On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 01:30:01PM -0700, Omar Sandoval wrote:
> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 09:05:38PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> > On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 11:30:10PM -0700, Omar Sandoval wrote:
> > >  do_blockdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
> > >                 struct block_device *bdev, struct iov_iter *iter,
> > >                 get_block_t get_block, dio_iodone_t end_io,
> > > -               dio_submit_t submit_io, int flags)
> > > +               dio_submit_t submit_io, int flags, void *private)
> > 
> > Oh, dear...  That's what, 9 arguments?  I agree that the hack in question
> > is obscene, but so is this ;-/
> 
> So looking at these one by one, obviously needed:
> 
> - iocb
> - inode
> - iter
> 
> bdev is almost always inode->i_sb->s_bdev, except for Btrfs :(
> 
> These could _maybe_ go in struct kiocb:
> 
> - flags could maybe be folded into ki_flags
> - private could maybe go in iocb->private, but I haven't yet read
>   through to figure out if we're already using iocb->private for direct
>   I/O
> 
> That leaves the callbacks, get_block, end_io, and submit_io. Perhaps we
> can add those to inode_operations?

Or, perhaps, btrfs shouldn't be using the common helper?  The question
is not where to stash the bits and pieces - it's how unreadable the callers
are and how much boilerplate/hidden information is involved...
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