1. 09 10月, 2008 40 次提交
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      block: add request submission interface · 82124d60
      Kiyoshi Ueda 提交于
      This patch adds blk_insert_cloned_request(), a generic request
      submission interface for request stacking drivers.
      Request-based dm will use it to submit their clones to underlying
      devices.
      
      blk_rq_check_limits() is also added because it is possible that
      the lower queue has stronger limitations than the upper queue
      if multiple drivers are stacking at request-level.
      Not only for blk_insert_cloned_request()'s internal use, the function
      will be used by request-based dm when the queue limitation is
      modified (e.g. by replacing dm's table).
      Signed-off-by: NKiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      82124d60
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      block: add request update interface · 32fab448
      Kiyoshi Ueda 提交于
      This patch adds blk_update_request(), which updates struct request
      with completing its data part, but doesn't complete the struct
      request itself.
      Though it looks like end_that_request_first() of older kernels,
      blk_update_request() should be used only by request stacking drivers.
      
      Request-based dm will use it in bio->bi_end_io callback to update
      the original request when a data part of a cloned request completes.
      Followings are additional background information of why request-based
      dm needs this interface.
      
        - Request stacking drivers can't use blk_end_request() directly from
          the lower driver's completion context (bio->bi_end_io or rq->end_io),
          because some device drivers (e.g. ide) may try to complete
          their request with queue lock held, and it may cause deadlock.
          See below for detailed description of possible deadlock:
          <http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120311479108569&w=2>
      
        - To solve that, request-based dm offloads the completion of
          cloned struct request to softirq context (i.e. using
          blk_complete_request() from rq->end_io).
      
        - Though it is possible to use the same solution from bio->bi_end_io,
          it will delay the notification of bio completion to the original
          submitter.  Also, it will cause inefficient partial completion,
          because the lower driver can't perform the cloned request anymore
          and request-based dm needs to requeue and redispatch it to
          the lower driver again later.  That's not good.
      
        - So request-based dm needs blk_update_request() to perform the bio
          completion in the lower driver's completion context, which is more
          efficient.
      Signed-off-by: NKiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      32fab448
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      block: blk_cleanup_queue() should call blk_sync_queue() · e3335de9
      Jens Axboe 提交于
      When a driver calls blk_cleanup_queue(), the device should be fully idle.
      However, the block layer may have pending plugging timers and the IO
      schedulers may have pending work in the work queues. So quisce the device
      by waiting for the timer and flushing the work queues.
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      e3335de9
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      block: use rq complete marking in blk_abort_request() · 7ba1fbaa
      Jens Axboe 提交于
      We cannot abort a request if we raced with the timeout handler already,
      or with the IO completion. So make blk_abort_request() mark the request
      as complete, and only continue if we succeeded.
      
      Found and suggested by Mike Anderson <andmike@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      7ba1fbaa
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      block: add fault injection mechanism for faking request timeouts · 581d4e28
      Jens Axboe 提交于
      Only works for the generic request timer handling. Allows one to
      sporadically ignore request completions, thus exercising the timeout
      handling.
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      581d4e28
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      block: adjust blkdev_issue_discard for swap · 3e6053d7
      Hugh Dickins 提交于
      Two mods to blkdev_issue_discard(), thinking ahead to its use on swap:
      
      1. Add gfp_mask argument, so swap allocation can use it where GFP_KERNEL
         might deadlock but GFP_NOIO is safe.
      
      2. Enlarge nr_sects argument from unsigned to sector_t: unsigned long is
         enough to cover a whole swap area, but sector_t suits any partition.
      
      Change sb_issue_discard()'s nr_blocks to sector_t too; but no need seen
      for a gfp_mask there, just pass GFP_KERNEL down to blkdev_issue_discard().
      Signed-off-by: NHugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      3e6053d7
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      block: unify request timeout handling · 242f9dcb
      Jens Axboe 提交于
      Right now SCSI and others do their own command timeout handling.
      Move those bits to the block layer.
      
