linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH V5 00/33] block: support multipage bvec

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Date:   Fri, 1 Jun 2018 01:43:02 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>,
        Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.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>,
        Coly Li <colyli@...e.de>, Filipe Manana <fdmanana@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH V5 00/33] block: support multipage bvec

On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 10:30:43AM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> I hate the conversion too, but looks it can't be avoided since
> bio_for_each_segment_all() has to be changed.

I guess you mean what is currently bio_for_each_page_all in your
tree which now takes a bvec_iter_all agument?  We could just
try to hide the bia variable initially under an unlike to be used
name, and then slowly move to the proper bio_for_each_page_all
API unhiding it with the rename.

But I think your current bio_for_each_segment_all should just
go away.  All three users really should be using better abstractions.