blkdev: add blkdev_issue_zeroout helper function

- Add bio_batch helper primitive. This is rather generic primitive
  for submitting/waiting a complex request which consists of several
  bios.
- blkdev_issue_zeroout() generate number of zero filed write bios.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@openvz.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>

block/blk-lib.c

@@ -112,3 +112,121 @@ out:
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_issue_discard);
+
+struct bio_batch
+{
+	atomic_t 		done;
+	unsigned long 		flags;
+	struct completion 	*wait;
+	bio_end_io_t		*end_io;
+};
+
+static void bio_batch_end_io(struct bio *bio, int err)
+{
+	struct bio_batch *bb = bio->bi_private;
+	if (err) {
+		if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+			set_bit(BIO_EOPNOTSUPP, &bb->flags);
+		else
+			clear_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bb->flags);
+	}
+	if (bb) {
+		if (bb->end_io)
+			bb->end_io(bio, err);
+		atomic_inc(&bb->done);
+		complete(bb->wait);
+	}
+	bio_put(bio);
+}
+
+/**
+ * blkdev_issue_zeroout generate number of zero filed write bios
+ * @bdev:	blockdev to issue
+ * @sector:	start sector
+ * @nr_sects:	number of sectors to write
+ * @gfp_mask:	memory allocation flags (for bio_alloc)
+ * @flags:	BLKDEV_IFL_* flags to control behaviour
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *  Generate and issue number of bios with zerofiled pages.
+ *  Send barrier at the beginning and at the end if requested. This guarantie
+ *  correct request ordering. Empty barrier allow us to avoid post queue flush.
+ */
+
+int blkdev_issue_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
+			sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned long flags)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	struct bio *bio;
+	struct bio_batch bb;
+	unsigned int sz, issued = 0;
+	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(wait);
+
+	atomic_set(&bb.done, 0);
+	bb.flags = 1 << BIO_UPTODATE;
+	bb.wait = &wait;
+	bb.end_io = NULL;
+
+	if (flags & BLKDEV_IFL_BARRIER) {
+		/* issue async barrier before the data */
+		ret = blkdev_issue_flush(bdev, gfp_mask, NULL, 0);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+submit:
+	while (nr_sects != 0) {
+		bio = bio_alloc(gfp_mask,
+				min(nr_sects, (sector_t)BIO_MAX_PAGES));
+		if (!bio)
+			break;
+
+		bio->bi_sector = sector;
+		bio->bi_bdev   = bdev;
+		bio->bi_end_io = bio_batch_end_io;
+		if (flags & BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT)
+			bio->bi_private = &bb;
+
+		while(nr_sects != 0) {
+			sz = min(PAGE_SIZE >> 9 , nr_sects);
+			if (sz == 0)
+				/* bio has maximum size possible */
+				break;
+			ret = bio_add_page(bio, ZERO_PAGE(0), sz << 9, 0);
+			nr_sects -= ret >> 9;
+			sector += ret >> 9;
+			if (ret < (sz << 9))
+				break;
+		}
+		issued++;
+		submit_bio(WRITE, bio);
+	}
+	/*
+	 * When all data bios are in flight. Send final barrier if requeted.
+	 */
+	if (nr_sects == 0 && flags & BLKDEV_IFL_BARRIER)
+		ret = blkdev_issue_flush(bdev, gfp_mask, NULL,
+					flags & BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
+
+
+	if (flags & BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT)
+		/* Wait for bios in-flight */
+		while ( issued != atomic_read(&bb.done))
+			wait_for_completion(&wait);
+
+	if (!test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bb.flags))
+		/* One of bios in the batch was completed with error.*/
+		ret = -EIO;
+
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (test_bit(BIO_EOPNOTSUPP, &bb.flags)) {
+		ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	if (nr_sects != 0)
+		goto submit;
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_issue_zeroout);

include/linux/blkdev.h

@@ -1008,7 +1008,8 @@ extern int blkdev_issue_flush(struct block_device *, gfp_t, sector_t *,
 			unsigned long);
 extern int blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 		sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned long flags);
-
+extern int blkdev_issue_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
+			sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned long flags);
 static inline int sb_issue_discard(struct super_block *sb,
 				   sector_t block, sector_t nr_blocks)
 {