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Linus Torvalds 35219bc5c7 vfs-6.12.netfs
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Merge tag 'vfs-6.12.netfs' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs

Pull netfs updates from Christian Brauner:
 "This contains the work to improve read/write performance for the new
  netfs library.

  The main performance enhancing changes are:

   - Define a structure, struct folio_queue, and a new iterator type,
     ITER_FOLIOQ, to hold a buffer as a replacement for ITER_XARRAY. See
     that patch for questions about naming and form.

     ITER_FOLIOQ is provided as a replacement for ITER_XARRAY. The
     problem with an xarray is that accessing it requires the use of a
     lock (typically the RCU read lock) - and this means that we can't
     supply iterate_and_advance() with a step function that might sleep
     (crypto for example) without having to drop the lock between pages.
     ITER_FOLIOQ is the iterator for a chain of folio_queue structs,
     where each folio_queue holds a small list of folios. A folio_queue
     struct is a simpler structure than xarray and is not subject to
     concurrent manipulation by the VM. folio_queue is used rather than
     a bvec[] as it can form lists of indefinite size, adding to one end
     and removing from the other on the fly.

   - Provide a copy_folio_from_iter() wrapper.

   - Make cifs RDMA support ITER_FOLIOQ.

   - Use folio queues in the write-side helpers instead of xarrays.

   - Add a function to reset the iterator in a subrequest.

   - Simplify the write-side helpers to use sheaves to skip gaps rather
     than trying to work out where gaps are.

   - In afs, make the read subrequests asynchronous, putting them into
     work items to allow the next patch to do progressive
     unlocking/reading.

   - Overhaul the read-side helpers to improve performance.

   - Fix the caching of a partial block at the end of a file.

   - Allow a store to be cancelled.

  Then some changes for cifs to make it use folio queues instead of
  xarrays for crypto bufferage:

   - Use raw iteration functions rather than manually coding iteration
     when hashing data.

   - Switch to using folio_queue for crypto buffers.

   - Remove the xarray bits.

  Make some adjustments to the /proc/fs/netfs/stats file such that:

   - All the netfs stats lines begin 'Netfs:' but change this to
     something a bit more useful.

   - Add a couple of stats counters to track the numbers of skips and
     waits on the per-inode writeback serialisation lock to make it
     easier to check for this as a source of performance loss.

  Miscellaneous work:

   - Ensure that the sb_writers lock is taken around
     vfs_{set,remove}xattr() in the cachefiles code.

   - Reduce the number of conditional branches in netfs_perform_write().

   - Move the CIFS_INO_MODIFIED_ATTR flag to the netfs_inode struct and
     remove cifs_post_modify().

   - Move the max_len/max_nr_segs members from netfs_io_subrequest to
     netfs_io_request as they're only needed for one subreq at a time.

   - Add an 'unknown' source value for tracing purposes.

   - Remove NETFS_COPY_TO_CACHE as it's no longer used.

   - Set the request work function up front at allocation time.

   - Use bh-disabling spinlocks for rreq->lock as cachefiles completion
     may be run from block-filesystem DIO completion in softirq context.

   - Remove fs/netfs/io.c"

* tag 'vfs-6.12.netfs' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: (25 commits)
  docs: filesystems: corrected grammar of netfs page
  cifs: Don't support ITER_XARRAY
  cifs: Switch crypto buffer to use a folio_queue rather than an xarray
  cifs: Use iterate_and_advance*() routines directly for hashing
  netfs: Cancel dirty folios that have no storage destination
  cachefiles, netfs: Fix write to partial block at EOF
  netfs: Remove fs/netfs/io.c
  netfs: Speed up buffered reading
  afs: Make read subreqs async
  netfs: Simplify the writeback code
  netfs: Provide an iterator-reset function
  netfs: Use new folio_queue data type and iterator instead of xarray iter
  cifs: Provide the capability to extract from ITER_FOLIOQ to RDMA SGEs
  iov_iter: Provide copy_folio_from_iter()
  mm: Define struct folio_queue and ITER_FOLIOQ to handle a sequence of folios
  netfs: Use bh-disabling spinlocks for rreq->lock
  netfs: Set the request work function upon allocation
  netfs: Remove NETFS_COPY_TO_CACHE
  netfs: Reserve netfs_sreq_source 0 as unset/unknown
  netfs: Move max_len/max_nr_segs from netfs_io_subrequest to netfs_io_stream
  ...
2024-09-16 12:13:31 +02:00
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