From: Tao Cui <cui.tao@linux.dev>
To: tj@kernel.org, josef@toxicopanda.com, axboe@kernel.dk
Cc: cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
andrii@kernel.org, ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, cui.tao@linux.dev,
Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 8/8] docs: cgroup-v2: document io.cost ctrl=bpf option
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 18:01:43 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260908100143.47598-9-cui.tao@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260908100143.47598-1-cui.tao@linux.dev>
From: Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
Document the "bpf" value of the ctrl key of io.cost.model and the
iocost_model_ops struct_ops it selects, in the io.cost.model section
of the cgroup v2 documentation: the registration precondition and
single-instance limit, the scalar arguments, the vtime clamp and the
delegation-to-builtin semantics of a zero return value.
Signed-off-by: Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst | 16 +++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
index 8d2603751c51a..54b0574ce586c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
@@ -2115,10 +2115,24 @@ IO Interface Files
are defined.
===== ================================
- ctrl "auto" or "user"
+ ctrl "auto", "user" or "bpf"
model The cost model in use - "linear"
===== ================================
+ When "ctrl" is "bpf" (only available when
+ CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP_IOCOST_BPF is enabled), cost calculation for
+ the device is dispatched to the BPF program registered against
+ the iocost_model_ops struct_ops. Writing "bpf" fails with -EINVAL
+ until such a program is registered, and at most one program can
+ be registered system-wide. The model is called with scalar
+ arguments (operation, size, sector, cgroup cursor, css id of the
+ issuing cgroup, flags; see include/linux/blk-iocost.h for their
+ meaning) and returns a cost in vtime units, clamped by the kernel
+ to 1 second of device time per IO. A return value of 0 delegates
+ the IO back to the builtin linear formula, so a model which only
+ handles some IO types cannot make the rest free. Devices which
+ don't opt in keep the builtin linear model unchanged.
+
When "ctrl" is "auto", the kernel may change all parameters
dynamically. When "ctrl" is set to "user" or any other
parameters are written to, "ctrl" become "user" and the
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-08 10:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-08 10:01 [RFC PATCH 0/8] blk-iocost: BPF struct_ops cost model Tao Cui
2026-09-08 10:01 ` [RFC PATCH 1/8] blk-iocost: add iocost_ioc_tick tracepoint for per-period device summary Tao Cui
2026-09-08 10:01 ` [RFC PATCH 2/8] blk-iocost: define iocost_model_ops cost model interface Tao Cui
2026-09-08 10:13 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 20:31 ` Tejun Heo
2026-09-08 10:01 ` [RFC PATCH 3/8] blk-iocost: implement BPF struct_ops registration Tao Cui
2026-09-08 20:31 ` Tejun Heo
2026-09-08 10:01 ` [RFC PATCH 4/8] blk-iocost: dispatch cost calculation to registered BPF model Tao Cui
2026-09-08 20:31 ` Tejun Heo
2026-09-08 10:01 ` [RFC PATCH 5/8] blk-iocost: add ctrl=bpf per-device opt-in Tao Cui
2026-09-08 10:01 ` [RFC PATCH 6/8] selftests/bpf: add iocost cost model test Tao Cui
2026-09-08 10:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 20:31 ` Tejun Heo
2026-09-08 10:01 ` [RFC PATCH 7/8] selftests/bpf: add multi-stream sequentiality example model Tao Cui
2026-09-08 10:21 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 20:31 ` Tejun Heo
2026-09-08 10:01 ` Tao Cui [this message]
2026-09-08 20:31 ` [RFC PATCH 0/8] blk-iocost: BPF struct_ops cost model Tejun Heo
2026-09-09 13:12 ` Tao Cui
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