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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/2] fs,block: Introduce RWF_ZONE_APPEND and handling in direct IO path
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On 2020/06/30 16:53, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> 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@samsung.com>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: SelvaKumar S <selvakuma.s1@samsung.com>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Arnav Dawn <a.dawn@samsung.com>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Nitesh Shetty <nj.shetty@samsung.com>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Javier Gonzalez <javier.gonz@samsung.com>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> 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...

And yes, REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND == REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND... But still
not a reason for not setting the op correctly :)



--
Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research

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