linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH V10 03/19] block: use bio_for_each_bvec() to compute multi-page bvec count

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Message-ID: <20181115210510.GA24908@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 15 Nov 2018 16:05:10 -0500
From:   Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
To:     Omar Sandoval <osandov@...ndov.com>
Cc:     Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>,
        Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>,
        dm-devel@...hat.com, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org>,
        linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
        "Darrick J . Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, Gao Xiang <gaoxiang25@...wei.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Coly Li <colyli@...e.de>,
        linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org, Boaz Harrosh <ooo@...ctrozaur.com>,
        Bob Peterson <rpeterso@...hat.com>, cluster-devel@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V10 03/19] block: use bio_for_each_bvec() to compute
 multi-page bvec count

On Thu, Nov 15 2018 at  3:20pm -0500,
Omar Sandoval <osandov@...ndov.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 04:52:50PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> > First it is more efficient to use bio_for_each_bvec() in both
> > blk_bio_segment_split() and __blk_recalc_rq_segments() to compute how
> > many multi-page bvecs there are in the bio.
> > 
> > Secondly once bio_for_each_bvec() is used, the bvec may need to be
> > splitted because its length can be very longer than max segment size,
> > so we have to split the big bvec into several segments.
> > 
> > Thirdly when splitting multi-page bvec into segments, the max segment
> > limit may be reached, so the bio split need to be considered under
> > this situation too.
> > 
> > Cc: Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>
> > Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>
> > Cc: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
> > Cc: dm-devel@...hat.com
> > Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> > Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org>
> > Cc: linux-raid@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org
> > Cc: David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>
> > Cc: linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
> > Cc: linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: Gao Xiang <gaoxiang25@...wei.com>
> > Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> > Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
> > Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: Coly Li <colyli@...e.de>
> > Cc: linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: Boaz Harrosh <ooo@...ctrozaur.com>
> > Cc: Bob Peterson <rpeterso@...hat.com>
> > Cc: cluster-devel@...hat.com
> > Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
> > ---
> >  block/blk-merge.c | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> >  1 file changed, 76 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
> > index 91b2af332a84..6f7deb94a23f 100644
> > --- a/block/blk-merge.c
> > +++ b/block/blk-merge.c
> > @@ -160,6 +160,62 @@ static inline unsigned get_max_io_size(struct request_queue *q,
> >  	return sectors;
> >  }
> >  
> > +/*
> > + * Split the bvec @bv into segments, and update all kinds of
> > + * variables.
> > + */
> > +static bool bvec_split_segs(struct request_queue *q, struct bio_vec *bv,
> > +		unsigned *nsegs, unsigned *last_seg_size,
> > +		unsigned *front_seg_size, unsigned *sectors)
> > +{
> > +	bool need_split = false;
> > +	unsigned len = bv->bv_len;
> > +	unsigned total_len = 0;
> > +	unsigned new_nsegs = 0, seg_size = 0;
> 
> "unsigned int" here and everywhere else.

Curious why?  I've wondered what govens use of "unsigned" vs "unsigned
int" recently and haven't found _the_ reason to pick one over the other.

Thanks,
Mike