On 3/17/19 4:01 AM, Ming Lei wrote: > Hi, > > Now the whole IO stack is capable of handling multi-page bvec, and it has > been enabled in the normal FS IO path. However, it isn't done for > passthrough IO. > > Without enabling multi-bvec for passthough IO, we won't go ahead for > optimizing related IO paths, such as bvec merging, bio_add_pc_page > simplification. > > This patch enables multi-page bvec for passthrough IO. Turns out > bio_add_pc_page() is simpliefied a lot, especially the physical segment > number of passthrough bio is always same with bio.bi_vcnt. Also the > bvec merging inside bio is killed. > > blktests(block/029) is added for covering passthough IO path, and this > patchset does pass the new block/029 test. > > https://marc.info/?l=linux-block&m=155175063417139&w=2 Merged for 5.2, thanks Ming. -- Jens Axboe
