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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2001 Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public Licens
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-
 *
 */
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/swap.h>
#include <linux/bio.h>
#include <linux/blkdev.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/mempool.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <scsi/sg.h>		/* for struct sg_iovec */

#include <trace/events/block.h>

/*
 * Test patch to inline a certain number of bi_io_vec's inside the bio
 * itself, to shrink a bio data allocation from two mempool calls to one
 */
#define BIO_INLINE_VECS		4

static mempool_t *bio_split_pool __read_mostly;

/*
 * if you change this list, also change bvec_alloc or things will
 * break badly! cannot be bigger than what you can fit into an
 * unsigned short
 */
#define BV(x) { .nr_vecs = x, .name = "biovec-"__stringify(x) }
struct biovec_slab bvec_slabs[BIOVEC_NR_POOLS] __read_mostly = {
	BV(1), BV(4), BV(16), BV(64), BV(128), BV(BIO_MAX_PAGES),
};
#undef BV

/*
 * fs_bio_set is the bio_set containing bio and iovec memory pools used by
 * IO code that does not need private memory pools.
 */
struct bio_set *fs_bio_set;

/*
 * Our slab pool management
 */
struct bio_slab {
	struct kmem_cache *slab;
	unsigned int slab_ref;
	unsigned int slab_size;
	char name[8];
};
static DEFINE_MUTEX(bio_slab_lock);
static struct bio_slab *bio_slabs;
static unsigned int bio_slab_nr, bio_slab_max;

static struct kmem_cache *bio_find_or_create_slab(unsigned int extra_size)
{
	unsigned int sz = sizeof(struct bio) + extra_size;
	struct kmem_cache *slab = NULL;
	struct bio_slab *bslab;
	unsigned int i, entry = -1;

	mutex_lock(&bio_slab_lock);

	i = 0;
	while (i < bio_slab_nr) {
		struct bio_slab *bslab = &bio_slabs[i];

		if (!bslab->slab && entry == -1)
			entry = i;
		else if (bslab->slab_size == sz) {
			slab = bslab->slab;
			bslab->slab_ref++;
			break;
		}
		i++;
	}

	if (slab)
		goto out_unlock;

	if (bio_slab_nr == bio_slab_max && entry == -1) {
		bio_slab_max <<= 1;
		bio_slabs = krealloc(bio_slabs,
				     bio_slab_max * sizeof(struct bio_slab),
				     GFP_KERNEL);
		if (!bio_slabs)
			goto out_unlock;
	}
	if (entry == -1)
		entry = bio_slab_nr++;

	bslab = &bio_slabs[entry];

	snprintf(bslab->name, sizeof(bslab->name), "bio-%d", entry);
	slab = kmem_cache_create(bslab->name, sz, 0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
	if (!slab)
		goto out_unlock;

	printk("bio: create slab <%s> at %d\n", bslab->name, entry);
	bslab->slab = slab;
	bslab->slab_ref = 1;
	bslab->slab_size = sz;
out_unlock:
	mutex_unlock(&bio_slab_lock);
	return slab;
}

static void bio_put_slab(struct bio_set *bs)
{
	struct bio_slab *bslab = NULL;
	unsigned int i;

	mutex_lock(&bio_slab_lock);

	for (i = 0; i < bio_slab_nr; i++) {
		if (bs->bio_slab == bio_slabs[i].slab) {
			bslab = &bio_slabs[i];
			break;
		}
	}

	if (WARN(!bslab, KERN_ERR "bio: unable to find slab!\n"))
		goto out;

	WARN_ON(!bslab->slab_ref);

	if (--bslab->slab_ref)
		goto out;

	kmem_cache_destroy(bslab->slab);
	bslab->slab = NULL;

out:
	mutex_unlock(&bio_slab_lock);
}

unsigned int bvec_nr_vecs(unsigned short idx)
{
	return bvec_slabs[idx].nr_vecs;
}

void bvec_free_bs(struct bio_set *bs, struct bio_vec *bv, unsigned int idx)
{
	BIO_BUG_ON(idx >= BIOVEC_NR_POOLS);

	if (idx == BIOVEC_MAX_IDX)
		mempool_free(bv, bs->bvec_pool);
	else {
		struct biovec_slab *bvs = bvec_slabs + idx;

		kmem_cache_free(bvs->slab, bv);
	}
}

struct bio_vec *bvec_alloc_bs(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr, unsigned long *idx,
			      struct bio_set *bs)
{
	struct bio_vec *bvl;

