linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V7 20/24] bcache: avoid to use bio_for_each_segment_all() in bch_bio_alloc

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Date:   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 23:55:33 +0800
From:   Coly Li <colyli@...e.de>
To:     Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>,
        Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        "Darrick J . Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Filipe Manana <fdmanana@...il.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V7 20/24] bcache: avoid to use bio_for_each_segment_all()
 in bch_bio_alloc_pages()

On 2018/6/27 8:45 PM, Ming Lei wrote:
> bch_bio_alloc_pages() is always called on one new bio, so it is safe
> to access the bvec table directly. Given it is the only kind of this
> case, open code the bvec table access since bio_for_each_segment_all()
> will be changed to support for iterating over multipage bvec.
> 
> Cc: Coly Li <colyli@...e.de>
> Cc: linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/md/bcache/util.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/util.c b/drivers/md/bcache/util.c
> index fc479b026d6d..9f2a6fd5dfc9 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/bcache/util.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/util.c
> @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ int bch_bio_alloc_pages(struct bio *bio, gfp_t gfp_mask)
>  	int i;
>  	struct bio_vec *bv;
> 

Hi Ming,

> -	bio_for_each_segment_all(bv, bio, i) {
> +	for (i = 0, bv = bio->bi_io_vec; i < bio->bi_vcnt; bv++) {


Is it possible to treat this as a special condition of
bio_for_each_segement_all() ? I mean only iterate one time in
bvec_for_each_segment(). I hope the above change is not our last choice
before I reply an Acked-by :-)

Thanks.

Coly Li

>  		bv->bv_page = alloc_page(gfp_mask);
>  		if (!bv->bv_page) {
>  			while (--bv >= bio->bi_io_vec)
>