Re: [PATCH 12/26] iov_iter: Add a segmented queue of bio_vec[]

David Howells <[email protected]> writes:

> Add the concept of a segmented queue of bio_vec[] arrays.  This allows an
> indefinite quantity of elements to be handled and allows things like
> network filesystems and crypto drivers to glue bits on the ends without
> having to reallocate the array.
>
> The bvecq struct that defines each segment also carries capacity/usage
> information along with flags indicating whether the constituent memory
> regions need freeing or unpinning and the file position of the first
> element in a segment.  The bvecq structs are refcounted to allow a queue to
> be extracted in batches and split between a number of subrequests.
>
> The bvecq can have the bio_vec[] it manages allocated in with it, but this
> is not required.  A flag is provided for if this is the case as comparing
> ->bv to ->__bv is not sufficient to detect this case.
>
> Add an iterator type ITER_BVECQ for it.  This is intended to replace
> ITER_FOLIOQ (and ITER_XARRAY).
>
> Note that the prev pointer is only really needed for iov_iter_revert() and
> could be dispensed with if struct iov_iter contained the head information
> as well as the current point.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <[email protected]>
> cc: Paulo Alcantara <[email protected]>
> cc: Matthew Wilcox <[email protected]>
> cc: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
> cc: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
> cc: [email protected]
> cc: [email protected]
> cc: [email protected]
> ---
>  include/linux/bvecq.h      |  46 ++++++
>  include/linux/iov_iter.h   |  63 +++++++-
>  include/linux/uio.h        |  11 ++
>  lib/iov_iter.c             | 288 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  lib/scatterlist.c          |  66 +++++++++
>  lib/tests/kunit_iov_iter.c | 180 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  6 files changed, 649 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/bvecq.h

Reviewed-by: Paulo Alcantara (Red Hat) <[email protected]>