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authorMartin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>2012-09-18 20:19:27 +0400
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2012-09-20 16:31:45 +0400
commit4363ac7c13a9a4b763c6e8d9fdbfc2468f3b8ca4 (patch)
tree010b05699eb9544b9cdfe5e1b3affdaea80132e7 /block/blk-lib.c
parentf31dc1cd490539e2b62a126bc4dc2495b165d772 (diff)
downloadlinux-4363ac7c13a9a4b763c6e8d9fdbfc2468f3b8ca4.tar.xz
block: Implement support for WRITE SAME
The WRITE SAME command supported on some SCSI devices allows the same block to be efficiently replicated throughout a block range. Only a single logical block is transferred from the host and the storage device writes the same data to all blocks described by the I/O. This patch implements support for WRITE SAME in the block layer. The blkdev_issue_write_same() function can be used by filesystems and block drivers to replicate a buffer across a block range. This can be used to efficiently initialize software RAID devices, etc. Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Acked-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'block/blk-lib.c')
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diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index 19cc761cacb2..a062543c58ac 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -130,6 +130,80 @@ int blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_issue_discard);
/**
+ * blkdev_issue_write_same - queue a write same operation
+ * @bdev: target blockdev
+ * @sector: start sector
+ * @nr_sects: number of sectors to write
+ * @gfp_mask: memory allocation flags (for bio_alloc)
+ * @page: page containing data to write
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * Issue a write same request for the sectors in question.
+ */
+int blkdev_issue_write_same(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
+ sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+ struct page *page)
+{
+ DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(wait);
+ struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
+ unsigned int max_write_same_sectors;
+ struct bio_batch bb;
+ struct bio *bio;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ if (!q)
+ return -ENXIO;
+
+ max_write_same_sectors = q->limits.max_write_same_sectors;
+
+ if (max_write_same_sectors == 0)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ atomic_set(&bb.done, 1);
+ bb.flags = 1 << BIO_UPTODATE;
+ bb.wait = &wait;
+
+ while (nr_sects) {
+ bio = bio_alloc(gfp_mask, 1);
+ if (!bio) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ bio->bi_sector = sector;
+ bio->bi_end_io = bio_batch_end_io;
+ bio->bi_bdev = bdev;
+ bio->bi_private = &bb;
+ bio->bi_vcnt = 1;
+ bio->bi_io_vec->bv_page = page;
+ bio->bi_io_vec->bv_offset = 0;
+ bio->bi_io_vec->bv_len = bdev_logical_block_size(bdev);
+
+ if (nr_sects > max_write_same_sectors) {
+ bio->bi_size = max_write_same_sectors << 9;
+ nr_sects -= max_write_same_sectors;
+ sector += max_write_same_sectors;
+ } else {
+ bio->bi_size = nr_sects << 9;
+ nr_sects = 0;
+ }
+
+ atomic_inc(&bb.done);
+ submit_bio(REQ_WRITE | REQ_WRITE_SAME, bio);
+ }
+
+ /* Wait for bios in-flight */
+ if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&bb.done))
+ wait_for_completion(&wait);
+
+ if (!test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bb.flags))
+ ret = -ENOTSUPP;
+
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_issue_write_same);
+
+/**
* blkdev_issue_zeroout - generate number of zero filed write bios
* @bdev: blockdev to issue
* @sector: start sector