From: Tao Cui <cui.tao@linux.dev>
To: tj@kernel.org, josef@toxicopanda.com, axboe@kernel.dk,
alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com
Cc: cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
andrii@kernel.org, eddyz87@gmail.com, ast@kernel.org,
daniel@iogearbox.net, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
cui.tao@linux.dev, cuitao@kylinos.cn, ameryhung@gmail.com
Subject: [RFC PATCH v12 4/4] docs: cgroup-v2: document the iocost BPF cost model attachment
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 21:26:13 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261103132613.1952975-5-cui.tao@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261103132613.1952975-1-cui.tao@linux.dev>
From: Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
Document the BPF cost model attachment in the io.cost.model section
of the cgroup v2 documentation: attaching an iocost_model_ops
struct_ops to a device by its major:minor, the model=bpf readback
while attached (ctrl keeps describing the coefficients), the builtin
model coming back on detach, and ctrl writes never selecting a model.
Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
index 9e3c67b02ae2..0965645b1286 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
@@ -2056,8 +2056,9 @@ IO Interface Files
currently implements "io.weight" proportional control. Lines
are keyed by $MAJ:$MIN device numbers and not ordered. The
line for a given device is populated on the first write for
- the device on "io.cost.qos" or "io.cost.model". The following
- nested keys are defined.
+ the device on "io.cost.qos" or "io.cost.model", or when a BPF
+ cost model is attached to it. The following nested keys are
+ defined.
====== =====================================
enable Weight-based control enable
@@ -2111,13 +2112,40 @@ IO Interface Files
implements "io.weight" proportional control. Lines are keyed
by $MAJ:$MIN device numbers and not ordered. The line for a
given device is populated on the first write for the device on
- "io.cost.qos" or "io.cost.model". The following nested keys
- are defined.
+ "io.cost.qos" or "io.cost.model", or when a BPF cost model is
+ attached to it. The following nested keys are defined.
- ===== ================================
+ ===== ==========================================
ctrl "auto" or "user"
- model The cost model in use - "linear"
- ===== ================================
+ model The cost model in use - "linear" or "bpf"
+ ===== ==========================================
+
+ When BPF cost model support is available, a BPF cost model
+ can be bound to a device by attaching an
+ "iocost_model_ops" struct_ops carrying the whole disk's
+ major:minor as encoded by makedev(3) in its "dev" member (a
+ partition's major:minor is rejected). Attaching creates the
+ controller if needed, like
+ an io.cost.model write does, switches the device's pricing to
+ the model and populates the device's line in this file and in
+ "io.cost.qos" if it did not exist yet. Attaching fails with
+ -EBUSY if the device already has a model attached. The
+ attached model prices IOs only while the controller is
+ enabled through "io.cost.qos"; attaching does not enable it.
+ IOs issued directly by the root cgroup bypass the model.
+
+ While a model is attached, "model" selects between it and the
+ builtin model: "model=bpf" switches to the attached model and
+ "model=linear" switches back to the builtin model, and neither
+ detaches the struct_ops.
+
+ Detaching removes the model, after which "model=bpf"
+ fails and the device prices with the builtin model again.
+ Device removal ejects the attached model as well, while the
+ struct_ops link remains until userspace destroys it. "ctrl"
+ accepts only "auto" and "user" and never selects a model. It
+ keeps describing the builtin coefficients, which take effect
+ again when switched back.
When "ctrl" is "auto", the kernel may change all parameters
dynamically. When "ctrl" is set to "user" or any other
@@ -2125,7 +2153,8 @@ IO Interface Files
automatic changes are disabled.
When "model" is "linear", the following model parameters are
- defined.
+ defined. They remain readable and writable while "model" is
+ "bpf".
============= ========================================
[r|w]bps The maximum sequential IO throughput
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-03 13:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-03 13:26 [RFC PATCH v12 0/4] blk-iocost: BPF struct_ops cost model Tao Cui
2026-11-03 13:26 ` [RFC PATCH v12 1/4] blk-iocost: add BPF struct_ops cost model support Tao Cui
2026-11-03 16:51 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-11-03 13:26 ` [RFC PATCH v12 2/4] blk-iocost: add iocost_ioc_tick tracepoint for per-period device summary Tao Cui
2026-11-03 14:07 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-11-03 13:26 ` [RFC PATCH v12 3/4] selftests/bpf: add iocost cost model test Tao Cui
2026-11-03 14:07 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-11-03 13:26 ` Tao Cui [this message]
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