Re: [PATCH 1/2] md: change chunk_sectors and stripe cache counts to unsigned int

From: yu kuai

Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 15:34:27 EST


Hi,

在 2026/7/10 21:23, Hiroshi Nishida 写道:
> chunk_sectors, new_chunk_sectors, prev_chunk_sectors, max_nr_stripes,
> and min_nr_stripes are never negative. Using signed int is semantically
> wrong and prevents the compiler from optimizing division/modulo by
> power-of-two chunk sizes to right shifts in the hot I/O path.
>
> Change all struct fields and derived local variables to unsigned int:
> mddev->chunk_sectors
> mddev->new_chunk_sectors
> r5conf->chunk_sectors
> r5conf->prev_chunk_sectors
> r5conf->max_nr_stripes
> r5conf->min_nr_stripes
> Local: sectors_per_chunk, new_chunk, chunk_sectors
>
> The min() in r5c_check_cached_full_stripe() required both operands to
> match signedness; this is now satisfied with max_nr_stripes unsigned.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Nishida <nishidafmly@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/md/md.h | 4 ++--
> drivers/md/raid5.c | 14 +++++++-------
> drivers/md/raid5.h | 8 ++++----
> 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

Patch looks fine, but you're missing some places like raid5_show_stripe_cache_size(),
where %d is used to print min_nr_stripes.

>
> diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
> index d8daf0f75cbb..b9ad26844799 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/md.h
> +++ b/drivers/md/md.h
> @@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ struct mddev {
> int external; /* metadata is
> * managed externally */
> char metadata_type[17]; /* externally set*/
> - int chunk_sectors;
> + unsigned int chunk_sectors;
> time64_t ctime, utime;
> int level, layout;
> char clevel[16];
> @@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ struct mddev {
> */
> sector_t reshape_position;
> int delta_disks, new_level, new_layout;
> - int new_chunk_sectors;
> + unsigned int new_chunk_sectors;
> int reshape_backwards;
>
> struct md_thread __rcu *thread; /* management thread */
> diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
> index 0c5c9fb0606e..28828e083c2b 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
> @@ -2970,7 +2970,7 @@ sector_t raid5_compute_sector(struct r5conf *conf, sector_t r_sector,
> sector_t new_sector;
> int algorithm = previous ? conf->prev_algo
> : conf->algorithm;
> - int sectors_per_chunk = previous ? conf->prev_chunk_sectors
> + unsigned int sectors_per_chunk = previous ? conf->prev_chunk_sectors
> : conf->chunk_sectors;
> int raid_disks = previous ? conf->previous_raid_disks
> : conf->raid_disks;
> @@ -3166,7 +3166,7 @@ sector_t raid5_compute_blocknr(struct stripe_head *sh, int i, int previous)
> int raid_disks = sh->disks;
> int data_disks = raid_disks - conf->max_degraded;
> sector_t new_sector = sh->sector, check;
> - int sectors_per_chunk = previous ? conf->prev_chunk_sectors
> + unsigned int sectors_per_chunk = previous ? conf->prev_chunk_sectors
> : conf->chunk_sectors;
> int algorithm = previous ? conf->prev_algo
> : conf->algorithm;
> @@ -3584,7 +3584,7 @@ static void end_reshape(struct r5conf *conf);
> static void stripe_set_idx(sector_t stripe, struct r5conf *conf, int previous,
> struct stripe_head *sh)
> {
> - int sectors_per_chunk =
> + unsigned int sectors_per_chunk =
> previous ? conf->prev_chunk_sectors : conf->chunk_sectors;
> int dd_idx;
> int chunk_offset = sector_div(stripe, sectors_per_chunk);
> @@ -6103,7 +6103,7 @@ static enum stripe_result make_stripe_request(struct mddev *mddev,
> static sector_t raid5_bio_lowest_chunk_sector(struct r5conf *conf,
> struct bio *bi)
> {
> - int sectors_per_chunk = conf->chunk_sectors;
> + unsigned int sectors_per_chunk = conf->chunk_sectors;
> int raid_disks = conf->raid_disks;
> int dd_idx;
> struct stripe_head sh;
> @@ -7930,7 +7930,7 @@ static int raid5_run(struct mddev *mddev)
> sector_t here_new, here_old;
> int old_disks;
> int max_degraded = (mddev->level == 6 ? 2 : 1);
> - int chunk_sectors;
> + unsigned int chunk_sectors;
> int new_data_disks;
>
> if (journal_dev) {
> @@ -8832,7 +8832,7 @@ static int raid5_check_reshape(struct mddev *mddev)
> * to be used by a reshape pass.
> */
> struct r5conf *conf = mddev->private;
> - int new_chunk = mddev->new_chunk_sectors;
> + unsigned int new_chunk = mddev->new_chunk_sectors;
>
> if (mddev->new_layout >= 0 && !algorithm_valid_raid5(mddev->new_layout))
> return -EINVAL;
> @@ -8866,7 +8866,7 @@ static int raid5_check_reshape(struct mddev *mddev)
>
> static int raid6_check_reshape(struct mddev *mddev)
> {
> - int new_chunk = mddev->new_chunk_sectors;
> + unsigned int new_chunk = mddev->new_chunk_sectors;
>
> if (mddev->new_layout >= 0 && !algorithm_valid_raid6(mddev->new_layout))
> return -EINVAL;
> diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.h b/drivers/md/raid5.h
> index cb5feae04db2..5cd9d0f36b6e 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/raid5.h
> +++ b/drivers/md/raid5.h
> @@ -572,12 +572,12 @@ struct r5conf {
> /* only protect corresponding hash list and inactive_list */
> spinlock_t hash_locks[NR_STRIPE_HASH_LOCKS];
> struct mddev *mddev;
> - int chunk_sectors;
> + unsigned int chunk_sectors;
> int level, algorithm, rmw_level;
> int max_degraded;
> int raid_disks;
> - int max_nr_stripes;
> - int min_nr_stripes;
> + unsigned int max_nr_stripes;
> + unsigned int min_nr_stripes;
> #if PAGE_SIZE != DEFAULT_STRIPE_SIZE
> unsigned long stripe_size;
> unsigned int stripe_shift;
> @@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ struct r5conf {
> */
> sector_t reshape_safe;
> int previous_raid_disks;
> - int prev_chunk_sectors;
> + unsigned int prev_chunk_sectors;
> int prev_algo;
> short generation; /* increments with every reshape */
> seqcount_spinlock_t gen_lock; /* lock against generation changes */

--
Thanks,
Kuai