	/*
	 * see comment near bvec_array define!
	 */
	switch (nr) {
	case 1:
		*idx = 0;
		break;
	case 2 ... 4:
		*idx = 1;
		break;
	case 5 ... 16:
		*idx = 2;
		break;
	case 17 ... 64:
		*idx = 3;
		break;
	case 65 ... 128:
		*idx = 4;
		break;
	case 129 ... BIO_MAX_PAGES:
		*idx = 5;
		break;
	default:
		return NULL;
	}

	/*
	 * idx now points to the pool we want to allocate from. only the
	 * 1-vec entry pool is mempool backed.
	 */
	if (*idx == BIOVEC_MAX_IDX) {
fallback:
		bvl = mempool_alloc(bs->bvec_pool, gfp_mask);
	} else {
		struct biovec_slab *bvs = bvec_slabs + *idx;
		gfp_t __gfp_mask = gfp_mask & ~(__GFP_WAIT | __GFP_IO);

		/*
		 * Make this allocation restricted and don't dump info on
		 * allocation failures, since we'll fallback to the mempool
		 * in case of failure.
		 */
		__gfp_mask |= __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN;

		/*
		 * Try a slab allocation. If this fails and __GFP_WAIT
		 * is set, retry with the 1-entry mempool
		 */
		bvl = kmem_cache_alloc(bvs->slab, __gfp_mask);
		if (unlikely(!bvl && (gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT))) {
			*idx = BIOVEC_MAX_IDX;
			goto fallback;
		}
	}

	return bvl;
}

void bio_free(struct bio *bio, struct bio_set *bs)
{
	void *p;

	if (bio_has_allocated_vec(bio))
		bvec_free_bs(bs, bio->bi_io_vec, BIO_POOL_IDX(bio));

	if (bio_integrity(bio))
		bio_integrity_free(bio, bs);

	/*
	 * If we have front padding, adjust the bio pointer before freeing
	 */
	p = bio;
	if (bs->front_pad)
		p -= bs->front_pad;

	mempool_free(p, bs->bio_pool);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_free);

void bio_init(struct bio *bio)
{
	memset(bio, 0, sizeof(*bio));
	bio->bi_flags = 1 << BIO_UPTODATE;
	bio->bi_comp_cpu = -1;
	atomic_set(&bio->bi_cnt, 1);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_init);

/**
 * bio_alloc_bioset - allocate a bio for I/O
 * @gfp_mask:   the GFP_ mask given to the slab allocator
 * @nr_iovecs:	number of iovecs to pre-allocate
 * @bs:		the bio_set to allocate from. If %NULL, just use kmalloc
 *
 * Description:
 *   bio_alloc_bioset will first try its own mempool to satisfy the allocation.
 *   If %__GFP_WAIT is set then we will block on the internal pool waiting
 *   for a &struct bio to become free. If a %NULL @bs is passed in, we will
 *   fall back to just using @kmalloc to allocate the required memory.
 *
 *   Note that the caller must set ->bi_destructor on succesful return
 *   of a bio, to do the appropriate freeing of the bio once the reference
 *   count drops to zero.
 **/
struct bio *bio_alloc_bioset(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr_iovecs, struct bio_set *bs)
{
	unsigned long idx = BIO_POOL_NONE;
	struct bio_vec *bvl = NULL;
	struct bio *bio;
	void *p;

	p = mempool_alloc(bs->bio_pool, gfp_mask);
	if (unlikely(!p))
		return NULL;
	bio = p + bs->front_pad;

	bio_init(bio);

	if (unlikely(!nr_iovecs))
		goto out_set;

	if (nr_iovecs <= BIO_INLINE_VECS) {
		bvl = bio->bi_inline_vecs;
		nr_iovecs = BIO_INLINE_VECS;
	} else {
		bvl = bvec_alloc_bs(gfp_mask, nr_iovecs, &idx, bs);
		if (unlikely(!bvl))
			goto err_free;

		nr_iovecs = bvec_nr_vecs(idx);
	}
out_set:
	bio->bi_flags |= idx << BIO_POOL_OFFSET;
	bio->bi_max_vecs = nr_iovecs;
	bio->bi_io_vec = bvl;
	return bio;

err_free:
	mempool_free(p, bs->bio_pool);
	return NULL;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_alloc_bioset);

static void bio_fs_destructor(struct bio *bio)
{
	bio_free(bio, fs_bio_set);
}

/**
 *	bio_alloc - allocate a new bio, memory pool backed
 *	@gfp_mask: allocation mask to use
 *	@nr_iovecs: number of iovecs
 *
 *	Allocate a new bio with @nr_iovecs bvecs.  If @gfp_mask
 *	contains __GFP_WAIT, the allocation is guaranteed to succeed.
 *
 *	RETURNS:
 *	Pointer to new bio on success, NULL on failure.
 */
struct bio *bio_alloc(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr_iovecs)
{
	struct bio *bio = bio_alloc_bioset(gfp_mask, nr_iovecs, fs_bio_set);

	if (bio)
		bio->bi_destructor = bio_fs_destructor;

	return bio;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_alloc);

static void bio_kmalloc_destructor(struct bio *bio)
{
	if (bio_integrity(bio))
		bio_integrity_free(bio, fs_bio_set);
	kfree(bio);
}

