Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] block/nfs: try to avoid the bounce buffer in pwritev

[Jeff Cody <jcody@redhat.com>]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 05:39:01PM +0100, Peter Lieven wrote:
> if the passed qiov contains exactly one iov we can
> pass the buffer directly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Lieven <pl@kamp.de>
> ---
>  block/nfs.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/nfs.c b/block/nfs.c
> index ab5dcc2..bb4b75f 100644
> --- a/block/nfs.c
> +++ b/block/nfs.c
> @@ -295,20 +295,27 @@ static int coroutine_fn nfs_co_pwritev(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
>      NFSClient *client = bs->opaque;
>      NFSRPC task;
>      char *buf = NULL;
> +    bool my_buffer = false;

g_free() is a nop if buf is NULL, so there is no need for the my_buffer
variable & check.

>  
>      nfs_co_init_task(bs, &task);
>  
> -    buf = g_try_malloc(bytes);
> -    if (bytes && buf == NULL) {
> -        return -ENOMEM;
> +    if (iov->niov != 1) {
> +        buf = g_try_malloc(bytes);
> +        if (bytes && buf == NULL) {
> +            return -ENOMEM;
> +        }
> +        qemu_iovec_to_buf(iov, 0, buf, bytes);
> +        my_buffer = true;
> +    } else {
> +        buf = iov->iov[0].iov_base;
>      }
>  
> -    qemu_iovec_to_buf(iov, 0, buf, bytes);
> -
>      if (nfs_pwrite_async(client->context, client->fh,
>                           offset, bytes, buf,
>                           nfs_co_generic_cb, &task) != 0) {
> -        g_free(buf);
> +        if (my_buffer) {
> +            g_free(buf);
> +        }
>          return -ENOMEM;
>      }
>  
> @@ -317,7 +324,9 @@ static int coroutine_fn nfs_co_pwritev(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
>          qemu_coroutine_yield();
>      }
>  
> -    g_free(buf);
> +    if (my_buffer) {
> +        g_free(buf);
> +    }
>  
>      if (task.ret != bytes) {
>          return task.ret < 0 ? task.ret : -EIO;
> -- 
> 1.9.1
>