      Instead of having a timer per command, we try to be a bit more clever
      and simply have one per-queue. This avoids the overhead of having to
      tear down and setup a timer for each command, so it will result in a lot
      less timer fiddling.
      Signed-off-by: NMike Anderson <andmike@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      242f9dcb
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      block: fix duplicate headers for /proc/partitions · 243294da
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      seqf can be started multiple times for a read and the header should be
      printed only for the initial one.  Fix it.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      243294da
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      block: make blk_rq_map_user take a NULL user-space buffer · 81882766
      FUJITA Tomonori 提交于
      This patch changes blk_rq_map_user to accept a NULL user-space buffer
      with a READ command if rq_map_data is not NULL. Thus a caller can pass
      page frames to lk_rq_map_user to just set up a request and bios with
      page frames propely. bio_uncopy_user (called via blk_rq_unmap_user)
      doesn't copy data to user space with such request.
      Signed-off-by: NFUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      81882766
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      block: update comment on end_request() · 839e96af
      Jens Axboe 提交于
      It refers to functions that no longer exist after the IO completion
      changes.
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      839e96af
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      block: don't test for partition size in bdget_disk() and blk_lookup_devt() · 2bbedcb4
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      bdget_disk() and blk_lookup_devt() never cared whether the specified
      partition (or disk) is zero sized or not.  I got confused while
      converting those not to depend on consecutive minor numbers in commit
      5a6411b1178baf534aa9138052864dfa89d3eada and later when dev0 was added
      it broke callers which expected to get valid return for zero sized
      disk devices.
      
      So, they never needed nr_sects checks in the first place.  Kill them.
      
      This problem was spotted and debugged by Bartlmoiej Zolnierkiewicz.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      2bbedcb4
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      block: kmalloc args reversed, small function definition fixes · aeb3d3a8
      Harvey Harrison 提交于
      Noticed by sparse:
      block/blk-softirq.c:156:12: warning: symbol 'blk_softirq_init' was not declared. Should it be static?
      block/genhd.c:583:28: warning: function 'bdget_disk' with external linkage has definition
      block/genhd.c:659:17: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different base types)
      block/genhd.c:659:17:    expected unsigned int [unsigned] [usertype] size
      block/genhd.c:659:17:    got restricted gfp_t
      block/genhd.c:659:29: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different base types)
      block/genhd.c:659:29:    expected restricted gfp_t [usertype] flags
      block/genhd.c:659:29:    got unsigned int
      block: kmalloc args reversed
      Signed-off-by: NHarvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      aeb3d3a8
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      block: add blk_rq_aligned helper function · 87904074
      FUJITA Tomonori 提交于
      This adds blk_rq_aligned helper function to see if alignment and
      padding requirement is satisfied for DMA transfer. This also converts
      blk_rq_map_kern and __blk_rq_map_user to use the helper function.
      Signed-off-by: NFUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>
      Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      87904074
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      block: introduce struct rq_map_data to use reserved pages · 152e283f
      FUJITA Tomonori 提交于
      This patch introduces struct rq_map_data to enable bio_copy_use_iov()
      use reserved pages.
      
      Currently, bio_copy_user_iov allocates bounce pages but
      drivers/scsi/sg.c wants to allocate pages by itself and use
      them. struct rq_map_data can be used to pass allocated pages to
      bio_copy_user_iov.
      
      The current users of bio_copy_user_iov simply passes NULL (they don't
      want to use pre-allocated pages).
      Signed-off-by: NFUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>
      Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      Cc: Douglas Gilbert <dougg@torque.net>
      Cc: Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu>
      Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      152e283f
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      block: add gfp_mask argument to blk_rq_map_user and blk_rq_map_user_iov · a3bce90e
      FUJITA Tomonori 提交于
      Currently, blk_rq_map_user and blk_rq_map_user_iov always do
      GFP_KERNEL allocation.
      
