mainlining shenanigans
94e8c95ccb
In end_bio_extent_readpage() we had a strange dance around
extent_start/extent_len.
Hidden behind the strange dance is, it's just calling
endio_readpage_release_extent() on each bvec range.
Here is an example to explain the original work flow:
Bio is for inode 257, containing 2 pages, for range [1M, 1M+8K)
end_bio_extent_extent_readpage() entered
|- extent_start = 0;
|- extent_end = 0;
|- bio_for_each_segment_all() {
| |- /* Got the 1st bvec */
| |- start = SZ_1M;
| |- end = SZ_1M + SZ_4K - 1;
| |- update = 1;
| |- if (extent_len == 0) {
| | |- extent_start = start; /* SZ_1M */
| | |- extent_len = end + 1 - start; /* SZ_1M */
| | }
| |
| |- /* Got the 2nd bvec */
| |- start = SZ_1M + 4K;
| |- end = SZ_1M + 4K - 1;
| |- update = 1;
| |- if (extent_start + extent_len == start) {
| | |- extent_len += end + 1 - start; /* SZ_8K */
| | }
| } /* All bio vec iterated */
|
|- if (extent_len) {
|- endio_readpage_release_extent(tree, extent_start, extent_len,
update);
/* extent_start == SZ_1M, extent_len == SZ_8K, uptodate = 1 */
As the above flow shows, the existing code in end_bio_extent_readpage()
is accumulates extent_start/extent_len, and when the contiguous range
stops, calls endio_readpage_release_extent() for the range.
However current behavior has something not really considered:
- The inode can change
For bio, its pages don't need to have contiguous page_offset.
This means, even pages from different inodes can be packed into one
bio.
- bvec cross page boundary
There is a feature called multi-page bvec, where bvec->bv_len can go
beyond bvec->bv_page boundary.
- Poor readability
This patch will address the problem:
- Introduce a proper structure, processed_extent, to record processed
extent range
- Integrate inode/start/end/uptodate check into
endio_readpage_release_extent()
- Add more comment on each step.
This should greatly improve the readability, now in
end_bio_extent_readpage() there are only two
endio_readpage_release_extent() calls.
- Add inode check for contiguity
Now we also ensure the inode is the same one before checking if the
range is contiguous.
Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
Signed-off-by: Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
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