Message ID | 20230804131327.2574082-1-dhowells@redhat.com (mailing list archive) |
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Headers | show |
Series | ceph, rbd: Collapse all the I/O types down to something iov_iter-based | expand |
On 8/4/23 21:13, David Howells wrote: > Hi Ilya, Xiubo, > > [!] NOTE: This is a preview of a work in progress and doesn't yet fully > compile, let alone actually work! > > Here are some patches that (mostly) collapse the different I/O types > (PAGES, PAGELIST, BVECS, BIO) down to a single one. I added a new type, > ceph_databuf, to make this easier. The page list is attached to that as a > bio_vec[] with an iov_iter, but could also be some other type supported by > the iov_iter. The iov_iter defines the data or buffer to be used. I have > an additional iov_iter type implemented that allows use of a straight > folio[] or page[] instead of a bio_vec[] that I can deploy if that proves > more useful. > > The conversion isn't quite complete: > > (1) rbd is done; BVECS and BIO types are replaced with ceph_databuf. > > (2) ceph_osd_linger_request::preply_pages needs switching over to a > ceph_databuf, but I haven't yet managed to work out how the pages that > handle_watch_notify() sticks in there come about. > > (3) I haven't altered data transmission in net/ceph/messenger*.c yet. The > aim is to reduce it to a single sendmsg() call for each ceph_msg_data > struct, using the iov_iter therein. > > (4) The data reception routines in net/ceph/messenger*.c also need > modifying to pass each ceph_msg_data::iter to recvmsg() in turn. > > (5) It might be possible to merge struct ceph_databuf into struct > ceph_msg_data and eliminate the former. > > (6) fs/ceph/ still needs some work to clean up the use of page arrays. > > (7) I would like to change front and middle buffers with a ceph_databuf, > vmapping them when we need to access them. > > I added a kmap_ceph_databuf_page() macro and used that to get a page and > use kmap_local_page() on it to hide the bvec[] inside to make it easier to > replace. > > Anyway, if anyone has any thoughts... > > > I've pushed the patches here also: > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs.git/log/?h=iov-extract > > David > > David Howells (18): > iov_iter: Add function to see if buffer is all zeros > ceph: Rename alignment to offset > ceph: Add a new data container type, ceph_databuf > ceph: Convert ceph_mds_request::r_pagelist to a databuf > rbd: Use ceph_databuf for rbd_obj_read_sync() > ceph: Change ceph_osdc_call()'s reply to a ceph_databuf > ceph: Unexport osd_req_op_cls_request_data_pages() > ceph: Remove osd_req_op_cls_response_data_pages() David, I think the titles should be prefixed with "libceph: XXX" for the patches in net/ceph/ ? Thanks - Xiubo > ceph: Convert notify_id_pages to a ceph_databuf > rbd: Switch from using bvec_iter to iov_iter > ceph: Remove bvec and bio data container types > ceph: Convert some page arrays to ceph_databuf > ceph: Convert users of ceph_pagelist to ceph_databuf > ceph: Remove ceph_pagelist > ceph: Convert ceph_osdc_notify() reply to ceph_databuf > ceph: Remove CEPH_OS_DATA_TYPE_PAGES and its attendant helpers > ceph: Remove CEPH_MSG_DATA_PAGES and its helpers > ceph: Don't use data_pages > > drivers/block/rbd.c | 645 ++++++++++---------------------- > fs/ceph/acl.c | 39 +- > fs/ceph/addr.c | 18 +- > fs/ceph/file.c | 157 ++++---- > fs/ceph/inode.c | 85 ++--- > fs/ceph/locks.c | 23 +- > fs/ceph/mds_client.c | 134 ++++--- > fs/ceph/mds_client.h | 2 +- > fs/ceph/super.h | 8 +- > fs/ceph/xattr.c | 68 ++-- > include/linux/ceph/databuf.h | 65 ++++ > include/linux/ceph/messenger.h | 141 +------ > include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h | 97 ++--- > include/linux/ceph/pagelist.h | 72 ---- > include/linux/uio.h | 1 + > lib/iov_iter.c | 22 ++ > net/ceph/Makefile | 5 +- > net/ceph/cls_lock_client.c | 40 +- > net/ceph/databuf.c | 149 ++++++++ > net/ceph/messenger.c | 376 +------------------ > net/ceph/osd_client.c | 430 +++++++-------------- > net/ceph/pagelist.c | 171 --------- > 22 files changed, 876 insertions(+), 1872 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 include/linux/ceph/databuf.h > delete mode 100644 include/linux/ceph/pagelist.h > create mode 100644 net/ceph/databuf.c > delete mode 100644 net/ceph/pagelist.c >