@@ -262,6 +262,35 @@ static inline unsigned bio_segments_mp(struct bio *bio)
}
/*
+ * This helper checks @bio and see if we can convert it into one
+ * singlepage bvec based bio. Return true if yes, otherwise false
+ * is returned.
+ *
+ * @sectors returns how many sectors we need to split for converting
+ * the splitted one into a singlepage bio if the whole bio can't be
+ * converted into a singlepage bio.
+ */
+static inline bool bio_can_convert_to_sp(struct bio *bio, unsigned *sectors)
+{
+ struct bio_vec bv;
+ struct bvec_iter iter;
+ unsigned len = 0;
+ bool ret = true;
+ unsigned segs = 0;
+
+ bio_for_each_segment(bv, bio, iter) {
+ if (++segs > BIO_MAX_PAGES) {
+ ret = false;
+ *sectors = len >> 9;
+ break;
+ }
+ len += bv.bv_len;
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/*
* get a reference to a bio, so it won't disappear. the intended use is
* something like:
*
This patch introduces bio_can_convert_to_sp() for checking if one multipage bio can be converted into one singlepage bio. If not, returns how many sectors we need to split for converting the splitted one into singlepage bio. In the following patches, block bounce and bcache will use the helper. Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com> --- include/linux/bio.h | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)