linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 02/10] fs: pick out ll_rw_one

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Date:   Thu, 28 May 2020 21:23:16 +0800
From:   "zhangyi (F)" <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
CC:     <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>, <tytso@....edu>, <jack@...e.cz>,
        <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>, <zhangxiaoxu5@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/10] fs: pick out ll_rw_one_block() helper function

Hi, Christoph

On 2020/5/28 13:07, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 03:17:46PM +0800, zhangyi (F) wrote:
>> Pick out ll_rw_one_block() helper function from ll_rw_block() for
>> submitting one locked buffer for reading/writing.
> 
> That should probably read factor out instead of pick out.
> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: zhangyi (F) <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>  fs/buffer.c                 | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>>  include/linux/buffer_head.h |  1 +
>>  2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
>> index a60f60396cfa..3a2226f88b2d 100644
>> --- a/fs/buffer.c
>> +++ b/fs/buffer.c
>> @@ -3081,6 +3081,29 @@ int submit_bh(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh)
>>  }
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(submit_bh);
>>  
>> +void ll_rw_one_block(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh)
>> +{
>> +	BUG_ON(!buffer_locked(bh));
>> +
>> +	if (op == WRITE) {
>> +		if (test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
>> +			bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
>> +			get_bh(bh);
>> +			submit_bh(op, op_flags, bh);
>> +			return;
>> +		}
>> +	} else {
>> +		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
>> +			bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
>> +			get_bh(bh);
>> +			submit_bh(op, op_flags, bh);
>> +			return;
>> +		}
>> +	}
>> +	unlock_buffer(bh);
>> +}
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(ll_rw_one_block);
> 
> I don't think you want separate read and write sides.  In fact I'm not
> sure you want the helper at all.  At this point just open coding it
> rather than adding more overhead to core code might be a better idea.
> 

Yeah, what I want is only the read side, it's fine by me to open coding it.
Thanks,
Yi.