[PATCH v10 4/6] block: loop: prepare for supporing direct IO

From: Ming Lei
Date: Sun Aug 16 2015 - 22:32:28 EST


This patches provides one interface for enabling direct IO
from user space:

- userspace(such as losetup) can pass 'file' which is
opened/fcntl as O_DIRECT

Also __loop_update_dio() is introduced to check if direct I/O
can be used on current loop setting.

The last big change is to introduce LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO flag
for userspace to know if direct IO is used to access backing
file.

Cc: linux-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/loop.c | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/block/loop.h | 1 +
include/uapi/linux/loop.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 79 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 1875aad..06cad7e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -164,6 +164,62 @@ static loff_t get_loop_size(struct loop_device *lo, struct file *file)
return get_size(lo->lo_offset, lo->lo_sizelimit, file);
}

+static void __loop_update_dio(struct loop_device *lo, bool dio)
+{
+ struct file *file = lo->lo_backing_file;
+ struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
+ struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+ unsigned short sb_bsize = 0;
+ unsigned dio_align = 0;
+ bool use_dio;
+
+ if (inode->i_sb->s_bdev) {
+ sb_bsize = bdev_logical_block_size(inode->i_sb->s_bdev);
+ dio_align = sb_bsize - 1;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * We support direct I/O only if lo_offset is aligned with the
+ * logical I/O size of backing device, and the logical block
+ * size of loop is bigger than the backing device's and the loop
+ * needn't transform transfer.
+ *
+ * TODO: the above condition may be loosed in the future, and
+ * direct I/O may be switched runtime at that time because most
+ * of requests in sane appplications should be PAGE_SIZE algined
+ */
+ if (dio) {
+ if (queue_logical_block_size(lo->lo_queue) >= sb_bsize &&
+ !(lo->lo_offset & dio_align) &&
+ mapping->a_ops->direct_IO &&
+ !lo->transfer)
+ use_dio = true;
+ else
+ use_dio = false;
+ } else {
+ use_dio = false;
+ }
+
+ if (lo->use_dio == use_dio)
+ return;
+
+ /* flush dirty pages before changing direct IO */
+ vfs_fsync(file, 0);
+
+ /*
+ * The flag of LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO is handled similarly with
+ * LO_FLAGS_READ_ONLY, both are set from kernel, and losetup
+ * will get updated by ioctl(LOOP_GET_STATUS)
+ */
+ blk_mq_freeze_queue(lo->lo_queue);
+ lo->use_dio = use_dio;
+ if (use_dio)
+ lo->lo_flags |= LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO;
+ else
+ lo->lo_flags &= ~LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO;
+ blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(lo->lo_queue);
+}
+
static int
figure_loop_size(struct loop_device *lo, loff_t offset, loff_t sizelimit)
{
@@ -421,6 +477,12 @@ struct switch_request {
struct completion wait;
};

+static inline void loop_update_dio(struct loop_device *lo)
+{
+ __loop_update_dio(lo, io_is_direct(lo->lo_backing_file) |
+ lo->use_dio);
+}
+
/*
* Do the actual switch; called from the BIO completion routine
*/
@@ -441,6 +503,7 @@ static void do_loop_switch(struct loop_device *lo, struct switch_request *p)
mapping->host->i_bdev->bd_block_size : PAGE_SIZE;
lo->old_gfp_mask = mapping_gfp_mask(mapping);
mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, lo->old_gfp_mask & ~(__GFP_IO|__GFP_FS));
+ loop_update_dio(lo);
}

/*
@@ -627,11 +690,19 @@ static ssize_t loop_attr_partscan_show(struct loop_device *lo, char *buf)
return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", partscan ? "1" : "0");
}

+static ssize_t loop_attr_dio_show(struct loop_device *lo, char *buf)
+{
+ int dio = (lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO);
+
+ return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", dio ? "1" : "0");
+}
+
LOOP_ATTR_RO(backing_file);
LOOP_ATTR_RO(offset);
LOOP_ATTR_RO(sizelimit);
LOOP_ATTR_RO(autoclear);
LOOP_ATTR_RO(partscan);
+LOOP_ATTR_RO(dio);

static struct attribute *loop_attrs[] = {
&loop_attr_backing_file.attr,
@@ -639,6 +710,7 @@ static struct attribute *loop_attrs[] = {
&loop_attr_sizelimit.attr,
&loop_attr_autoclear.attr,
&loop_attr_partscan.attr,
+ &loop_attr_dio.attr,
NULL,
};

@@ -770,6 +842,7 @@ static int loop_set_fd(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,

set_device_ro(bdev, (lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_READ_ONLY) != 0);

+ lo->use_dio = false;
lo->lo_blocksize = lo_blocksize;
lo->lo_device = bdev;
lo->lo_flags = lo_flags;
@@ -783,6 +856,7 @@ static int loop_set_fd(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
if (!(lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_READ_ONLY) && file->f_op->fsync)
blk_queue_flush(lo->lo_queue, REQ_FLUSH);

+ loop_update_dio(lo);
set_capacity(lo->lo_disk, size);
bd_set_size(bdev, size << 9);
loop_sysfs_init(lo);
@@ -1001,6 +1075,9 @@ loop_set_status(struct loop_device *lo, const struct loop_info64 *info)
lo->lo_key_owner = uid;
}

+ /* update dio if lo_offset or transfer is changed */
+ __loop_update_dio(lo, lo->use_dio);
+
return 0;
}

diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.h b/drivers/block/loop.h
index b6c7d21..d1de221 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.h
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ struct loop_device {
struct mutex lo_ctl_mutex;
struct kthread_worker worker;
struct task_struct *worker_task;
+ bool use_dio;

struct request_queue *lo_queue;
struct blk_mq_tag_set tag_set;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/loop.h b/include/uapi/linux/loop.h
index e0cecd2..949851c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/loop.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/loop.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ enum {
LO_FLAGS_READ_ONLY = 1,
LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR = 4,
LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN = 8,
+ LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO = 16,
};

#include <asm/posix_types.h> /* for __kernel_old_dev_t */
--
1.9.1

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