Re: [PATCH] lightnvm: pblk: remove unnecessary bio_get/put

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Fri Jun 01 2018 - 09:47:28 EST


On 6/1/18 6:05 AM, Matias BjÃrling wrote:
> On 06/01/2018 02:01 PM, Javier GonzÃlez wrote:
>> In the read path, pblk gets a reference to the incoming bio and puts it
>> after ending the bio. Though this behavior is correct, it is unnecessary
>> since pblk is the one putting the bio, therefore, it cannot disappear
>> underneath it.
>>
>> Removing this reference, allows to clean up rqd->bio and avoids pointer
>> bouncing for the different read paths. Now, the incoming bio always
>> resides in the read context and pblk's internal bios (if any) reside in
>> rqd->bio.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Javier GonzÃlez <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c | 65 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
>> 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c
>> index fa7b60f852d9..38360de23d4e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c
>> +++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c
>> @@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ static int pblk_read_from_cache(struct pblk *pblk, struct bio *bio,
>> }
>>
>> static void pblk_read_ppalist_rq(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
>> - sector_t blba, unsigned long *read_bitmap)
>> + struct bio *bio, sector_t blba,
>> + unsigned long *read_bitmap)
>> {
>> struct pblk_sec_meta *meta_list = rqd->meta_list;
>> - struct bio *bio = rqd->bio;
>> struct ppa_addr ppas[PBLK_MAX_REQ_ADDRS];
>> int nr_secs = rqd->nr_ppas;
>> bool advanced_bio = false;
>> @@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ static void pblk_end_user_read(struct bio *bio)
>> WARN_ONCE(bio->bi_status, "pblk: corrupted read bio\n");
>> #endif
>> bio_endio(bio);
>> - bio_put(bio);
>> }
>>
>> static void __pblk_end_io_read(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
>> @@ -197,23 +196,18 @@ static void __pblk_end_io_read(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
>> {
>> struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev = pblk->dev;
>> struct pblk_g_ctx *r_ctx = nvm_rq_to_pdu(rqd);
>> - struct bio *bio = rqd->bio;
>> + struct bio *int_bio = rqd->bio;
>> unsigned long start_time = r_ctx->start_time;
>>
>> generic_end_io_acct(dev->q, READ, &pblk->disk->part0, start_time);
>>
>> if (rqd->error)
>> pblk_log_read_err(pblk, rqd);
>> -#ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
>> - else
>> - WARN_ONCE(bio->bi_status, "pblk: corrupted read error\n");
>> -#endif
>>
>> pblk_read_check_seq(pblk, rqd, r_ctx->lba);
>>
>> - bio_put(bio);
>> - if (r_ctx->private)
>> - pblk_end_user_read((struct bio *)r_ctx->private);
>> + if (int_bio)
>> + bio_put(int_bio);
>>
>> if (put_line)
>> pblk_read_put_rqd_kref(pblk, rqd);
>> @@ -230,16 +224,19 @@ static void __pblk_end_io_read(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
>> static void pblk_end_io_read(struct nvm_rq *rqd)
>> {
>> struct pblk *pblk = rqd->private;
>> + struct pblk_g_ctx *r_ctx = nvm_rq_to_pdu(rqd);
>> + struct bio *bio = (struct bio *)r_ctx->private;
>>
>> + pblk_end_user_read(bio);
>> __pblk_end_io_read(pblk, rqd, true);
>> }
>>
>> -static int pblk_partial_read_bio(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
>> - unsigned int bio_init_idx,
>> - unsigned long *read_bitmap)
>> +static int pblk_partial_read(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
>> + struct bio *orig_bio, unsigned int bio_init_idx,
>> + unsigned long *read_bitmap)
>> {
>> - struct bio *new_bio, *bio = rqd->bio;
>> struct pblk_sec_meta *meta_list = rqd->meta_list;
>> + struct bio *new_bio;
>> struct bio_vec src_bv, dst_bv;
>> void *ppa_ptr = NULL;
>> void *src_p, *dst_p;
>> @@ -256,11 +253,11 @@ static int pblk_partial_read_bio(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
>> new_bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, nr_holes);
>>
>> if (pblk_bio_add_pages(pblk, new_bio, GFP_KERNEL, nr_holes))
>> - goto err_add_pages;
>> + goto fail_add_pages;
>>
>> if (nr_holes != new_bio->bi_vcnt) {
