diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index 151cace2dbe1..3c57b3ba727d 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ void bio_init(struct bio *bio, struct block_device *bdev, struct bio_vec *table,
bio->bi_opf = opf;
bio->bi_flags = 0;
bio->bi_ioprio = 0;
- bio->bi_write_hint = 0;
bio->bi_status = 0;
bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = 0;
bio->bi_iter.bi_size = 0;
@@ -737,7 +736,6 @@ static int __bio_clone(struct bio *bio, struct bio *bio_src, gfp_t gfp)
bio_flagged(bio_src, BIO_REMAPPED))
bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_REMAPPED);
bio->bi_ioprio = bio_src->bi_ioprio;
- bio->bi_write_hint = bio_src->bi_write_hint;
bio->bi_iter = bio_src->bi_iter;
bio_clone_blkg_association(bio, bio_src);
diff --git a/block/blk-crypto-fallback.c b/block/blk-crypto-fallback.c
index 18c8eafe20b9..7c854584b52b 100644
--- a/block/blk-crypto-fallback.c
+++ b/block/blk-crypto-fallback.c
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ static struct bio *blk_crypto_fallback_clone_bio(struct bio *bio_src)
bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_REMAPPED);
bio->bi_opf = bio_src->bi_opf;
bio->bi_ioprio = bio_src->bi_ioprio;
- bio->bi_write_hint = bio_src->bi_write_hint;
bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = bio_src->bi_iter.bi_sector;
bio->bi_iter.bi_size = bio_src->bi_iter.bi_size;
diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index f5255991b773..0e871d4e7cb8 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -782,13 +782,6 @@ static struct request *attempt_merge(struct request_queue *q,
!blk_write_same_mergeable(req->bio, next->bio))
return NULL;
- /*
- * Don't allow merge of different write hints, or for a hint with
- * non-hint IO.
- */
- if (req->write_hint != next->write_hint)
- return NULL;
-
if (req->ioprio != next->ioprio)
return NULL;
@@ -915,13 +908,6 @@ bool blk_rq_merge_ok(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
!blk_write_same_mergeable(rq->bio, bio))
return false;
- /*
- * Don't allow merge of different write hints, or for a hint with
- * non-hint IO.
- */
- if (rq->write_hint != bio->bi_write_hint)
- return false;
-
if (rq->ioprio != bio_prio(bio))
return false;
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
index 3a790eb4995c..c2904c75c160 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
@@ -183,35 +183,11 @@ inval:
return count;
}
-static int queue_write_hint_show(void *data, struct seq_file *m)
-{
- struct request_queue *q = data;
- int i;
-
- for (i = 0; i < BLK_MAX_WRITE_HINTS; i++)
- seq_printf(m, "hint%d: %llu\n", i, q->write_hints[i]);
-
- return 0;
-}
-
-static ssize_t queue_write_hint_store(void *data, const char __user *buf,
- size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
-{
- struct request_queue *q = data;
- int i;
-
- for (i = 0; i < BLK_MAX_WRITE_HINTS; i++)
- q->write_hints[i] = 0;
-
- return count;
-}
-
static const struct blk_mq_debugfs_attr blk_mq_debugfs_queue_attrs[] = {
{ "poll_stat", 0400, queue_poll_stat_show },
{ "requeue_list", 0400, .seq_ops = &queue_requeue_list_seq_ops },
{ "pm_only", 0600, queue_pm_only_show, NULL },
{ "state", 0600, queue_state_show, queue_state_write },
- { "write_hints", 0600, queue_write_hint_show, queue_write_hint_store },
{ "zone_wlock", 0400, queue_zone_wlock_show, NULL },
{ },
};
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index f1b067d06ab5..64d5c2edb817 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2406,7 +2406,6 @@ static void blk_mq_bio_to_request(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio,
rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
rq->__sector = bio->bi_iter.bi_sector;
- rq->write_hint = bio->bi_write_hint;
blk_rq_bio_prep(rq, bio, nr_segs);
/* This can't fail, since GFP_NOIO includes __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM. */
diff --git a/block/bounce.c b/block/bounce.c
index 3d50d19cde72..9db1256d57d5 100644
--- a/block/bounce.c
+++ b/block/bounce.c
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ static struct bio *bounce_clone_bio(struct bio *bio_src)
if (bio_flagged(bio_src, BIO_REMAPPED))
bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_REMAPPED);
bio->bi_ioprio = bio_src->bi_ioprio;
- bio->bi_write_hint = bio_src->bi_write_hint;
bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = bio_src->bi_iter.bi_sector;
