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[PATCH v1 07/54] bcache: comment on direct access to bvec table

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Looks all are safe after multipage bvec is supported.

Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/md/bcache/btree.c | 1 +
 drivers/md/bcache/super.c | 6 ++++++
 drivers/md/bcache/util.c  | 7 +++++++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
index a43eedd5804d..fc35cfb4d0f1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ static void do_btree_node_write(struct btree *b)
 
 		continue_at(cl, btree_node_write_done, NULL);
 	} else {
+		/* No harm for multipage bvec since the new is just allocated */
 		b->bio->bi_vcnt = 0;
 		bch_bio_map(b->bio, i);
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index 3a19cbc8b230..607b022259dc 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ static void write_bdev_super_endio(struct bio *bio)
 
 static void __write_super(struct cache_sb *sb, struct bio *bio)
 {
+	/* single page bio, safe for multipage bvec */
 	struct cache_sb *out = page_address(bio->bi_io_vec[0].bv_page);
 	unsigned i;
 
@@ -1156,6 +1157,8 @@ static void register_bdev(struct cache_sb *sb, struct page *sb_page,
 	dc->bdev->bd_holder = dc;
 
 	bio_init(&dc->sb_bio, dc->sb_bio.bi_inline_vecs, 1);
+
+	/* single page bio, safe for multipage bvec */
 	dc->sb_bio.bi_io_vec[0].bv_page = sb_page;
 	get_page(sb_page);
 
@@ -1799,6 +1802,7 @@ void bch_cache_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 	for (i = 0; i < RESERVE_NR; i++)
 		free_fifo(&ca->free[i]);
 
+	/* single page bio, safe for multipage bvec */
 	if (ca->sb_bio.bi_inline_vecs[0].bv_page)
 		put_page(ca->sb_bio.bi_io_vec[0].bv_page);
 
@@ -1854,6 +1858,8 @@ static int register_cache(struct cache_sb *sb, struct page *sb_page,
 	ca->bdev->bd_holder = ca;
 
 	bio_init(&ca->sb_bio, ca->sb_bio.bi_inline_vecs, 1);
+
+	/* single page bio, safe for multipage bvec */
 	ca->sb_bio.bi_io_vec[0].bv_page = sb_page;
 	get_page(sb_page);
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/util.c b/drivers/md/bcache/util.c
index dde6172f3f10..5cc0b49a65fb 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/util.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/util.c
@@ -222,6 +222,13 @@ uint64_t bch_next_delay(struct bch_ratelimit *d, uint64_t done)
 		: 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Generally it isn't good to access .bi_io_vec and .bi_vcnt
+ * directly, the preferred way is bio_add_page, but in
+ * this case, bch_bio_map() supposes that the bvec table
+ * is empty, so it is safe to access .bi_vcnt & .bi_io_vec
+ * in this way even after multipage bvec is supported.
+ */
 void bch_bio_map(struct bio *bio, void *base)
 {
 	size_t size = bio->bi_iter.bi_size;
-- 
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[PATCH v1 07/54] bcache: comment on direct access to bvec table Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com> - 2016-12-27 17:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v1 07/54] bcache: comment on direct access to bvec table Coly Li <colyli@suse.de> - 2016-12-30 18:00 +0100

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