Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v3 04/26] block: Refactor blk_update_request()

From: Vivek Goyal
Date: Tue Oct 02 2012 - 14:44:07 EST


On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 03:34:44PM -0700, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> Converts it to use bio_advance(), simplifying it quite a bit in the
> process.
>
> Note that req_bio_endio() now always calls bio_advance() - which means
> it always loops over the biovec, not just on partial completions. Don't
> expect it to affect performance, but worth noting.
>
> Tested it by forcing partial updates, and dumping before and after on
> various bio/bvec fields when doing a partial update.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> block/blk-core.c | 80 +++++++++-----------------------------------------------
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
> index a17869f..a8a1a9e 100644
> --- a/block/blk-core.c
> +++ b/block/blk-core.c
> @@ -158,20 +158,10 @@ static void req_bio_endio(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio,
> else if (!test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags))
> error = -EIO;
>
> - if (unlikely(nbytes > bio->bi_size)) {
> - printk(KERN_ERR "%s: want %u bytes done, %u left\n",
> - __func__, nbytes, bio->bi_size);
> - nbytes = bio->bi_size;
> - }
> -

You are dropping this warning because nobody is calling req_bio_endio()
with bytes greater than bio size in current code?

Otherwise this looks like a good simplification of blk_update_request()
code.

Thanks
Vivek
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