kernel/linux.git/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c, branch v7.1-rc5

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

bcache: drop discard sysfs interface

2025-11-13T16:18:06+00:00

Since discard code is removed, now the sysfs interface to enable discard is useless. This patch removes the corresponding sysfs entry, and remove bool variable 'discard' from struct cache as well. Signed-off-by: Coly Li Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

Revert "bcache: remove heap-related macros and switch to generic min_heap"

2025-06-20T03:48:03+00:00

This reverts commit 866898efbb25bb44fd42848318e46db9e785973a. The generic bottom-up min_heap implementation causes performance regression in invalidate_buckets_lru(), a hot path in bcache. Before the cache is fully populated, new_bucket_prio() often returns zero, leading to many equal comparisons. In such cases, bottom-up sift_down performs up to 2 * log2(n) comparisons, while the original top-down approach completes with just O() comparisons, resulting in a measurable performance gap. The performance degradation is further worsened by the non-inlined min_heap API functions introduced in commit 92a8b224b833 ("lib/min_heap: introduce non-inline versions of min heap API functions"), adding function call overhead to this critical path. As reported by Robert, bcache now suffers from latency spikes, with P100 (max) latency increasing from 600 ms to 2.4 seconds every 5 minutes. These regressions degrade bcache's effectiveness as a low-latency cache layer and lead to frequent timeouts and application stalls in production environments. This revert aims to restore bcache's original low-latency behavior. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAJhEC05+0S69z+3+FB2Cd0hD+pCRyWTKLEOsc8BOmH73p1m+KQ@mail.gmail.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250614202353.1632957-3-visitorckw@gmail.com Fixes: 866898efbb25 ("bcache: remove heap-related macros and switch to generic min_heap") Fixes: 92a8b224b833 ("lib/min_heap: introduce non-inline versions of min heap API functions") Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu Reported-by: Robert Pang Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-bcache/CAJhEC06F_AtrPgw2-7CvCqZgeStgCtitbD-ryuPpXQA-JG5XXw@mail.gmail.com Acked-by: Coly Li Cc: Ching-Chun (Jim) Huang Cc: Kent Overstreet Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

bcache: remove heap-related macros and switch to generic min_heap

2024-06-25T05:25:00+00:00

Drop the heap-related macros from bcache and replacing them with the generic min_heap implementation from include/linux. By doing so, code readability is improved by using functions instead of macros. Moreover, the min_heap implementation in include/linux adopts a bottom-up variation compared to the textbook version currently used in bcache. This bottom-up variation allows for approximately 50% reduction in the number of comparison operations during heap siftdown, without changing the number of swaps, thus making it more efficient. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/ioyfizrzq7w7mjrqcadtzsfgpuntowtjdw5pgn4qhvsdp4mqqg@nrlek5vmisbu Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240524152958.919343-16-visitorckw@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Acked-by: Coly Li Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Bagas Sanjaya Cc: Brian Foster Cc: Ching-Chun (Jim) Huang Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kent Overstreet Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Matthew Sakai Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

bcache: fix variable length array abuse in btree_iter

2024-05-09T01:15:01+00:00

btree_iter is used in two ways: either allocated on the stack with a fixed size MAX_BSETS, or from a mempool with a dynamic size based on the specific cache set. Previously, the struct had a fixed-length array of size MAX_BSETS which was indexed out-of-bounds for the dynamically-sized iterators, which causes UBSAN to complain. This patch uses the same approach as in bcachefs's sort_iter and splits the iterator into a btree_iter with a flexible array member and a btree_iter_stack which embeds a btree_iter as well as a fixed-length data array. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Closes: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2039368 Signed-off-by: Matthew Mirvish Signed-off-by: Coly Li Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240509011117.2697-3-colyli@suse.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

bcache: use of hlist_count_nodes()

