linux_dsm_epyc7002/drivers/block
Kent Overstreet 54efd50bfd block: make generic_make_request handle arbitrarily sized bios
The way the block layer is currently written, it goes to great lengths
to avoid having to split bios; upper layer code (such as bio_add_page())
checks what the underlying device can handle and tries to always create
bios that don't need to be split.

But this approach becomes unwieldy and eventually breaks down with
stacked devices and devices with dynamic limits, and it adds a lot of
complexity. If the block layer could split bios as needed, we could
eliminate a lot of complexity elsewhere - particularly in stacked
drivers. Code that creates bios can then create whatever size bios are
convenient, and more importantly stacked drivers don't have to deal with
both their own bio size limitations and the limitations of the
(potentially multiple) devices underneath them.  In the future this will
let us delete merge_bvec_fn and a bunch of other code.

We do this by adding calls to blk_queue_split() to the various
make_request functions that need it - a few can already handle arbitrary
size bios. Note that we add the call _after_ any call to
blk_queue_bounce(); this means that blk_queue_split() and
blk_recalc_rq_segments() don't need to be concerned with bouncing
affecting segment merging.

Some make_request_fn() callbacks were simple enough to audit and verify
they don't need blk_queue_split() calls. The skipped ones are:

 * nfhd_make_request (arch/m68k/emu/nfblock.c)
 * axon_ram_make_request (arch/powerpc/sysdev/axonram.c)
 * simdisk_make_request (arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/simdisk.c)
 * brd_make_request (ramdisk - drivers/block/brd.c)
 * mtip_submit_request (drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c)
 * loop_make_request
 * null_queue_bio
 * bcache's make_request fns

Some others are almost certainly safe to remove now, but will be left
for future patches.

Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com>
Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Cc: Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Cc: dm-devel@redhat.com
Cc: Lars Ellenberg <drbd-dev@lists.linbit.com>
Cc: drbd-user@lists.linbit.com
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Cc: Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org>
Cc: Jim Paris <jim@jtan.com>
Cc: Philip Kelleher <pjk1939@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
Cc: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
Cc: Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@intel.com>
Cc: Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@intel.com>
Acked-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> (for the 'md/md.c' bits)
Acked-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com>
[dpark: skip more mq-based drivers, resolve merge conflicts, etc.]
Signed-off-by: Dongsu Park <dpark@posteo.net>
Signed-off-by: Ming Lin <ming.l@ssi.samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
2015-08-13 12:31:33 -06:00
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aoe block: add a bi_error field to struct bio 2015-07-29 08:55:15 -06:00
drbd block: make generic_make_request handle arbitrarily sized bios 2015-08-13 12:31:33 -06:00
mtip32xx mtip32xx: Fix accessing freed memory 2015-06-24 08:48:46 -06:00
paride Char/Misc driver patches for 4.2-rc1 2015-06-26 14:51:15 -07:00
rsxx block: make generic_make_request handle arbitrarily sized bios 2015-08-13 12:31:33 -06:00
xen-blkback block: add a bi_error field to struct bio 2015-07-29 08:55:15 -06:00
zram block: make generic_make_request handle arbitrarily sized bios 2015-08-13 12:31:33 -06:00
amiflop.c block: drop owner assignment from platform_drivers 2014-10-20 16:20:18 +02:00
ataflop.c Merge branch 'for-3.16/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block into next 2014-06-02 09:29:34 -07:00
brd.c block: add a bi_error field to struct bio 2015-07-29 08:55:15 -06:00
cciss_cmd.h cciss: use new doorbell-bit-5 reset method 2011-05-06 08:23:55 -06:00
cciss_scsi.c scsi: Do not set cmd_per_lun to 1 in the host template 2015-05-31 18:06:28 -07:00
cciss_scsi.h cciss: add cciss_tape_cmds module paramter 2011-05-06 08:23:59 -06:00
cciss.c cciss: correct the non-resettable board list 2015-05-31 11:14:34 -07:00
cciss.h cciss: Adds simple mode functionality 2011-08-08 11:40:15 +02:00
cpqarray.c genirq: Remove the deprecated 'IRQF_DISABLED' request_irq() flag entirely 2015-03-05 20:53:06 +01:00
cpqarray.h
cryptoloop.c move linux/loop.h to drivers/block 2013-06-29 12:46:45 +04:00
DAC960.c block: use pci_zalloc_consistent 2014-08-08 15:57:28 -07:00
DAC960.h
floppy.c block: add a bi_error field to struct bio 2015-07-29 08:55:15 -06:00
hd.c block: hd: remove deprecated IRQF_DISABLED 2014-10-01 08:16:07 -06:00
ida_cmd.h
ida_ioctl.h
Kconfig libnvdimm, pmem: move pmem to drivers/nvdimm/ 2015-06-24 21:24:10 -04:00
loop.c block: have drivers use blk_queue_max_discard_sectors() 2015-07-17 08:41:53 -06:00
loop.h block: loop: don't hold lo_ctl_mutex in lo_open 2015-05-20 09:06:09 -06:00
Makefile libnvdimm, pmem: move pmem to drivers/nvdimm/ 2015-06-24 21:24:10 -04:00
mg_disk.c block: drop owner assignment from platform_drivers 2014-10-20 16:20:18 +02:00
nbd.c block: have drivers use blk_queue_max_discard_sectors() 2015-07-17 08:41:53 -06:00
null_blk.c block: add a bi_error field to struct bio 2015-07-29 08:55:15 -06:00
nvme-core.c block: have drivers use blk_queue_max_discard_sectors() 2015-07-17 08:41:53 -06:00
nvme-scsi.c Merge branch 'for-4.2/drivers' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2015-06-25 15:12:50 -07:00
osdblk.c block: support different tag allocation policy 2015-01-23 14:15:46 -07:00
pktcdvd.c block: make generic_make_request handle arbitrarily sized bios 2015-08-13 12:31:33 -06:00
ps3disk.c block: Kill bio_segments()/bi_vcnt usage 2013-11-23 22:33:51 -08:00
ps3vram.c block: make generic_make_request handle arbitrarily sized bios 2015-08-13 12:31:33 -06:00
rbd_types.h rbd: get rid of RBD_MAX_SEG_NAME_LEN 2012-12-17 08:37:29 -06:00
rbd.c block: have drivers use blk_queue_max_discard_sectors() 2015-07-17 08:41:53 -06:00
skd_main.c block: have drivers use blk_queue_max_discard_sectors() 2015-07-17 08:41:53 -06:00
skd_s1120.h skd: fix formatting in skd_s1120.h 2013-11-08 09:10:30 -07:00
smart1,2.h fix typos 'comamnd' -> 'command' in comments 2011-02-02 11:31:21 +01:00
sunvdc.c sunvdc: reconnect ldc after vds service domain restarts 2014-12-11 18:52:45 -08:00
swim3.c powerpc: Move Power Macintosh drivers to generic byteswappers 2015-03-23 14:29:40 +11:00
swim_asm.S m68k: mac - Add SWIM floppy support 2009-03-26 21:15:27 +01:00
swim.c block: drop owner assignment from platform_drivers 2014-10-20 16:20:18 +02:00
sx8.c block: rename REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL to REQ_TYPE_DRV_PRIV 2015-05-05 13:40:03 -06:00
umem.c block: make generic_make_request handle arbitrarily sized bios 2015-08-13 12:31:33 -06:00
umem.h
virtio_blk.c block: rename REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL to REQ_TYPE_DRV_PRIV 2015-05-05 13:40:03 -06:00
xen-blkfront.c block: add a bi_error field to struct bio 2015-07-29 08:55:15 -06:00
xsysace.c block: systemace: Remove .owner field for driver 2014-08-21 20:37:54 -05:00
z2ram.c block: remove struct request buffer member 2014-04-15 14:03:02 -06:00