[RFC PATCH v1 05/17] block: add bio_alloc_atomic() for atomic bio users
Yu Kuai
yukuai at kernel.org
Sat Jul 4 12:51:12 PDT 2026
From: Yu Kuai <yukuai at fygo.io>
Add bio_alloc_atomic() for callers that need a GFP_ATOMIC bio from the
default bio set but cannot safely pass a bdev during allocation. The
helper returns an unattached bio, leaving callers to set bi_bdev and
attach blkcg state explicitly before submission.
Use the helper for virtio-pmem flush child bios and OCFS2 heartbeat I/O.
Both allocate bios from atomic paths and must avoid creating missing blkgs
once blkg creation is protected by q->blkcg_mutex. virtio-pmem clones the
parent bio's blkg association; OCFS2 binds heartbeat I/O to the root blkg.
Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai at fygo.io>
---
drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c | 8 ++++----
fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
include/linux/bio.h | 6 ++++++
3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c b/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c
index 4176046627be..13d1ed1c466c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c
@@ -115,13 +115,13 @@ int async_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region, struct bio *bio)
* parent bio. Otherwise directly call nd_region flush.
*/
if (bio && bio->bi_iter.bi_sector != -1) {
- struct bio *child = bio_alloc(bio->bi_bdev, 0,
- REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_PREFLUSH,
- GFP_ATOMIC);
+ struct bio *child = bio_alloc_atomic(0,
+ REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_PREFLUSH);
if (!child)
return -ENOMEM;
- bio_clone_blkg_association(child, bio);
+ child->bi_bdev = bio->bi_bdev;
+ bio_clone_blkg_association(child, bio);
child->bi_iter.bi_sector = -1;
bio_chain(child, bio);
submit_bio(child);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
index d12784aaaa4b..ec70f3b62837 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/bio.h>
+#include <linux/blk-cgroup.h>
#include <linux/blkdev.h>
#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/file.h>
@@ -519,16 +520,24 @@ static struct bio *o2hb_setup_one_bio(struct o2hb_region *reg,
struct bio *bio;
struct page *page;
- /* Testing has shown this allocation to take long enough under
+ /*
+ * Testing has shown this allocation to take long enough under
* GFP_KERNEL that the local node can get fenced. It would be
* nicest if we could pre-allocate these bios and avoid this
- * all together. */
- bio = bio_alloc(reg_bdev(reg), 16, opf, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ * all together.
+ *
+ * Use the atomic bio allocation helper so bio_init() does not create a
+ * missing blkg. Heartbeat IO is cluster-liveness IO, so account it to
+ * the root blkcg instead.
+ */
+ bio = bio_alloc_atomic(16, opf);
if (!bio) {
mlog(ML_ERROR, "Could not alloc slots BIO!\n");
bio = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
goto bail;
}
+ bio->bi_bdev = reg_bdev(reg);
+ bio_associate_blkg_from_css(bio, blkcg_root_css);
/* Must put everything in 512 byte sectors for the bio... */
bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = (reg->hr_start_block + cs) << (bits - 9);
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index 8f33f717b14f..f7d94d37893f 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -366,6 +366,12 @@ static inline struct bio *bio_alloc(struct block_device *bdev,
return bio_alloc_bioset(bdev, nr_vecs, opf, gfp_mask, &fs_bio_set);
}
+static inline struct bio *bio_alloc_atomic(unsigned short nr_vecs,
+ blk_opf_t opf)
+{
+ return bio_alloc_bioset(NULL, nr_vecs, opf, GFP_ATOMIC, &fs_bio_set);
+}
+
void submit_bio(struct bio *bio);
extern void bio_endio(struct bio *);
--
2.51.0
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