Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fs,block: Introduce RWF_ZONE_APPEND and handling in direct IO path

[Damien Le Moal]

On 2020/06/30 16:43, Kanchan Joshi wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 12:37:07AM +0000, Damien Le Moal wrote:
>> On 2020/06/30 3:35, Kanchan Joshi wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 02:50:20AM +0000, Damien Le Moal wrote:
>>>> On 2020/06/26 2:18, Kanchan Joshi wrote:
>>>>> Introduce RWF_ZONE_APPEND flag to represent zone-append. User-space
>>>>> sends this with write. Add IOCB_ZONE_APPEND which is set in
>>>>> kiocb->ki_flags on receiving RWF_ZONE_APPEND.
>>>>> Make direct IO submission path use IOCB_ZONE_APPEND to send bio with
>>>>> append op. Direct IO completion returns zone-relative offset, in sector
>>>>> unit, to upper layer using kiocb->ki_complete interface.
>>>>> Report error if zone-append is requested on regular file or on sync
>>>>> kiocb (i.e. one without ki_complete).
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Kanchan Joshi <joshi.k@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: SelvaKumar S <selvakuma.s1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Arnav Dawn <a.dawn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Nitesh Shetty <nj.shetty@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Javier Gonzalez <javier.gonz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>  fs/block_dev.c          | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>>>>>  include/linux/fs.h      |  9 +++++++++
>>>>>  include/uapi/linux/fs.h |  5 ++++-
>>>>>  3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
>>>>> index 47860e5..5180268 100644
>>>>> --- a/fs/block_dev.c
>>>>> +++ b/fs/block_dev.c
>>>>> @@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ static unsigned int dio_bio_write_op(struct kiocb *iocb)
>>>>>  	/* avoid the need for a I/O completion work item */
>>>>>  	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DSYNC)
>>>>>  		op |= REQ_FUA;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_ZONE_APPEND)
>>>>> +		op |= REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND;
>>>>
>>>> This is wrong. REQ_OP_WRITE is already set in the declaration of "op". How can
>>>> this work ?
>>> REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND will override the REQ_WRITE op, while previously set op
>>> flags (REQ_FUA etc.) will be retained. But yes, this can be made to look
>>> cleaner.
>>> V3 will include the other changes you pointed out. Thanks for the review.
>>>
>>
>> REQ_OP_WRITE and REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND are different bits, so there is no
>> "override". A well formed BIO bi_opf is one op+flags. Specifying multiple OP
>> codes does not make sense.
> 
> one op+flags behavior is retained here. OP is not about bits (op flags are).
> Had it been, REQ_OP_WRITE (value 1) can not be differentiated from
> REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND (value 13).
> We do not do "bio_op(bio) & REQ_OP_WRITE", rather we look at the
> absolute value "bio_op(bio) == REQ_OP_WRITE".

Sure, the ops are not bits like the flags, but (excluding the flags) doing:

op |= REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND;

will give you op == (REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND). That's not what you want...



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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research