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diff -pur linux-2.6.9-67.orig/drivers/md/raid6main.c linux-2.6.9-67/drivers/md/raid6main.c
--- linux-2.6.9-67.orig/drivers/md/raid6main.c	2009-02-15 10:24:30.000000000 +0800
+++ linux-2.6.9-67/drivers/md/raid6main.c	2009-02-15 10:26:17.000000000 +0800
@@ -430,6 +430,9 @@ static int raid6_end_read_request (struc
 		clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 	}
 #endif
+	/* Read on a Directing write is allowable */
+	/* BUG_ON(test_bit(R5_Direct, &sh->dev[i].flags)) */
+	BUG_ON(sh->dev[i].req.bi_io_vec[0].bv_page != sh->dev[i].page);
 	clear_bit(R5_LOCKED, &sh->dev[i].flags);
 	set_bit(STRIPE_HANDLE, &sh->state);
 	release_stripe(sh);
@@ -468,6 +471,10 @@ static int raid6_end_write_request (stru
 
 	rdev_dec_pending(conf->disks[i].rdev, conf->mddev);
 
+	if (test_bit(R5_Direct, &sh->dev[i].flags)) {
+		BUG_ON(sh->dev[i].req.bi_io_vec[0].bv_page == sh->dev[i].page);
+		sh->dev[i].req.bi_io_vec[0].bv_page = sh->dev[i].page;
+	}
 	clear_bit(R5_LOCKED, &sh->dev[i].flags);
 	set_bit(STRIPE_HANDLE, &sh->state);
 	__release_stripe(conf, sh);
@@ -664,7 +671,27 @@ static sector_t compute_blocknr(struct s
 	return r_sector;
 }
 
+static struct page *zero_copy_data(struct bio *bio, sector_t sector)
+{
+	sector_t bi_sector = bio->bi_sector;
+	struct page *page = NULL;
+	struct bio_vec *bvl;
+	int i;
 
+	bio_for_each_segment(bvl, bio, i) {
+		if (sector == bi_sector)
+			page = bio_iovec_idx(bio, i)->bv_page;
+		bi_sector += bio_iovec_idx(bio, i)->bv_len >> 9;
+		if (bi_sector >= sector + STRIPE_SECTORS) {
+			/* check if the stripe is covered by one page */
+			if (page == bio_iovec_idx(bio, i)->bv_page &&
+			    PageConstant(page))
+				return page;
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
 
 /*
  * Copy data between a page in the stripe cache, and one or more bion
@@ -731,6 +758,7 @@ static void compute_parity(struct stripe
 	raid6_conf_t *conf = sh->raid_conf;
 	int i, pd_idx = sh->pd_idx, qd_idx, d0_idx, disks = conf->raid_disks, count;
 	struct bio *chosen;
+	struct page *page;
 	/**** FIX THIS: This could be very bad if disks is close to 256 ****/
 	void *ptrs[disks];
 
@@ -761,18 +789,46 @@ static void compute_parity(struct stripe
 		BUG();		/* Not implemented yet */
 	}
 
-	for (i = disks; i--;)
-		if (sh->dev[i].written) {
-			sector_t sector = sh->dev[i].sector;
-			struct bio *wbi = sh->dev[i].written;
-			while (wbi && wbi->bi_sector < sector + STRIPE_SECTORS) {
-				copy_data(1, wbi, sh->dev[i].page, sector);
-				wbi = r5_next_bio(wbi, sector);
+	for (i = disks; i--;) {
+		struct bio *wbi = sh->dev[i].written;
+		sector_t sector;
+
+		if (!wbi)
+			continue;
+
+		sector = sh->dev[i].sector;
+		set_bit(R5_LOCKED, &sh->dev[i].flags);
+		BUG_ON(test_bit(R5_Direct, &sh->dev[i].flags));
+
+		/* check if it's covered by a single page
+		 * and whole stripe is written at once.
+		 * in this case we can avoid memcpy() */
+		if (!wbi->bi_next && test_bit(R5_Insync, &sh->dev[i].flags) &&
+		    test_bit(R5_OVERWRITE, &sh->dev[i].flags)) {
+			page = zero_copy_data(wbi, sector);
+			/* we don't do zerocopy on a HighMem page. Raid6 tend 
+			 * to prepare all of the pages' content to be accessed
+			 * before computing PQ parity. If we need to support HighMem
+			 * page also, we have to modify the gen_syndrome()
+			 * algorithm. -jay */
+			if (page && !PageHighMem(page)) {
+				atomic_inc(&conf->writes_zcopy);
+				sh->dev[i].req.bi_io_vec[0].bv_page = page;
+				set_bit(R5_Direct, &sh->dev[i].flags);
+				clear_bit(R5_UPTODATE, &sh->dev[i].flags);
+				clear_bit(R5_OVERWRITE, &sh->dev[i].flags);
+				continue;
 			}
+		}
 