bio->bi_iter.bi_size = bio_src->bi_iter.bi_size;
diff --git a/block/fops.c b/block/fops.c
index 7ccc4ff109ce..1c732b72de72 100644
--- a/block/fops.c
+++ b/block/fops.c
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ static ssize_t __blkdev_direct_IO_simple(struct kiocb *iocb,
bio_init(&bio, bdev, vecs, nr_pages, dio_bio_write_op(iocb));
}
bio.bi_iter.bi_sector = pos >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
- bio.bi_write_hint = iocb->ki_hint;
bio.bi_private = current;
bio.bi_end_io = blkdev_bio_end_io_simple;
bio.bi_ioprio = iocb->ki_ioprio;
@@ -225,7 +224,6 @@ static ssize_t __blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
for (;;) {
bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = pos >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
- bio->bi_write_hint = iocb->ki_hint;
bio->bi_private = dio;
bio->bi_end_io = blkdev_bio_end_io;
bio->bi_ioprio = iocb->ki_ioprio;
@@ -327,7 +325,6 @@ static ssize_t __blkdev_direct_IO_async(struct kiocb *iocb,
dio->flags = 0;
dio->iocb = iocb;
bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = pos >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
- bio->bi_write_hint = iocb->ki_hint;
bio->bi_end_io = blkdev_bio_end_io_async;
bio->bi_ioprio = iocb->ki_ioprio;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 03477e971699..370ab3218534 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -1137,8 +1137,6 @@ static void alloc_behind_master_bio(struct r1bio *r1_bio,
goto skip_copy;
}
- behind_bio->bi_write_hint = bio->bi_write_hint;
-
while (i < vcnt && size) {
struct page *page;
int len = min_t(int, PAGE_SIZE, size);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c b/drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c
index bbb5673104ec..388ab41d1a11 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5-ppl.c
@@ -467,7 +467,6 @@ static void ppl_submit_iounit(struct ppl_io_unit *io)
bio_set_dev(bio, log->rdev->bdev);
bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = log->next_io_sector;
bio_add_page(bio, io->header_page, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
- bio->bi_write_hint = ppl_conf->write_hint;
pr_debug("%s: log->current_io_sector: %llu\n", __func__,
(unsigned long long)log->next_io_sector);
@@ -497,7 +496,6 @@ static void ppl_submit_iounit(struct ppl_io_unit *io)
bio = bio_alloc_bioset(prev->bi_bdev, BIO_MAX_VECS,
prev->bi_opf, GFP_NOIO,
&ppl_conf->bs);
- bio->bi_write_hint = prev->bi_write_hint;
bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = bio_end_sector(prev);
bio_add_page(bio, sh->ppl_page, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
@@ -1397,7 +1395,6 @@ int ppl_init_log(struct r5conf *conf)
atomic64_set(&ppl_conf->seq, 0);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ppl_conf->no_mem_stripes);
spin_lock_init(&ppl_conf->no_mem_stripes_lock);
- ppl_conf->write_hint = RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET;
if (!mddev->external) {
ppl_conf->signature = ~crc32c_le(~0, mddev->uuid, sizeof(mddev->uuid));
@@ -1496,25 +1493,13 @@ int ppl_modify_log(struct r5conf *conf, struct md_rdev *rdev, bool add)
static ssize_t
ppl_write_hint_show(struct mddev *mddev, char *buf)
{
- size_t ret = 0;
- struct r5conf *conf;
- struct ppl_conf *ppl_conf = NULL;
-
- spin_lock(&mddev->lock);
- conf = mddev->private;
- if (conf && raid5_has_ppl(conf))
- ppl_conf = conf->log_private;
- ret = sprintf(buf, "%d\n", ppl_conf ? ppl_conf->write_hint : 0);
- spin_unlock(&mddev->lock);
-
- return ret;
+ return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", 0);
}
static ssize_t
ppl_write_hint_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *page, size_t len)
{
struct r5conf *conf;
- struct ppl_conf *ppl_conf;
int err = 0;
unsigned short new;
@@ -1528,17 +1513,10 @@ ppl_write_hint_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *page, size_t len)
return err;
conf = mddev->private;
- if (!conf) {
+ if (!conf)
err = -ENODEV;
- } else if (raid5_has_ppl(conf)) {
- ppl_conf = conf->log_private;
- if (!ppl_conf)
- err = -EINVAL;
- else
- ppl_conf->write_hint = new;
- } else {
+ else if (!raid5_has_ppl(conf) || !conf->log_private)
err = -EINVAL;
- }
mddev_unlock(mddev);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 8891aaba6596..78503db55ca4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -1210,9 +1210,6 @@ again:
