linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH V10 14/19] block: enable multipage bvecs

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Date:   Fri, 16 Nov 2018 14:53:08 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
Cc:     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>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.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 14/19] block: enable multipage bvecs

> -
> -		if (page == bv->bv_page && off == bv->bv_offset + bv->bv_len) {
> -			bv->bv_len += len;
> -			bio->bi_iter.bi_size += len;
> -			return true;
> -		}
> +		struct request_queue *q = NULL;
> +
> +		if (page == bv->bv_page && off == (bv->bv_offset + bv->bv_len)
> +				&& (off + len) <= PAGE_SIZE)

How could the page struct be the same, but the range beyond PAGE_SIZE
(at least with the existing callers)?

Also no need for the inner btraces, and the && always goes on the
first line.

> +		if (bio->bi_disk)
> +			q = bio->bi_disk->queue;
> +
> +		/* disable multi-page bvec too if cluster isn't enabled */
> +		if (!q || !blk_queue_cluster(q) ||
> +		    ((page_to_phys(bv->bv_page) + bv->bv_offset + bv->bv_len) !=
> +		     (page_to_phys(page) + off)))
> +			return false;
> + merge:
> +		bv->bv_len += len;
> +		bio->bi_iter.bi_size += len;
> +		return true;

Ok, this is scary, as it will give differen results depending on when
bi_disk is assigned.  But then again we shouldn't really do the cluster
check here, but rather when splitting the bio for the actual low-level
driver.

(and eventually we should kill this clustering setting off in favor
of our normal segment limits).