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Re: [PATCH v4 13/16] block/io: support int64_t bytes in bdrv_aligned_pre
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [PATCH v4 13/16] block/io: support int64_t bytes in bdrv_aligned_preadv() |
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Fri, 22 Jan 2021 10:54:41 -0600 |
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On 12/11/20 12:39 PM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote:
> We are generally moving to int64_t for both offset and bytes parameters
> on all io paths.
>
> Main motivation is realization of 64-bit write_zeroes operation for
> fast zeroing large disk chunks, up to the whole disk.
>
> We chose signed type, to be consistent with off_t (which is signed) and
> with possibility for signed return type (where negative value means
> error).
>
> So, prepare bdrv_aligned_preadv() now.
>
> Make byte variable in bdrv_padding_rmw_read() int64_t, as it defined
> only to be passed to bdrv_aligned_preadv().
Reads awkwardly, how about:
Make the byte variable in bdrv_padding_rmw_read() int64_t, as it is only
used for pass-through to bdrv_aligned_preadv().
>
> All bdrv_aligned_preadv() callers are safe as type is widening. Let's
> look inside:
>
> - add a new-style assertion that request is good.
> - callees bdrv_is_allocated(), bdrv_co_do_copy_on_readv() supports
> int64_t bytes
> - conversion of bytes_remaining is OK, as we never has requests
have
> overflowing BDRV_MAX_LENGTH
> - looping through bytes_remaining is ok, num is updated to int64_t
> - for bdrv_driver_preadv we have same limit of max_transfer
> - qemu_iovec_memset is OK, as bytes+qiov_offset should not overflow
> qiov->size anyway (thanks to bdrv_check_qiov_request())
>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@virtuozzo.com>
> ---
> block/io.c | 9 +++++----
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
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