Re: [PATCH RFC v2 for-6.8/block 15/18] buffer: add a new helper to read sb block

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Hi,

在 2023/12/12 1:27, Jan Kara 写道:
On Mon 11-12-23 22:07:53, Yu Kuai wrote:
From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx>

Unlike __bread_gfp(), ext4 has special handing while reading sb block:

1) __GFP_NOFAIL is not set, and memory allocation can fail;
2) If buffer write failed before, set buffer uptodate and don't read
    block from disk;
3) REQ_META is set for all IO, and REQ_PRIO is set for reading xattr;
4) If failed, return error ptr instead of NULL;

This patch add a new helper __bread_gfp2() that will match above 2 and 3(
1 will be used, and 4 will still be encapsulated by ext4), and prepare to
prevent calling mapping_gfp_constraint() directly on bd_inode->i_mapping
in ext4.

Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx>
...
+/*
+ * This works like __bread_gfp() except:
+ * 1) If buffer write failed before, set buffer uptodate and don't read
+ * block from disk;
+ * 2) Caller can pass in additional op_flags like REQ_META;
+ */
+struct buffer_head *
+__bread_gfp2(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, unsigned int size,
+	     blk_opf_t op_flags, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	return bread_gfp(bdev, block, size, op_flags, gfp, true);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bread_gfp2);

__bread_gfp2() is not a great name, why not just using bread_gfp()
directly? I'm not a huge fan of boolean arguments but three different flags
arguments would be too much for my taste ;) so I guess I can live with
that.

I agree that __bread_gfp2 is not a greate name, if possible, I'll try to
figure out a better name for v3.

Thanks for reviewing this patchset!
Kuai

								Honza






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