Thread (33 messages) 33 messages, 5 authors, 2016-05-08

Re: [PATCH v4 5/7] fs: prioritize and separate direct_io from dax_io

From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Date: 2016-05-02 14:56:06
Also in: linux-block, linux-fsdevel, linux-mm, linux-xfs, lkml

quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
index 79defba..97a1f5f 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -167,12 +167,21 @@ blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t offset)
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = bdev_file_inode(file);
 
-	if (IS_DAX(inode))
+	if (iocb_is_direct(iocb))
+		return __blockdev_direct_IO(iocb, inode, I_BDEV(inode), iter,
+					    offset, blkdev_get_block, NULL,
+					    NULL, DIO_SKIP_DIO_COUNT);
+	else if (iocb_is_dax(iocb))
 		return dax_do_io(iocb, inode, iter, offset, blkdev_get_block,
 				NULL, DIO_SKIP_DIO_COUNT);
-	return __blockdev_direct_IO(iocb, inode, I_BDEV(inode), iter, offset,
-				    blkdev_get_block, NULL, NULL,
-				    DIO_SKIP_DIO_COUNT);
+	else {
+		/*
+		 * If we're in the direct_IO path, either the IOCB_DIRECT or
+		 * IOCB_DAX flags must be set.
+		 */
+		WARN_ONCE(1, "Kernel Bug with iocb flags\n");
+		return -ENXIO;
+	}
DAX should not even end up in ->direct_IO.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ xfs_file_read_iter(
 
 	XFS_STATS_INC(mp, xs_read_calls);
 
-	if (unlikely(iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT))
+	if (unlikely(iocb->ki_flags & (IOCB_DIRECT | IOCB_DAX)))
 		ioflags |= XFS_IO_ISDIRECT;
please also add a XFS_IO_ISDAX flag to propagate the information
properly and allow tracing to display the actual I/O type.
+static inline bool iocb_is_dax(struct kiocb *iocb)
 {
+	return IS_DAX(file_inode(iocb->ki_filp)) &&
+		(iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DAX);
+}
+
+static inline bool iocb_is_direct(struct kiocb *iocb)
+{
+	return iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT;
 }
No need for these helpers - especially as IOCB_DAX should never be set
if IS_DAX is false.

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