linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] multi-page bvec configuration for integrity payload

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Message-ID: <yq1zg31hubf.fsf@ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com>
Date:   Tue, 08 Aug 2023 21:36:41 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Jinyoung Choi <j-young.choi@...sung.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        "axboe@...nel.dk" <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "kbusch@...nel.org" <kbusch@...nel.org>,
        "chaitanya.kulkarni@....com" <chaitanya.kulkarni@....com>,
        "sagi@...mberg.me" <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        "linux-block@...r.kernel.org" <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "martin.petersen@...cle.com" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] multi-page bvec configuration for integrity payload


Jinyoung,

> In the case of NVMe, it has an integrity payload consisting of one
> segment. So, rather than configuring SG_LIST, it was changed by direct
> DMA mapping.
>
> The page-merge is not performed for the struct bio_vec when creating a
> integrity payload in block. As a result, when creating an integrity
> paylaod beyond one page, each struct bio_vec is generated, and its
> bv_len does not exceed the PAGESIZE.
>
> To solve it, bio_integrity_add_page() should just add to the existing
> bvec, similar to bio_add_page() and friends.

This looks OK to me. I'll test on physical SCSI hardware tomorrow to
make sure there are no regressions.

Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@...cle.com>

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering