We've now got 3x2 interfaces for iterating over bios: by page, by bvec,
or by folio, and variants that iterate over what bi_iter points to, or
the entire bio as created by the filesystem/originator.
This adds more detailed kerneldoc comments for each variant.
Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <[email protected]>
Cc: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
Cc: Ming Lei <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
---
include/linux/bio.h | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index 4b197ea83c..f599bcf15e 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -97,9 +97,14 @@ static inline void bio_iter_all_advance(const struct bio *bio,
((bvl = bio_iter_all_peek(bio, &iter)), true); \
bio_iter_all_advance((bio), &iter, bvl.bv_len))
-/*
- * drivers should _never_ use the all version - the bio may have been split
- * before it got to the driver and the driver won't own all of it
+/**
+ * bio_for_each_segment_all - iterate over single pages in a bio
+ *
+ * Like other _all versions, this is for the filesystem, or the owner/creator of
+ * a bio; it iterates over the original contents of a bio.
+ *
+ * Drivers that are working with bios that were submitted to them should not use
+ * the _all version.
*/
#define bio_for_each_segment_all(bvl, bio, iter) \
for (bvec_iter_all_init(&iter); \
@@ -160,6 +165,13 @@ static inline void bio_advance(struct bio *bio, unsigned int nbytes)
((bvl = bio_iter_iovec((bio), (iter))), 1); \
bio_advance_iter_single((bio), &(iter), (bvl).bv_len))
+/**
+ * bio_for_each_segment - iterate over single pages in a bio
+ *
+ * Like other non-_all versions, this iterates over what bio->bi_iter currently
+ * points to. This version is for drivers, where the bio may have previously
+ * been split or cloned.
+ */
#define bio_for_each_segment(bvl, bio, iter) \
__bio_for_each_segment(bvl, bio, iter, (bio)->bi_iter)
@@ -200,6 +212,13 @@ static inline struct folio_seg bio_iter_iovec_folio(struct bio *bio,
((fs = bio_iter_iovec_folio((bio), (iter))), 1); \
bio_advance_iter_single((bio), &(iter), (fs).fs_len))
+/**
+ * bio_for_each_folio - iterate over folios within a bio
+ *
+ * Like other non-_all versions, this iterates over what bio->bi_iter currently
+ * points to. This version is for drivers, where the bio may have previously
+ * been split or cloned.
+ */
#define bio_for_each_folio(fs, bio, iter) \
__bio_for_each_folio(fs, bio, iter, (bio)->bi_iter)
@@ -209,13 +228,30 @@ static inline struct folio_seg bio_iter_iovec_folio(struct bio *bio,
((bvl = mp_bvec_iter_bvec((bio)->bi_io_vec, (iter))), 1); \
bio_advance_iter_single((bio), &(iter), (bvl).bv_len))
-/* iterate over multi-page bvec */
+/**
+ * bio_for_each_bvec - iterate over bvecs within a bio
+ *
+ * This version iterates over entire bio_vecs, which will be a range of
+ * contiguous pages.
+ *
+ * Like other non-_all versions, this iterates over what bio->bi_iter currently
+ * points to. This version is for drivers, where the bio may have previously
+ * been split or cloned.
+ */
#define bio_for_each_bvec(bvl, bio, iter) \
__bio_for_each_bvec(bvl, bio, iter, (bio)->bi_iter)
/*
- * Iterate over all multi-page bvecs. Drivers shouldn't use this version for the
- * same reasons as bio_for_each_segment_all().
+ * bio_for_each_bvec_all - iterate over bvecs within a bio
+ *
+ * This version iterates over entire bio_vecs, which will be a range of
+ * contiguous pages.
+ *
+ * Like other _all versions, this is for the filesystem, or the owner/creator of
+ * a bio; it iterates over the original contents of a bio.
+ *
+ * Drivers that are working with bios that were submitted to them should not use
+ * the _all version.
*/
#define bio_for_each_bvec_all(bvl, bio, i) \
for (i = 0, bvl = bio_first_bvec_all(bio); \
@@ -321,6 +357,12 @@ static inline struct folio_seg bio_folio_iter_all_peek(const struct bio *bio,
* bio_for_each_folio_all - Iterate over each folio in a bio.
* @fi: struct bio_folio_iter_all which is updated for each folio.
* @bio: struct bio to iterate over.
+ *
+ * Like other _all versions, this is for the filesystem, or the owner/creator of
+ * a bio; it iterates over the original contents of a bio.
+ *
+ * Drivers that are working with bios that were submitted to them should not use
+ * the _all version.
*/
#define bio_for_each_folio_all(fs, bio, iter) \
for (bvec_iter_all_init(&iter); \
--
2.40.1