From 3ca2dc253f3dd9cc1e9fc2758986e548d3473769 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 06:11:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] block: split out a new blk_plug.h helper

blkdev.h gets included in various places outside the block layer just
for struct blk_plug and related plugging functions.

Split blk_plug into a separate helper to reduce the amount of code
that needs to get rebuilt when blkdev.h changes and to slightly
reduce compile times.

In io_uring this requires pulling in a few other headers explicitly that
previously were implicitly included through blkdev.h.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
---
 fs/aio.c                       |  2 +-
 fs/fs-writeback.c              |  2 +-
 include/linux/blk_plug.h       | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/blkdev.h         | 86 +-----------------------------
 include/linux/io_uring_types.h |  2 +-
 io_uring/io_uring.h            |  1 +
 io_uring/kbuf.c                |  1 +
 io_uring/rsrc.h                |  2 +
 io_uring/rw.h                  |  1 +
 kernel/exit.c                  |  1 -
 kernel/sched/core.c            |  1 -
 mm/madvise.c                   |  2 +-
 mm/page-writeback.c            |  1 -
 mm/readahead.c                 |  2 +-
 mm/swap_state.c                |  2 +-
 mm/vmscan.c                    |  2 +-
 16 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 95 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 include/linux/blk_plug.h

diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index f57fa21a25035..ebdb0e5b95fd9 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/eventfd.h>
-#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/blk_plug.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/migrate.h>
 #include <linux/ramfs.h>
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index fdb8766d275a1..d064072284f41 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
-#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/blk_plug.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_plug.h b/include/linux/blk_plug.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2ac1265662ad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/blk_plug.h
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _LINUX_BLK_PLUG_H
+#define _LINUX_BLK_PLUG_H
+
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+
+struct blk_plug_cb;
+typedef void (*blk_plug_cb_fn)(struct blk_plug_cb *cb, bool from_schedule);
+
+struct rq_list {
+	struct request *head;
+	struct request *tail;
+};
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
+/*
+ * blk_plug permits building a queue of related requests by holding the I/O
+ * fragments for a short period. This allows merging of sequential requests
+ * into single larger request. As the requests are moved from a per-task list to
+ * the device's request_queue in a batch, this results in improved scalability
+ * as the lock contention for request_queue lock is reduced.
+ *
+ * It is ok not to disable preemption when adding the request to the plug list
+ * or when attempting a merge. For details, please see schedule() where
+ * blk_flush_plug() is called.
+ */
+struct blk_plug {
+	struct rq_list mq_list; /* blk-mq requests */
+
+	/* if ios_left is > 1, we can batch tag/rq allocations */
+	struct rq_list cached_rqs;
+	u64 cur_ktime;
+	unsigned short nr_ios;
+
+	unsigned short rq_count;
+
+	bool multiple_queues;
+	bool has_elevator;
+
+	struct list_head cb_list; /* md requires an unplug callback */
+};
+
+void blk_start_plug(struct blk_plug *);
+void blk_start_plug_nr_ios(struct blk_plug *, unsigned short);
+void blk_finish_plug(struct blk_plug *);
+
+void __blk_flush_plug(struct blk_plug *plug, bool from_schedule);
+static inline void blk_flush_plug(struct blk_plug *plug, bool async)
+{
+	if (plug)
+		__blk_flush_plug(plug, async);
+}
+
+static __always_inline void blk_plug_invalidate_ts(void)
+{
+	if (unlikely(current->flags & PF_BLOCK_TS)) {
+		current->plug->cur_ktime = 0;
+		current->flags &= ~PF_BLOCK_TS;
+	}
+}
+
+struct blk_plug_cb {
+	struct list_head list;
+	blk_plug_cb_fn callback;
+	void *data;
+};
+
+struct blk_plug_cb *blk_check_plugged(blk_plug_cb_fn unplug, void *data,
+		int size);
+#else /* CONFIG_BLOCK */
+struct blk_plug {
+};
+
+static inline void blk_start_plug(struct blk_plug *plug)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void blk_start_plug_nr_ios(struct blk_plug *plug,
+					 unsigned short nr_ios)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void blk_finish_plug(struct blk_plug *plug)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void blk_flush_plug(struct blk_plug *plug, bool async)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void blk_plug_invalidate_ts(void)
+{
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_BLOCK */
+#endif /* _LINUX_BLK_PLUG_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 9213a5716f95a..20cb8ed7d987a 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/blk_types.h>
+#include <linux/blk_plug.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/llist.h>
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/percpu-refcount.h>
 #include <linux/blkzoned.h>
-#include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/sbitmap.h>
 #include <linux/uuid.h>
 #include <linux/xarray.h>
@@ -1169,94 +1169,10 @@ extern void blk_put_queue(struct request_queue *);
 
 void blk_mark_disk_dead(struct gendisk *disk);
 
