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author | Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> | 2007-09-27 13:01:25 +0200 |
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committer | Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> | 2007-10-16 11:03:56 +0200 |
commit | bf2de6f5a4faf0197268f18d08969b003b87b6e8 (patch) | |
tree | 16830a15a7effea352445a7aba5dbb433314d3eb /block | |
parent | block: factor our bio_check_eod() (diff) | |
download | linux-bf2de6f5a4faf0197268f18d08969b003b87b6e8.tar.xz linux-bf2de6f5a4faf0197268f18d08969b003b87b6e8.zip |
block: Initial support for data-less (or empty) barrier support
This implements functionality to pass down or insert a barrier
in a queue, without having data attached to it. The ->prepare_flush_fn()
infrastructure from data barriers are reused to provide this
functionality.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'block')
-rw-r--r-- | block/elevator.c | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | block/ll_rw_blk.c | 58 |
2 files changed, 47 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c index ec23ca02f2fe..952aee04a68a 100644 --- a/block/elevator.c +++ b/block/elevator.c @@ -712,6 +712,14 @@ struct request *elv_next_request(struct request_queue *q) int ret; while ((rq = __elv_next_request(q)) != NULL) { + /* + * Kill the empty barrier place holder, the driver must + * not ever see it. + */ + if (blk_empty_barrier(rq)) { + end_queued_request(rq, 1); + continue; + } if (!(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_STARTED)) { /* * This is the first time the device driver diff --git a/block/ll_rw_blk.c b/block/ll_rw_blk.c index 548f0d826679..4fde3a3c92d3 100644 --- a/block/ll_rw_blk.c +++ b/block/ll_rw_blk.c @@ -458,9 +458,12 @@ static inline struct request *start_ordered(struct request_queue *q, * Queue ordered sequence. As we stack them at the head, we * need to queue in reverse order. Note that we rely on that * no fs request uses ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT and thus no fs - * request gets inbetween ordered sequence. + * request gets inbetween ordered sequence. If this request is + * an empty barrier, we don't need to do a postflush ever since + * there will be no data written between the pre and post flush. + * Hence a single flush will suffice. */ - if (q->ordered & QUEUE_ORDERED_POSTFLUSH) + if ((q->ordered & QUEUE_ORDERED_POSTFLUSH) && !blk_empty_barrier(rq)) queue_flush(q, QUEUE_ORDERED_POSTFLUSH); else q->ordseq |= QUEUE_ORDSEQ_POSTFLUSH; @@ -484,7 +487,7 @@ static inline struct request *start_ordered(struct request_queue *q, int blk_do_ordered(struct request_queue *q, struct request **rqp) { struct request *rq = *rqp; - int is_barrier = blk_fs_request(rq) && blk_barrier_rq(rq); + const int is_barrier = blk_fs_request(rq) && blk_barrier_rq(rq); if (!q->ordseq) { if (!is_barrier) @@ -3054,7 +3057,7 @@ static inline void blk_partition_remap(struct bio *bio) { struct block_device *bdev = bio->bi_bdev; - if (bdev != bdev->bd_contains) { + if (bio_sectors(bio) && bdev != bdev->bd_contains) { struct hd_struct *p = bdev->bd_part; const int rw = bio_data_dir(bio); @@ -3313,23 +3316,32 @@ void submit_bio(int rw, struct bio *bio) { int count = bio_sectors(bio); - BIO_BUG_ON(!bio->bi_size); - BIO_BUG_ON(!bio->bi_io_vec); bio->bi_rw |= rw; - if (rw & WRITE) { - count_vm_events(PGPGOUT, count); - } else { - task_io_account_read(bio->bi_size); - count_vm_events(PGPGIN, count); - } - if (unlikely(block_dump)) { - char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE]; - printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s(%d): %s block %Lu on %s\n", - current->comm, current->pid, - (rw & WRITE) ? "WRITE" : "READ", - (unsigned long long)bio->bi_sector, - bdevname(bio->bi_bdev,b)); + /* + * If it's a regular read/write or a barrier with data attached, + * go through the normal accounting stuff before submission. + */ + if (!bio_empty_barrier(bio)) { + + BIO_BUG_ON(!bio->bi_size); + BIO_BUG_ON(!bio->bi_io_vec); + + if (rw & WRITE) { + count_vm_events(PGPGOUT, count); + } else { + task_io_account_read(bio->bi_size); + count_vm_events(PGPGIN, count); + } + + if (unlikely(block_dump)) { + char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE]; + printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s(%d): %s block %Lu on %s\n", + current->comm, current->pid, + (rw & WRITE) ? "WRITE" : "READ", + (unsigned long long)bio->bi_sector, + bdevname(bio->bi_bdev,b)); + } } generic_make_request(bio); @@ -3405,6 +3417,14 @@ static int __end_that_request_first(struct request *req, int uptodate, while ((bio = req->bio) != NULL) { int nbytes; + /* + * For an empty barrier request, the low level driver must + * store a potential error location in ->sector. We pass + * that back up in ->bi_sector. + */ + if (blk_empty_barrier(req)) + bio->bi_sector = req->sector; + if (nr_bytes >= bio->bi_size) { req->bio = bio->bi_next; nbytes = bio->bi_size; |