From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 013.lax.mailroute.net (013.lax.mailroute.net [199.89.1.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0929A363C65 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:29:37 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=199.89.1.16 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774297779; cv=none; b=P8HhOll5u+ytPH8bZOUBcCcFmgUhmE4Zba9istQ1C9Gh5rdiQRJoXOywR+ksc1cjjtnN7tISgFbKo7u8Cabty2+vZszc2uB9g1758pp6gLYkFS8BkbV/5VJSKZttlBN/++RyCiGaBuah7yO5yZPCdB+5nIg8YB25lddwAs775vA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774297779; c=relaxed/simple; bh=gU7nEsff6JZD8t0gfCwVfwlRiGa3wftZ1wavaLe71cw=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=PuEvgwexunhVYJzRQ5eMXyoMbGn+M3m9ZvdmBA5mXqu3kP89wwbpRG0oweY3msAHpn3X15/KcYsKwTPi6ndpkSRfRJ8E+F6Qct+gTJLpOF9lVh/rnT0bIyDG3Csvaj79wBMwkwHGl3qSRM6IEmLjDFz4mIsWEXK2dHW9QV8nZsc= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=acm.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=acm.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=acm.org header.i=@acm.org header.b=hjEya5np; arc=none smtp.client-ip=199.89.1.16 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=acm.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=acm.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=acm.org header.i=@acm.org header.b="hjEya5np" Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by 013.lax.mailroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4fflC53PHLzlfl6N; Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:29:37 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=acm.org; h= content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :x-mailer:message-id:date:date:subject:subject:from:from :received:received; s=mr01; t=1774297766; x=1776889767; bh=DbkiE Iqodf7nfRlcldoLNLUT/JwGfUFquq3XaDkiil0=; b=hjEya5npz/NYQhDddegsm etBwlKbv5nX/gAhRRsVNfr+hAOZG4LtiHENBKGZGK4Cp2nZXQ6nMHa2Wen3o8QDT LGtg115UPrlnjkG9M5hX8WIkVji6YY0adB1x55btOqupPLrPd86IuP18ZvJux5HG XgV1gzecOuNUuKi7KghiWV/6MolZuYeSWwJIrpYM7CI2yQQ6FBmwH71UTzuZMROK IEA6SLZc+n/48hx83APNnjMEteWsLCl7zsSfId3CsXEAGkW+OsFi33+WqjFd98oK 0yVE7b+qeJTrKvhtUeB+VNZxzMhHglzMBNjE0G4PtwQtwWR9OeY9L6vznjoYR99U w== X-Virus-Scanned: by MailRoute Received: from 013.lax.mailroute.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (013.lax [127.0.0.1]) (mroute_mailscanner, port 10029) with LMTP id rLQRo2XRlvZN; Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:29:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bvanassche.mtv.corp.google.com (unknown [104.135.180.219]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: bvanassche@acm.org) by 013.lax.mailroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4fflBp438Zzlfl5n; Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:29:22 +0000 (UTC) From: Bart Van Assche To: Jens Axboe Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig , Damien Le Moal , Bart Van Assche , Ming Lei , Damien Le Moal , Chaitanya Kulkarni , Keith Busch , Johannes Thumshirn , Hans Holmberg , Christophe JAILLET , Nilay Shroff , Kees Cook , Hannes Reinecke , "Martin K. Petersen" Subject: [PATCH 2/2] null_blk: Support configuring the maximum segment size Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:29:02 -0700 Message-ID: <20260323202904.1248169-3-bvanassche@acm.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0.983.g0bb29b3bc5-goog In-Reply-To: <20260323202904.1248169-1-bvanassche@acm.org> References: <20260323202904.1248169-1-bvanassche@acm.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-block@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Add support for configuring the maximum segment size. The maximum segment size may be set to a value smaller than the virtual memory page size. Cc: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Ming Lei Cc: Damien Le Moal Cc: Chaitanya Kulkarni Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche --- drivers/block/null_blk/main.c | 13 +++++++++++++ drivers/block/null_blk/null_blk.