[Cluster-devel] [PATCH V12 18/20] block: document usage of bio iterator helpers

2018-11-25 Thread Ming Lei
Now multi-page bvec is supported, some helpers may return page by
page, meantime some may return segment by segment, this patch
documents the usage.

Signed-off-by: Ming Lei 
---
 Documentation/block/biovecs.txt | 25 +
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/block/biovecs.txt b/Documentation/block/biovecs.txt
index 25689584e6e0..ce6eccaf5df7 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/biovecs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/biovecs.txt
@@ -117,3 +117,28 @@ Other implications:
size limitations and the limitations of the underlying devices. Thus
there's no need to define ->merge_bvec_fn() callbacks for individual block
drivers.
+
+Usage of helpers:
+=
+
+* The following helpers whose names have the suffix of "_all" can only be used
+on non-BIO_CLONED bio. They are usually used by filesystem code. Drivers
+shouldn't use them because the bio may have been split before it reached the
+driver.
+
+   bio_for_each_segment_all()
+   bio_first_bvec_all()
+   bio_first_page_all()
+   bio_last_bvec_all()
+
+* The following helpers iterate over single-page segment. The passed 'struct
+bio_vec' will contain a single-page IO vector during the iteration
+
+   bio_for_each_segment()
+   bio_for_each_segment_all()
+
+* The following helpers iterate over multi-page bvec. The passed 'struct
+bio_vec' will contain a multi-page IO vector during the iteration
+
+   bio_for_each_bvec()
+   rq_for_each_bvec()
-- 
2.9.5



Re: [Cluster-devel] [PATCH V12 18/20] block: document usage of bio iterator helpers

2018-11-26 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 10:17:18AM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> Now multi-page bvec is supported, some helpers may return page by
> page, meantime some may return segment by segment, this patch
> documents the usage.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei 

Looks fine,

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig 



Re: [Cluster-devel] [PATCH V12 18/20] block: document usage of bio iterator helpers

2018-11-26 Thread Omar Sandoval
On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 10:17:18AM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> Now multi-page bvec is supported, some helpers may return page by
> page, meantime some may return segment by segment, this patch
> documents the usage.

Reviewed-by: Omar Sandoval 

> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei 
> ---
>  Documentation/block/biovecs.txt | 25 +
>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/block/biovecs.txt b/Documentation/block/biovecs.txt
> index 25689584e6e0..ce6eccaf5df7 100644
> --- a/Documentation/block/biovecs.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/block/biovecs.txt
> @@ -117,3 +117,28 @@ Other implications:
> size limitations and the limitations of the underlying devices. Thus
> there's no need to define ->merge_bvec_fn() callbacks for individual block
> drivers.
> +
> +Usage of helpers:
> +=
> +
> +* The following helpers whose names have the suffix of "_all" can only be 
> used
> +on non-BIO_CLONED bio. They are usually used by filesystem code. Drivers
> +shouldn't use them because the bio may have been split before it reached the
> +driver.
> +
> + bio_for_each_segment_all()
> + bio_first_bvec_all()
> + bio_first_page_all()
> + bio_last_bvec_all()
> +
> +* The following helpers iterate over single-page segment. The passed 'struct
> +bio_vec' will contain a single-page IO vector during the iteration
> +
> + bio_for_each_segment()
> + bio_for_each_segment_all()
> +
> +* The following helpers iterate over multi-page bvec. The passed 'struct
> +bio_vec' will contain a multi-page IO vector during the iteration
> +
> + bio_for_each_bvec()
> + rq_for_each_bvec()
> -- 
> 2.9.5
>