RE: [Patch v2 06/15] CIFS: Introduce helper function to get page offset and length in smb_rqst

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> Subject: Re: [Patch v2 06/15] CIFS: Introduce helper function to get page
> offset and length in smb_rqst
> 
> On 6/25/2018 5:14 PM, Long Li wrote:
> >> Subject: Re: [Patch v2 06/15] CIFS: Introduce helper function to get
> >> page offset and length in smb_rqst
> >>
> >> On 5/30/2018 3:47 PM, Long Li wrote:
> >>> From: Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>
> >>> Introduce a function rqst_page_get_length to return the page offset
> >>> and length for a given page in smb_rqst. This function is to be used
> >>> by following patches.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> ---
> >>>    fs/cifs/cifsproto.h |  3 +++
> >>>    fs/cifs/misc.c      | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> >>>    2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h index
> >>> 7933c5f..89dda14 100644
> >>> --- a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
> >>> +++ b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
> >>> @@ -557,4 +557,7 @@ int cifs_alloc_hash(const char *name, struct
> >> crypto_shash **shash,
> >>>    		    struct sdesc **sdesc);
> >>>    void cifs_free_hash(struct crypto_shash **shash, struct sdesc
> >>> **sdesc);
> >>>
> >>> +extern void rqst_page_get_length(struct smb_rqst *rqst, unsigned
> >>> +int
> >> page,
> >>> +				unsigned int *len, unsigned int *offset);
> >>> +
> >>>    #endif			/* _CIFSPROTO_H */
> >>> diff --git a/fs/cifs/misc.c b/fs/cifs/misc.c index 96849b5..e951417
> >>> 100644
> >>> --- a/fs/cifs/misc.c
> >>> +++ b/fs/cifs/misc.c
> >>> @@ -905,3 +905,20 @@ cifs_free_hash(struct crypto_shash **shash,
> >> struct sdesc **sdesc)
> >>>    		crypto_free_shash(*shash);
> >>>    	*shash = NULL;
> >>>    }
> >>> +
> >>> +/**
> >>> + * rqst_page_get_length - obtain the length and offset for a page
> >>> +in smb_rqst
> >>> + * Input: rqst - a smb_rqst, page - a page index for rqst
> >>> + * Output: *len - the length for this page, *offset - the offset
> >>> +for this page  */ void rqst_page_get_length(struct smb_rqst *rqst,
> >>> +unsigned int page,
> >>> +				unsigned int *len, unsigned int *offset) {
> >>> +	*len = rqst->rq_pagesz;
> >>> +	*offset = (page == 0) ? rqst->rq_offset : 0;
> >>
> >> Really? Page 0 always has a zero offset??
> >
> > I think you are misreading this line. The offset for page 0 is rq_offset, the
> offset for all subsequent pages are 0.
> 
> Ah, yes, sorry I did read it incorrectly.
> >>> +
> >>> +	if (rqst->rq_npages == 1 || page == rqst->rq_npages-1)
> >>> +		*len = rqst->rq_tailsz;
> >>> +	else if (page == 0)
> >>> +		*len = rqst->rq_pagesz - rqst->rq_offset; }
> >>>
> >>
> >> This subroutine does what patch 5 does inline. Why not push this
> >> patch up in the sequence and use the helper?
> >
> > This is actually a little different. This function returns the length and offset
> for a given page in the request. There might be multiple pages in a request.
> 
> Ok, but I still think there is quite a bit of inline computation of this stuff that
> would more clearly and more robustly be done in a set of common functions.
> If someone ever touches the code to support a new upper layer, or even
> integrate with more complex compounding, things will get ugly fast.
> 
> > The other function calculates the total length of all the pages in a request.
> 
> Again, a great candidate for a common set of subroutines, IMO.

I will look into this. The reason I didn't make a common function is that this is the only patch that will use it in this way.
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