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.= c index 677ac829ef80..bf63431f6820 100644 --- a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c +++ b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c @@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ static int g_max_sectors; module_param_named(max_sectors, g_max_sectors, int, 0444); MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_sectors, "Maximum size of a command (in 512B sector= s)"); =20 +static unsigned int g_max_segment_size =3D BLK_MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE; +module_param_named(max_segment_size, g_max_segment_size, int, 0444); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_segment_size, "Maximum size of a segment in bytes")= ; + static unsigned int nr_devices =3D 1; module_param(nr_devices, uint, 0444); MODULE_PARM_DESC(nr_devices, "Number of devices to register"); @@ -450,6 +454,7 @@ NULLB_DEVICE_ATTR(home_node, uint, NULL); NULLB_DEVICE_ATTR(queue_mode, uint, NULL); NULLB_DEVICE_ATTR(blocksize, uint, NULL); NULLB_DEVICE_ATTR(max_sectors, uint, NULL); +NULLB_DEVICE_ATTR(max_segment_size, uint, NULL); NULLB_DEVICE_ATTR(irqmode, uint, NULL); NULLB_DEVICE_ATTR(hw_queue_depth, uint, NULL); NULLB_DEVICE_ATTR(index, uint, NULL); @@ -608,6 +613,7 @@ static struct configfs_attribute *nullb_device_attrs[= ] =3D { &nullb_device_attr_index, &nullb_device_attr_irqmode, &nullb_device_attr_max_sectors, + &nullb_device_attr_max_segment_size, &nullb_device_attr_mbps, &nullb_device_attr_memory_backed, &nullb_device_attr_no_sched, @@ -805,6 +811,7 @@ static struct nullb_device *null_alloc_dev(void) dev->queue_mode =3D g_queue_mode; dev->blocksize =3D g_bs; dev->max_sectors =3D g_max_sectors; + dev->max_segment_size =3D g_max_segment_size; dev->irqmode =3D g_irqmode; dev->hw_queue_depth =3D g_hw_queue_depth; dev->blocking =3D g_blocking; @@ -1251,6 +1258,9 @@ static blk_status_t null_transfer(struct nullb *nul= lb, struct page *page, unsigned int valid_len =3D len; void *p; =20 + WARN_ONCE(len > dev->max_segment_size, "%u > %u\n", len, + dev->max_segment_size); + p =3D kmap_local_page(page) + off; if (!is_write) { if (dev->zoned) { @@ -1298,6 +1308,8 @@ static blk_status_t null_handle_data_transfer(struc= t nullb_cmd *cmd, spin_lock_irq(&nullb->lock); rq_for_each_segment(bvec, rq, iter) { len =3D bvec.bv_len; + len =3D min(bvec.bv_len, nullb->dev->max_segment_size); + bvec.bv_len =3D len; if (transferred_bytes + len > max_bytes) len =3D max_bytes - transferred_bytes; err =3D null_transfer(nullb, bvec.bv_page, len, bvec.bv_offset, @@ -1961,6 +1973,7 @@ static int null_add_dev(struct nullb_device *dev) .logical_block_size =3D dev->blocksize, .physical_block_size =3D dev->blocksize, .max_hw_sectors =3D dev->max_sectors, + .max_segment_size =3D dev->max_segment_size, .dma_alignment =3D 1, }; =20 diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk/null_blk.h b/drivers/block/null_blk/n= ull_blk.h index 6c4c4bbe7dad..43dc47789718 100644 --- a/drivers/block/null_blk/null_blk.h +++ b/drivers/block/null_blk/null_blk.h @@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ struct nullb_device { unsigned int queue_mode; /* block interface */ unsigned int blocksize; /* block size */ unsigned int max_sectors; /* Max sectors per command */ + unsigned int max_segment_size; /* Max size of a single DMA segment. */ unsigned int irqmode; /* IRQ completion handler */ unsigned int hw_queue_depth; /* queue depth */ unsigned int index; /* index of the disk, only valid with a disk */