      This adds gfp_mask argument to blk_rq_map_user and blk_rq_map_user_iov
      so sg can use it (sg always does GFP_ATOMIC allocation).
      Signed-off-by: NFUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>
      Signed-off-by: NDouglas Gilbert <dougg@torque.net>
      Cc: Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu>
      Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      a3bce90e
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      cfq-iosched: fix queue depth detection · 45333d5a
      Aaron Carroll 提交于
      CFQ's detection of queueing devices assumes a non-queuing device and detects
      if the queue depth reaches a certain threshold.  Under some workloads (e.g.
      synchronous reads), CFQ effectively forces a unit queue depth, thus defeating
      the detection logic.  This leads to poor performance on queuing hardware,
      since the idle window remains enabled.
      
      This patch inverts the sense of the logic: assume a queuing-capable device,
      and detect if the depth does not exceed the threshold.
      Signed-off-by: NAaron Carroll <aaronc@gelato.unsw.edu.au>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      45333d5a
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      block: don't use bio_has_data() in the completion path · 60540161
      Jens Axboe 提交于
      We should just check for rq->bio, as that is really the information
      we are looking for. Even if the bio attached doesn't carry data,
      we still need to do IO post processing on it.
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      60540161
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      block: inherit CPU completion on bio->rq and rq->rq merges · ab780f1e
      Jens Axboe 提交于
      Somewhat incomplete, as we do allow merges of requests and bios
      that have different completion CPUs given. This is done on the
      assumption that a larger IO is still more beneficial than CPU
      locality.
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      ab780f1e
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      block: add support for IO CPU affinity · c7c22e4d
      Jens Axboe 提交于
      This patch adds support for controlling the IO completion CPU of
      either all requests on a queue, or on a per-request basis. We export
      a sysfs variable (rq_affinity) which, if set, migrates completions
      of requests to the CPU that originally submitted it. A bio helper
      (bio_set_completion_cpu()) is also added, so that queuers can ask
      for completion on that specific CPU.
      
      In testing, this has been show to cut the system time by as much
      as 20-40% on synthetic workloads where CPU affinity is desired.
      
      This requires a little help from the architecture, so it'll only
      work as designed for archs that are using the new generic smp
      helper infrastructure.
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      c7c22e4d
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      block: make kblockd_schedule_work() take the queue as parameter · 18887ad9
      Jens Axboe 提交于
      Preparatory patch for checking queuing affinity.
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      18887ad9
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      block: split softirq handling into blk-softirq.c · b646fc59
      Jens Axboe 提交于
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      b646fc59
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      block: allow disk to have extended device number · 3e1a7ff8
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Now that disk and partition handlings are mostly unified, it's easy to
      allow disk to have extended device number.  This patch makes
      add_disk() use extended device number if disk->minors is zero.  Both
      sd and ide-disk are updated to use this.
      
      * sd_format_disk_name() is implemented which can generically determine
        the drive name.  This removes disk number restriction stemming from
        limited device names.
      
      * If sd index goes over SD_MAX_DISKS (which can be increased now BTW),
        sd simply doesn't initialize minors letting block layer choose
        extended device number.
      
      * If CONFIG_DEBUG_EXT_DEVT is set, both sd and ide-disk always set
        minors to 0 and use extended device numbers.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      3e1a7ff8
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      block: replace @ext_minors with GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT · 689d6fac
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      With previous changes, it's meaningless to limit the number of
      partitions.  Replace @ext_minors with GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT such that
      setting the flag allows the disk to have maximum number of allowed
      partitions (only limited by the number of entries in parsed_partitions
      as determined by MAX_PART constant).
      
      This kills not-too-pretty alloc_disk_ext[_node]() functions and makes
      @minors parameter to alloc_disk[_node]() unnecessary.  The parameter
      is left alone to avoid disturbing the users.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      689d6fac
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      block: make partition array dynamic · 540eed56
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      disk->__part used to be statically allocated to the maximum possible
      number of partitions.  This patch makes partition array allocation
      dynamic.  The added overhead is minimal as only real change is one
      memory dereference changed to RCU one.  This saves both a bit of
      memory and cpu cycles iterating through unoccupied slots and makes
      increasing partition limit easier.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      540eed56
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      block: move stats from disk to part0 · 074a7aca
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Move stats related fields - stamp, in_flight, dkstats - from disk to
      part0 and unify stat handling such that...
      
