Re: [PATCH 1/1] block: move the PAGE_SECTORS definition into <linux/blkdev.h>

From: Coly Li
Date: Fri Aug 21 2020 - 00:14:33 EST


On 2020/8/21 10:03, Zhen Lei wrote:
> There are too many PAGE_SECTORS definitions, and all of them are the
> same. It looks a bit of a mess. So why not move it into <linux/blkdev.h>,
> to achieve a basic and unique definition.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@xxxxxxxxxx>


A lazy question about page size > 4KB: currently in bcache code the
sector size is assumed to be 512 sectors, if kernel page > 4KB, it is
possible that PAGE_SECTORS in bcache will be a number > 8 ?

Thanks.

Coly Li


> ---
> drivers/block/brd.c | 1 -
> drivers/block/null_blk_main.c | 1 -
> drivers/md/bcache/util.h | 2 --
> include/linux/blkdev.h | 5 +++--
> include/linux/device-mapper.h | 1 -
> 5 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>

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> diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/util.h b/drivers/md/bcache/util.h
> index c029f7443190805..55196e0f37c32c6 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/bcache/util.h
> +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/util.h
> @@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
>
> #include "closure.h"
>
> -#define PAGE_SECTORS (PAGE_SIZE / 512)
> -
> struct closure;
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_BCACHE_DEBUG
> diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
> index bb5636cc17b91a7..b068dfc5f2ef0ab 100644
> --- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
> +++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
> @@ -949,11 +949,12 @@ static inline struct request_queue *bdev_get_queue(struct block_device *bdev)
> * multiple of 512 bytes. Hence these two constants.
> */
> #ifndef SECTOR_SHIFT
> -#define SECTOR_SHIFT 9
> +#define SECTOR_SHIFT 9
> #endif
> #ifndef SECTOR_SIZE
> -#define SECTOR_SIZE (1 << SECTOR_SHIFT)
> +#define SECTOR_SIZE (1 << SECTOR_SHIFT)
> #endif
> +#define PAGE_SECTORS (PAGE_SIZE / SECTOR_SIZE)
>
> /*
> * blk_rq_pos() : the current sector
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