bi->bi_io_vec[0].bv_len = RAID5_STRIPE_SIZE(conf);
bi->bi_io_vec[0].bv_offset = sh->dev[i].offset;
bi->bi_iter.bi_size = RAID5_STRIPE_SIZE(conf);
- bi->bi_write_hint = sh->dev[i].write_hint;
- if (!rrdev)
- sh->dev[i].write_hint = RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET;
/*
* If this is discard request, set bi_vcnt 0. We don't
* want to confuse SCSI because SCSI will replace payload
@@ -1264,8 +1261,6 @@ again:
rbi->bi_io_vec[0].bv_len = RAID5_STRIPE_SIZE(conf);
rbi->bi_io_vec[0].bv_offset = sh->dev[i].offset;
rbi->bi_iter.bi_size = RAID5_STRIPE_SIZE(conf);
- rbi->bi_write_hint = sh->dev[i].write_hint;
- sh->dev[i].write_hint = RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET;
/*
* If this is discard request, set bi_vcnt 0. We don't
* want to confuse SCSI because SCSI will replace payload
@@ -3416,7 +3411,6 @@ static int add_stripe_bio(struct stripe_head *sh, struct bio *bi, int dd_idx,
(unsigned long long)sh->sector);
spin_lock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
- sh->dev[dd_idx].write_hint = bi->bi_write_hint;
/* Don't allow new IO added to stripes in batch list */
if (sh->batch_head)
goto overlap;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index ace8c61850b1..bcbe12fd4984 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -77,10 +77,6 @@ module_param(apst_secondary_latency_tol_us, ulong, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(apst_secondary_latency_tol_us,
"secondary APST latency tolerance in us");
-static bool streams;
-module_param(streams, bool, 0644);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(streams, "turn on support for Streams write directives");
-
/*
* nvme_wq - hosts nvme related works that are not reset or delete
* nvme_reset_wq - hosts nvme reset works
@@ -748,108 +744,6 @@ bool __nvme_check_ready(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct request *rq,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__nvme_check_ready);
-static int nvme_toggle_streams(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, bool enable)
-{
- struct nvme_command c = { };
-
- c.directive.opcode = nvme_admin_directive_send;
- c.directive.nsid = cpu_to_le32(NVME_NSID_ALL);
- c.directive.doper = NVME_DIR_SND_ID_OP_ENABLE;
- c.directive.dtype = NVME_DIR_IDENTIFY;
- c.directive.tdtype = NVME_DIR_STREAMS;
- c.directive.endir = enable ? NVME_DIR_ENDIR : 0;
-
- return nvme_submit_sync_cmd(ctrl->admin_q, &c, NULL, 0);
-}
-
-static int nvme_disable_streams(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
-{
- return nvme_toggle_streams(ctrl, false);
-}
-
-static int nvme_enable_streams(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
-{
- return nvme_toggle_streams(ctrl, true);
-}
-
-static int nvme_get_stream_params(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
- struct streams_directive_params *s, u32 nsid)
-{
- struct nvme_command c = { };
-
- memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
-
- c.directive.opcode = nvme_admin_directive_recv;
- c.directive.nsid = cpu_to_le32(nsid);
- c.directive.numd = cpu_to_le32(nvme_bytes_to_numd(sizeof(*s)));
- c.directive.doper = NVME_DIR_RCV_ST_OP_PARAM;
- c.directive.dtype = NVME_DIR_STREAMS;
-
- return nvme_submit_sync_cmd(ctrl->admin_q, &c, s, sizeof(*s));
-}
-
-static int nvme_configure_directives(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
-{
- struct streams_directive_params s;
- u16 nssa;
- int ret;
-
- if (!(ctrl->oacs & NVME_CTRL_OACS_DIRECTIVES))
- return 0;
- if (!streams)
- return 0;
-
- ret = nvme_enable_streams(ctrl);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
-
- ret = nvme_get_stream_params(ctrl, &s, NVME_NSID_ALL);
- if (ret)
- goto out_disable_stream;
-
- nssa = le16_to_cpu(s.nssa);
- if (nssa < BLK_MAX_WRITE_HINTS - 1) {
- dev_info(ctrl->device, "too few streams (%u) available\n",
- nssa);
- /* this condition is not an error: streams are optional */
- ret = 0;
- goto out_disable_stream;
- }
-
- ctrl->nr_streams = min_t(u16, nssa, BLK_MAX_WRITE_HINTS - 1);
- dev_info(ctrl->device, "Using %u streams\n", ctrl->nr_streams);
- return 0;
-
-out_disable_stream:
- nvme_disable_streams(ctrl);
- return ret;
-}
-
-/*
- * Check if 'req' has a write hint associated with it. If it does, assign
- * a valid namespace stream to the write.
