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[kvmfornfv.git] / kernel / drivers / block / xen-blkback / blkback.c
diff --git a/kernel/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c b/kernel/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
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+/******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Back-end of the driver for virtual block devices. This portion of the
+ * driver exports a 'unified' block-device interface that can be accessed
+ * by any operating system that implements a compatible front end. A
+ * reference front-end implementation can be found in:
+ *  drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2004, Keir Fraser & Steve Hand
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, Christopher Clark
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; or, when distributed
+ * separately from the Linux kernel or incorporated into other
+ * software packages, subject to the following license:
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this source file (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
+ * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify,
+ * merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,
+ * and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+ * the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+ * IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) "xen-blkback: " fmt
+
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/freezer.h>
+#include <linux/bitmap.h>
+
+#include <xen/events.h>
+#include <xen/page.h>
+#include <xen/xen.h>
+#include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>
+#include <asm/xen/hypercall.h>
+#include <xen/balloon.h>
+#include <xen/grant_table.h>
+#include "common.h"
+
+/*
+ * Maximum number of unused free pages to keep in the internal buffer.
+ * Setting this to a value too low will reduce memory used in each backend,
+ * but can have a performance penalty.
+ *
+ * A sane value is xen_blkif_reqs * BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST, but can
+ * be set to a lower value that might degrade performance on some intensive
+ * IO workloads.
+ */
+
+static int xen_blkif_max_buffer_pages = 1024;
+module_param_named(max_buffer_pages, xen_blkif_max_buffer_pages, int, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_buffer_pages,
+"Maximum number of free pages to keep in each block backend buffer");
+
+/*
+ * Maximum number of grants to map persistently in blkback. For maximum
+ * performance this should be the total numbers of grants that can be used
+ * to fill the ring, but since this might become too high, specially with
+ * the use of indirect descriptors, we set it to a value that provides good
+ * performance without using too much memory.
+ *
+ * When the list of persistent grants is full we clean it up using a LRU
+ * algorithm.
+ */
+
+static int xen_blkif_max_pgrants = 1056;
+module_param_named(max_persistent_grants, xen_blkif_max_pgrants, int, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_persistent_grants,
+                 "Maximum number of grants to map persistently");
+
+/*
+ * The LRU mechanism to clean the lists of persistent grants needs to
+ * be executed periodically. The time interval between consecutive executions
+ * of the purge mechanism is set in ms.
+ */
+#define LRU_INTERVAL 100
+
+/*
+ * When the persistent grants list is full we will remove unused grants
+ * from the list. The percent number of grants to be removed at each LRU
+ * execution.
+ */
+#define LRU_PERCENT_CLEAN 5
+
+/* Run-time switchable: /sys/module/blkback/parameters/ */
+static unsigned int log_stats;
+module_param(log_stats, int, 0644);
+
+#define BLKBACK_INVALID_HANDLE (~0)
+
+/* Number of free pages to remove on each call to gnttab_free_pages */
+#define NUM_BATCH_FREE_PAGES 10
+
+static inline int get_free_page(struct xen_blkif *blkif, struct page **page)
+{
+       unsigned long flags;
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+       if (list_empty(&blkif->free_pages)) {
+               BUG_ON(blkif->free_pages_num != 0);
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+               return gnttab_alloc_pages(1, page);
+       }
+       BUG_ON(blkif->free_pages_num == 0);
+       page[0] = list_first_entry(&blkif->free_pages, struct page, lru);
+       list_del(&page[0]->lru);
+       blkif->free_pages_num--;
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void put_free_pages(struct xen_blkif *blkif, struct page **page,
+                                  int num)
+{
+       unsigned long flags;
+       int i;
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+       for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
+               list_add(&page[i]->lru, &blkif->free_pages);
+       blkif->free_pages_num += num;
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+}
+
+static inline void shrink_free_pagepool(struct xen_blkif *blkif, int num)
+{
+       /* Remove requested pages in batches of NUM_BATCH_FREE_PAGES */
+       struct page *page[NUM_BATCH_FREE_PAGES];
+       unsigned int num_pages = 0;
+       unsigned long flags;
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+       while (blkif->free_pages_num > num) {
+               BUG_ON(list_empty(&blkif->free_pages));
+               page[num_pages] = list_first_entry(&blkif->free_pages,
+                                                  struct page, lru);
+               list_del(&page[num_pages]->lru);
+               blkif->free_pages_num--;
+               if (++num_pages == NUM_BATCH_FREE_PAGES) {
+                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+                       gnttab_free_pages(num_pages, page);
+                       spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+                       num_pages = 0;
+               }
+       }
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->free_pages_lock, flags);
+       if (num_pages != 0)
+               gnttab_free_pages(num_pages, page);
+}
+
+#define vaddr(page) ((unsigned long)pfn_to_kaddr(page_to_pfn(page)))
+
+static int do_block_io_op(struct xen_blkif *blkif);
+static int dispatch_rw_block_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+                               struct blkif_request *req,
+                               struct pending_req *pending_req);
+static void make_response(struct xen_blkif *blkif, u64 id,
+                         unsigned short op, int st);
+
+#define foreach_grant_safe(pos, n, rbtree, node) \
+       for ((pos) = container_of(rb_first((rbtree)), typeof(*(pos)), node), \
+            (n) = (&(pos)->node != NULL) ? rb_next(&(pos)->node) : NULL; \
+            &(pos)->node != NULL; \
+            (pos) = container_of(n, typeof(*(pos)), node), \
+            (n) = (&(pos)->node != NULL) ? rb_next(&(pos)->node) : NULL)
+
+
+/*
+ * We don't need locking around the persistent grant helpers
+ * because blkback uses a single-thread for each backed, so we
+ * can be sure that this functions will never be called recursively.
+ *
+ * The only exception to that is put_persistent_grant, that can be called
+ * from interrupt context (by xen_blkbk_unmap), so we have to use atomic
+ * bit operations to modify the flags of a persistent grant and to count
+ * the number of used grants.
+ */
+static int add_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+                              struct persistent_gnt *persistent_gnt)
+{
+       struct rb_node **new = NULL, *parent = NULL;
+       struct persistent_gnt *this;
+
+       if (blkif->persistent_gnt_c >= xen_blkif_max_pgrants) {
+               if (!blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants)
+                       blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants = 1;
+               return -EBUSY;
+       }
+       /* Figure out where to put new node */
+       new = &blkif->persistent_gnts.rb_node;
+       while (*new) {
+               this = container_of(*new, struct persistent_gnt, node);
+
+               parent = *new;
+               if (persistent_gnt->gnt < this->gnt)
+                       new = &((*new)->rb_left);
+               else if (persistent_gnt->gnt > this->gnt)
+                       new = &((*new)->rb_right);
+               else {
+                       pr_alert_ratelimited("trying to add a gref that's already in the tree\n");
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               }
+       }
+
+       bitmap_zero(persistent_gnt->flags, PERSISTENT_GNT_FLAGS_SIZE);
+       set_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags);
+       /* Add new node and rebalance tree. */
+       rb_link_node(&(persistent_gnt->node), parent, new);
+       rb_insert_color(&(persistent_gnt->node), &blkif->persistent_gnts);
+       blkif->persistent_gnt_c++;
+       atomic_inc(&blkif->persistent_gnt_in_use);
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static struct persistent_gnt *get_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+                                                grant_ref_t gref)
+{
+       struct persistent_gnt *data;
+       struct rb_node *node = NULL;
+
+       node = blkif->persistent_gnts.rb_node;
+       while (node) {
+               data = container_of(node, struct persistent_gnt, node);
+
+               if (gref < data->gnt)
+                       node = node->rb_left;
+               else if (gref > data->gnt)
+                       node = node->rb_right;
+               else {
+                       if(test_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, data->flags)) {
+                               pr_alert_ratelimited("requesting a grant already in use\n");
+                               return NULL;
+                       }
+                       set_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, data->flags);
+                       atomic_inc(&blkif->persistent_gnt_in_use);
+                       return data;
+               }
+       }
+       return NULL;
+}
+
+static void put_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+                               struct persistent_gnt *persistent_gnt)
+{
+       if(!test_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags))
+               pr_alert_ratelimited("freeing a grant already unused\n");
+       set_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_WAS_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags);
+       clear_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags);
+       atomic_dec(&blkif->persistent_gnt_in_use);
+}
+
+static void free_persistent_gnts(struct xen_blkif *blkif, struct rb_root *root,
+                                 unsigned int num)
+{
+       struct gnttab_unmap_grant_ref unmap[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+       struct page *pages[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+       struct persistent_gnt *persistent_gnt;
+       struct rb_node *n;
+       int segs_to_unmap = 0;
+       struct gntab_unmap_queue_data unmap_data;
+
+       unmap_data.pages = pages;
+       unmap_data.unmap_ops = unmap;
+       unmap_data.kunmap_ops = NULL;
+
+       foreach_grant_safe(persistent_gnt, n, root, node) {
+               BUG_ON(persistent_gnt->handle ==
+                       BLKBACK_INVALID_HANDLE);
+               gnttab_set_unmap_op(&unmap[segs_to_unmap],
+                       (unsigned long) pfn_to_kaddr(page_to_pfn(
+                               persistent_gnt->page)),
+                       GNTMAP_host_map,
+                       persistent_gnt->handle);
+
+               pages[segs_to_unmap] = persistent_gnt->page;
+
+               if (++segs_to_unmap == BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST ||
+                       !rb_next(&persistent_gnt->node)) {
+
+                       unmap_data.count = segs_to_unmap;
+                       BUG_ON(gnttab_unmap_refs_sync(&unmap_data));
+
+                       put_free_pages(blkif, pages, segs_to_unmap);
+                       segs_to_unmap = 0;
+               }
+
+               rb_erase(&persistent_gnt->node, root);
+               kfree(persistent_gnt);
+               num--;
+       }
+       BUG_ON(num != 0);
+}
+
+void xen_blkbk_unmap_purged_grants(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+       struct gnttab_unmap_grant_ref unmap[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+       struct page *pages[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+       struct persistent_gnt *persistent_gnt;
+       int segs_to_unmap = 0;
+       struct xen_blkif *blkif = container_of(work, typeof(*blkif), persistent_purge_work);
+       struct gntab_unmap_queue_data unmap_data;
+
+       unmap_data.pages = pages;
+       unmap_data.unmap_ops = unmap;
+       unmap_data.kunmap_ops = NULL;
+
+       while(!list_empty(&blkif->persistent_purge_list)) {
+               persistent_gnt = list_first_entry(&blkif->persistent_purge_list,
+                                                 struct persistent_gnt,
+                                                 remove_node);
+               list_del(&persistent_gnt->remove_node);
+
+               gnttab_set_unmap_op(&unmap[segs_to_unmap],
+                       vaddr(persistent_gnt->page),
+                       GNTMAP_host_map,
+                       persistent_gnt->handle);
+
+               pages[segs_to_unmap] = persistent_gnt->page;
+
+               if (++segs_to_unmap == BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST) {
+                       unmap_data.count = segs_to_unmap;
+                       BUG_ON(gnttab_unmap_refs_sync(&unmap_data));
+                       put_free_pages(blkif, pages, segs_to_unmap);
+                       segs_to_unmap = 0;
+               }
+               kfree(persistent_gnt);
+       }
+       if (segs_to_unmap > 0) {
+               unmap_data.count = segs_to_unmap;
+               BUG_ON(gnttab_unmap_refs_sync(&unmap_data));
+               put_free_pages(blkif, pages, segs_to_unmap);
+       }
+}
+
+static void purge_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+       struct persistent_gnt *persistent_gnt;
+       struct rb_node *n;
+       unsigned int num_clean, total;
+       bool scan_used = false, clean_used = false;
+       struct rb_root *root;
+
+       if (blkif->persistent_gnt_c < xen_blkif_max_pgrants ||
+           (blkif->persistent_gnt_c == xen_blkif_max_pgrants &&
+           !blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants)) {
+               return;
+       }
+
+       if (work_pending(&blkif->persistent_purge_work)) {
+               pr_alert_ratelimited("Scheduled work from previous purge is still pending, cannot purge list\n");
+               return;
+       }
+
+       num_clean = (xen_blkif_max_pgrants / 100) * LRU_PERCENT_CLEAN;
+       num_clean = blkif->persistent_gnt_c - xen_blkif_max_pgrants + num_clean;
+       num_clean = min(blkif->persistent_gnt_c, num_clean);
+       if ((num_clean == 0) ||
+           (num_clean > (blkif->persistent_gnt_c - atomic_read(&blkif->persistent_gnt_in_use))))
+               return;
+
+       /*
+        * At this point, we can assure that there will be no calls
+         * to get_persistent_grant (because we are executing this code from
+         * xen_blkif_schedule), there can only be calls to put_persistent_gnt,
+         * which means that the number of currently used grants will go down,
+         * but never up, so we will always be able to remove the requested
+         * number of grants.
+        */
+
+       total = num_clean;
+
+       pr_debug("Going to purge %u persistent grants\n", num_clean);
+
+       BUG_ON(!list_empty(&blkif->persistent_purge_list));
+       root = &blkif->persistent_gnts;
+purge_list:
+       foreach_grant_safe(persistent_gnt, n, root, node) {
+               BUG_ON(persistent_gnt->handle ==
+                       BLKBACK_INVALID_HANDLE);
+
+               if (clean_used) {
+                       clear_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_WAS_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags);
+                       continue;
+               }
+
+               if (test_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags))
+                       continue;
+               if (!scan_used &&
+                   (test_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_WAS_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags)))
+                       continue;
+
+               rb_erase(&persistent_gnt->node, root);
+               list_add(&persistent_gnt->remove_node,
+                        &blkif->persistent_purge_list);
+               if (--num_clean == 0)
+                       goto finished;
+       }
+       /*
+        * If we get here it means we also need to start cleaning
+        * grants that were used since last purge in order to cope
+        * with the requested num
+        */
+       if (!scan_used && !clean_used) {
+               pr_debug("Still missing %u purged frames\n", num_clean);
+               scan_used = true;
+               goto purge_list;
+       }
+finished:
+       if (!clean_used) {
+               pr_debug("Finished scanning for grants to clean, removing used flag\n");
+               clean_used = true;
+               goto purge_list;
+       }
+
+       blkif->persistent_gnt_c -= (total - num_clean);
+       blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants = 0;
+
+       /* We can defer this work */
+       schedule_work(&blkif->persistent_purge_work);
+       pr_debug("Purged %u/%u\n", (total - num_clean), total);
+       return;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Retrieve from the 'pending_reqs' a free pending_req structure to be used.
+ */
+static struct pending_req *alloc_req(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+       struct pending_req *req = NULL;
+       unsigned long flags;
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif->pending_free_lock, flags);
+       if (!list_empty(&blkif->pending_free)) {
+               req = list_entry(blkif->pending_free.next, struct pending_req,
+                                free_list);
+               list_del(&req->free_list);
+       }
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->pending_free_lock, flags);
+       return req;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Return the 'pending_req' structure back to the freepool. We also
+ * wake up the thread if it was waiting for a free page.
+ */
+static void free_req(struct xen_blkif *blkif, struct pending_req *req)
+{
+       unsigned long flags;
+       int was_empty;
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif->pending_free_lock, flags);
+       was_empty = list_empty(&blkif->pending_free);
+       list_add(&req->free_list, &blkif->pending_free);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->pending_free_lock, flags);
+       if (was_empty)
+               wake_up(&blkif->pending_free_wq);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Routines for managing virtual block devices (vbds).
+ */
+static int xen_vbd_translate(struct phys_req *req, struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+                            int operation)
+{
+       struct xen_vbd *vbd = &blkif->vbd;
+       int rc = -EACCES;
+
+       if ((operation != READ) && vbd->readonly)
+               goto out;
+
+       if (likely(req->nr_sects)) {
+               blkif_sector_t end = req->sector_number + req->nr_sects;
+
+               if (unlikely(end < req->sector_number))
+                       goto out;
+               if (unlikely(end > vbd_sz(vbd)))
+                       goto out;
+       }
+
+       req->dev  = vbd->pdevice;
+       req->bdev = vbd->bdev;
+       rc = 0;
+
+ out:
+       return rc;
+}
+
+static void xen_vbd_resize(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+       struct xen_vbd *vbd = &blkif->vbd;
+       struct xenbus_transaction xbt;
+       int err;
+       struct xenbus_device *dev = xen_blkbk_xenbus(blkif->be);
+       unsigned long long new_size = vbd_sz(vbd);
+
+       pr_info("VBD Resize: Domid: %d, Device: (%d, %d)\n",
+               blkif->domid, MAJOR(vbd->pdevice), MINOR(vbd->pdevice));
+       pr_info("VBD Resize: new size %llu\n", new_size);
+       vbd->size = new_size;
+again:
+       err = xenbus_transaction_start(&xbt);
+       if (err) {
+               pr_warn("Error starting transaction\n");
+               return;
+       }
+       err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "sectors", "%llu",
+                           (unsigned long long)vbd_sz(vbd));
+       if (err) {
+               pr_warn("Error writing new size\n");
+               goto abort;
+       }
+       /*
+        * Write the current state; we will use this to synchronize
+        * the front-end. If the current state is "connected" the
+        * front-end will get the new size information online.
+        */
+       err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "state", "%d", dev->state);
+       if (err) {
+               pr_warn("Error writing the state\n");
+               goto abort;
+       }
+
+       err = xenbus_transaction_end(xbt, 0);
+       if (err == -EAGAIN)
+               goto again;
+       if (err)
+               pr_warn("Error ending transaction\n");
+       return;
+abort:
+       xenbus_transaction_end(xbt, 1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Notification from the guest OS.
+ */
+static void blkif_notify_work(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+       blkif->waiting_reqs = 1;
+       wake_up(&blkif->wq);
+}
+
+irqreturn_t xen_blkif_be_int(int irq, void *dev_id)
+{
+       blkif_notify_work(dev_id);
+       return IRQ_HANDLED;
+}
+
+/*
+ * SCHEDULER FUNCTIONS
+ */
+
+static void print_stats(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+       pr_info("(%s): oo %3llu  |  rd %4llu  |  wr %4llu  |  f %4llu"
+                "  |  ds %4llu | pg: %4u/%4d\n",
+                current->comm, blkif->st_oo_req,
+                blkif->st_rd_req, blkif->st_wr_req,
+                blkif->st_f_req, blkif->st_ds_req,
+                blkif->persistent_gnt_c,
+                xen_blkif_max_pgrants);
+       blkif->st_print = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(10 * 1000);
+       blkif->st_rd_req = 0;
+       blkif->st_wr_req = 0;
+       blkif->st_oo_req = 0;
+       blkif->st_ds_req = 0;
+}
+
+int xen_blkif_schedule(void *arg)
+{
+       struct xen_blkif *blkif = arg;
+       struct xen_vbd *vbd = &blkif->vbd;
+       unsigned long timeout;
+       int ret;
+
+       xen_blkif_get(blkif);
+
+       while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
+               if (try_to_freeze())
+                       continue;
+               if (unlikely(vbd->size != vbd_sz(vbd)))
+                       xen_vbd_resize(blkif);
+
+               timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(LRU_INTERVAL);
+
+               timeout = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(
+                       blkif->wq,
+                       blkif->waiting_reqs || kthread_should_stop(),
+                       timeout);
+               if (timeout == 0)
+                       goto purge_gnt_list;
+               timeout = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(
+                       blkif->pending_free_wq,
+                       !list_empty(&blkif->pending_free) ||
+                       kthread_should_stop(),
+                       timeout);
+               if (timeout == 0)
+                       goto purge_gnt_list;
+
+               blkif->waiting_reqs = 0;
+               smp_mb(); /* clear flag *before* checking for work */
+
+               ret = do_block_io_op(blkif);
+               if (ret > 0)
+                       blkif->waiting_reqs = 1;
+               if (ret == -EACCES)
+                       wait_event_interruptible(blkif->shutdown_wq,
+                                                kthread_should_stop());
+
+purge_gnt_list:
+               if (blkif->vbd.feature_gnt_persistent &&
+                   time_after(jiffies, blkif->next_lru)) {
+                       purge_persistent_gnt(blkif);
+                       blkif->next_lru = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(LRU_INTERVAL);
+               }
+
+               /* Shrink if we have more than xen_blkif_max_buffer_pages */
+               shrink_free_pagepool(blkif, xen_blkif_max_buffer_pages);
+
+               if (log_stats && time_after(jiffies, blkif->st_print))
+                       print_stats(blkif);
+       }
+
+       /* Drain pending purge work */
+       flush_work(&blkif->persistent_purge_work);
+
+       if (log_stats)
+               print_stats(blkif);
+
+       blkif->xenblkd = NULL;
+       xen_blkif_put(blkif);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Remove persistent grants and empty the pool of free pages
+ */
+void xen_blkbk_free_caches(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+       /* Free all persistent grant pages */
+       if (!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&blkif->persistent_gnts))
+               free_persistent_gnts(blkif, &blkif->persistent_gnts,
+                       blkif->persistent_gnt_c);
+
+       BUG_ON(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&blkif->persistent_gnts));
+       blkif->persistent_gnt_c = 0;
+
+       /* Since we are shutting down remove all pages from the buffer */
+       shrink_free_pagepool(blkif, 0 /* All */);
+}
+
+static unsigned int xen_blkbk_unmap_prepare(
+       struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+       struct grant_page **pages,
+       unsigned int num,
+       struct gnttab_unmap_grant_ref *unmap_ops,
+       struct page **unmap_pages)
+{
+       unsigned int i, invcount = 0;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+               if (pages[i]->persistent_gnt != NULL) {
+                       put_persistent_gnt(blkif, pages[i]->persistent_gnt);
+                       continue;
+               }
+               if (pages[i]->handle == BLKBACK_INVALID_HANDLE)
+                       continue;
+               unmap_pages[invcount] = pages[i]->page;
+               gnttab_set_unmap_op(&unmap_ops[invcount], vaddr(pages[i]->page),
+                                   GNTMAP_host_map, pages[i]->handle);
+               pages[i]->handle = BLKBACK_INVALID_HANDLE;
+               invcount++;
+       }
+
+       return invcount;
+}
+
+static void xen_blkbk_unmap_and_respond_callback(int result, struct gntab_unmap_queue_data *data)
+{
+       struct pending_req* pending_req = (struct pending_req*) (data->data);
+       struct xen_blkif *blkif = pending_req->blkif;
+
+       /* BUG_ON used to reproduce existing behaviour,
+          but is this the best way to deal with this? */
+       BUG_ON(result);
+
+       put_free_pages(blkif, data->pages, data->count);
+       make_response(blkif, pending_req->id,
+                     pending_req->operation, pending_req->status);
+       free_req(blkif, pending_req);
+       /*
+        * Make sure the request is freed before releasing blkif,
+        * or there could be a race between free_req and the
+        * cleanup done in xen_blkif_free during shutdown.
+        *
+        * NB: The fact that we might try to wake up pending_free_wq
+        * before drain_complete (in case there's a drain going on)
+        * it's not a problem with our current implementation
+        * because we can assure there's no thread waiting on
+        * pending_free_wq if there's a drain going on, but it has
+        * to be taken into account if the current model is changed.
+        */
+       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&blkif->inflight) && atomic_read(&blkif->drain)) {
+               complete(&blkif->drain_complete);
+       }
+       xen_blkif_put(blkif);
+}
+
+static void xen_blkbk_unmap_and_respond(struct pending_req *req)
+{
+       struct gntab_unmap_queue_data* work = &req->gnttab_unmap_data;
+       struct xen_blkif *blkif = req->blkif;
+       struct grant_page **pages = req->segments;
+       unsigned int invcount;
+
+       invcount = xen_blkbk_unmap_prepare(blkif, pages, req->nr_pages,
+                                          req->unmap, req->unmap_pages);
+
+       work->data = req;
+       work->done = xen_blkbk_unmap_and_respond_callback;
+       work->unmap_ops = req->unmap;
+       work->kunmap_ops = NULL;
+       work->pages = req->unmap_pages;
+       work->count = invcount;
+
+       gnttab_unmap_refs_async(&req->gnttab_unmap_data);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Unmap the grant references.
+ *
+ * This could accumulate ops up to the batch size to reduce the number
+ * of hypercalls, but since this is only used in error paths there's
+ * no real need.
+ */
+static void xen_blkbk_unmap(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+                            struct grant_page *pages[],
+                            int num)
+{
+       struct gnttab_unmap_grant_ref unmap[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+       struct page *unmap_pages[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+       unsigned int invcount = 0;
+       int ret;
+
+       while (num) {
+               unsigned int batch = min(num, BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST);
+               
+               invcount = xen_blkbk_unmap_prepare(blkif, pages, batch,
+                                                  unmap, unmap_pages);
+               if (invcount) {
+                       ret = gnttab_unmap_refs(unmap, NULL, unmap_pages, invcount);
+                       BUG_ON(ret);
+                       put_free_pages(blkif, unmap_pages, invcount);
+               }
+               pages += batch;
+               num -= batch;
+       }
+}
+
+static int xen_blkbk_map(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+                        struct grant_page *pages[],
+                        int num, bool ro)
+{
+       struct gnttab_map_grant_ref map[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+       struct page *pages_to_gnt[BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST];
+       struct persistent_gnt *persistent_gnt = NULL;
+       phys_addr_t addr = 0;
+       int i, seg_idx, new_map_idx;
+       int segs_to_map = 0;
+       int ret = 0;
+       int last_map = 0, map_until = 0;
+       int use_persistent_gnts;
+
+       use_persistent_gnts = (blkif->vbd.feature_gnt_persistent);
+
+       /*
+        * Fill out preq.nr_sects with proper amount of sectors, and setup
+        * assign map[..] with the PFN of the page in our domain with the
+        * corresponding grant reference for each page.
+        */
+again:
+       for (i = map_until; i < num; i++) {
+               uint32_t flags;
+
+               if (use_persistent_gnts)
+                       persistent_gnt = get_persistent_gnt(
+                               blkif,
+                               pages[i]->gref);
+
+               if (persistent_gnt) {
+                       /*
+                        * We are using persistent grants and
+                        * the grant is already mapped
+                        */
+                       pages[i]->page = persistent_gnt->page;
+                       pages[i]->persistent_gnt = persistent_gnt;
+               } else {
+                       if (get_free_page(blkif, &pages[i]->page))
+                               goto out_of_memory;
+                       addr = vaddr(pages[i]->page);
+                       pages_to_gnt[segs_to_map] = pages[i]->page;
+                       pages[i]->persistent_gnt = NULL;
+                       flags = GNTMAP_host_map;
+                       if (!use_persistent_gnts && ro)
+                               flags |= GNTMAP_readonly;
+                       gnttab_set_map_op(&map[segs_to_map++], addr,
+                                         flags, pages[i]->gref,
+                                         blkif->domid);
+               }
+               map_until = i + 1;
+               if (segs_to_map == BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST)
+                       break;
+       }
+
+       if (segs_to_map) {
+               ret = gnttab_map_refs(map, NULL, pages_to_gnt, segs_to_map);
+               BUG_ON(ret);
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * Now swizzle the MFN in our domain with the MFN from the other domain
+        * so that when we access vaddr(pending_req,i) it has the contents of
+        * the page from the other domain.
+        */
+       for (seg_idx = last_map, new_map_idx = 0; seg_idx < map_until; seg_idx++) {
+               if (!pages[seg_idx]->persistent_gnt) {
+                       /* This is a newly mapped grant */
+                       BUG_ON(new_map_idx >= segs_to_map);
+                       if (unlikely(map[new_map_idx].status != 0)) {
+                               pr_debug("invalid buffer -- could not remap it\n");
+                               put_free_pages(blkif, &pages[seg_idx]->page, 1);
+                               pages[seg_idx]->handle = BLKBACK_INVALID_HANDLE;
+                               ret |= 1;
+                               goto next;
+                       }
+                       pages[seg_idx]->handle = map[new_map_idx].handle;
+               } else {
+                       continue;
+               }
+               if (use_persistent_gnts &&
+                   blkif->persistent_gnt_c < xen_blkif_max_pgrants) {
+                       /*
+                        * We are using persistent grants, the grant is
+                        * not mapped but we might have room for it.
+                        */
+                       persistent_gnt = kmalloc(sizeof(struct persistent_gnt),
+                                                GFP_KERNEL);
+                       if (!persistent_gnt) {
+                               /*
+                                * If we don't have enough memory to
+                                * allocate the persistent_gnt struct
+                                * map this grant non-persistenly
+                                */
+                               goto next;
+                       }
+                       persistent_gnt->gnt = map[new_map_idx].ref;
+                       persistent_gnt->handle = map[new_map_idx].handle;
+                       persistent_gnt->page = pages[seg_idx]->page;
+                       if (add_persistent_gnt(blkif,
+                                              persistent_gnt)) {
+                               kfree(persistent_gnt);
+                               persistent_gnt = NULL;
+                               goto next;
+                       }
+                       pages[seg_idx]->persistent_gnt = persistent_gnt;
+                       pr_debug("grant %u added to the tree of persistent grants, using %u/%u\n",
+                                persistent_gnt->gnt, blkif->persistent_gnt_c,
+                                xen_blkif_max_pgrants);
+                       goto next;
+               }
+               if (use_persistent_gnts && !blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants) {
+                       blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants = 1;
+                       pr_debug("domain %u, device %#x is using maximum number of persistent grants\n",
+                                blkif->domid, blkif->vbd.handle);
+               }
+               /*
+                * We could not map this grant persistently, so use it as
+                * a non-persistent grant.
+                */
+next:
+               new_map_idx++;
+       }
+       segs_to_map = 0;
+       last_map = map_until;
+       if (map_until != num)
+               goto again;
+
+       return ret;
+
+out_of_memory:
+       pr_alert("%s: out of memory\n", __func__);
+       put_free_pages(blkif, pages_to_gnt, segs_to_map);
+       return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+static int xen_blkbk_map_seg(struct pending_req *pending_req)
+{
+       int rc;
+
+       rc = xen_blkbk_map(pending_req->blkif, pending_req->segments,
+                          pending_req->nr_pages,
+                          (pending_req->operation != BLKIF_OP_READ));
+
+       return rc;
+}
+
+static int xen_blkbk_parse_indirect(struct blkif_request *req,
+                                   struct pending_req *pending_req,
+                                   struct seg_buf seg[],
+                                   struct phys_req *preq)
+{
+       struct grant_page **pages = pending_req->indirect_pages;
+       struct xen_blkif *blkif = pending_req->blkif;
+       int indirect_grefs, rc, n, nseg, i;
+       struct blkif_request_segment *segments = NULL;
+
+       nseg = pending_req->nr_pages;
+       indirect_grefs = INDIRECT_PAGES(nseg);
+       BUG_ON(indirect_grefs > BLKIF_MAX_INDIRECT_PAGES_PER_REQUEST);
+
+       for (i = 0; i < indirect_grefs; i++)
+               pages[i]->gref = req->u.indirect.indirect_grefs[i];
+
+       rc = xen_blkbk_map(blkif, pages, indirect_grefs, true);
+       if (rc)
+               goto unmap;
+
+       for (n = 0, i = 0; n < nseg; n++) {
+               if ((n % SEGS_PER_INDIRECT_FRAME) == 0) {
+                       /* Map indirect segments */
+                       if (segments)
+                               kunmap_atomic(segments);
+                       segments = kmap_atomic(pages[n/SEGS_PER_INDIRECT_FRAME]->page);
+               }
+               i = n % SEGS_PER_INDIRECT_FRAME;
+               pending_req->segments[n]->gref = segments[i].gref;
+               seg[n].nsec = segments[i].last_sect -
+                       segments[i].first_sect + 1;
+               seg[n].offset = (segments[i].first_sect << 9);
+               if ((segments[i].last_sect >= (PAGE_SIZE >> 9)) ||
+                   (segments[i].last_sect < segments[i].first_sect)) {
+                       rc = -EINVAL;
+                       goto unmap;
+               }
+               preq->nr_sects += seg[n].nsec;
+       }
+
+unmap:
+       if (segments)
+               kunmap_atomic(segments);
+       xen_blkbk_unmap(blkif, pages, indirect_grefs);
+       return rc;
+}
+
+static int dispatch_discard_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+                               struct blkif_request *req)
+{
+       int err = 0;
+       int status = BLKIF_RSP_OKAY;
+       struct block_device *bdev = blkif->vbd.bdev;
+       unsigned long secure;
+       struct phys_req preq;
+
+       xen_blkif_get(blkif);
+
+       preq.sector_number = req->u.discard.sector_number;
+       preq.nr_sects      = req->u.discard.nr_sectors;
+
+       err = xen_vbd_translate(&preq, blkif, WRITE);
+       if (err) {
+               pr_warn("access denied: DISCARD [%llu->%llu] on dev=%04x\n",
+                       preq.sector_number,
+                       preq.sector_number + preq.nr_sects, blkif->vbd.pdevice);
+               goto fail_response;
+       }
+       blkif->st_ds_req++;
+
+       secure = (blkif->vbd.discard_secure &&
+                (req->u.discard.flag & BLKIF_DISCARD_SECURE)) ?
+                BLKDEV_DISCARD_SECURE : 0;
+
+       err = blkdev_issue_discard(bdev, req->u.discard.sector_number,
+                                  req->u.discard.nr_sectors,
+                                  GFP_KERNEL, secure);
+fail_response:
+       if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+               pr_debug("discard op failed, not supported\n");
+               status = BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP;
+       } else if (err)
+               status = BLKIF_RSP_ERROR;
+
+       make_response(blkif, req->u.discard.id, req->operation, status);
+       xen_blkif_put(blkif);
+       return err;
+}
+
+static int dispatch_other_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+                            struct blkif_request *req,
+                            struct pending_req *pending_req)
+{
+       free_req(blkif, pending_req);
+       make_response(blkif, req->u.other.id, req->operation,
+                     BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP);
+       return -EIO;
+}
+
+static void xen_blk_drain_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+       atomic_set(&blkif->drain, 1);
+       do {
+               if (atomic_read(&blkif->inflight) == 0)
+                       break;
+               wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(
+                               &blkif->drain_complete, HZ);
+
+               if (!atomic_read(&blkif->drain))
+                       break;
+       } while (!kthread_should_stop());
+       atomic_set(&blkif->drain, 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Completion callback on the bio's. Called as bh->b_end_io()
+ */
+
+static void __end_block_io_op(struct pending_req *pending_req, int error)
+{
+       /* An error fails the entire request. */
+       if ((pending_req->operation == BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE) &&
+           (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)) {
+               pr_debug("flush diskcache op failed, not supported\n");
+               xen_blkbk_flush_diskcache(XBT_NIL, pending_req->blkif->be, 0);
+               pending_req->status = BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP;
+       } else if ((pending_req->operation == BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER) &&
+                   (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)) {
+               pr_debug("write barrier op failed, not supported\n");
+               xen_blkbk_barrier(XBT_NIL, pending_req->blkif->be, 0);
+               pending_req->status = BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP;
+       } else if (error) {
+               pr_debug("Buffer not up-to-date at end of operation,"
+                        " error=%d\n", error);
+               pending_req->status = BLKIF_RSP_ERROR;
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * If all of the bio's have completed it is time to unmap
+        * the grant references associated with 'request' and provide
+        * the proper response on the ring.
+        */
+       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&pending_req->pendcnt))
+               xen_blkbk_unmap_and_respond(pending_req);
+}
+
+/*
+ * bio callback.
+ */
+static void end_block_io_op(struct bio *bio, int error)
+{
+       __end_block_io_op(bio->bi_private, error);
+       bio_put(bio);
+}
+
+
+
+/*
+ * Function to copy the from the ring buffer the 'struct blkif_request'
+ * (which has the sectors we want, number of them, grant references, etc),
+ * and transmute  it to the block API to hand it over to the proper block disk.
+ */
+static int
+__do_block_io_op(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+       union blkif_back_rings *blk_rings = &blkif->blk_rings;
+       struct blkif_request req;
+       struct pending_req *pending_req;
+       RING_IDX rc, rp;
+       int more_to_do = 0;
+
+       rc = blk_rings->common.req_cons;
+       rp = blk_rings->common.sring->req_prod;
+       rmb(); /* Ensure we see queued requests up to 'rp'. */
+
+       if (RING_REQUEST_PROD_OVERFLOW(&blk_rings->common, rp)) {
+               rc = blk_rings->common.rsp_prod_pvt;
+               pr_warn("Frontend provided bogus ring requests (%d - %d = %d). Halting ring processing on dev=%04x\n",
+                       rp, rc, rp - rc, blkif->vbd.pdevice);
+               return -EACCES;
+       }
+       while (rc != rp) {
+
+               if (RING_REQUEST_CONS_OVERFLOW(&blk_rings->common, rc))
+                       break;
+
+               if (kthread_should_stop()) {
+                       more_to_do = 1;
+                       break;
+               }
+
+               pending_req = alloc_req(blkif);
+               if (NULL == pending_req) {
+                       blkif->st_oo_req++;
+                       more_to_do = 1;
+                       break;
+               }
+
+               switch (blkif->blk_protocol) {
+               case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_NATIVE:
+                       memcpy(&req, RING_GET_REQUEST(&blk_rings->native, rc), sizeof(req));
+                       break;
+               case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_32:
+                       blkif_get_x86_32_req(&req, RING_GET_REQUEST(&blk_rings->x86_32, rc));
+                       break;
+               case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_64:
+                       blkif_get_x86_64_req(&req, RING_GET_REQUEST(&blk_rings->x86_64, rc));
+                       break;
+               default:
+                       BUG();
+               }
+               blk_rings->common.req_cons = ++rc; /* before make_response() */
+
+               /* Apply all sanity checks to /private copy/ of request. */
+               barrier();
+
+               switch (req.operation) {
+               case BLKIF_OP_READ:
+               case BLKIF_OP_WRITE:
+               case BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER:
+               case BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE:
+               case BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT:
+                       if (dispatch_rw_block_io(blkif, &req, pending_req))
+                               goto done;
+                       break;
+               case BLKIF_OP_DISCARD:
+                       free_req(blkif, pending_req);
+                       if (dispatch_discard_io(blkif, &req))
+                               goto done;
+                       break;
+               default:
+                       if (dispatch_other_io(blkif, &req, pending_req))
+                               goto done;
+                       break;
+               }
+
+               /* Yield point for this unbounded loop. */
+               cond_resched();
+       }
+done:
+       return more_to_do;
+}
+
+static int
+do_block_io_op(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
+{
+       union blkif_back_rings *blk_rings = &blkif->blk_rings;
+       int more_to_do;
+
+       do {
+               more_to_do = __do_block_io_op(blkif);
+               if (more_to_do)
+                       break;
+
+               RING_FINAL_CHECK_FOR_REQUESTS(&blk_rings->common, more_to_do);
+       } while (more_to_do);
+
+       return more_to_do;
+}
+/*
+ * Transmutation of the 'struct blkif_request' to a proper 'struct bio'
+ * and call the 'submit_bio' to pass it to the underlying storage.
+ */
+static int dispatch_rw_block_io(struct xen_blkif *blkif,
+                               struct blkif_request *req,
+                               struct pending_req *pending_req)
+{
+       struct phys_req preq;
+       struct seg_buf *seg = pending_req->seg;
+       unsigned int nseg;
+       struct bio *bio = NULL;
+       struct bio **biolist = pending_req->biolist;
+       int i, nbio = 0;
+       int operation;
+       struct blk_plug plug;
+       bool drain = false;
+       struct grant_page **pages = pending_req->segments;
+       unsigned short req_operation;
+
+       req_operation = req->operation == BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT ?
+                       req->u.indirect.indirect_op : req->operation;
+       if ((req->operation == BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT) &&
+           (req_operation != BLKIF_OP_READ) &&
+           (req_operation != BLKIF_OP_WRITE)) {
+               pr_debug("Invalid indirect operation (%u)\n", req_operation);
+               goto fail_response;
+       }
+
+       switch (req_operation) {
+       case BLKIF_OP_READ:
+               blkif->st_rd_req++;
+               operation = READ;
+               break;
+       case BLKIF_OP_WRITE:
+               blkif->st_wr_req++;
+               operation = WRITE_ODIRECT;
+               break;
+       case BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER:
+               drain = true;
+       case BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE:
+               blkif->st_f_req++;
+               operation = WRITE_FLUSH;
+               break;
+       default:
+               operation = 0; /* make gcc happy */
+               goto fail_response;
+               break;
+       }
+
+       /* Check that the number of segments is sane. */
+       nseg = req->operation == BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT ?
+              req->u.indirect.nr_segments : req->u.rw.nr_segments;
+
+       if (unlikely(nseg == 0 && operation != WRITE_FLUSH) ||
+           unlikely((req->operation != BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT) &&
+                    (nseg > BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST)) ||
+           unlikely((req->operation == BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT) &&
+                    (nseg > MAX_INDIRECT_SEGMENTS))) {
+               pr_debug("Bad number of segments in request (%d)\n", nseg);
+               /* Haven't submitted any bio's yet. */
+               goto fail_response;
+       }
+
+       preq.nr_sects      = 0;
+
+       pending_req->blkif     = blkif;
+       pending_req->id        = req->u.rw.id;
+       pending_req->operation = req_operation;
+       pending_req->status    = BLKIF_RSP_OKAY;
+       pending_req->nr_pages  = nseg;
+
+       if (req->operation != BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT) {
+               preq.dev               = req->u.rw.handle;
+               preq.sector_number     = req->u.rw.sector_number;
+               for (i = 0; i < nseg; i++) {
+                       pages[i]->gref = req->u.rw.seg[i].gref;
+                       seg[i].nsec = req->u.rw.seg[i].last_sect -
+                               req->u.rw.seg[i].first_sect + 1;
+                       seg[i].offset = (req->u.rw.seg[i].first_sect << 9);
+                       if ((req->u.rw.seg[i].last_sect >= (PAGE_SIZE >> 9)) ||
+                           (req->u.rw.seg[i].last_sect <
+                            req->u.rw.seg[i].first_sect))
+                               goto fail_response;
+                       preq.nr_sects += seg[i].nsec;
+               }
+       } else {
+               preq.dev               = req->u.indirect.handle;
+               preq.sector_number     = req->u.indirect.sector_number;
+               if (xen_blkbk_parse_indirect(req, pending_req, seg, &preq))
+                       goto fail_response;
+       }
+
+       if (xen_vbd_translate(&preq, blkif, operation) != 0) {
+               pr_debug("access denied: %s of [%llu,%llu] on dev=%04x\n",
+                        operation == READ ? "read" : "write",
+                        preq.sector_number,
+                        preq.sector_number + preq.nr_sects,
+                        blkif->vbd.pdevice);
+               goto fail_response;
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * This check _MUST_ be done after xen_vbd_translate as the preq.bdev
+        * is set there.
+        */
+       for (i = 0; i < nseg; i++) {
+               if (((int)preq.sector_number|(int)seg[i].nsec) &
+                   ((bdev_logical_block_size(preq.bdev) >> 9) - 1)) {
+                       pr_debug("Misaligned I/O request from domain %d\n",
+                                blkif->domid);
+                       goto fail_response;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /* Wait on all outstanding I/O's and once that has been completed
+        * issue the WRITE_FLUSH.
+        */
+       if (drain)
+               xen_blk_drain_io(pending_req->blkif);
+
+       /*
+        * If we have failed at this point, we need to undo the M2P override,
+        * set gnttab_set_unmap_op on all of the grant references and perform
+        * the hypercall to unmap the grants - that is all done in
+        * xen_blkbk_unmap.
+        */
+       if (xen_blkbk_map_seg(pending_req))
+               goto fail_flush;
+
+       /*
+        * This corresponding xen_blkif_put is done in __end_block_io_op, or
+        * below (in "!bio") if we are handling a BLKIF_OP_DISCARD.
+        */
+       xen_blkif_get(blkif);
+       atomic_inc(&blkif->inflight);
+
+       for (i = 0; i < nseg; i++) {
+               while ((bio == NULL) ||
+                      (bio_add_page(bio,
+                                    pages[i]->page,
+                                    seg[i].nsec << 9,
+                                    seg[i].offset) == 0)) {
+
+                       int nr_iovecs = min_t(int, (nseg-i), BIO_MAX_PAGES);
+                       bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, nr_iovecs);
+                       if (unlikely(bio == NULL))
+                               goto fail_put_bio;
+
+                       biolist[nbio++] = bio;
+                       bio->bi_bdev    = preq.bdev;
+                       bio->bi_private = pending_req;
+                       bio->bi_end_io  = end_block_io_op;
+                       bio->bi_iter.bi_sector  = preq.sector_number;
+               }
+
+               preq.sector_number += seg[i].nsec;
+       }
+
+       /* This will be hit if the operation was a flush or discard. */
+       if (!bio) {
+               BUG_ON(operation != WRITE_FLUSH);
+
+               bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
+               if (unlikely(bio == NULL))
+                       goto fail_put_bio;
+
+               biolist[nbio++] = bio;
+               bio->bi_bdev    = preq.bdev;
+               bio->bi_private = pending_req;
+               bio->bi_end_io  = end_block_io_op;
+       }
+
+       atomic_set(&pending_req->pendcnt, nbio);
+       blk_start_plug(&plug);
+
+       for (i = 0; i < nbio; i++)
+               submit_bio(operation, biolist[i]);
+
+       /* Let the I/Os go.. */
+       blk_finish_plug(&plug);
+
+       if (operation == READ)
+               blkif->st_rd_sect += preq.nr_sects;
+       else if (operation & WRITE)
+               blkif->st_wr_sect += preq.nr_sects;
+
+       return 0;
+
+ fail_flush:
+       xen_blkbk_unmap(blkif, pending_req->segments,
+                       pending_req->nr_pages);
+ fail_response:
+       /* Haven't submitted any bio's yet. */
+       make_response(blkif, req->u.rw.id, req_operation, BLKIF_RSP_ERROR);
+       free_req(blkif, pending_req);
+       msleep(1); /* back off a bit */
+       return -EIO;
+
+ fail_put_bio:
+       for (i = 0; i < nbio; i++)
+               bio_put(biolist[i]);
+       atomic_set(&pending_req->pendcnt, 1);
+       __end_block_io_op(pending_req, -EINVAL);
+       msleep(1); /* back off a bit */
+       return -EIO;
+}
+
+
+
+/*
+ * Put a response on the ring on how the operation fared.
+ */
+static void make_response(struct xen_blkif *blkif, u64 id,
+                         unsigned short op, int st)
+{
+       struct blkif_response  resp;
+       unsigned long     flags;
+       union blkif_back_rings *blk_rings = &blkif->blk_rings;
+       int notify;
+
+       resp.id        = id;
+       resp.operation = op;
+       resp.status    = st;
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&blkif->blk_ring_lock, flags);
+       /* Place on the response ring for the relevant domain. */
+       switch (blkif->blk_protocol) {
+       case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_NATIVE:
+               memcpy(RING_GET_RESPONSE(&blk_rings->native, blk_rings->native.rsp_prod_pvt),
+                      &resp, sizeof(resp));
+               break;
+       case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_32:
+               memcpy(RING_GET_RESPONSE(&blk_rings->x86_32, blk_rings->x86_32.rsp_prod_pvt),
+                      &resp, sizeof(resp));
+               break;
+       case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_64:
+               memcpy(RING_GET_RESPONSE(&blk_rings->x86_64, blk_rings->x86_64.rsp_prod_pvt),
+                      &resp, sizeof(resp));
+               break;
+       default:
+               BUG();
+       }
+       blk_rings->common.rsp_prod_pvt++;
+       RING_PUSH_RESPONSES_AND_CHECK_NOTIFY(&blk_rings->common, notify);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif->blk_ring_lock, flags);
+       if (notify)
+               notify_remote_via_irq(blkif->irq);
+}
+
+static int __init xen_blkif_init(void)
+{
+       int rc = 0;
+
+       if (!xen_domain())
+               return -ENODEV;
+
+       rc = xen_blkif_interface_init();
+       if (rc)
+               goto failed_init;
+
+       rc = xen_blkif_xenbus_init();
+       if (rc)
+               goto failed_init;
+
+ failed_init:
+       return rc;
+}
+
+module_init(xen_blkif_init);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("xen-backend:vbd");