Re: [PATCH 11/30] iomap: add the new iomap_iter model

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On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 08:10:47AM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 09, 2021 at 08:12:25AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > The iomap_iter struct provides a convenient way to package up and
> > maintain all the arguments to the various mapping and operation
> > functions.  It is operated on using the iomap_iter() function that
> > is called in loop until the whole range has been processed.  Compared
> > to the existing iomap_apply() function this avoid an indirect call
> > for each iteration.
> > 
> > For now iomap_iter() calls back into the existing ->iomap_begin and
> > ->iomap_end methods, but in the future this could be further optimized
> > to avoid indirect calls entirely.
> > 
> > Based on an earlier patch from Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  fs/iomap/Makefile     |  1 +
> >  fs/iomap/core.c       | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  fs/iomap/trace.h      | 37 +++++++++++++++++++-
> >  include/linux/iomap.h | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  4 files changed, 172 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >  create mode 100644 fs/iomap/core.c
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/iomap/Makefile b/fs/iomap/Makefile
> > index eef2722d93a183..6b56b10ded347a 100644
> > --- a/fs/iomap/Makefile
> > +++ b/fs/iomap/Makefile
> > @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FS_IOMAP)		+= iomap.o
> >  
> >  iomap-y				+= trace.o \
> >  				   apply.o \
> > +				   core.o \
> 
> This creates a discontinuity in the iomap git history. Can you add
> these new functions to iomap/apply.c, then when the old apply code
> is removed later in the series rename the file to core.c? At least
> that way 'git log --follow fs/iomap/core.c' will walk back into the
> current history of fs/iomap/apply.c and the older pre-disaggregation
> fs/iomap.c without having to take the tree back in time to find
> those files...

...or put the new code in apply.c, remove iomap_apply, and don't bother
with the renaming at all?

I don't see much reason to break the git history.  This is effectively a
new epoch in iomap, but that is plainly obvious from the function
declarations.

I'll wander through the rest of the unreviewed patches tomorrow morning,
these are merely my off-the-cuff impressions.

--D

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dave.
> -- 
> Dave Chinner
> david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



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