Add 'discard' request handling
Some block devices benefit from a hint that they can forget the contents
of certain sectors. Add basic support for this to the block core, along
with a 'blkdev_issue_discard()' helper function which issues such
requests.
The caller doesn't get to provide an end_io functio, since
blkdev_issue_discard() will automatically split the request up into
multiple bios if appropriate. Neither does the function wait for
completion -- it's expected that callers won't care about when, or even
_if_, the request completes. It's only a hint to the device anyway. By
definition, the file system doesn't _care_ about these sectors any more.
[With feedback from OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> and
Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com]
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index e0ba018..26ececb 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
enum rq_flag_bits {
__REQ_RW, /* not set, read. set, write */
__REQ_FAILFAST, /* no low level driver retries */
+ __REQ_DISCARD, /* request to discard sectors */
__REQ_SORTED, /* elevator knows about this request */
__REQ_SOFTBARRIER, /* may not be passed by ioscheduler */
__REQ_HARDBARRIER, /* may not be passed by drive either */
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@
};
#define REQ_RW (1 << __REQ_RW)
+#define REQ_DISCARD (1 << __REQ_DISCARD)
#define REQ_FAILFAST (1 << __REQ_FAILFAST)
#define REQ_SORTED (1 << __REQ_SORTED)
#define REQ_SOFTBARRIER (1 << __REQ_SOFTBARRIER)
@@ -252,6 +254,7 @@
typedef int (make_request_fn) (struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio);
typedef int (prep_rq_fn) (struct request_queue *, struct request *);
typedef void (unplug_fn) (struct request_queue *);
+typedef int (prepare_discard_fn) (struct request_queue *, struct request *);
struct bio_vec;
struct bvec_merge_data {
@@ -307,6 +310,7 @@
make_request_fn *make_request_fn;
prep_rq_fn *prep_rq_fn;
unplug_fn *unplug_fn;
+ prepare_discard_fn *prepare_discard_fn;
merge_bvec_fn *merge_bvec_fn;
prepare_flush_fn *prepare_flush_fn;
softirq_done_fn *softirq_done_fn;
@@ -546,6 +550,7 @@
#define blk_sorted_rq(rq) ((rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_SORTED)
#define blk_barrier_rq(rq) ((rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_HARDBARRIER)
#define blk_fua_rq(rq) ((rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_FUA)
+#define blk_discard_rq(rq) ((rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD)
#define blk_bidi_rq(rq) ((rq)->next_rq != NULL)
#define blk_empty_barrier(rq) (blk_barrier_rq(rq) && blk_fs_request(rq) && !(rq)->hard_nr_sectors)
/* rq->queuelist of dequeued request must be list_empty() */
@@ -796,6 +801,7 @@
extern void blk_queue_dma_alignment(struct request_queue *, int);
extern void blk_queue_update_dma_alignment(struct request_queue *, int);
extern void blk_queue_softirq_done(struct request_queue *, softirq_done_fn *);
+extern void blk_queue_set_discard(struct request_queue *, prepare_discard_fn *);
extern struct backing_dev_info *blk_get_backing_dev_info(struct block_device *bdev);
extern int blk_queue_ordered(struct request_queue *, unsigned, prepare_flush_fn *);
extern int blk_do_ordered(struct request_queue *, struct request **);
@@ -837,6 +843,16 @@
}
extern int blkdev_issue_flush(struct block_device *, sector_t *);
+extern int blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *, sector_t sector,
+ unsigned nr_sects);
+
+static inline int sb_issue_discard(struct super_block *sb,
+ sector_t block, unsigned nr_blocks)
+{
+ block <<= (sb->s_blocksize_bits - 9);
+ nr_blocks <<= (sb->s_blocksize_bits - 9);
+ return blkdev_issue_discard(sb->s_bdev, block, nr_blocks);
+}
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