block/loop: allow request merge for directio mode

Currently loop disables merge. While it makes sense for buffer IO mode,
directio mode can benefit from request merge. Without merge, loop could
send small size IO to underlayer disk and harm performance.
Reviewed-by: NOmar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: NShaohua Li <shli@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

drivers/block/loop.c

@@ -213,10 +213,13 @@ static void __loop_update_dio(struct loop_device *lo, bool dio)
 	 */
 	blk_mq_freeze_queue(lo->lo_queue);
 	lo->use_dio = use_dio;
-	if (use_dio)
+	if (use_dio) {
+		queue_flag_clear_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, lo->lo_queue);
 		lo->lo_flags |= LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO;
-	else
+	} else {
+		queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, lo->lo_queue);
 		lo->lo_flags &= ~LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO;
+	}
 	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(lo->lo_queue);
 }
 
@@ -464,6 +467,8 @@ static void lo_rw_aio_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long ret, long ret2)
 {
 	struct loop_cmd *cmd = container_of(iocb, struct loop_cmd, iocb);
 
+	kfree(cmd->bvec);
+	cmd->bvec = NULL;
 	cmd->ret = ret;
 	blk_mq_complete_request(cmd->rq);
 }
@@ -473,22 +478,50 @@ static int lo_rw_aio(struct loop_device *lo, struct loop_cmd *cmd,
 {
 	struct iov_iter iter;
 	struct bio_vec *bvec;
-	struct bio *bio = cmd->rq->bio;
+	struct request *rq = cmd->rq;
+	struct bio *bio = rq->bio;
 	struct file *file = lo->lo_backing_file;
+	unsigned int offset;
+	int segments = 0;
 	int ret;
 
-	/* nomerge for loop request queue */
-	WARN_ON(cmd->rq->bio != cmd->rq->biotail);
+	if (rq->bio != rq->biotail) {
+		struct req_iterator iter;
+		struct bio_vec tmp;
+
+		__rq_for_each_bio(bio, rq)
+			segments += bio_segments(bio);
+		bvec = kmalloc(sizeof(struct bio_vec) * segments, GFP_NOIO);
+		if (!bvec)
+			return -EIO;
+		cmd->bvec = bvec;
+
+		/*
+		 * The bios of the request may be started from the middle of
+		 * the 'bvec' because of bio splitting, so we can't directly
+		 * copy bio->bi_iov_vec to new bvec. The rq_for_each_segment
+		 * API will take care of all details for us.
+		 */
+		rq_for_each_segment(tmp, rq, iter) {
+			*bvec = tmp;
+			bvec++;
+		}
+		bvec = cmd->bvec;
+		offset = 0;
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * Same here, this bio may be started from the middle of the
+		 * 'bvec' because of bio splitting, so offset from the bvec
+		 * must be passed to iov iterator
+		 */
+		offset = bio->bi_iter.bi_bvec_done;
+		bvec = __bvec_iter_bvec(bio->bi_io_vec, bio->bi_iter);
+		segments = bio_segments(bio);
+	}
 
-	bvec = __bvec_iter_bvec(bio->bi_io_vec, bio->bi_iter);
 	iov_iter_bvec(&iter, ITER_BVEC | rw, bvec,
-		      bio_segments(bio), blk_rq_bytes(cmd->rq));
-	/*
-	 * This bio may be started from the middle of the 'bvec'
-	 * because of bio splitting, so offset from the bvec must
-	 * be passed to iov iterator
-	 */
-	iter.iov_offset = bio->bi_iter.bi_bvec_done;
+		      segments, blk_rq_bytes(rq));
+	iter.iov_offset = offset;
 
 	cmd->iocb.ki_pos = pos;
 	cmd->iocb.ki_filp = file;
@@ -1737,9 +1770,12 @@ static int loop_add(struct loop_device **l, int i)
 	blk_queue_physical_block_size(lo->lo_queue, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(lo->lo_queue, BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS);
+
 	/*
-	 * It doesn't make sense to enable merge because the I/O
-	 * submitted to backing file is handled page by page.
+	 * By default, we do buffer IO, so it doesn't make sense to enable
+	 * merge because the I/O submitted to backing file is handled page by
+	 * page. For directio mode, merge does help to dispatch bigger request
+	 * to underlayer disk. We will enable merge once directio is enabled.
 	 */
 	queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, lo->lo_queue);
 

drivers/block/loop.h

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ struct loop_cmd {
 	bool use_aio;           /* use AIO interface to handle I/O */
 	long ret;
 	struct kiocb iocb;
+	struct bio_vec *bvec;
 };
 
 /* Support for loadable transfer modules */