[PATCH v4 4/5] nfs: migrate direct I/O to iov_iter_extract_pages
Pranjal Shrivastava <[email protected]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:06:00 +0000
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-nfs,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-pci,org.kernel.vger.linux-rdma |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Migrate the NFS Direct I/O path away from the legacy iov_iter_get_pages_alloc2() API to the modern iov_iter_extract_pages API. The transition aligns NFS with the modern VFS extraction model and serves as a preparatory step for supporting requirements such as page pinning via GUP for DMA. The migration fixes a bug in the Direct I/O loop where pages were being unpinned immediately after request creation. With the new extraction model, pins are held until the I/O is complete. Manual release in the loop is correspondingly updated to only clean up failed pages. Signed-off-by: Pranjal Shrivastava <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Shivaji Kant <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]> --- fs/nfs/direct.c | 26 +++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c index 96995736fac2..b9ac0a67693c 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/direct.c +++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c @@ -354,16 +354,17 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_read_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq, inode_dio_begin(inode); while (iov_iter_count(iter)) { - struct page **pagevec; + struct page **pagevec = NULL; size_t bytes; size_t pgbase; unsigned npages, i; + bool pinned = iov_iter_extract_will_pin(iter); - result = iov_iter_get_pages_alloc2(iter, &pagevec, - rsize, &pgbase); + result = iov_iter_extract_pages(iter, &pagevec, + rsize, ~0U, 0, &pgbase); if (result < 0) break; - + bytes = result; npages = (result + pgbase + PAGE_SIZE - 1) / PAGE_SIZE; for (i = 0; i < npages; i++) { @@ -371,7 +372,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_read_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq, unsigned int req_len = min_t(size_t, bytes, PAGE_SIZE - pgbase); /* XXX do we need to do the eof zeroing found in async_filler? */ req = nfs_page_create_from_page(dreq->ctx, pagevec[i], - false, pgbase, pos, + pinned, pgbase, pos, req_len); if (IS_ERR(req)) { result = PTR_ERR(req); @@ -387,7 +388,8 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_read_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq, requested_bytes += req_len; pos += req_len; } - nfs_direct_release_pages(pagevec, npages, false); + if (i < npages) + nfs_direct_release_pages(pagevec + i, npages - i, pinned); kvfree(pagevec); if (result < 0) break; @@ -891,13 +893,14 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq, NFS_I(inode)->write_io += iov_iter_count(iter); while (iov_iter_count(iter)) { - struct page **pagevec; + struct page **pagevec = NULL; size_t bytes; size_t pgbase; unsigned npages, i; + bool pinned = iov_iter_extract_will_pin(iter); - result = iov_iter_get_pages_alloc2(iter, &pagevec, - wsize, &pgbase); + result = iov_iter_extract_pages(iter, &pagevec, + wsize, ~0U, 0, &pgbase); if (result < 0) break; @@ -908,7 +911,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq, unsigned int req_len = min_t(size_t, bytes, PAGE_SIZE - pgbase); req = nfs_page_create_from_page(dreq->ctx, pagevec[i], - false, pgbase, pos, + pinned, pgbase, pos, req_len); if (IS_ERR(req)) { result = PTR_ERR(req); @@ -952,7 +955,8 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq, desc.pg_error = 0; defer = true; } - nfs_direct_release_pages(pagevec, npages, false); + if (i < npages) + nfs_direct_release_pages(pagevec + i, npages - i, pinned); kvfree(pagevec); if (result < 0) break; -- 2.55.0.229.g6434b31f56-goog