-struct rq_list {
-	struct request *head;
-	struct request *tail;
-};
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
-/*
- * blk_plug permits building a queue of related requests by holding the I/O
- * fragments for a short period. This allows merging of sequential requests
- * into single larger request. As the requests are moved from a per-task list to
- * the device's request_queue in a batch, this results in improved scalability
- * as the lock contention for request_queue lock is reduced.
- *
- * It is ok not to disable preemption when adding the request to the plug list
- * or when attempting a merge. For details, please see schedule() where
- * blk_flush_plug() is called.
- */
-struct blk_plug {
-	struct rq_list mq_list; /* blk-mq requests */
-
-	/* if ios_left is > 1, we can batch tag/rq allocations */
-	struct rq_list cached_rqs;
-	u64 cur_ktime;
-	unsigned short nr_ios;
-
-	unsigned short rq_count;
-
-	bool multiple_queues;
-	bool has_elevator;
-
-	struct list_head cb_list; /* md requires an unplug callback */
-};
-
-struct blk_plug_cb;
-typedef void (*blk_plug_cb_fn)(struct blk_plug_cb *, bool);
-struct blk_plug_cb {
-	struct list_head list;
-	blk_plug_cb_fn callback;
-	void *data;
-};
-extern struct blk_plug_cb *blk_check_plugged(blk_plug_cb_fn unplug,
-					     void *data, int size);
-extern void blk_start_plug(struct blk_plug *);
-extern void blk_start_plug_nr_ios(struct blk_plug *, unsigned short);
-extern void blk_finish_plug(struct blk_plug *);
-
-void __blk_flush_plug(struct blk_plug *plug, bool from_schedule);
-static inline void blk_flush_plug(struct blk_plug *plug, bool async)
-{
-	if (plug)
-		__blk_flush_plug(plug, async);
-}
-
-static __always_inline void blk_plug_invalidate_ts(void)
-{
-	if (unlikely(current->flags & PF_BLOCK_TS)) {
-		current->plug->cur_ktime = 0;
-		current->flags &= ~PF_BLOCK_TS;
-	}
-}
-
 int blkdev_issue_flush(struct block_device *bdev);
 long nr_blockdev_pages(void);
 #else /* CONFIG_BLOCK */
-struct blk_plug {
-};
-
-static inline void blk_start_plug_nr_ios(struct blk_plug *plug,
-					 unsigned short nr_ios)
-{
-}
-
-static inline void blk_start_plug(struct blk_plug *plug)
-{
-}
-
-static inline void blk_finish_plug(struct blk_plug *plug)
-{
-}
-
-static inline void blk_flush_plug(struct blk_plug *plug, bool async)
-{
-}
-
-static inline void blk_plug_invalidate_ts(void)
-{
-}
-
 static inline int blkdev_issue_flush(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/io_uring_types.h b/include/linux/io_uring_types.h
index 87151a5b62c1b..954f34d6ca473 100644
--- a/include/linux/io_uring_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/io_uring_types.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef IO_URING_TYPES_H
 #define IO_URING_TYPES_H
 
-#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/blk_plug.h>
 #include <linux/hashtable.h>
 #include <linux/task_work.h>
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.h b/io_uring/io_uring.h
index cb736b8154224..9771d4557ed39 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.h
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #define IOU_CORE_H
 
 #include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/lockdep.h>
 #include <linux/resume_user_mode.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.c b/io_uring/kbuf.c
index 3cd29477fff2d..e58bff9037f1b 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.c
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/io_uring.h>
 
diff --git a/io_uring/rsrc.h b/io_uring/rsrc.h
index 98ae8ef51009d..eacfdb70f2031 100644
--- a/io_uring/rsrc.h
+++ b/io_uring/rsrc.h
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 #ifndef IOU_RSRC_H
 #define IOU_RSRC_H
 
+#include <linux/bvec.h>
 #include <linux/io_uring_types.h>
 #include <linux/lockdep.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
 
 #define IO_VEC_CACHE_SOFT_CAP		256
 
diff --git a/io_uring/rw.h b/io_uring/rw.h
index 9bd7fbf70ea9b..1179506f929f4 100644
--- a/io_uring/rw.h
+++ b/io_uring/rw.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/io_uring_types.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
 
 struct io_meta_state {
 	u32			seed;
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 1056422bc1013..2140d0515f9e4 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 #include <linux/audit.h> /* for audit_free() */
 #include <linux/resource.h>
 #include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h>
-#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/task_work.h>
 #include <linux/fs_struct.h>
 #include <linux/init_task.h>
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 96226707c2f61..616774777dea3 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include <linux/sched/rseq_api.h>
 #include <linux/sched/rt.h>
 
-#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/context_tracking.h>
 #include <linux/cpuset.h>
 #include <linux/delayacct.h>
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 77552b03d318d..7ec9b6cfb15ed 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/ksm.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
-#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/blk_plug.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/pagewalk.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index e98748112d1ed..d1fd6ba58ae50 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h>
-#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/mpage.h>
 #include <linux/rmap.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c
index 558c92957518b..6e5563290287e 100644
--- a/mm/readahead.c
+++ b/mm/readahead.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
  * ->read_folio() which may be less efficient.
  */
 
-#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/blk_plug.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/dax.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
index 9c3a5cf997786..727a17ee78211 100644
--- a/mm/swap_state.c
+++ b/mm/swap_state.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/folio_batch.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
-#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/blk_plug.h>
 #include <linux/migrate.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/huge_mm.h>
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 35c3bb15ae96a..b957664abb26e 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/vmstat.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
-#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/blk_plug.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>	/* for buffer_heads_over_limit */
 #include <linux/mm_inline.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>