block: simplify blk_recalc_rq_segments

Return the segement and let the callers assign them, which makes the code
a littler more obvious. Also pass the request instead of q plus bio
chain, allowing

block: simplify blk_recalc_rq_segments

Return the segement and let the callers assign them, which makes the code
a littler more obvious. Also pass the request instead of q plus bio
chain, allowing for the use of rq_for_each_bvec.

Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: remove the bi_phys_segments field in struct bio

We only need the number of segments in the blk-mq submission path.
Remove the field from struct bio, and return it from a variant of
blk_queue_

block: remove the bi_phys_segments field in struct bio

We only need the number of segments in the blk-mq submission path.
Remove the field from struct bio, and return it from a variant of
blk_queue_split instead of that it can passed as an argument to
those functions that need the value.

This also means we stop recounting segments except for cloning
and partial segments.

To keep the number of arguments in this how path down remove
pointless struct request_queue arguments from any of the functions
that had it and grew a nr_segs argument.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: remove the bi_seg_{front,back}_size fields in struct bio

At this point these fields aren't used for anything, so we can remove
them.

Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by:

block: remove the bi_seg_{front,back}_size fields in struct bio

At this point these fields aren't used for anything, so we can remove
them.

Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: remove the segment size check in bio_will_gap

We fundamentally do not have a maximum segement size for devices with a
virt boundary. So don't bother checking it, especially given that the
ex

block: remove the segment size check in bio_will_gap

We fundamentally do not have a maximum segement size for devices with a
virt boundary. So don't bother checking it, especially given that the
existing checks didn't properly work to start with as we never fully
update the front/back segment size and miss the bi_seg_front_size that
wuld have been required for some cases.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: don't decrement nr_phys_segments for physically contigous segments

Currently ll_merge_requests_fn, unlike all other merge functions,
reduces nr_phys_segments by one if the last segment of the

block: don't decrement nr_phys_segments for physically contigous segments

Currently ll_merge_requests_fn, unlike all other merge functions,
reduces nr_phys_segments by one if the last segment of the previous,
and the first segment of the next segement are contigous. While this
seems like a nice solution to avoid building smaller than possible
requests it causes a mismatch between the segments actually present
in the request and those iterated over by the bvec iterators, including
__rq_for_each_bio. This can for example mistrigger the single segment
optimization in the nvme-pci driver, and might lead to mismatching
nr_phys_segments number when recalculating the number of request
when inserting a cloned request.

We could possibly work around this by making the bvec iterators take
the front and back segment size into account, but that would require
moving them from the bio to the bio_iter and spreading this mess
over all users of bvecs. Or we could simply remove this optimization
under the assumption that most users already build good enough bvecs,
and that the bio merge patch never cared about this optimization
either. The latter is what this patch does.

dff824b2aadb ("nvme-pci: optimize mapping of small single segment requests").
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: avoid scatterlist offsets > PAGE_SIZE

While we generally allow scatterlists to have offsets larger than page
size for an entry, and other subsystems like the crypto code make use of
that, the

block: avoid scatterlist offsets > PAGE_SIZE

While we generally allow scatterlists to have offsets larger than page
size for an entry, and other subsystems like the crypto code make use of
that, the block layer isn't quite ready for that. Flip the switch back
to avoid them for now, and revisit that decision early in a merge window
once the known offenders are fixed.

Fixes: 8a96a0e40810 ("block: rewrite blk_bvec_map_sg to avoid a nth_page call")
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: rewrite blk_bvec_map_sg to avoid a nth_page call

The offset in scatterlists is allowed to be larger than the page size,
so don't go to great length to avoid that case and simplify the
arithme

block: rewrite blk_bvec_map_sg to avoid a nth_page call

The offset in scatterlists is allowed to be larger than the page size,
so don't go to great length to avoid that case and simplify the
arithmetics.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: fix build warning in merging bvecs

Commit f6970f83ef79 ("block: don't check if adjacent bvecs in one bio can
be mergeable") changes bvec merge by only considering two bvecs from
different bio

block: fix build warning in merging bvecs

Commit f6970f83ef79 ("block: don't check if adjacent bvecs in one bio can
be mergeable") changes bvec merge by only considering two bvecs from
different bios. However, if the former bio doesn't inlcude any io bvec,
then the following warning may be triggered:

warning: ‘bvec.bv_offset’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]

In practice, it shouldn't be triggered.

Fixes it by adding check on former bio, the check shouldn't add any cost
given 'bio->bi_iter' can be hit in cache.

Reported-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Fixes: f6970f83ef79 ("block: don't check if adjacent bvecs in one bio can be mergeable")
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: don't check if adjacent bvecs in one bio can be mergeable

Now both passthrough and FS IO have supported multi-page bvec, and
bvec merging has been handled actually when adding page to bio, th

block: don't check if adjacent bvecs in one bio can be mergeable

Now both passthrough and FS IO have supported multi-page bvec, and
bvec merging has been handled actually when adding page to bio, then
adjacent bvecs won't be mergeable any more if they belong to same bio.

So only try to merge bvecs if they are from different bios.

Cc: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: reuse __blk_bvec_map_sg() for mapping page sized bvec

Inside __blk_segment_map_sg(), page sized bvec mapping is optimized
a bit with one standalone branch.

So reuse __blk_bvec_map_sg() to do

block: reuse __blk_bvec_map_sg() for mapping page sized bvec

Inside __blk_segment_map_sg(), page sized bvec mapping is optimized
a bit with one standalone branch.

So reuse __blk_bvec_map_sg() to do that.

Cc: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: remove argument of 'request_queue' from __blk_bvec_map_sg

The argument of 'request_queue' isn't used by __blk_bvec_map_sg(),
so remove it.

Cc: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>
Cc: Christoph He

block: remove argument of 'request_queue' from __blk_bvec_map_sg

The argument of 'request_queue' isn't used by __blk_bvec_map_sg(),
so remove it.

Cc: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: don't merge adjacent bvecs to one segment in bio blk_queue_split

For normal filesystem IO, each page is added via blk_add_page(),
in which bvec(page) merge has been handled already, and basic

block: don't merge adjacent bvecs to one segment in bio blk_queue_split

For normal filesystem IO, each page is added via blk_add_page(),
in which bvec(page) merge has been handled already, and basically
not possible to merge two adjacent bvecs in one bio.

So not try to merge two adjacent bvecs in blk_queue_split().

Cc: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: fix segment calculation for passthrough IO

blk_recount_segments() can be called in bio_add_pc_page() for
calculating how many segments this bio will has after one page is added
to this bio. I

block: fix segment calculation for passthrough IO

blk_recount_segments() can be called in bio_add_pc_page() for
calculating how many segments this bio will has after one page is added
to this bio. If the resulted segment number is beyond the queue limit,
the added page will be removed.

The try-and-fix policy requires blk_recount_segments(__blk_recalc_rq_segments)
to not consider the segment number limit. Unfortunately bvec_split_segs()
does check this limit, and causes small segment number returned to
bio_add_pc_page(), then page still may be added to the bio even though
segment number limit becomes broken.

Fixes this issue by not considering segment number limit when calcualting
bio's segment number.

Fixes: dcebd755926b ("block: use bio_for_each_bvec() to compute multi-page bvec count")
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: fix updating bio's front segment size

When the current bvec can be merged to the 1st segment, the bio's front
segment size has to be updated.

However, dcebd755926b doesn't consider that case

block: fix updating bio's front segment size

When the current bvec can be merged to the 1st segment, the bio's front
segment size has to be updated.

However, dcebd755926b doesn't consider that case, then bio's front
segment size may not be correct.

This patch fixes this issue.

Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>
Fixes: dcebd755926b ("block: use bio_for_each_bvec() to compute multi-page bvec count")
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: optimize blk_bio_segment_split for single-page bvec

Introduce a fast path for single-page bvec IO, then we can avoid
to call bvec_split_segs() unnecessarily.

Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.le

block: optimize blk_bio_segment_split for single-page bvec

Introduce a fast path for single-page bvec IO, then we can avoid
to call bvec_split_segs() unnecessarily.

Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: optimize __blk_segment_map_sg() for single-page bvec

Introduce a fast path for single-page bvec IO, then blk_bvec_map_sg()
can be avoided.

Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signe

block: optimize __blk_segment_map_sg() for single-page bvec

Introduce a fast path for single-page bvec IO, then blk_bvec_map_sg()
can be avoided.

Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: introduce bvec_nth_page()

Single-page bvec can often be seen in small BS workloads, so
introduce bvec_nth_page() for avoiding to call nth_page() unnecessarily,
which looks not cheap.

Signed-

block: introduce bvec_nth_page()

Single-page bvec can often be seen in small BS workloads, so
introduce bvec_nth_page() for avoiding to call nth_page() unnecessarily,
which looks not cheap.

Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: avoid to READ fields of null bio

rq->bio can be NULL sometimes, such as flush request, so don't
read bio->bi_seg_front_size until this 'bio' is checked as valid.

Cc: Bart Van Assche <bvanass

block: avoid to READ fields of null bio

rq->bio can be NULL sometimes, such as flush request, so don't
read bio->bi_seg_front_size until this 'bio' is checked as valid.