>> pr_err("pblk: malformed bio\n");
>> - goto err;
>> + goto fail;
>> }
>>
>> for (i = 0; i < nr_secs; i++)
>> @@ -283,7 +280,7 @@ static int pblk_partial_read_bio(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
>> if (ret) {
>> bio_put(rqd->bio);
>> pr_err("pblk: sync read IO submission failed\n");
>> - goto err;
>> + goto fail;
>> }
>>
>> if (rqd->error) {
>> @@ -319,7 +316,7 @@ static int pblk_partial_read_bio(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
>> meta_list[hole].lba = lba_list_media[i];
>>
>> src_bv = new_bio->bi_io_vec[i++];
>> - dst_bv = bio->bi_io_vec[bio_init_idx + hole];
>> + dst_bv = orig_bio->bi_io_vec[bio_init_idx + hole];
>>
>> src_p = kmap_atomic(src_bv.bv_page);
>> dst_p = kmap_atomic(dst_bv.bv_page);
>> @@ -338,28 +335,26 @@ static int pblk_partial_read_bio(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
>>
>> bio_put(new_bio);
>>
>> - /* Complete the original bio and associated request */
>> - bio_endio(bio);
>> - rqd->bio = bio;
>> + /* restore original request */
>> + rqd->bio = NULL;
>> rqd->nr_ppas = nr_secs;
>>
>> __pblk_end_io_read(pblk, rqd, false);
>> - return NVM_IO_OK;
>> + return NVM_IO_DONE;
>>
>> -err:
>> +fail:
>> /* Free allocated pages in new bio */
>> pblk_bio_free_pages(pblk, new_bio, 0, new_bio->bi_vcnt);
>> -err_add_pages:
>> +fail_add_pages:
>> pr_err("pblk: failed to perform partial read\n");
>> __pblk_end_io_read(pblk, rqd, false);
>> return NVM_IO_ERR;
>> }
>>
>> -static void pblk_read_rq(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
>> +static void pblk_read_rq(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd, struct bio *bio,
>> sector_t lba, unsigned long *read_bitmap)
>> {
>> struct pblk_sec_meta *meta_list = rqd->meta_list;
>> - struct bio *bio = rqd->bio;
>> struct ppa_addr ppa;
>>
>> pblk_lookup_l2p_seq(pblk, &ppa, lba, 1);
>> @@ -423,14 +418,15 @@ int pblk_submit_read(struct pblk *pblk, struct bio *bio)
>> rqd = pblk_alloc_rqd(pblk, PBLK_READ);
>>
>> rqd->opcode = NVM_OP_PREAD;
>> - rqd->bio = bio;
>> rqd->nr_ppas = nr_secs;
>> + rqd->bio = NULL; /* cloned bio if needed */
>> rqd->private = pblk;
>> rqd->end_io = pblk_end_io_read;
>>
>> r_ctx = nvm_rq_to_pdu(rqd);
>> r_ctx->start_time = jiffies;
>> r_ctx->lba = blba;
>> + r_ctx->private = bio; /* original bio */
>>
>> /* Save the index for this bio's start. This is needed in case
>> * we need to fill a partial read.
>> @@ -448,17 +444,15 @@ int pblk_submit_read(struct pblk *pblk, struct bio *bio)
>> rqd->ppa_list = rqd->meta_list + pblk_dma_meta_size;
>> rqd->dma_ppa_list = rqd->dma_meta_list + pblk_dma_meta_size;
>>
>> - pblk_read_ppalist_rq(pblk, rqd, blba, &read_bitmap);
>> + pblk_read_ppalist_rq(pblk, rqd, bio, blba, &read_bitmap);
>> } else {
>> - pblk_read_rq(pblk, rqd, blba, &read_bitmap);
>> + pblk_read_rq(pblk, rqd, bio, blba, &read_bitmap);
>> }
>>
>> - bio_get(bio);
>> if (bitmap_full(&read_bitmap, nr_secs)) {
>> - bio_endio(bio);
>> atomic_inc(&pblk->inflight_io);
>> __pblk_end_io_read(pblk, rqd, false);
>> - return NVM_IO_OK;
>> + return NVM_IO_DONE;
>> }
>>
>> /* All sectors are to be read from the device */
>> @@ -473,13 +467,10 @@ int pblk_submit_read(struct pblk *pblk, struct bio *bio)
>> }
>>
>> rqd->bio = int_bio;
>> - r_ctx->private = bio;
>>
>> if (pblk_submit_io(pblk, rqd)) {
>> pr_err("pblk: read IO submission failed\n");
>> ret = NVM_IO_ERR;
>> - if (int_bio)
>> - bio_put(int_bio);
>> goto fail_end_io;
>> }
>>
>> @@ -489,7 +480,7 @@ int pblk_submit_read(struct pblk *pblk, struct bio *bio)
>> /* The read bio request could be partially filled by the write buffer,
>> * but there are some holes that need to be read from the drive.
>> */
>> - return pblk_partial_read_bio(pblk, rqd, bio_init_idx, &read_bitmap);
>> + return pblk_partial_read(pblk, rqd, bio, bio_init_idx, &read_bitmap);
>>
>> fail_rqd_free:
>> pblk_free_rqd(pblk, rqd, PBLK_READ);
>>
>
> Hi Jens,
>
> Would you please pick this up as well?

Please just make it part of your updated series, it doesn't apply
to what I currently have.

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Jens Axboe