[PATCH V3] block: fix the DISCARD request merge

[Jianchao Wang]

There are two cases when handle DISCARD merge.
If max_discard_segments == 1, the bios/requests need to be contiguous
to merge. If max_discard_segments > 1, it takes every bio as a range
and different range needn't to be contiguous.

But now, attempt_merge screws this up. It always consider contiguity
for DISCARD for the case max_discard_segments > 1 and cannot merge
contiguous DISCARD for the case max_discard_segments == 1, because
rq_attempt_discard_merge always returns false in this case.
This patch fixes both of the two cases above.

Signed-off-by: Jianchao Wang <jianchao.w.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

V3:
 - Introduce blk_discard_mergable into attempt_merge and
   blk_try_merge.
 - Some comment changes.

V2:
 - Add max_discard_segments > 1 checking in attempt_merge.
 - Change patch title and comment.
 - Add more comment in attempt_merge

 block/blk-merge.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index 42a4674..b258de0 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -714,6 +714,22 @@ static void blk_account_io_merge(struct request *req)
 		part_stat_unlock();
 	}
 }
+/*
+ * Two cases of handling DISCARD merge:
+ * If max_discard_segments > 1, the driver takes every bio
+ * as a range and send them to controller together. The ranges
+ * needn't to be contiguous.
+ * Otherwise, the bios/requests will be handled as same as
+ * others which should be contiguous.
+ */
+static inline bool blk_discard_mergable(struct request *req)
+{
+	if (req_op(req) == REQ_OP_DISCARD &&
+	    queue_max_discard_segments(req->q) > 1)
+		return true;
+	else
+		return false;
+}
 
 /*
  * For non-mq, this has to be called with the request spinlock acquired.
@@ -731,12 +747,6 @@ static struct request *attempt_merge(struct request_queue *q,
 	if (req_op(req) != req_op(next))
 		return NULL;
 
-	/*
-	 * not contiguous
-	 */
-	if (blk_rq_pos(req) + blk_rq_sectors(req) != blk_rq_pos(next))
-		return NULL;
-
 	if (rq_data_dir(req) != rq_data_dir(next)
 	    || req->rq_disk != next->rq_disk
 	    || req_no_special_merge(next))
@@ -760,11 +770,16 @@ static struct request *attempt_merge(struct request_queue *q,
 	 * counts here. Handle DISCARDs separately, as they
 	 * have separate settings.
 	 */
-	if (req_op(req) == REQ_OP_DISCARD) {
+
+	if (blk_discard_mergable(req)) {
 		if (!req_attempt_discard_merge(q, req, next))
 			return NULL;
-	} else if (!ll_merge_requests_fn(q, req, next))
+	} else if (blk_rq_pos(req) + blk_rq_sectors(req) == blk_rq_pos(next)) {
+		if (!ll_merge_requests_fn(q, req, next))
+			return NULL;
+	} else {
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * If failfast settings disagree or any of the two is already
@@ -888,8 +903,7 @@ bool blk_rq_merge_ok(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 
 enum elv_merge blk_try_merge(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 {
-	if (req_op(rq) == REQ_OP_DISCARD &&
-	    queue_max_discard_segments(rq->q) > 1)
+	if (blk_discard_mergable(rq))
 		return ELEVATOR_DISCARD_MERGE;
 	else if (blk_rq_pos(rq) + blk_rq_sectors(rq) == bio->bi_iter.bi_sector)
 		return ELEVATOR_BACK_MERGE;
-- 
2.7.4