- */
-static void nvme_assign_write_stream(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
- struct request *req, u16 *control,
- u32 *dsmgmt)
-{
- enum rw_hint streamid = req->write_hint;
-
- if (streamid == WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET || streamid == WRITE_LIFE_NONE)
- streamid = 0;
- else {
- streamid--;
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(streamid > ctrl->nr_streams))
- return;
-
- *control |= NVME_RW_DTYPE_STREAMS;
- *dsmgmt |= streamid << 16;
- }
-
- if (streamid < ARRAY_SIZE(req->q->write_hints))
- req->q->write_hints[streamid] += blk_rq_bytes(req) >> 9;
-}
-
static inline void nvme_setup_flush(struct nvme_ns *ns,
struct nvme_command *cmnd)
{
@@ -953,7 +847,6 @@ static inline blk_status_t nvme_setup_rw(struct nvme_ns *ns,
struct request *req, struct nvme_command *cmnd,
enum nvme_opcode op)
{
- struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = ns->ctrl;
u16 control = 0;
u32 dsmgmt = 0;
@@ -976,9 +869,6 @@ static inline blk_status_t nvme_setup_rw(struct nvme_ns *ns,
cmnd->rw.apptag = 0;
cmnd->rw.appmask = 0;
- if (req_op(req) == REQ_OP_WRITE && ctrl->nr_streams)
- nvme_assign_write_stream(ctrl, req, &control, &dsmgmt);
-
if (ns->ms) {
/*
* If formated with metadata, the block layer always provides a
@@ -1697,9 +1587,6 @@ static void nvme_config_discard(struct gendisk *disk, struct nvme_ns *ns)
return;
}
- if (ctrl->nr_streams && ns->sws && ns->sgs)
- size *= ns->sws * ns->sgs;
-
BUILD_BUG_ON(PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct nvme_dsm_range) <
NVME_DSM_MAX_RANGES);
@@ -1725,31 +1612,6 @@ static bool nvme_ns_ids_equal(struct nvme_ns_ids *a, struct nvme_ns_ids *b)
a->csi == b->csi;
}
-static int nvme_setup_streams_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_ns *ns,
- u32 *phys_bs, u32 *io_opt)
-{
- struct streams_directive_params s;
- int ret;
-
- if (!ctrl->nr_streams)
- return 0;
-
- ret = nvme_get_stream_params(ctrl, &s, ns->head->ns_id);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
-
- ns->sws = le32_to_cpu(s.sws);
- ns->sgs = le16_to_cpu(s.sgs);
-
- if (ns->sws) {
- *phys_bs = ns->sws * (1 << ns->lba_shift);
- if (ns->sgs)
- *io_opt = *phys_bs * ns->sgs;
- }
-
- return 0;
-}
-
static void nvme_configure_metadata(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct nvme_id_ns *id)
{
struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = ns->ctrl;
@@ -1841,7 +1703,6 @@ static void nvme_update_disk_info(struct gendisk *disk,
blk_integrity_unregister(disk);
atomic_bs = phys_bs = bs;
- nvme_setup_streams_ns(ns->ctrl, ns, &phys_bs, &io_opt);
if (id->nabo == 0) {
/*
* Bit 1 indicates whether NAWUPF is defined for this namespace
@@ -3131,10 +2992,6 @@ int nvme_init_ctrl_finish(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
- ret = nvme_configure_directives(ctrl);
- if (ret < 0)
- return ret;
-
ret = nvme_configure_acre(ctrl);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index 587d92df118b..1bed663322ee 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -280,7 +280,6 @@ struct nvme_ctrl {
u16 crdt[3];
u16 oncs;
u16 oacs;
- u16 nr_streams;
u16 sqsize;
u32 max_namespaces;
atomic_t abort_limit;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index 5923eec8caa8..3b386bbb85a7 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -3321,7 +3321,6 @@ static int alloc_new_bio(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
bio_ctrl->bio_flags = bio_flags;
bio->bi_end_io = end_io_func;
bio->bi_private = &inode->io_tree;
- bio->bi_write_hint = inode->vfs_inode.i_write_hint;
bio->bi_opf = opf;
ret = calc_bio_boundaries(bio_ctrl, inode, file_offset);
if (ret < 0)