/**
 * bio_alloc - allocate a bio for I/O
 * @gfp_mask:   the GFP_ mask given to the slab allocator
 * @nr_iovecs:	number of iovecs to pre-allocate
 *
 * Description:
 *   bio_alloc will allocate a bio and associated bio_vec array that can hold
 *   at least @nr_iovecs entries. Allocations will be done from the
 *   fs_bio_set. Also see @bio_alloc_bioset.
 *
 *   If %__GFP_WAIT is set, then bio_alloc will always be able to allocate
 *   a bio. This is due to the mempool guarantees. To make this work, callers
 *   must never allocate more than 1 bio at a time from this pool. Callers
 *   that need to allocate more than 1 bio must always submit the previously
 *   allocated bio for IO before attempting to allocate a new one. Failure to
 *   do so can cause livelocks under memory pressure.
 *
 **/
struct bio *bio_kmalloc(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr_iovecs)
{
	struct bio *bio;

	bio = kmalloc(sizeof(struct bio) + nr_iovecs * sizeof(struct bio_vec),
		      gfp_mask);
	if (unlikely(!bio))
		return NULL;

	bio_init(bio);
	bio->bi_flags |= BIO_POOL_NONE << BIO_POOL_OFFSET;
	bio->bi_max_vecs = nr_iovecs;
	bio->bi_io_vec = bio->bi_inline_vecs;
	bio->bi_destructor = bio_kmalloc_destructor;

	return bio;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_kmalloc);

void zero_fill_bio(struct bio *bio)
{
	unsigned long flags;
	struct bio_vec *bv;
	int i;

	bio_for_each_segment(bv, bio, i) {
		char *data = bvec_kmap_irq(bv, &flags);
		memset(data, 0, bv->bv_len);
		flush_dcache_page(bv->bv_page);
		bvec_kunmap_irq(data, &flags);
	}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(zero_fill_bio);

/**
 * bio_put - release a reference to a bio
 * @bio:   bio to release reference to
 *
 * Description:
 *   Put a reference to a &struct bio, either one you have gotten with
 *   bio_alloc or bio_get. The last put of a bio will free it.
 **/
void bio_put(struct bio *bio)
{
	BIO_BUG_ON(!atomic_read(&bio->bi_cnt));

	/*
	 * last put frees it
	 */
	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&bio->bi_cnt)) {
		bio->bi_next = NULL;
		bio->bi_destructor(bio);
	}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_put);

inline int bio_phys_segments(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
{
	if (unlikely(!bio_flagged(bio, BIO_SEG_VALID)))
		blk_recount_segments(q, bio);

	return bio->bi_phys_segments;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_phys_segments);

/**
 * 	__bio_clone	-	clone a bio
 * 	@bio: destination bio
 * 	@bio_src: bio to clone
 *
 *	Clone a &bio. Caller will own the returned bio, but not
 *	the actual data it points to. Reference count of returned
 * 	bio will be one.
 */
void __bio_clone(struct bio *bio, struct bio *bio_src)
{
	memcpy(bio->bi_io_vec, bio_src->bi_io_vec,
		bio_src->bi_max_vecs * sizeof(struct bio_vec));

	/*
	 * most users will be overriding ->bi_bdev with a new target,
	 * so we don't set nor calculate new physical/hw segment counts here
	 */
	bio->bi_sector = bio_src->bi_sector;
	bio->bi_bdev = bio_src->bi_bdev;
	bio->bi_flags |= 1 << BIO_CLONED;
	bio->bi_rw = bio_src->bi_rw;
	bio->bi_vcnt = bio_src->bi_vcnt;
	bio->bi_size = bio_src->bi_size;
	bio->bi_idx = bio_src->bi_idx;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bio_clone);

/**
 *	bio_clone	-	clone a bio
 *	@bio: bio to clone
 *	@gfp_mask: allocation priority
 *
 * 	Like __bio_clone, only also allocates the returned bio
 */
struct bio *bio_clone(struct bio *bio, gfp_t gfp_mask)
{
	struct bio *b = bio_alloc_bioset(gfp_mask, bio->bi_max_vecs, fs_bio_set);

	if (!b)
		return NULL;

	b->bi_destructor = bio_fs_destructor;
	__bio_clone(b, bio);

	if (bio_integrity(bio)) {
		int ret;

		ret = bio_integrity_clone(b, bio, gfp_mask, fs_bio_set);

		if (ret < 0) {
			bio_put(b);
			return NULL;
		}
	}

	return b;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_clone);

