Re: [PATCH V7 20/24] bcache: avoid to use bio_for_each_segment_all() in bch_bio_alloc_pages()

From: Coly Li
Date: Wed Jun 27 2018 - 22:01:59 EST


On 2018/6/28 9:28 AM, Ming Lei wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 11:55:33PM +0800, Coly Li wrote:
>> On 2018/6/27 8:45 PM, Ming Lei wrote:
>>> bch_bio_alloc_pages() is always called on one new bio, so it is safe
>>> to access the bvec table directly. Given it is the only kind of this
>>> case, open code the bvec table access since bio_for_each_segment_all()
>>> will be changed to support for iterating over multipage bvec.
>>>
>>> Cc: Coly Li <colyli@xxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: linux-bcache@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> drivers/md/bcache/util.c | 2 +-
>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/util.c b/drivers/md/bcache/util.c
>>> index fc479b026d6d..9f2a6fd5dfc9 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/md/bcache/util.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/util.c
>>> @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ int bch_bio_alloc_pages(struct bio *bio, gfp_t gfp_mask)
>>> int i;
>>> struct bio_vec *bv;
>>>
>>
>> Hi Ming,
>>
>>> - bio_for_each_segment_all(bv, bio, i) {
>>> + for (i = 0, bv = bio->bi_io_vec; i < bio->bi_vcnt; bv++) {
>>
>>
>> Is it possible to treat this as a special condition of
>> bio_for_each_segement_all() ? I mean only iterate one time in
>> bvec_for_each_segment(). I hope the above change is not our last choice
>> before I reply an Acked-by :-)
>
> Now the bvec from bio_for_each_segement_all() can't be changed any more
> since the referenced 'bvec' is generated in-flight given we store
> real multipage bvec.
>
> BTW, this way is actually suggested by Christoph for saving one new
> helper of bio_for_each_bvec_all() as done in V6, and per previous discussion,
> seems both Kent and Christoph agrees to convert bcache into bio_add_page()
> finally.
>
> So I guess this open code style should be fine.

Hi Ming,

I see, thanks for the hint.

Acked-by: Coly Li <colyli@xxxxxxx>

Coly Li