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author | Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> | 2019-02-27 13:13:23 -0700 |
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committer | Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> | 2019-03-18 10:44:48 -0600 |
commit | 399254aaf4892113c806816f7e64cf40c804d46d (patch) | |
tree | 319206f280d9b57c45dfa2a42e869b25270611f4 /block/bio.c | |
parent | 875f1d0769cdcfe1596ff0ca609b453359e42ec9 (diff) | |
download | linux-399254aaf4892113c806816f7e64cf40c804d46d.tar.bz2 |
block: add BIO_NO_PAGE_REF flag
If bio_iov_iter_get_pages() is called on an iov_iter that is flagged
with NO_REF, then we don't need to add a page reference for the pages
that we add.
Add BIO_NO_PAGE_REF to track this in the bio, so IO completion knows
not to drop a reference to these pages.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'block/bio.c')
-rw-r--r-- | block/bio.c | 43 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c index 71a78d9fb8b7..b64cedc7f87c 100644 --- a/block/bio.c +++ b/block/bio.c @@ -849,20 +849,14 @@ static int __bio_iov_bvec_add_pages(struct bio *bio, struct iov_iter *iter) size = bio_add_page(bio, bv->bv_page, len, bv->bv_offset + iter->iov_offset); if (size == len) { - struct page *page; - int i; + if (!bio_flagged(bio, BIO_NO_PAGE_REF)) { + struct page *page; + int i; + + mp_bvec_for_each_page(page, bv, i) + get_page(page); + } - /* - * For the normal O_DIRECT case, we could skip grabbing this - * reference and then not have to put them again when IO - * completes. But this breaks some in-kernel users, like - * splicing to/from a loop device, where we release the pipe - * pages unconditionally. If we can fix that case, we can - * get rid of the get here and the need to call - * bio_release_pages() at IO completion time. - */ - mp_bvec_for_each_page(page, bv, i) - get_page(page); iov_iter_advance(iter, size); return 0; } @@ -925,10 +919,12 @@ static int __bio_iov_iter_get_pages(struct bio *bio, struct iov_iter *iter) * This takes either an iterator pointing to user memory, or one pointing to * kernel pages (BVEC iterator). If we're adding user pages, we pin them and * map them into the kernel. On IO completion, the caller should put those - * pages. For now, when adding kernel pages, we still grab a reference to the - * page. This isn't strictly needed for the common case, but some call paths - * end up releasing pages from eg a pipe and we can't easily control these. - * See comment in __bio_iov_bvec_add_pages(). + * pages. If we're adding kernel pages, and the caller told us it's safe to + * do so, we just have to add the pages to the bio directly. We don't grab an + * extra reference to those pages (the user should already have that), and we + * don't put the page on IO completion. The caller needs to check if the bio is + * flagged BIO_NO_PAGE_REF on IO completion. If it isn't, then pages should be + * released. * * The function tries, but does not guarantee, to pin as many pages as * fit into the bio, or are requested in *iter, whatever is smaller. If @@ -940,6 +936,13 @@ int bio_iov_iter_get_pages(struct bio *bio, struct iov_iter *iter) const bool is_bvec = iov_iter_is_bvec(iter); unsigned short orig_vcnt = bio->bi_vcnt; + /* + * If this is a BVEC iter, then the pages are kernel pages. Don't + * release them on IO completion, if the caller asked us to. + */ + if (is_bvec && iov_iter_bvec_no_ref(iter)) + bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_NO_PAGE_REF); + do { int ret; @@ -1696,7 +1699,8 @@ static void bio_dirty_fn(struct work_struct *work) next = bio->bi_private; bio_set_pages_dirty(bio); - bio_release_pages(bio); + if (!bio_flagged(bio, BIO_NO_PAGE_REF)) + bio_release_pages(bio); bio_put(bio); } } @@ -1713,7 +1717,8 @@ void bio_check_pages_dirty(struct bio *bio) goto defer; } - bio_release_pages(bio); + if (!bio_flagged(bio, BIO_NO_PAGE_REF)) + bio_release_pages(bio); bio_put(bio); return; defer: |