From: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>,
Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>,
Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>,
Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@opensource.wdc.com>,
Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com>,
Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>,
Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>,
Genjian Zhang <zhanggenjian@kylinos.cn>,
Hans Holmberg <hans.holmberg@wdc.com>,
Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>,
Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 5/5] null_blk: Support configuring the maximum DMA segment size
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:37:15 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260325213719.2850619-6-bvanassche@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260325213719.2850619-1-bvanassche@acm.org>
Add support for configuring the maximum DMA segment size. The maximum DMA
segment size may be set to a value smaller than the virtual memory page
size. No checks are performed on the new max_segment_size parameter
because all positive values are valid. The value 0 is converted into a
valid value by blk_validate_limits().
Since rq_for_each_segment() may yield bvecs larger than the maximum DMA
segment size, add code in the rq_for_each_segment() loop that restricts
the bvec length to the maximum DMA segment size.
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Cc: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@opensource.wdc.com>
Cc: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
---
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..c43d74cdfd23 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 sectors)");
+static unsigned int g_max_segment_size = 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 DMA segment in bytes");
+
static unsigned int nr_devices = 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[] = {
&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 = g_queue_mode;
dev->blocksize = g_bs;
dev->max_sectors = g_max_sectors;
+ dev->max_segment_size = g_max_segment_size;
dev->irqmode = g_irqmode;
dev->hw_queue_depth = g_hw_queue_depth;
dev->blocking = g_blocking;
@@ -1251,6 +1258,9 @@ static blk_status_t null_transfer(struct nullb *nullb, struct page *page,
unsigned int valid_len = len;
void *p;
+ WARN_ONCE(len > dev->max_segment_size, "%u > %u\n", len,
+ dev->max_segment_size);
+
p = kmap_local_page(page) + off;
if (!is_write) {
if (dev->zoned) {
@@ -1298,6 +1308,8 @@ static blk_status_t null_handle_data_transfer(struct nullb_cmd *cmd,
spin_lock_irq(&nullb->lock);
rq_for_each_segment(bvec, rq, iter) {
len = bvec.bv_len;
+ len = min(bvec.bv_len, nullb->dev->max_segment_size);
+ bvec.bv_len = len;
if (transferred_bytes + len > max_bytes)
len = max_bytes - transferred_bytes;
err = 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 = dev->blocksize,
.physical_block_size = dev->blocksize,
.max_hw_sectors = dev->max_sectors,
+ .max_segment_size = dev->max_segment_size,
.dma_alignment = 1,
};
diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk/null_blk.h b/drivers/block/null_blk/null_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 */
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-25 21:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-25 21:37 [PATCH v2 0/5] Enable testing small DMA segment sizes Bart Van Assche
2026-03-25 21:37 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] block: Fix a source code comment Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 14:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-26 14:48 ` Ming Lei
2026-03-25 21:37 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] block: Fix the max_user_sectors lower bound Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 14:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-26 14:46 ` Ming Lei
2026-03-25 21:37 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] block: Remove a DMA segment boundary mask check Bart Van Assche
2026-03-26 14:51 ` Ming Lei
2026-03-26 15:51 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-03-27 0:52 ` Ming Lei
2026-03-27 1:55 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-03-25 21:37 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] block: Reduce the minimum value for the maximum DMA segment size Bart Van Assche
2026-03-25 21:37 ` Bart Van Assche [this message]
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