From ef71de8b15d891b27b8c983a9a8972b11cb4576a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 21:29:51 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] block: add a blk_steal_bios helper
This helpers allows to bounce steal the uncompleted bios from a request so
that they can be reissued on another path.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
---
block/blk-core.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/blkdev.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 96aaa3a419a37..68cfe6780a9b7 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -2769,6 +2769,27 @@ struct request *blk_fetch_request(struct request_queue *q)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_fetch_request);
+/*
+ * Steal bios from a request and add them to a bio list.
+ * The request must not have been partially completed before.
+ */
+void blk_steal_bios(struct bio_list *list, struct request *rq)
+{
+ if (rq->bio) {
+ if (list->tail)
+ list->tail->bi_next = rq->bio;
+ else
+ list->head = rq->bio;
+ list->tail = rq->biotail;
+
+ rq->bio = NULL;
+ rq->biotail = NULL;
+ }
+
+ rq->__data_len = 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_steal_bios);
+
/**
* blk_update_request - Special helper function for request stacking drivers
* @req: the request being processed
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index eda3d25c0f689..fddda6a1f9b58 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1094,6 +1094,8 @@ extern struct request *blk_peek_request(struct request_queue *q);
extern void blk_start_request(struct request *rq);
extern struct request *blk_fetch_request(struct request_queue *q);
+void blk_steal_bios(struct bio_list *list, struct request *rq);
+
/*
* Request completion related functions.
*
--
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