Re: [PATCH 10/14] iomap: lift the xfs writeback code to iomap

From: Darrick J. Wong
Date: Thu Oct 17 2019 - 14:48:35 EST


On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 07:56:20PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Take the xfs writeback code and move it to fs/iomap. A new structure
> with three methods is added as the abstraction from the generic writeback
> code to the file system. These methods are used to map blocks, submit an
> ioend, and cancel a page that encountered an error before it was added to
> an ioend.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>

<snip>

> diff --git a/include/linux/iomap.h b/include/linux/iomap.h
> index 24bd227d59f9..71fd12ee5616 100644
> --- a/include/linux/iomap.h
> +++ b/include/linux/iomap.h
> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
>
> #include <linux/atomic.h>
> #include <linux/bitmap.h>
> +#include <linux/blk_types.h>
> #include <linux/mm.h>
> #include <linux/types.h>
> #include <linux/mm_types.h>
> @@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
> struct address_space;
> struct fiemap_extent_info;
> struct inode;
> +struct iomap_writepage_ctx;
> struct iov_iter;
> struct kiocb;
> struct page;
> @@ -185,6 +187,63 @@ loff_t iomap_seek_data(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
> sector_t iomap_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t bno,
> const struct iomap_ops *ops);
>
> +/*
> + * Structure for writeback I/O completions.
> + */
> +struct iomap_ioend {
> + struct list_head io_list; /* next ioend in chain */
> + u16 io_type;
> + u16 io_flags; /* IOMAP_F_* */
> + struct inode *io_inode; /* file being written to */
> + size_t io_size; /* size of the extent */
> + loff_t io_offset; /* offset in the file */
> + void *io_private; /* file system private data */
> + struct bio *io_bio; /* bio being built */
> + struct bio io_inline_bio; /* MUST BE LAST! */
> +};
> +
> +struct iomap_writeback_ops {
> + /*
> + * Required, maps the blocks so that writeback can be performed on
> + * the range starting at offset.
> + */
> + int (*map_blocks)(struct iomap_writepage_ctx *wpc, struct inode *inode,
> + loff_t offset);
> +
> + /*
> + * Optional, allows the file systems to perform actions just before
> + * submitting the bio and/or override the bio end_io handler for complex
> + * operations like copy on write extent manipulation or unwritten extent
> + * conversions.
> + */
> + int (*submit_ioend)(struct iomap_ioend *ioend, int status);
> +

Looks ok, but I reserve the right to rename this to ->prepare_ioend() or
something. :)

Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>

--D

> + /*
> + * Optional, allows the file system to discard state on a page where
> + * we failed to submit any I/O.
> + */
> + void (*discard_page)(struct page *page);
> +};
> +
> +struct iomap_writepage_ctx {
> + struct iomap iomap;
> + struct iomap_ioend *ioend;
> + const struct iomap_writeback_ops *ops;
> +};
> +
> +void iomap_finish_ioends(struct iomap_ioend *ioend, int error);
> +void iomap_ioend_try_merge(struct iomap_ioend *ioend,
> + struct list_head *more_ioends,
> + void (*merge_private)(struct iomap_ioend *ioend,
> + struct iomap_ioend *next));
> +void iomap_sort_ioends(struct list_head *ioend_list);
> +int iomap_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
> + struct iomap_writepage_ctx *wpc,
> + const struct iomap_writeback_ops *ops);
> +int iomap_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
> + struct writeback_control *wbc, struct iomap_writepage_ctx *wpc,
> + const struct iomap_writeback_ops *ops);
> +
> /*
> * Flags for direct I/O ->end_io:
> */
> --
> 2.20.1
>