      * part_stat_*() now updates part0 together if the specified partition
        is not part0.  ie. part_stat_*() are now essentially all_stat_*().
      
      * {disk|all}_stat_*() are gone.
      
      * part_round_stats() is updated similary.  It handles part0 stats
        automatically and disk_round_stats() is killed.
      
      * part_{inc|dec}_in_fligh() is implemented which automatically updates
        part0 stats for parts other than part0.
      
      * disk_map_sector_rcu() is updated to return part0 if no part matches.
        Combined with the above changes, this makes NULL special case
        handling in callers unnecessary.
      
      * Separate stats show code paths for disk are collapsed into part
        stats show code paths.
      
      * Rename disk_stat_lock/unlock() to part_stat_lock/unlock()
      
      While at it, reposition stat handling macros a bit and add missing
      parentheses around macro parameters.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      074a7aca
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      block: kill GENHD_FL_FAIL and use part0->make_it_fail · eddb2e26
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      GENHD_FL_FAIL for disk is what make_it_fail is for parts.  Kill it and
      use part0->make_it_fail.  Sysfs node handling is unified too.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      eddb2e26
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      block: always set bdev->bd_part · 0762b8bd
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Till now, bdev->bd_part is set only if the bdev was for parts other
      than part0.  This patch makes bdev->bd_part always set so that code
      paths don't have to differenciate common handling.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      0762b8bd
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      block: move holder_dir from disk to part0 · 4c46501d
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Move disk->holder_dir to part0->holder_dir.  Kill now mostly
      superflous bdev_get_holder().
      
      While at it, kill superflous kobject_get/put() around holder_dir,
      slave_dir and cmd_filter creation and collapse
      disk_sysfs_add_subdirs() into register_disk().  These serve no purpose
      but obfuscating the code.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      4c46501d
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      block: move policy from disk to part0 · b7db9956
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Move disk->policy to part0->policy.  Implement and use get_disk_ro().
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      b7db9956
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      block: unify sysfs size node handling · e5610521
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Now that capacity and __dev are moved to part0, part0 and others can
      share the same method.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      e5610521
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      block: move __dev from disk to part0 · 548b10eb
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Move disk->__dev to part0->__dev.  This simplifies bdget_disk() and
      lookup_devt() and allows common sysfs attributes to be unified.
      part_to_disk() is updated to handle part0 -> disk.
      
      Updated to include a fix from Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>,
      he writes:
      
      "part0 is a "special" partition and doesn't need to have capacity set - this
      fixes regression caused by "block: move __dev from disk to part0" commit."
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      548b10eb
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      block: introduce partition 0 · b5d0b9df
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      genhd and partition code handled disk and partitions separately.  All
      information about the whole disk was in struct genhd and partitions in
      struct hd_struct.  However, the whole disk (part0) and other
      partitions have a lot in common and the data structures end up having
      good number of common fields and thus separate code paths doing the
      same thing.  Also, the partition array was indexed by partno - 1 which
      gets pretty confusing at times.
      
      This patch introduces partition 0 and makes the partition array
      indexed by partno.  Following patches will unify the handling of disk
      and parts piece-by-piece.
      
      This patch also implements disk_partitionable() which tests whether a
      disk is partitionable.  With coming dynamic partition array change,
      the most common usage of disk_max_parts() will be testing whether a
      disk is partitionable and the number of max partitions will become
      much less important.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      b5d0b9df
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      block: implement and use {disk|part}_to_dev() · ed9e1982
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Implement {disk|part}_to_dev() and use them to access generic device
      instead of directly dereferencing {disk|part}->dev.  To make sure no
      user is left behind, rename generic devices fields to __dev.
      
