> +static blk_qc_t __submit_bio_interposed(struct bio *bio) > +{ > + struct bio_list bio_list[2] = { }; > + blk_qc_t ret = BLK_QC_T_NONE; > + > + current->bio_list = bio_list; > + if (likely(bio_queue_enter(bio) == 0)) { > + struct block_device *bdev = bio->bi_bdev; > + > + if (likely(bdev_has_interposer(bdev))) { > + bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_INTERPOSED); > + bdev->bd_interposer->ip_submit_bio(bio); > + } else { > + /* interposer was removed */ > + bio_list_add(¤t->bio_list[0], bio); > + } > + > + blk_queue_exit(bdev->bd_disk->queue); > + } > + current->bio_list = NULL; > + > + /* Resubmit remaining bios */ > + while ((bio = bio_list_pop(&bio_list[0]))) > + ret = submit_bio_noacct(bio); > + > + return ret; > +} > + > /** > * submit_bio_noacct - re-submit a bio to the block device layer for I/O > * @bio: The bio describing the location in memory and on the device. > @@ -1043,6 +1071,14 @@ blk_qc_t submit_bio_noacct(struct bio *bio) > return BLK_QC_T_NONE; > } > > + /* > + * Checking the BIO_INTERPOSED flag is necessary so that the bio > + * created by the bdev_interposer do not get to it for processing. > + */ > + if (bdev_has_interposer(bio->bi_bdev) && > + !bio_flagged(bio, BIO_INTERPOSED)) > + return __submit_bio_interposed(bio); > + > if (!bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk->fops->submit_bio) > return __submit_bio_noacct_mq(bio); > return __submit_bio_noacct(bio); > diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c > index fcc530164b5a..1ae8516643c8 100644 > --- a/block/genhd.c > +++ b/block/genhd.c > @@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ > static struct kobject *block_depr; > > DECLARE_RWSEM(bdev_lookup_sem); > +/* > + * Prevents different block-layer interposers from attaching or detaching > + * to the block device at the same time. > + */ > +DEFINE_MUTEX(bdev_interposer_attach_lock); This one can and should be marked static. > +int bdev_interposer_attach(struct block_device *bdev, struct bdev_interposer *interposer, Please avoid the overly long line. > + int ret = 0; > + > + if (WARN_ON(!interposer)) WARN_ON_ONCE? > + return -EINVAL; > + > + if (!blk_mq_is_queue_frozen(bdev->bd_disk->queue)) > + return -EPERM; This probly should be a WARN_ON_ONCE() as well. > + > + mutex_lock(&bdev_interposer_attach_lock); > + if (bdev_has_interposer(bdev)) { > + if (bdev->bd_interposer->ip_submit_bio == ip_submit_bio) > + ret = -EALREADY; > + else > + ret = -EBUSY; > + goto out; > + } Do we really need the two different error codes here? > + > + interposer->ip_submit_bio = ip_submit_bio; I'd rather let the caller initialize the field instead of passing the submit function separately. > +void bdev_interposer_detach(struct bdev_interposer *interposer, > + const ip_submit_bio_t ip_submit_bio) > +{ > + /* Check if it is really our interposer. */ > + if (WARN_ON(bdev->bd_interposer->ip_submit_bio != ip_submit_bio)) > + goto out; I don't really see any need to pass ip_submit_bio just for this check. > + struct bdev_interposer * bd_interposer; The * goes just before the member name. > +/* > + * block layer interposers structure and functions > + */ > +typedef void (*ip_submit_bio_t) (struct bio *bio); > + > +struct bdev_interposer { > + ip_submit_bio_t ip_submit_bio; > + struct block_device *bdev; Do we need the ip_ prefix here? Also we probably don't really the the typedef for the function pointer. > +#define bdev_has_interposer(bd) ((bd)->bd_interposer != NULL) And inline function would be nice here.