/**
 *	bio_get_nr_vecs		- return approx number of vecs
 *	@bdev:  I/O target
 *
 *	Return the approximate number of pages we can send to this target.
 *	There's no guarantee that you will be able to fit this number of pages
 *	into a bio, it does not account for dynamic restrictions that vary
 *	on offset.
 */
int bio_get_nr_vecs(struct block_device *bdev)
{
	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
	int nr_pages;

	nr_pages = ((queue_max_sectors(q) << 9) + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
	if (nr_pages > queue_max_phys_segments(q))
		nr_pages = queue_max_phys_segments(q);
	if (nr_pages > queue_max_hw_segments(q))
		nr_pages = queue_max_hw_segments(q);

	return nr_pages;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_get_nr_vecs);

static int __bio_add_page(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio, struct page
			  *page, unsigned int len, unsigned int offset,
			  unsigned short max_sectors)
{
	int retried_segments = 0;
	struct bio_vec *bvec;

	/*
	 * cloned bio must not modify vec list
	 */
	if (unlikely(bio_flagged(bio, BIO_CLONED)))
		return 0;

	if (((bio->bi_size + len) >> 9) > max_sectors)
		return 0;

	/*
	 * For filesystems with a blocksize smaller than the pagesize
	 * we will often be called with the same page as last time and
	 * a consecutive offset.  Optimize this special case.
	 */
	if (bio->bi_vcnt > 0) {
		struct bio_vec *prev = &bio->bi_io_vec[bio->bi_vcnt - 1];

		if (page == prev->bv_page &&
		    offset == prev->bv_offset + prev->bv_len) {
			prev->bv_len += len;

			if (q->merge_bvec_fn) {
				struct bvec_merge_data bvm = {
					.bi_bdev = bio->bi_bdev,
					.bi_sector = bio->bi_sector,
					.bi_size = bio->bi_size,
					.bi_rw = bio->bi_rw,
				};

				if (q->merge_bvec_fn(q, &bvm, prev) < len) {
					prev->bv_len -= len;
					return 0;
				}
			}

			goto done;
		}
	}

	if (bio->bi_vcnt >= bio->bi_max_vecs)
		return 0;

	/*
	 * we might lose a segment or two here, but rather that than
	 * make this too complex.
	 */

	while (bio->bi_phys_segments >= queue_max_phys_segments(q)
	       || bio->bi_phys_segments >= queue_max_hw_segments(q)) {

		if (retried_segments)
			return 0;

		retried_segments = 1;
		blk_recount_segments(q, bio);
	}

	/*
	 * setup the new entry, we might clear it again later if we
	 * cannot add the page
	 */
	bvec = &bio->bi_io_vec[bio->bi_vcnt];
	bvec->bv_page = page;
	bvec->bv_len = len;
	bvec->bv_offset = offset;

	/*
	 * if queue has other restrictions (eg varying max sector size
	 * depending on offset), it can specify a merge_bvec_fn in the
	 * queue to get further control
	 */
	if (q->merge_bvec_fn) {
		struct bvec_merge_data bvm = {
			.bi_bdev = bio->bi_bdev,
			.bi_sector = bio->bi_sector,
			.bi_size = bio->bi_size,
			.bi_rw = bio->bi_rw,
		};

		/*
		 * merge_bvec_fn() returns number of bytes it can accept
		 * at this offset
		 */
		if (q->merge_bvec_fn(q, &bvm, bvec) < len) {
			bvec->bv_page = NULL;
			bvec->bv_len = 0;
			bvec->bv_offset = 0;
			return 0;
		}
	}

	/* If we may be able to merge these biovecs, force a recount */
	if (bio->bi_vcnt && (BIOVEC_PHYS_MERGEABLE(bvec-1, bvec)))
		bio->bi_flags &= ~(1 << BIO_SEG_VALID);

	bio->bi_vcnt++;
	bio->bi_phys_segments++;
 done:
	bio->bi_size += len;
	return len;
}

/**
 *	bio_add_pc_page	-	attempt to add page to bio
 *	@q: the target queue
 *	@bio: destination bio
 *	@page: page to add
 *	@len: vec entry length
 *	@offset: vec entry offset
 *
 *	Attempt to add a page to the bio_vec maplist. This can fail for a
 *	number of reasons, such as the bio being full or target block
 *	device limitations. The target block device must allow bio's
 *      smaller than PAGE_SIZE, so it is always possible to add a single