From: Yu Kuai <yukuai1@huaweicloud.com>
To: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com>,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org,
drbd-dev@lists.linbit.com
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
john.g.garry@oracle.com, pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de, hch@lst.de,
martin.petersen@oracle.com, axboe@kernel.dk, yi.zhang@huawei.com,
yangerkun@huawei.com, "yukuai (C)" <yukuai3@huawei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] md: init queue_limits->max_hw_wzeroes_unmap_sectors parameter
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 09:20:17 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f0cbf355-df20-d8a3-94d9-1ada83647a5a@huaweicloud.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250910111107.3247530-2-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com>
在 2025/09/10 19:11, Zhang Yi 写道:
> From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
>
> The parameter max_hw_wzeroes_unmap_sectors in queue_limits should be
> equal to max_write_zeroes_sectors if it is set to a non-zero value.
> However, the stacked md drivers call md_init_stacking_limits() to
> initialize this parameter to UINT_MAX but only adjust
> max_write_zeroes_sectors when setting limits. Therefore, this
> discrepancy triggers a value check failure in blk_validate_limits().
>
> $ modprobe scsi_debug num_parts=2 dev_size_mb=8 lbprz=1 lbpws=1
> $ mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=0 --raid-device=2 /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2
> mdadm: Defaulting to version 1.2 metadata
> mdadm: RUN_ARRAY failed: Invalid argument
>
> Fix this failure by explicitly setting max_hw_wzeroes_unmap_sectors to
> max_write_zeroes_sectors. Since the linear and raid0 drivers support
> write zeroes, so they can support unmap write zeroes operation if all of
> the backend devices support it. However, the raid1/10/5 drivers don't
> support write zeroes, so we have to set it to zero.
>
> Fixes: 0c40d7cb5ef3 ("block: introduce max_{hw|user}_wzeroes_unmap_sectors to queue limits")
> Reported-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/803a2183-a0bb-4b7a-92f1-afc5097630d2@oracle.com/
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
> Tested-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Li Nan <linan122@huawei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@huawei.com>
> ---
> drivers/md/md-linear.c | 1 +
> drivers/md/raid0.c | 1 +
> drivers/md/raid1.c | 1 +
> drivers/md/raid10.c | 1 +
> drivers/md/raid5.c | 1 +
> 5 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/md/md-linear.c b/drivers/md/md-linear.c
> index 5d9b08115375..3e1f165c2d20 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/md-linear.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/md-linear.c
> @@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ static int linear_set_limits(struct mddev *mddev)
> md_init_stacking_limits(&lim);
> lim.max_hw_sectors = mddev->chunk_sectors;
> lim.max_write_zeroes_sectors = mddev->chunk_sectors;
> + lim.max_hw_wzeroes_unmap_sectors = mddev->chunk_sectors;
> lim.io_min = mddev->chunk_sectors << 9;
> err = mddev_stack_rdev_limits(mddev, &lim, MDDEV_STACK_INTEGRITY);
> if (err)
> diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.c b/drivers/md/raid0.c
> index f1d8811a542a..419139ad7663 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/raid0.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/raid0.c
> @@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ static int raid0_set_limits(struct mddev *mddev)
> md_init_stacking_limits(&lim);
> lim.max_hw_sectors = mddev->chunk_sectors;
> lim.max_write_zeroes_sectors = mddev->chunk_sectors;
> + lim.max_hw_wzeroes_unmap_sectors = mddev->chunk_sectors;
> lim.io_min = mddev->chunk_sectors << 9;
> lim.io_opt = lim.io_min * mddev->raid_disks;
> lim.chunk_sectors = mddev->chunk_sectors;
> diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
> index bf44878ec640..d30b82beeb92 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
> @@ -3211,6 +3211,7 @@ static int raid1_set_limits(struct mddev *mddev)
>
> md_init_stacking_limits(&lim);
> lim.max_write_zeroes_sectors = 0;
> + lim.max_hw_wzeroes_unmap_sectors = 0;
> lim.features |= BLK_FEAT_ATOMIC_WRITES;
> err = mddev_stack_rdev_limits(mddev, &lim, MDDEV_STACK_INTEGRITY);
> if (err)
> diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
> index b60c30bfb6c7..9832eefb2f15 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
> @@ -4008,6 +4008,7 @@ static int raid10_set_queue_limits(struct mddev *mddev)
>
> md_init_stacking_limits(&lim);
> lim.max_write_zeroes_sectors = 0;
> + lim.max_hw_wzeroes_unmap_sectors = 0;
> lim.io_min = mddev->chunk_sectors << 9;
> lim.chunk_sectors = mddev->chunk_sectors;
> lim.io_opt = lim.io_min * raid10_nr_stripes(conf);
> diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
> index 023649fe2476..e385ef1355e8 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
> @@ -7732,6 +7732,7 @@ static int raid5_set_limits(struct mddev *mddev)
> lim.features |= BLK_FEAT_RAID_PARTIAL_STRIPES_EXPENSIVE;
> lim.discard_granularity = stripe;
> lim.max_write_zeroes_sectors = 0;
> + lim.max_hw_wzeroes_unmap_sectors = 0;
> mddev_stack_rdev_limits(mddev, &lim, 0);
> rdev_for_each(rdev, mddev)
> queue_limits_stack_bdev(&lim, rdev->bdev, rdev->new_data_offset,
>
Apply patch 1 to md-6.17.
Thanks,
Kuai
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-17 1:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-10 11:11 [PATCH v2 0/2] Fix the initialization of max_hw_wzeroes_unmap_sectors for stacking drivers Zhang Yi
2025-09-10 11:11 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] md: init queue_limits->max_hw_wzeroes_unmap_sectors parameter Zhang Yi
2025-09-10 11:41 ` Hannes Reinecke
2025-09-17 1:20 ` Yu Kuai [this message]
2025-09-10 11:11 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] drbd: " Zhang Yi
2025-09-10 11:41 ` Hannes Reinecke
2025-09-12 6:16 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Fix the initialization of max_hw_wzeroes_unmap_sectors for stacking drivers Zhang Yi
2025-09-15 10:43 ` John Garry
2025-09-16 0:49 ` Yu Kuai
2025-09-17 14:21 ` (subset) " Jens Axboe
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