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index a17c386a142c..29c6c60660f6 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list);
static int submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh,
- enum rw_hint hint, struct writeback_control *wbc);
+ struct writeback_control *wbc);
#define BH_ENTRY(list) list_entry((list), struct buffer_head, b_assoc_buffers)
@@ -1806,8 +1806,7 @@ int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
do {
struct buffer_head *next = bh->b_this_page;
if (buffer_async_write(bh)) {
- submit_bh_wbc(REQ_OP_WRITE, write_flags, bh,
- inode->i_write_hint, wbc);
+ submit_bh_wbc(REQ_OP_WRITE, write_flags, bh, wbc);
nr_underway++;
}
bh = next;
@@ -1861,8 +1860,7 @@ recover:
struct buffer_head *next = bh->b_this_page;
if (buffer_async_write(bh)) {
clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
- submit_bh_wbc(REQ_OP_WRITE, write_flags, bh,
- inode->i_write_hint, wbc);
+ submit_bh_wbc(REQ_OP_WRITE, write_flags, bh, wbc);
nr_underway++;
}
bh = next;
@@ -3008,7 +3006,7 @@ static void end_bio_bh_io_sync(struct bio *bio)
}
static int submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh,
- enum rw_hint write_hint, struct writeback_control *wbc)
+ struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
struct bio *bio;
@@ -3034,7 +3032,6 @@ static int submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh,
fscrypt_set_bio_crypt_ctx_bh(bio, bh, GFP_NOIO);
bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = bh->b_blocknr * (bh->b_size >> 9);
- bio->bi_write_hint = write_hint;
bio_add_page(bio, bh->b_page, bh->b_size, bh_offset(bh));
BUG_ON(bio->bi_iter.bi_size != bh->b_size);
@@ -3056,7 +3053,7 @@ static int submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh,
int submit_bh(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh)
{
- return submit_bh_wbc(op, op_flags, bh, 0, NULL);
+ return submit_bh_wbc(op, op_flags, bh, NULL);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(submit_bh);
diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 38bca4980a1c..aef06e607b40 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -402,9 +402,6 @@ dio_bio_alloc(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio,
bio->bi_end_io = dio_bio_end_aio;
else
bio->bi_end_io = dio_bio_end_io;
-
- bio->bi_write_hint = dio->iocb->ki_hint;
-
sdio->bio = bio;
sdio->logical_offset_in_bio = sdio->cur_page_fs_offset;
}
diff --git a/fs/ext4/page-io.c b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
index 17bb78ebd784..495ce59fb4ad 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/page-io.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
@@ -373,7 +373,6 @@ void ext4_io_submit(struct ext4_io_submit *io)
if (bio) {
if (io->io_wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
io->io_bio->bi_opf |= REQ_SYNC;
- io->io_bio->bi_write_hint = io->io_end->inode->i_write_hint;
submit_bio(io->io_bio);
}
io->io_bio = NULL;
@@ -418,10 +417,8 @@ static void io_submit_add_bh(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
submit_and_retry:
ext4_io_submit(io);
}
- if (io->io_bio == NULL) {
+ if (io->io_bio == NULL)
io_submit_init_bio(io, bh);
- io->io_bio->bi_write_hint = inode->i_write_hint;
- }
ret = bio_add_page(io->io_bio, page, bh->b_size, bh_offset(bh));
if (ret != bh->b_size)
goto submit_and_retry;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index e71dde8de0db..20d65aa6243a 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -403,8 +403,6 @@ static struct bio *__bio_alloc(struct f2fs_io_info *fio, int npages)
} else {
bio->bi_end_io = f2fs_write_end_io;
bio->bi_private = sbi;
- bio->bi_write_hint = f2fs_io_type_to_rw_hint(sbi,
- fio->type, fio->temp);
}