Cc: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Reported-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Fixes: dcebd755926b0f39dd1e ("block: use bio_for_each_bvec() to compute multi-page bvec count")
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: kill QUEUE_FLAG_NO_SG_MERGE

Since bdced438acd83ad83a6c ("block: setup bi_phys_segments after splitting"),
physical segment number is mainly figured out in blk_queue_split() for
fast path, and

block: kill QUEUE_FLAG_NO_SG_MERGE

Since bdced438acd83ad83a6c ("block: setup bi_phys_segments after splitting"),
physical segment number is mainly figured out in blk_queue_split() for
fast path, and the flag of BIO_SEG_VALID is set there too.

Now only blk_recount_segments() and blk_recalc_rq_segments() use this
flag.

Basically blk_recount_segments() is bypassed in fast path given BIO_SEG_VALID
is set in blk_queue_split().

For another user of blk_recalc_rq_segments():

- run in partial completion branch of blk_update_request, which is an unusual case

- run in blk_cloned_rq_check_limits(), still not a big problem if the flag is killed
since dm-rq is the only user.

Multi-page bvec is enabled now, not doing S/G merging is rather pointless with the
current setup of the I/O path, as it isn't going to save you a significant amount
of cycles.

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: use bio_for_each_bvec() to map sg

It is more efficient to use bio_for_each_bvec() to map sg, meantime
we have to consider splitting multipage bvec as done in blk_bio_segment_split().

Reviewe

block: use bio_for_each_bvec() to map sg

It is more efficient to use bio_for_each_bvec() to map sg, meantime
we have to consider splitting multipage bvec as done in blk_bio_segment_split().

Reviewed-by: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: use bio_for_each_bvec() to compute multi-page bvec count

First it is more efficient to use bio_for_each_bvec() in both
blk_bio_segment_split() and __blk_recalc_rq_segments() to compute how
ma

block: use bio_for_each_bvec() to compute multi-page bvec count

First it is more efficient to use bio_for_each_bvec() in both
blk_bio_segment_split() and __blk_recalc_rq_segments() to compute how
many multi-page bvecs there are in the bio.

Secondly once bio_for_each_bvec() is used, the bvec may need to be
splitted because its length can be very longer than max segment size,
so we have to split the big bvec into several segments.

Thirdly when splitting multi-page bvec into segments, the max segment
limit may be reached, so the bio split need to be considered under
this situation too.

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: don't use bio->bi_vcnt to figure out segment number

It is wrong to use bio->bi_vcnt to figure out how many segments
there are in the bio even though CLONED flag isn't set on this bio,
because

block: don't use bio->bi_vcnt to figure out segment number

It is wrong to use bio->bi_vcnt to figure out how many segments
there are in the bio even though CLONED flag isn't set on this bio,
because this bio may be splitted or advanced.

So always use bio_segments() in blk_recount_segments(), and it shouldn't
cause any performance loss now because the physical segment number is figured
out in blk_queue_split() and BIO_SEG_VALID is set meantime since
bdced438acd83ad83a6c ("block: setup bi_phys_segments after splitting").

Reviewed-by: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Fixes: 76d8137a3113 ("blk-merge: recaculate segment if it isn't less than max segments")
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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Revert "block: cover another queue enter recursion via BIO_QUEUE_ENTERED"

We can't touch a bio after ->make_request_fn(), for all we know it could
already have been completed by the time this functi

Revert "block: cover another queue enter recursion via BIO_QUEUE_ENTERED"

We can't touch a bio after ->make_request_fn(), for all we know it could
already have been completed by the time this function returns.

This reverts commit 698cef173983b086977e633e46476e0f925ca01e.

Reported-by: syzbot+4df6ca820108fd248943@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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block: cover another queue enter recursion via BIO_QUEUE_ENTERED

Except for blk_queue_split(), bio_split() is used for splitting bio too,
then the remained bio is often resubmit to queue via generic

block: cover another queue enter recursion via BIO_QUEUE_ENTERED

Except for blk_queue_split(), bio_split() is used for splitting bio too,
then the remained bio is often resubmit to queue via generic_make_request().
So the same queue enter recursion exits in this case too. Unfortunatley
commit cd4a4ae4683dc2 doesn't help this case.

This patch covers the above case by setting BIO_QUEUE_ENTERED before calling
q->make_request_fn.

In theory the per-bio flag is used to simulate one stack variable, it is
just fine to clear it after q->make_request_fn is returned. Especially
the same bio can't be submitted from another context.

Fixes: cd4a4ae4683dc2 ("block: don't use blocking queue entered for recursive bio submits")
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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scsi: block: remove the cluster flag

Now that the the SCSI layer replaced the use of the cluster flag with
segment size limits and the DMA boundary we can remove the cluster flag
from the block laye

scsi: block: remove the cluster flag

Now that the the SCSI layer replaced the use of the cluster flag with
segment size limits and the DMA boundary we can remove the cluster flag
from the block layer.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>

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