I wrote:
> Anyhow, I can write bio_chain in a separate file without
>touching changing any existing code in the kernel, if I am not going
>to implement the merge hint. I think I will do just that so that
>we have something that we can discuss more concretely.
In case anyone is intersted, here is a sample implementation
that compiles. I do not know if it works. I have renamed it
recycle_bio. This version allocates a bio on the stack (56 bytes
on x86). I also wrote a version that avoided the stack allocation,
but added a field "void *bi_destructor_private;" to struct bio.
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/* In bio.h: */
extern struct bio *__recycle_bio(struct bio *oldbio);
static inline struct bio *recycle_bio(struct bio *oldbio,
int gfp_mask, int nvecs) {
struct bio *newbio;
if (nvecs > oldbio->bi_max)
BUG();
if ((newbio = bio_alloc(gfp_mask, nvecs)) != NULL) {
submit_bio(oldbio->bi_rw, oldbio);
return newbio;
} else
return __recycle_bio(oldbio);
}
/* In bio.c: */
struct bio_completion {
struct bio bio;
struct completion done;
};
static void fake_destruct(struct bio *bio)
{
struct bio_completion *stackbio;
stackbio = list_entry(bio, struct bio_completion, bio);
complete(&stackbio->done);
}
struct bio *__recycle_bio(struct bio *bio)
{
struct bio_completion stackbio;
stackbio.bio = *bio;
stackbio.bio.bi_destructor = fake_destruct;
init_completion(&stackbio.done);
submit_bio(stackbio.bio.bi_rw, &stackbio.bio);
wait_for_completion(&stackbio.done);
return bio;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__recycle_bio);
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