Re: [PATCH V10 09/19] block: introduce bio_bvecs()

Ming Lei
2018-11-19T08:21:44Z

On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 02:45:41PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 04:52:56PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> > There are still cases in which we need to use bio_bvecs() for get the
> > number of multi-page segment, so introduce it.
>
> The only user in your final tree seems to be the loop driver, and
> even that one only uses the helper for read/write bios.
>
> I think something like this would be much simpler in the end:
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
> index d509902a8046..712511815ac6 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/loop.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
> @@ -514,16 +514,18 @@ static int lo_rw_aio(struct loop_device *lo, struct loop_cmd *cmd,
> struct request *rq = blk_mq_rq_from_pdu(cmd);
> struct bio *bio = rq->bio;
> struct file *file = lo->lo_backing_file;
> + struct bvec_iter bvec_iter;
> + struct bio_vec tmp;
> unsigned int offset;
> int nr_bvec = 0;
> int ret;
>
> + __rq_for_each_bio(bio, rq)
> + bio_for_each_bvec(tmp, bio, bvec_iter)
> + nr_bvec++;
> +
> if (rq->bio != rq->biotail) {
> - struct bvec_iter iter;
> - struct bio_vec tmp;
>
> - __rq_for_each_bio(bio, rq)
> - nr_bvec += bio_bvecs(bio);
> bvec = kmalloc_array(nr_bvec, sizeof(struct bio_vec),
> GFP_NOIO);
> if (!bvec)
> @@ -537,7 +539,7 @@ static int lo_rw_aio(struct loop_device *lo, struct loop_cmd *cmd,
> * API will take care of all details for us.
> */
> __rq_for_each_bio(bio, rq)
> - bio_for_each_bvec(tmp, bio, iter) {
> + bio_for_each_bvec(tmp, bio, bvec_iter) {
> *bvec = tmp;
> bvec++;
> }
> @@ -551,7 +553,6 @@ static int lo_rw_aio(struct loop_device *lo, struct loop_cmd *cmd,
> */
> offset = bio->bi_iter.bi_bvec_done;
> bvec = __bvec_iter_bvec(bio->bi_io_vec, bio->bi_iter);
> - nr_bvec = bio_bvecs(bio);
> }
> atomic_set(&cmd->ref, 2);
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
> index dcad0b69f57a..379440d1ced0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/bio.h
> +++ b/include/linux/bio.h
> @@ -200,30 +200,6 @@ static inline unsigned bio_segments(struct bio *bio)
> }
> }
>
> -static inline unsigned bio_bvecs(struct bio *bio)
> -{
> - unsigned bvecs = 0;
> - struct bio_vec bv;
> - struct bvec_iter iter;
> -
> - /*
> - * We special case discard/write same/write zeroes, because they
> - * interpret bi_size differently:
> - */
> - switch (bio_op(bio)) {
> - case REQ_OP_DISCARD:
> - case REQ_OP_SECURE_ERASE:
> - case REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES:
> - return 0;
> - case REQ_OP_WRITE_SAME:
> - return 1;
> - default:
> - bio_for_each_bvec(bv, bio, iter)
> - bvecs++;
> - return bvecs;
> - }
> -}
> -
> /*
> * get a reference to a bio, so it won't disappear. the intended use is
> * something like:

OK, will do it in next version.

Thanks,
Ming