linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V10 17/19] block: don't use bio->bi

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Message-ID: <20181116021140.GL23828@vader>
Date:   Thu, 15 Nov 2018 18:11:40 -0800
From:   Omar Sandoval <osandov@...ndov.com>
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 17/19] block: don't use bio->bi_vcnt to figure out
 segment number

On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 04:53:04PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> It is wrong to use bio->bi_vcnt to figure out how many segments
> there are in the bio even though CLONED flag isn't set on this bio,
> because this bio may be splitted or advanced.
> 
> So always use bio_segments() in blk_recount_segments(), and it shouldn't
> cause any performance loss now because the physical segment number is figured
> out in blk_queue_split() and BIO_SEG_VALID is set meantime since
> bdced438acd83ad83a6c ("block: setup bi_phys_segments after splitting").
> 
> Cc: Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>
> Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>
> Fixes: 7f60dcaaf91 ("block: blk-merge: fix blk_recount_segments()")

>From what I can tell, the problem was originally introduced by
76d8137a3113 ("blk-merge: recaculate segment if it isn't less than max segments")

Is that right?

> 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 | 8 +-------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
> index cb9f49bcfd36..153a659fde74 100644
> --- a/block/blk-merge.c
> +++ b/block/blk-merge.c
> @@ -429,13 +429,7 @@ void blk_recalc_rq_segments(struct request *rq)
>  
>  void blk_recount_segments(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
>  {
> -	unsigned short seg_cnt;
> -
> -	/* estimate segment number by bi_vcnt for non-cloned bio */
> -	if (bio_flagged(bio, BIO_CLONED))
> -		seg_cnt = bio_segments(bio);
> -	else
> -		seg_cnt = bio->bi_vcnt;
> +	unsigned short seg_cnt = bio_segments(bio);
>  
>  	if (test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_NO_SG_MERGE, &q->queue_flags) &&
>  			(seg_cnt < queue_max_segments(q)))
> -- 
> 2.9.5
>