From: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, axboe@kernel.dk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 26/27] block: Add an explicit bio flag for bios that own their bvec
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:42:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130326194237.GA24935@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130326111106.dc255f73804de1f8577fea52@linux-foundation.org>
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 11:11:06AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:22:40 -0800 Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com> wrote:
>
> > This is for the new bio splitting code. When we split a bio, if the
> > split occured on a bvec boundry we reuse the bvec for the new bio. But
> > that means bio_free() can't free it, hence the explicit flag.
> >
> > --- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
> > @@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ struct bio {
> > * BIO_POOL_IDX()
> > */
> > #define BIO_RESET_BITS 12
> > +#define BIO_OWNS_VEC 12 /* bio_free() should free bvec */
> >
> > #define bio_flagged(bio, flag) ((bio)->bi_flags & (1 << (flag)))
>
> The BIO_OWNS_VEC definition seems to be in the wrong place - it should
> be grouped with the "bio flags" group above?
No - BIO_OWNS_VEC is set by bio_alloc_bioset() and is used by bio_free()
to determine if it should free the biovec, so it's something we don't
want cleared if driver code uses bio_reset().
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-26 19:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-20 0:22 [PATCH 00/27] Block cleanups - prep work for immutable bio vecs/dio rewrite Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 01/27] block: Reorder struct bio_set Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 02/27] block: Avoid deadlocks with bio allocation by stacking drivers Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 03/27] block: Fix a buffer overrun in bio_integrity_split() Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 04/27] block: Convert integrity to bvec_alloc_bs() Kent Overstreet
2013-05-09 19:43 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 05/27] block: Add bio_advance() Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 06/27] block: Refactor blk_update_request() Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 07/27] md: Convert md_trim_bio() to use bio_advance() Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 08/27] block: Add bio_end_sector() Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 09/27] block: Use bio_sectors() more consistently Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 16:43 ` Ed Cashin
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 10/27] block: Change bio_split() to respect the current value of bi_idx Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 11/27] block: Remove bi_idx references Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 12/27] block: Remove some unnecessary bi_vcnt usage Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 13/27] block: Add submit_bio_wait(), remove from md Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 14/27] raid10: Use bio_reset() Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 15/27] raid1: use bio_reset() Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 16/27] raid5: " Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 17/27] raid1: Refactor narrow_write_error() to not use bi_idx Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 18/27] block: Add bio_copy_data() Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 19/27] pktcdvd: use bio_copy_data() Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 20/27] pktcdvd: Use bio_reset() in disabled code to kill bi_idx usage Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 21/27] raid1: use bio_copy_data() Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 22/27] bounce: Refactor __blk_queue_bounce to not use bi_io_vec Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 23/27] block: Add bio_for_each_segment_all() Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 24/27] block: Convert some code to bio_for_each_segment_all() Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 25/27] block: Add bio_alloc_pages() Kent Overstreet
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 26/27] block: Add an explicit bio flag for bios that own their bvec Kent Overstreet
2013-03-26 18:11 ` Andrew Morton
2013-03-26 19:42 ` Kent Overstreet [this message]
2013-02-20 0:22 ` [PATCH 27/27] bio-integrity: Add explicit field for owner of bip_buf Kent Overstreet
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