iostat_alloc_and_bind_ctx(sbi, bio, NULL);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/lops.c b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
index 4ae1eefae616..6ba51cbb94cf 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/lops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
@@ -491,7 +491,6 @@ static struct bio *gfs2_chain_bio(struct bio *prev, unsigned int nr_iovecs)
new = bio_alloc(prev->bi_bdev, nr_iovecs, prev->bi_opf, GFP_NOIO);
bio_clone_blkg_association(new, prev);
new->bi_iter.bi_sector = bio_end_sector(prev);
- new->bi_write_hint = prev->bi_write_hint;
bio_chain(new, prev);
submit_bio(prev);
return new;
diff --git a/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c b/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
index 4653f3d07a1d..d0bf43f37a64 100644
--- a/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
+++ b/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
@@ -1232,7 +1232,6 @@ iomap_alloc_ioend(struct inode *inode, struct iomap_writepage_ctx *wpc,
REQ_OP_WRITE | wbc_to_write_flags(wbc),
GFP_NOFS, &iomap_ioend_bioset);
bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
- bio->bi_write_hint = inode->i_write_hint;
wbc_init_bio(wbc, bio);
ioend = container_of(bio, struct iomap_ioend, io_inline_bio);
@@ -1263,7 +1262,6 @@ iomap_chain_bio(struct bio *prev)
new = bio_alloc(prev->bi_bdev, BIO_MAX_VECS, prev->bi_opf, GFP_NOFS);
bio_clone_blkg_association(new, prev);
new->bi_iter.bi_sector = bio_end_sector(prev);
- new->bi_write_hint = prev->bi_write_hint;
bio_chain(prev, new);
bio_get(prev); /* for iomap_finish_ioend */
diff --git a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
index e2ba13645ef2..a434b1829545 100644
--- a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
@@ -309,7 +309,6 @@ static loff_t iomap_dio_bio_iter(const struct iomap_iter *iter,
bio = bio_alloc(iomap->bdev, nr_pages, bio_opf, GFP_KERNEL);
bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = iomap_sector(iomap, pos);
- bio->bi_write_hint = dio->iocb->ki_hint;
bio->bi_ioprio = dio->iocb->ki_ioprio;
bio->bi_private = dio;
bio->bi_end_io = iomap_dio_bio_end_io;
diff --git a/fs/mpage.c b/fs/mpage.c
index 6c4b810a21d0..c6379a81f90f 100644
--- a/fs/mpage.c
+++ b/fs/mpage.c
@@ -588,7 +588,6 @@ alloc_new:
GFP_NOFS);
bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = blocks[0] << (blkbits - 9);
wbc_init_bio(wbc, bio);
- bio->bi_write_hint = inode->i_write_hint;
}
/*
diff --git a/fs/zonefs/super.c b/fs/zonefs/super.c
index d331b52592a0..b71a23dd1255 100644
--- a/fs/zonefs/super.c
+++ b/fs/zonefs/super.c
@@ -695,7 +695,6 @@ static ssize_t zonefs_file_dio_append(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
bio = bio_alloc(bdev, nr_pages,
REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND | REQ_SYNC | REQ_IDLE, GFP_NOFS);
bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = zi->i_zsector;
- bio->bi_write_hint = iocb->ki_hint;
bio->bi_ioprio = iocb->ki_ioprio;
if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DSYNC)
bio->bi_opf |= REQ_FUA;
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index 5561e58d158a..ba8cfa57255f 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ struct bio {
*/
unsigned short bi_flags; /* BIO_* below */
unsigned short bi_ioprio;
- unsigned short bi_write_hint;
blk_status_t bi_status;
atomic_t __bi_remaining;
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index a12c031af887..226836ccd060 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -518,9 +518,6 @@ struct request_queue {
bool mq_sysfs_init_done;
-#define BLK_MAX_WRITE_HINTS 5
- u64 write_hints[BLK_MAX_WRITE_HINTS];
-
/*
* Independent sector access ranges. This is always NULL for
* devices that do not have multiple independent access ranges.