linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 1/2] block: add sync_blockdev

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Message-ID: <HK2PR04MB3891FCECADD7AECEEF5DD63081E99@HK2PR04MB3891.apcprd04.prod.outlook.com>
Date:   Fri, 8 Apr 2022 03:07:43 +0000
From:   "Yuezhang.Mo@...y.com" <Yuezhang.Mo@...y.com>
To:     Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@...nel.org>,
        "sj1557.seo@...sung.com" <sj1557.seo@...sung.com>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Andy.Wu@...y.com" <Andy.Wu@...y.com>,
        "Wataru.Aoyama@...y.com" <Wataru.Aoyama@...y.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        "axboe@...nel.dk" <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/2] block: add sync_blockdev_range()

sync_blockdev_range() is to support syncing multiple sectors
with as few block device requests as possible, it is helpful
to make the block device to give full play to its performance.

Signed-off-by: Yuezhang Mo <Yuezhang.Mo@...y.com>
Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Andy Wu <Andy.Wu@...y.com>
Reviewed-by: Aoyama Wataru <wataru.aoyama@...y.com>
cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
---
 block/bdev.c           | 7 +++++++
 include/linux/blkdev.h | 1 +
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index 13de871fa816..8b549b071bd6 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -200,6 +200,13 @@ int sync_blockdev(struct block_device *bdev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_blockdev);
 
+int sync_blockdev_range(struct block_device *bdev, loff_t lstart, loff_t lend)
+{
+	return filemap_write_and_wait_range(bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping,
+			lstart, lend);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_blockdev_range);
+
 /*
  * Write out and wait upon all dirty data associated with this
  * device.   Filesystem data as well as the underlying block
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 60d016138997..331cc6918ee9 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1547,6 +1547,7 @@ int truncate_bdev_range(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, loff_t lstart,
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 void invalidate_bdev(struct block_device *bdev);
 int sync_blockdev(struct block_device *bdev);
+int sync_blockdev_range(struct block_device *bdev, loff_t lstart, loff_t lend);
 int sync_blockdev_nowait(struct block_device *bdev);
 void sync_bdevs(bool wait);
 void printk_all_partitions(void);
-- 
2.25.1

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