The patch titled Subject: char: add aio_{read,write} to /dev/{null,zero} has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is char-add-aio_readwrite-to-dev-nullzero.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Zach Brown <zab@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: char: add aio_{read,write} to /dev/{null,zero} These are handy for measuring the cost of the aio infrastructure with operations that do very little and complete immediately. Signed-off-by: Zach Brown <zab@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Felipe Balbi <balbi@xxxxxx> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Asai Thambi S P <asamymuthupa@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Selvan Mani <smani@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sam Bradshaw <sbradshaw@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/mem.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) diff -puN drivers/char/mem.c~char-add-aio_readwrite-to-dev-nullzero drivers/char/mem.c --- a/drivers/char/mem.c~char-add-aio_readwrite-to-dev-nullzero +++ a/drivers/char/mem.c @@ -627,6 +627,18 @@ static ssize_t write_null(struct file *f return count; } +static ssize_t aio_read_null(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov, + unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos) +{ + return 0; +} + +static ssize_t aio_write_null(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov, + unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos) +{ + return iov_length(iov, nr_segs); +} + static int pipe_to_null(struct pipe_inode_info *info, struct pipe_buffer *buf, struct splice_desc *sd) { @@ -670,6 +682,24 @@ static ssize_t read_zero(struct file *fi return written ? written : -EFAULT; } +static ssize_t aio_read_zero(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov, + unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos) +{ + size_t written = 0; + unsigned long i; + ssize_t ret; + + for (i = 0; i < nr_segs; i++) { + ret = read_zero(iocb->ki_filp, iov[i].iov_base, iov[i].iov_len, + &pos); + if (ret < 0) + break; + written += ret; + } + + return written ? written : -EFAULT; +} + static int mmap_zero(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma) { #ifndef CONFIG_MMU @@ -738,6 +768,7 @@ static int open_port(struct inode *inode #define full_lseek null_lseek #define write_zero write_null #define read_full read_zero +#define aio_write_zero aio_write_null #define open_mem open_port #define open_kmem open_mem #define open_oldmem open_mem @@ -766,6 +797,8 @@ static const struct file_operations null .llseek = null_lseek, .read = read_null, .write = write_null, + .aio_read = aio_read_null, + .aio_write = aio_write_null, .splice_write = splice_write_null, }; @@ -782,6 +815,8 @@ static const struct file_operations zero .llseek = zero_lseek, .read = read_zero, .write = write_zero, + .aio_read = aio_read_zero, + .aio_write = aio_write_zero, .mmap = mmap_zero, }; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from zab@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-remove-old-aio-use_mm-comment.patch aio-remove-dead-code-from-aioh.patch gadget-remove-only-user-of-aio-retry.patch aio-remove-retry-based-aio.patch char-add-aio_readwrite-to-dev-nullzero.patch aio-kill-return-value-of-aio_complete.patch aio-add-kiocb_cancel.patch aio-move-private-stuff-out-of-aioh.patch aio-dprintk-pr_debug.patch aio-do-fget-after-aio_get_req.patch aio-make-aio_put_req-lockless.patch aio-refcounting-cleanup.patch wait-add-wait_event_hrtimeout.patch aio-make-aio_read_evt-more-efficient-convert-to-hrtimers.patch aio-use-flush_dcache_page.patch aio-use-cancellation-list-lazily.patch aio-change-reqs_active-to-include-unreaped-completions.patch aio-kill-batch-allocation.patch aio-kill-struct-aio_ring_info.patch aio-give-shared-kioctx-fields-their-own-cachelines.patch aio-reqs_active-reqs_available.patch aio-percpu-reqs_available.patch generic-dynamic-per-cpu-refcounting.patch aio-percpu-ioctx-refcount.patch aio-use-xchg-instead-of-completion_lock.patch aio-dont-include-aioh-in-schedh.patch aio-kill-ki_key.patch aio-kill-ki_retry.patch block-prep-work-for-batch-completion.patch block-aio-batch-completion-for-bios-kiocbs.patch virtio-blk-convert-to-batch-completion.patch mtip32xx-convert-to-batch-completion.patch aio-fix-kioctx-not-being-freed-after-cancellation-at-exit-time.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html