[PATCH v3 1/2] block: add sync_blockdev_range()

Yuezhang.Mo
2022-04-08T03:09:20Z

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sync_blockdev_range() is to support syncing multiple sectors
with as few block device requests as possible, it is helpful
to make the block device to give full play to its performance.

Signed-off-by: Yuezhang Mo <Yuezhang.Mo@sony.com>
Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Andy Wu <Andy.Wu@sony.com>
Reviewed-by: Aoyama Wataru <wataru.aoyama@sony.com>
cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
---
block/bdev.c | 7 +++++++
include/linux/blkdev.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index 13de871fa816..8b549b071bd6 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -200,6 +200,13 @@ int sync_blockdev(struct block_device *bdev)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_blockdev);

+int sync_blockdev_range(struct block_device *bdev, loff_t lstart, loff_t lend)
+{
+ return filemap_write_and_wait_range(bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping,
+ lstart, lend);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_blockdev_range);
+
/*
* Write out and wait upon all dirty data associated with this
* device. Filesystem data as well as the underlying block
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 60d016138997..331cc6918ee9 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1547,6 +1547,7 @@ int truncate_bdev_range(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, loff_t lstart,
#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
void invalidate_bdev(struct block_device *bdev);
int sync_blockdev(struct block_device *bdev);
+int sync_blockdev_range(struct block_device *bdev, loff_t lstart, loff_t lend);
int sync_blockdev_nowait(struct block_device *bdev);
void sync_bdevs(bool wait);
void printk_all_partitions(void);
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2.25.1

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sync_blockdev_range() is to support syncing multiple sectors
with as few block device requests as possible, it is helpful
to make the block device to give full play to its performance.

Signed-off-by: Yuezhang Mo <Yuezhang.Mo@sony.com>
Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Andy Wu <Andy.Wu@sony.com>
Reviewed-by: Aoyama Wataru <wataru.aoyama@sony.com>
cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
---
block/bdev.c | 7 +++++++
include/linux/blkdev.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index 13de871fa816..8b549b071bd6 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -200,6 +200,13 @@ int sync_blockdev(struct block_device *bdev)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_blockdev);

+int sync_blockdev_range(struct block_device *bdev, loff_t lstart, loff_t lend)
+{
+ return filemap_write_and_wait_range(bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping,
+ lstart, lend);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_blockdev_range);
+
/*
* Write out and wait upon all dirty data associated with this
* device. Filesystem data as well as the underlying block
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 60d016138997..331cc6918ee9 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1547,6 +1547,7 @@ int truncate_bdev_range(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, loff_t lstart,
#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
void invalidate_bdev(struct block_device *bdev);
int sync_blockdev(struct block_device *bdev);
+int sync_blockdev_range(struct block_device *bdev, loff_t lstart, loff_t lend);
int sync_blockdev_nowait(struct block_device *bdev);
void sync_bdevs(bool wait);
void printk_all_partitions(void);
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2.25.1