linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/7] bio: Introduce LightNVM payload

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Message-ID: <20150509160007.GA16058@infradead.org>
Date:	Sat, 9 May 2015 09:00:07 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Matias Bj??rling <m@...rling.me>
Cc:	hch@...radead.org, axboe@...com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org,
	keith.busch@...el.com, javier@...etta.io
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/7] bio: Introduce LightNVM payload

On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 04:26:50PM +0200, Matias Bj??rling wrote:
> LightNVM integrates on both sides of the block layer. The lower layer
> implements mapping of logical to physical addressing, while the layer
> above can string together multiple LightNVM devices and expose them as a
> single block device.
> 
> Having multiple devices underneath requires a way to resolve where the
> IO came from when submitted through the block layer. Extending bio with
> a LightNVM payload solves this problem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matias Bj??rling <m@...rling.me>
> ---
>  include/linux/bio.h       | 9 +++++++++
>  include/linux/blk_types.h | 4 +++-
>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
> index da3a127..4e31a1c 100644
> --- a/include/linux/bio.h
> +++ b/include/linux/bio.h
> @@ -354,6 +354,15 @@ static inline void bip_set_seed(struct bio_integrity_payload *bip,
>  
>  #endif /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY */
>  
> +#if defined(CONFIG_NVM)
> +
> +/* bio open-channel ssd payload */
> +struct bio_nvm_payload {
> +	void *private;
> +};

Can you explain why this needs to be done on a per-bio instead of a
per-request level?  I don't really think a low-level driver should add
fields to struct bio as that can be easily remapped.

On the other hand in th request you can already (ab)use the ->cmd and
related fields for your own purposes.

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