Hello Christoph!
On 10/10/2012 01:39 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> +static int vhost_blk_req_submit(struct vhost_blk_req *req, struct file
>> *file)
>> +{
>> +
>> + struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
>> + struct block_device *bdev = inode->i_bdev;
>> + int ret;
>
> Please just pass the block_device directly instead of a file struct.
vhost_blk_req_submit() can be used to handle file based image later.
Using the file interface will work for both cases.
I do need a check in vhost_blk_set_backend() to tell if the user passed
file is a raw device file for now.
>> +
>> + ret = vhost_blk_bio_make(req, bdev);
>> + if (ret < 0)
>> + return ret;
>> +
>> + vhost_blk_bio_send(req);
>> +
>> + return ret;
>> +}
>
> Then again how simple the this function is it probably should just go
> away entirely.
No, vhost_blk_req_submit() is used for both read and write ops. It makes
no sense to write the code twice. Plus, this function might be complexer
when the file based image support is added.
>> + set_fs(USER_DS);
>
> What do we actually need the set_fs for here?
See this commit: d7ffde35e31a81100d2d0d2c4013cbf527bb32ea
>> +
>> +static inline void vhost_blk_stop(struct vhost_blk *blk, struct file **file)
>> +{
>> +
>> + *file = vhost_blk_stop_vq(blk, &blk->vq);
>> +}
>
> What is the point of this helper? Also I can't see anyone actually
> using the returned struct file.
It is used in both vhost_blk_reset_owner() and vhost_blk_release(). The
returned struct file is used for fput(). We have similar helper in
vhost_net: vhost_net_stop().
>> + case VIRTIO_BLK_T_FLUSH:
>> + ret = vfs_fsync(file, 1);
>> + status = ret < 0 ? VIRTIO_BLK_S_IOERR : VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK;
>> + if (!vhost_blk_set_status(req, status))
>> + vhost_add_used_and_signal(&blk->dev, vq, head, ret);
>> + break;
>
> Sending a fsync here is actually wrong in two different ways:
>
> a) it operates at the filesystem level instead of bio level
> b) it's a blocking operation
>
> It should instead send a REQ_FLUSH bio using the same submission scheme
> as the read/write requests.
Will fix this.
Thanks for the review!
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Asias
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