[PATCH v2 22/26] block: Add bio_alloc_pages()

From: Kent Overstreet
Date: Mon Sep 10 2012 - 20:24:23 EST


More utility code to replace stuff that's getting open coded.

Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/bio.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/bio.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index d88ad77..65e6eac 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -828,6 +828,34 @@ void bio_advance(struct bio *bio, unsigned bytes)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_advance);

/**
+ * bio_alloc_pages - allocates a single page for each bvec in a bio
+ * @bio: bio to allocate pages for
+ * @gfp_mask: flags for allocation
+ *
+ * Allocates pages up to @bio->bi_vcnt.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, -ENOMEM on failure. On failure, any allocated pages are
+ * freed.
+ */
+int bio_alloc_pages(struct bio *bio, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+ int i;
+ struct bio_vec *bv;
+
+ bio_for_each_segment_all(bv, bio, i) {
+ bv->bv_page = alloc_page(gfp_mask);
+ if (!bv->bv_page) {
+ while (bv-- != bio->bi_io_vec)
+ __free_page(bv->bv_page);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_alloc_pages);
+
+/**
* bio_copy_data - copy contents of data buffers from one chain of bios to
* another
* @src: source bio list
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index b433ff8..bd45154 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ static inline void bio_flush_dcache_pages(struct bio *bi)
#endif

extern void bio_copy_data(struct bio *dst, struct bio *src);
+extern int bio_alloc_pages(struct bio *bio, gfp_t gfp);

extern struct bio *bio_copy_user(struct request_queue *, struct rq_map_data *,
unsigned long, unsigned int, int, gfp_t);
--
1.7.12

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