_extract_will_pin(iter);
- result = iov_iter_get_pages_alloc2(iter, &pagevec,
- rsize, &pgbase);
+ result = iov_iter_extract_pages(iter, &pagevec,
+ rsize, ~0U, 0, &pgbase);
if (result < 0)
break;
-
+
bytes = result;
npages = (result + pgbase + PAGE_SIZE - 1) / PAGE_SIZE;
for (i = 0; i < npages; i++) {
@@ -371,7 +366,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_read_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
unsigned int req_len = min_t(size_t, bytes, PAGE_SIZE - pgbase);
/* XXX do we need to do the eof zeroing found in async_filler? */
req = nfs_page_create_from_page(dreq->ctx, pagevec[i],
- false, pgbase, pos,
+ pinned, pgbase, pos,
req_len);
if (IS_ERR(req)) {
result = PTR_ERR(req);
@@ -380,6 +375,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_read_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
if (!nfs_pageio_add_request(&desc, req)) {
result = desc.pg_error;
nfs_release_request(req);
+ i++;
break;
}
pgbase = 0;
@@ -387,7 +383,8 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_read_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
requested_bytes += req_len;
pos += req_len;
}
- nfs_direct_release_pages(pagevec, npages, false);
+ if (i < npages)
+ nfs_direct_release_pages(pagevec + i, npages - i, pinned);
kvfree(pagevec);
if (result < 0)
break;
@@ -891,13 +888,14 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
NFS_I(inode)->write_io += iov_iter_count(iter);
while (iov_iter_count(iter)) {
- struct page **pagevec;
+ struct page **pagevec = NULL;
size_t bytes;
size_t pgbase;
unsigned npages, i;
+ bool pinned = iov_iter_extract_will_pin(iter);
- result = iov_iter_get_pages_alloc2(iter, &pagevec,
- wsize, &pgbase);
+ result = iov_iter_extract_pages(iter, &pagevec,
+ wsize, ~0U, 0, &pgbase);
if (result < 0)
break;
@@ -908,7 +906,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
unsigned int req_len = min_t(size_t, bytes, PAGE_SIZE - pgbase);
req = nfs_page_create_from_page(dreq->ctx, pagevec[i],
- false, pgbase, pos,
+ pinned, pgbase, pos,
req_len);
if (IS_ERR(req)) {
result = PTR_ERR(req);
@@ -918,6 +916,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
if (desc.pg_error < 0) {
nfs_free_request(req);
result = desc.pg_error;
+ i++;
break;
}
@@ -939,6 +938,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
if (desc.pg_error < 0 && desc.pg_error != -EAGAIN) {
result = desc.pg_error;
nfs_unlock_and_release_request(req);
+ i++;
break;
}
@@ -952,7 +952,8 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
desc.pg_error = 0;
defer = true;
}
- nfs_direct_release_pages(pagevec, npages, false);
+ if (i < npages)
+ nfs_direct_release_pages(pagevec + i, npages - i, pinned);
kvfree(pagevec);
if (result < 0)
break;
--
2.55.0.691.gc56d675ccc-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-14 14:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-14 14:32 [PATCH v6 0/5] nfs: modernize direct I/O path Pranjal Shrivastava
2026-08-14 14:32 ` [PATCH v6 1/5] nfs: make nfs_page pin-aware Pranjal Shrivastava
2026-08-14 14:46 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-14 15:04 ` Pranjal Shrivastava
2026-08-14 14:32 ` [PATCH v6 2/5] nfs: track number of pinned pages in nfs_page Pranjal Shrivastava
2026-08-14 14:47 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-14 15:14 ` Pranjal Shrivastava
2026-08-14 14:32 ` [PATCH v6 3/5] nfs: introduce nfs_release_request_list helper Pranjal Shrivastava
2026-08-14 14:38 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-14 14:32 ` Pranjal Shrivastava [this message]
2026-08-14 14:48 ` [PATCH v6 4/5] nfs: migrate direct I/O to iov_iter_extract_pages sashiko-bot
2026-08-14 14:32 ` [PATCH v6 5/5] nfs: introduce nfs_direct_extract_pages helper Pranjal Shrivastava
2026-08-14 14:40 ` sashiko-bot
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