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Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:22:45 -0700 From: Muthu Kumar <muthu.lkml@...il.com> To: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com> Cc: "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH]: block: try-2 (modified): Initialize bi_rw in mpage so bio_add can make use of it. Jens, Is this OK? If not, how about mpage.c fix that we discussed (since that is the most common case)? Regards, Muthu On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Muthu Kumar <muthu.lkml@...il.com> wrote: > Patch attached (as one big file) for review. > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Muthu Kumar <muthu.lkml@...il.com> wrote: >> Jens, >> Here is the diff stats. Its changing more files than I expected. Let >> me know what you think... (If this is OK I can also split and send the >> patches for review). >> >> FYI: >> muthu@...thi linux-2.6-head]$ wc -l blk-bio-init-rw-before-add-page.patch >> 1610 blk-bio-init-rw-before-add-page.patch >> >> --------------------------- >> block/blk-core.c | 2 +- >> block/blk-flush.c | 2 +- >> block/blk-lib.c | 4 +- >> block/blk-map.c | 12 ++++----- >> drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c | 3 +- >> drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c | 3 +- >> drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c | 3 +- >> drivers/block/floppy.c | 2 +- >> drivers/block/loop.c | 2 +- >> drivers/block/osdblk.c | 2 +- >> drivers/block/pktcdvd.c | 15 +++++------ >> drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 2 +- >> drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c | 4 +- >> drivers/md/dm-crypt.c | 5 +-- >> drivers/md/dm-io.c | 2 +- >> drivers/md/dm.c | 10 +++----- >> drivers/md/md.c | 17 +++++++------ >> drivers/md/md.h | 2 +- >> drivers/md/raid1.c | 7 +++++- >> drivers/md/raid10.c | 7 +++++- >> drivers/md/raid5.c | 2 +- >> drivers/scsi/osd/osd_initiator.c | 21 ++++++---------- >> drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c | 3 +- >> fs/bio.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++----------------- >> fs/btrfs/compression.c | 12 +++++----- >> fs/btrfs/extent_io.c | 8 +++--- >> fs/btrfs/extent_io.h | 2 +- >> fs/btrfs/inode.c | 21 +++++++++-------- >> fs/btrfs/scrub.c | 4 +- >> fs/buffer.c | 2 +- >> fs/direct-io.c | 12 +++++----- >> fs/exofs/ios.c | 6 +++- >> fs/ext4/page-io.c | 6 +++- >> fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c | 6 +++- >> fs/hfsplus/wrapper.c | 2 +- >> fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c | 12 ++++++--- >> fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c | 4 +- >> fs/logfs/dev_bdev.c | 10 ++++---- >> fs/mpage.c | 11 +++++---- >> fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c | 8 +++--- >> fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c | 9 ++++--- >> fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c | 9 ++++--- >> fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c | 8 ++++-- >> fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c | 2 +- >> include/linux/bio.h | 10 ++++---- >> kernel/power/block_io.c | 2 +- >> mm/bounce.c | 2 +- >> mm/page_io.c | 14 ++++++----- >> 48 files changed, 187 insertions(+), 170 deletions(-) >> ----------------------------------- >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com> wrote: >>> On 2011-07-11 19:52, Muthu Kumar wrote: >>>>> For this particular case, doing it when the bio is allocated makes more >>>>> sense. That will avoid a similar error in there in the future. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Sounds good. Thanks. How about for other cases that alloc a new bio >>>> and do bio_add_page() - like blkdev_issue_zeroout() and similar. >>>> Should we add there too? >>> >>> Good question, ideally the allocator should be passed in the rw argument >>> since we need it before even submitting it for the merge cases. We don't >>> have _that_ many callers of bio_alloc() or bio_kmalloc(), so probably >>> the best option is just to bite the bullet and change the prototypes to >>> take the 'rw' argument there. Oh, and the bioset variants, too. >>> bio_init() should be passed the 'rw' argument from the allcators, so we >>> catch any private use of that, too. >>> >>> -- >>> Jens Axboe >>> >>> >> > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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