      This is in preparation of unifying partition 0 handling with other
      partitions.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      ed9e1982
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      block: implement CONFIG_DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT · 870d6656
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Extended devt introduces non-contiguos device numbers.  This patch
      implements a debug option which forces most devt allocations to be
      from the extended area and spreads them out.  This is enabled by
      default if DEBUG_KERNEL is set and achieves...
      
      1. Detects code paths in kernel or userland which expect predetermined
         consecutive device numbers.
      
      2. When something goes wrong, avoid corruption as adding to the minor
         of earlier partition won't lead to the wrong but valid device.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      870d6656
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      block: adjust formatting for large minors and add ext_range sysfs attr · 1f014290
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      With extended minors and the soon-to-follow debug feature, large minor
      numbers for block devices will be common.  This patch does the
      followings to make printouts pretty.
      
      * Adapt print formats such that large minors don't break the
        formatting.
      
      * For extended MAJ:MIN, %02x%02x for MAJ:MIN used in
        printk_all_partitions() doesn't cut it anymore.  Update it such that
        %03x:%05x is used if either MAJ or MIN doesn't fit in %02x.
      
      * Implement ext_range sysfs attribute which shows total minors the
        device can use including both conventional minor space and the
        extended one.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      1f014290
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      block: implement extended dev numbers · bcce3de1
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Implement extended device numbers.  A block driver can tell block
      layer that it wants to use extended device numbers.  After the usual
      minor space is used up, block layer automatically allocates devt's
      from EXT_BLOCK_MAJOR.
      
      Currently only one major number is allocated for this but as the
      allocation is strictly on-demand, ~1mil minor space under it should
      suffice unless the system actually has more than ~1mil partitions and
      if that ever happens adding more majors to the extended devt area is
      easy.
      
      Due to internal implementation issues, the first partition can't be
      allocated on the extended area.  In other words, genhd->minors should
      at least be 1.  This limitation will be lifted by later changes.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      bcce3de1
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      block: fix diskstats access · c9959059
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      There are two variants of stat functions - ones prefixed with double
      underbars which don't care about preemption and ones without which
      disable preemption before manipulating per-cpu counters.  It's unclear
      whether the underbarred ones assume that preemtion is disabled on
      entry as some callers don't do that.
      
      This patch unifies diskstats access by implementing disk_stat_lock()
      and disk_stat_unlock() which take care of both RCU (for partition
      access) and preemption (for per-cpu counter access).  diskstats access
      should always be enclosed between the two functions.  As such, there's
      no need for the versions which disables preemption.  They're removed
      and double underbars ones are renamed to drop the underbars.  As an
      extra argument is added, there's no danger of using the old version
      unconverted.
      
      disk_stat_lock() uses get_cpu() and returns the cpu index and all
      diskstat functions which access per-cpu counters now has @cpu
      argument to help RT.
      
      This change adds RCU or preemption operations at some places but also
      collapses several preemption ops into one at others.  Overall, the
      performance difference should be negligible as all involved ops are
      very lightweight per-cpu ones.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      c9959059
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      block: fix disk->part[] dereferencing race · e71bf0d0
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      disk->part[] is protected by its matching bdev's lock.  However,
      non-critical accesses like collecting stats and printing out sysfs and
      proc information used to be performed without any locking.  As
      partitions can come and go dynamically, partitions can go away
      underneath those non-critical accesses.  As some of those accesses are
      writes, this theoretically can lead to silent corruption.
      
      This patch fixes the race by using RCU for the partition array and dev
      reference counter to hold partitions.
      
      * Rename disk->part[] to disk->__part[] to make sure no one outside
        genhd layer proper accesses it directly.
      
      * Use RCU for disk->__part[] dereferencing.
      
      * Implement disk_{get|put}_part() which can be used to get and put
        partitions from gendisk respectively.
      
      * Iterators are implemented to help iterate through all partitions
        safely.
      
      * Functions which require RCU readlock are marked with _rcu suffix.
      
      * Use disk_put_part() in __blkdev_put() instead of directly putting
        the contained kobject.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      e71bf0d0