v4.19.13 snapshot.
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-cache.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-cache.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 CNEX Labs
+ * Initial release: Javier Gonzalez <javier@cnexlabs.com>
+ *                  Matias Bjorling <matias@cnexlabs.com>
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * pblk-cache.c - pblk's write cache
+ */
+
+#include "pblk.h"
+
+int pblk_write_to_cache(struct pblk *pblk, struct bio *bio, unsigned long flags)
+{
+	struct request_queue *q = pblk->dev->q;
+	struct pblk_w_ctx w_ctx;
+	sector_t lba = pblk_get_lba(bio);
+	unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
+	unsigned int bpos, pos;
+	int nr_entries = pblk_get_secs(bio);
+	int i, ret;
+
+	generic_start_io_acct(q, REQ_OP_WRITE, bio_sectors(bio),
+			      &pblk->disk->part0);
+
+	/* Update the write buffer head (mem) with the entries that we can
+	 * write. The write in itself cannot fail, so there is no need to
+	 * rollback from here on.
+	 */
+retry:
+	ret = pblk_rb_may_write_user(&pblk->rwb, bio, nr_entries, &bpos);
+	switch (ret) {
+	case NVM_IO_REQUEUE:
+		io_schedule();
+		goto retry;
+	case NVM_IO_ERR:
+		pblk_pipeline_stop(pblk);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	pblk_ppa_set_empty(&w_ctx.ppa);
+	w_ctx.flags = flags;
+	if (bio->bi_opf & REQ_PREFLUSH) {
+		w_ctx.flags |= PBLK_FLUSH_ENTRY;
+		pblk_write_kick(pblk);
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(!bio_has_data(bio)))
+		goto out;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_entries; i++) {
+		void *data = bio_data(bio);
+
+		w_ctx.lba = lba + i;
+
+		pos = pblk_rb_wrap_pos(&pblk->rwb, bpos + i);
+		pblk_rb_write_entry_user(&pblk->rwb, data, w_ctx, pos);
+
+		bio_advance(bio, PBLK_EXPOSED_PAGE_SIZE);
+	}
+
+	atomic64_add(nr_entries, &pblk->user_wa);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NVM_PBLK_DEBUG
+	atomic_long_add(nr_entries, &pblk->inflight_writes);
+	atomic_long_add(nr_entries, &pblk->req_writes);
+#endif
+
+	pblk_rl_inserted(&pblk->rl, nr_entries);
+
+out:
+	generic_end_io_acct(q, REQ_OP_WRITE, &pblk->disk->part0, start_time);
+	pblk_write_should_kick(pblk);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * On GC the incoming lbas are not necessarily sequential. Also, some of the
+ * lbas might not be valid entries, which are marked as empty by the GC thread
+ */
+int pblk_write_gc_to_cache(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_gc_rq *gc_rq)
+{
+	struct pblk_w_ctx w_ctx;
+	unsigned int bpos, pos;
+	void *data = gc_rq->data;
+	int i, valid_entries;
+
+	/* Update the write buffer head (mem) with the entries that we can
+	 * write. The write in itself cannot fail, so there is no need to
+	 * rollback from here on.
+	 */
+retry:
+	if (!pblk_rb_may_write_gc(&pblk->rwb, gc_rq->secs_to_gc, &bpos)) {
+		io_schedule();
+		goto retry;
+	}
+
+	w_ctx.flags = PBLK_IOTYPE_GC;
+	pblk_ppa_set_empty(&w_ctx.ppa);
+
+	for (i = 0, valid_entries = 0; i < gc_rq->nr_secs; i++) {
+		if (gc_rq->lba_list[i] == ADDR_EMPTY)
+			continue;
+
+		w_ctx.lba = gc_rq->lba_list[i];
+
+		pos = pblk_rb_wrap_pos(&pblk->rwb, bpos + valid_entries);
+		pblk_rb_write_entry_gc(&pblk->rwb, data, w_ctx, gc_rq->line,
+						gc_rq->paddr_list[i], pos);
+
+		data += PBLK_EXPOSED_PAGE_SIZE;
+		valid_entries++;
+	}
+
+	WARN_ONCE(gc_rq->secs_to_gc != valid_entries,
+					"pblk: inconsistent GC write\n");
+
+	atomic64_add(valid_entries, &pblk->gc_wa);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NVM_PBLK_DEBUG
+	atomic_long_add(valid_entries, &pblk->inflight_writes);
+	atomic_long_add(valid_entries, &pblk->recov_gc_writes);
+#endif
+
+	pblk_write_should_kick(pblk);
+	return NVM_IO_OK;
+}