linux-ext4 - [PATCH v4 6/7] dax: for truncate/hole-punch, do zeroing through the driver if possible

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Date:	Thu, 28 Apr 2016 15:16:57 -0600
From:	Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>
To:	linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org
Cc:	Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
	xfs@....sgi.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 6/7] dax: for truncate/hole-punch, do zeroing through the driver if possible

In the truncate or hole-punch path in dax, we clear out sub-page ranges.
If these sub-page ranges are sector aligned and sized, we can do the
zeroing through the driver instead so that error-clearing is handled
automatically.

For sub-sector ranges, we still have to rely on clear_pmem and have the
possibility of tripping over errors.

Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Signed-off-by: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>
---
 fs/dax.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index 5948d9b..d8c974e 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -1196,6 +1196,20 @@ out:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_pfn_mkwrite);
 
+static bool dax_range_is_aligned(struct block_device *bdev,
+				 struct blk_dax_ctl *dax, unsigned int offset,
+				 unsigned int length)
+{
+	unsigned short sector_size = bdev_logical_block_size(bdev);
+
+	if (((u64)dax->addr + offset) % sector_size)
+		return false;
+	if (length % sector_size)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /**
  * dax_zero_page_range - zero a range within a page of a DAX file
  * @inode: The file being truncated
@@ -1240,11 +1254,17 @@ int dax_zero_page_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t from, unsigned length,
 			.size = PAGE_SIZE,
 		};
 
-		if (dax_map_atomic(bdev, &dax) < 0)
-			return PTR_ERR(dax.addr);
-		clear_pmem(dax.addr + offset, length);
-		wmb_pmem();
-		dax_unmap_atomic(bdev, &dax);
+		if (dax_range_is_aligned(bdev, &dax, offset, length))
+			return blkdev_issue_zeroout(bdev, dax.sector,
+					length / bdev_logical_block_size(bdev),
+					GFP_NOFS, true);
+		else {
+			if (dax_map_atomic(bdev, &dax) < 0)
+				return PTR_ERR(dax.addr);
+			clear_pmem(dax.addr + offset, length);
+			wmb_pmem();
+			dax_unmap_atomic(bdev, &dax);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
-- 
2.5.5

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