2024-02-22T23:38:51+00:00

Make use of the newly added hlist_count_nodes(). Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240104164937.424320-4-pierre.gondois@arm.com Signed-off-by: Pierre Gondois Acked-by: Coly Li Acked-by: Marco Elver Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg Cc: Carlos Llamas Cc: Christian Brauner Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jani Nikula Cc: Joel Fernandes (Google) Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Kent Overstreet Cc: Martijn Coenen Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan Cc: Todd Kjos Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

bcache: prevent potential division by zero error

2023-11-20T16:17:51+00:00

In SHOW(), the variable 'n' is of type 'size_t.' While there is a conditional check to verify that 'n' is not equal to zero before executing the 'do_div' macro, concerns arise regarding potential division by zero error in 64-bit environments. The concern arises when 'n' is 64 bits in size, greater than zero, and the lower 32 bits of it are zeros. In such cases, the conditional check passes because 'n' is non-zero, but the 'do_div' macro casts 'n' to 'uint32_t,' effectively truncating it to its lower 32 bits. Consequently, the 'n' value becomes zero. To fix this potential division by zero error and ensure precise division handling, this commit replaces the 'do_div' macro with div64_u64(). div64_u64() is designed to work with 64-bit operands, guaranteeing that division is performed correctly. This change enhances the robustness of the code, ensuring that division operations yield accurate results in all scenarios, eliminating the possibility of division by zero, and improving compatibility across different 64-bit environments. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. Signed-off-by: Rand Deeb Cc: Signed-off-by: Coly Li Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231120052503.6122-5-colyli@suse.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

bcache: dynamically allocate the md-bcache shrinker

2023-10-04T17:32:25+00:00

In preparation for implementing lockless slab shrink, use new APIs to dynamically allocate the md-bcache shrinker, so that it can be freed asynchronously via RCU. Then it doesn't need to wait for RCU read-side critical section when releasing the struct cache_set. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230911094444.68966-27-zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng Acked-by: Muchun Song Cc: Coly Li Cc: Kent Overstreet Cc: Abhinav Kumar Cc: Alasdair Kergon Cc: Alexander Viro Cc: Alyssa Rosenzweig Cc: Andreas Dilger Cc: Andreas Gruenbacher Cc: Anna Schumaker Cc: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Bob Peterson Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: Carlos Llamas Cc: Chandan Babu R Cc: Chao Yu Cc: Chris Mason Cc: Christian Brauner Cc: Christian Koenig Cc: Chuck Lever Cc: Dai Ngo Cc: Daniel Vetter Cc: Daniel Vetter Cc: "Darrick J. Wong" Cc: Dave Chinner Cc: Dave Hansen Cc: David Airlie Cc: David Hildenbrand Cc: David Sterba Cc: Dmitry Baryshkov Cc: Gao Xiang Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Huang Rui Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jaegeuk Kim Cc: Jani Nikula Cc: Jan Kara Cc: Jason Wang Cc: Jeff Layton Cc: Jeffle Xu Cc: Joel Fernandes (Google) Cc: Joonas Lahtinen Cc: Josef Bacik Cc: Juergen Gross Cc: Kirill Tkhai Cc: Marijn Suijten Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Cc: Mike Snitzer Cc: Minchan Kim Cc: Nadav Amit Cc: Neil Brown Cc: Oleksandr Tyshchenko Cc: Olga Kornievskaia Cc: Paul E. McKenney Cc: Richard Weinberger Cc: Rob Clark Cc: Rob Herring Cc: Rodrigo Vivi Cc: Roman Gushchin Cc: Sean Paul Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky Cc: Song Liu Cc: Stefano Stabellini Cc: Steven Price Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Tomeu Vizoso Cc: Tom Talpey Cc: Trond Myklebust Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin Cc: Vlastimil Babka Cc: Xuan Zhuo Cc: Yue Hu Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

bcache: Convert to use sysfs_emit()/sysfs_emit_at() APIs

2023-06-15T13:30:11+00:00

Follow the advice of the Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.rst and show() should only use sysfs_emit() or sysfs_emit_at() when formatting the value to be returned to user space. Signed-off-by: ye xingchen Signed-off-by: Coly Li Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230615121223.22502-2-colyli@suse.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe