loop: Add LOOP_CONFIGURE ioctl
This allows userspace to completely setup a loop device with a single ioctl, removing the in-between state where the device can be partially configured - eg the loop device has a backing file associated with it, but is reading from the wrong offset. Besides removing the intermediate state, another big benefit of this ioctl is that LOOP_SET_STATUS can be slow; the main reason for this slowness is that LOOP_SET_STATUS(64) calls blk_mq_freeze_queue() to freeze the associated queue; this requires waiting for RCU synchronization, which I've measured can take about 15-20ms on this device on average. In addition to doing what LOOP_SET_STATUS can do, LOOP_CONFIGURE can also be used to: - Set the correct block size immediately by setting loop_config.block_size (avoids LOOP_SET_BLOCK_SIZE) - Explicitly request direct I/O mode by setting LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO in loop_config.info.lo_flags (avoids LOOP_SET_DIRECT_IO) - Explicitly request read-only mode by setting LO_FLAGS_READ_ONLY in loop_config.info.lo_flags Here's setting up ~70 regular loop devices with an offset on an x86 Android device, using LOOP_SET_FD and LOOP_SET_STATUS: vsoc_x86:/system/apex # time for i in `seq 30 100`; do losetup -r -o 4096 /dev/block/loop$i com.android.adbd.apex; done 0m03.40s real 0m00.02s user 0m00.03s system Here's configuring ~70 devices in the same way, but using a modified losetup that uses the new LOOP_CONFIGURE ioctl: vsoc_x86:/system/apex # time for i in `seq 30 100`; do losetup -r -o 4096 /dev/block/loop$i com.android.adbd.apex; done 0m01.94s real 0m00.01s user 0m00.01s system Signed-off-by: Martijn Coenen <maco@android.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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