-			set_bit(R5_LOCKED, &sh->dev[i].flags);
-			set_bit(R5_UPTODATE, &sh->dev[i].flags);
+		atomic_inc(&conf->writes_copied);
+		clear_bit(R5_OVERWRITE, &sh->dev[i].flags);
+		set_bit(R5_UPTODATE, &sh->dev[i].flags);
+		while (wbi && wbi->bi_sector < sector + STRIPE_SECTORS) {
+			copy_data(1, wbi, sh->dev[i].page, sector);
+			wbi = r5_next_bio(wbi, sector);
 		}
+	}
 
 //	switch(method) {
 //	case RECONSTRUCT_WRITE:
@@ -783,7 +839,10 @@ static void compute_parity(struct stripe
 		count = 0;
 		i = d0_idx;
 		do {
-			ptrs[count++] = page_address(sh->dev[i].page);
+			if (test_bit(R5_Direct, &sh->dev[i].flags))
+				ptrs[count++] = page_address(sh->dev[i].req.bi_io_vec[0].bv_page);
+			else
+				ptrs[count++] = page_address(sh->dev[i].page);
 
 			i = raid6_next_disk(i, disks);
 		} while ( i != d0_idx );
@@ -1185,7 +1244,8 @@ static void handle_stripe(struct stripe_
 			if (sh->dev[i].written) {
 				dev = &sh->dev[i];
 				if (!test_bit(R5_LOCKED, &dev->flags) &&
-				    test_bit(R5_UPTODATE, &dev->flags) ) {
+				    (test_bit(R5_UPTODATE, &dev->flags) ||
+					 test_bit(R5_Direct, &dev->flags)) ) {
 					/* We can return any write requests */
 					struct bio *wbi, *wbi2;
 					PRINTK("Return write for stripe %llu disc %d\n",
@@ -1193,6 +1253,7 @@ static void handle_stripe(struct stripe_
 					spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 					wbi = dev->written;
 					dev->written = NULL;
+					clear_bit(R5_Direct, &dev->flags);
 					while (wbi && wbi->bi_sector < dev->sector + STRIPE_SECTORS) {
 						wbi2 = r5_next_bio(wbi, dev->sector);
 						if (--wbi->bi_phys_segments == 0) {
@@ -1503,6 +1564,15 @@ static void handle_stripe(struct stripe_
 		} else {
 			PRINTK("skip op %ld on disc %d for sector %llu\n",
 				bi->bi_rw, i, (unsigned long long)sh->sector);
+
+			if (test_bit(R5_Direct, &sh->dev[i].flags)) {
+				/* restore the page pointer of req, otherwise,
+				 * no any read is permitted on this stripe, this is
+				 * not what we want. -jay */
+				BUG_ON(sh->dev[i].req.bi_io_vec[0].bv_page == sh->dev[i].page);
+				sh->dev[i].req.bi_io_vec[0].bv_page = sh->dev[i].page;
+			}
+
 			clear_bit(R5_LOCKED, &sh->dev[i].flags);
 			set_bit(STRIPE_HANDLE, &sh->state);
 			atomic_dec(&conf->delayed);
@@ -2008,6 +2078,7 @@ static int run (mddev_t *mddev)
 		if (mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.ra_pages < 2 * stripe)
 			mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.ra_pages = 2 * stripe;
 	}
+	mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.capabilities |= BDI_CAP_PAGE_CONST_WRITE;
 
 	/* Ok, everything is just fine now */
 	mddev->array_size =  mddev->size * (mddev->raid_disks - 2);
@@ -2095,9 +2166,11 @@ static void status (struct seq_file *seq
 		atomic_read(&conf->handled_in_raid5d),
 		atomic_read(&conf->out_of_stripes),
 		atomic_read(&conf->handle_called));
-	seq_printf (seq, "\n\t\treads: %u for rmw, %u for rcw",
+	seq_printf (seq, "\n\t\treads: %u for rmw, %u for rcw. zcopy writes: %u, copied writes: %u",
 		atomic_read(&conf->reads_for_rmw),
-		atomic_read(&conf->reads_for_rcw));
+		atomic_read(&conf->reads_for_rcw),
+		atomic_read(&conf->writes_zcopy),
+		atomic_read(&conf->writes_copied));
 	seq_printf (seq, "\n\t\t%u delayed, %u active, queues: %u in, %u out\n",
 		atomic_read(&conf->delayed),
 		atomic_read(&conf->active_stripes),