Re: [PATCH v6 4/6] block: Add support for REQ_ALLOCATE flag

Darrick J. Wong
2020-02-12T16:59:24Z

On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 12:33:53PM +0300, Kirill Tkhai wrote:
> This adds support for REQ_ALLOCATE extension of REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES
> operation, which encourages a block device driver to just allocate
> blocks (or mark them allocated) instead of actual blocks zeroing.
> REQ_ALLOCATE is aimed to be used for network filesystems providing
> a block device interface. Also, block devices, which map a file
> on other filesystem (like loop), may use this for less fragmentation
> and batching fallocate() requests. Hypervisors like QEMU may
> introduce optimizations of clusters allocations based on this.
>
> BLKDEV_ZERO_ALLOCATE is a new corresponding flag for
> blkdev_issue_zeroout().
>
> Stacking devices start from zero max_allocate_sectors limit for now,
> and the support is going to be implemented separate for each device
> in the future.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@virtuozzo.com>
> Reviewed-by: Bob Liu <bob.liu@oracle.com>
> ---
> block/blk-lib.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
> block/blk-settings.c | 4 ++++
> fs/block_dev.c | 4 ++++
> include/linux/blk_types.h | 5 ++++-
> include/linux/blkdev.h | 13 ++++++++++---
> 5 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
> index 3e38c93cfc53..9cd6f86523ba 100644
> --- a/block/blk-lib.c
> +++ b/block/blk-lib.c
> @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static int __blkdev_issue_write_zeroes(struct block_device *bdev,
> struct bio **biop, unsigned flags)
> {
> struct bio *bio = *biop;
> - unsigned int max_write_zeroes_sectors;
> + unsigned int max_write_zeroes_sectors, req_flags = 0;
> struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
>
> if (!q)
> @@ -224,18 +224,21 @@ static int __blkdev_issue_write_zeroes(struct block_device *bdev,
> return -EPERM;
>
> /* Ensure that max_write_zeroes_sectors doesn't overflow bi_size */
> - max_write_zeroes_sectors = bdev_write_zeroes_sectors(bdev, 0);
> + max_write_zeroes_sectors = bdev_write_zeroes_sectors(bdev, flags);
>
> if (max_write_zeroes_sectors == 0)
> return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>
> + if (flags & BLKDEV_ZERO_NOUNMAP)
> + req_flags |= REQ_NOUNMAP;
> + if (flags & BLKDEV_ZERO_ALLOCATE)
> + req_flags |= REQ_ALLOCATE|REQ_NOUNMAP;
> +
> while (nr_sects) {
> bio = blk_next_bio(bio, 0, gfp_mask);
> bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
> bio_set_dev(bio, bdev);
> - bio->bi_opf = REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES;
> - if (flags & BLKDEV_ZERO_NOUNMAP)
> - bio->bi_opf |= REQ_NOUNMAP;
> + bio->bi_opf = REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES | req_flags;
>
> if (nr_sects > max_write_zeroes_sectors) {
> bio->bi_iter.bi_size = max_write_zeroes_sectors << 9;
> @@ -362,7 +365,7 @@ int blkdev_issue_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
> sector_t bs_mask;
> struct bio *bio;
> struct blk_plug plug;
> - bool try_write_zeroes = !!bdev_write_zeroes_sectors(bdev, 0);
> + bool try_write_zeroes = !!bdev_write_zeroes_sectors(bdev, flags);
>
> bs_mask = (bdev_logical_block_size(bdev) >> 9) - 1;
> if ((sector | nr_sects) & bs_mask)
> @@ -391,7 +394,7 @@ int blkdev_issue_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
> try_write_zeroes = false;
> goto retry;
> }
> - if (!bdev_write_zeroes_sectors(bdev, 0)) {
> + if (!bdev_write_zeroes_sectors(bdev, flags)) {
> /*
> * Zeroing offload support was indicated, but the
> * device reported ILLEGAL REQUEST (for some devices
> diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
> index c8eda2e7b91e..8d5df9d37239 100644
> --- a/block/blk-settings.c
> +++ b/block/blk-settings.c
> @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ void blk_set_default_limits(struct queue_limits *lim)
> lim->chunk_sectors = 0;
> lim->max_write_same_sectors = 0;
> lim->max_write_zeroes_sectors = 0;
> + lim->max_allocate_sectors = 0;
> lim->max_discard_sectors = 0;
> lim->max_hw_discard_sectors = 0;
> lim->discard_granularity = 0;
> @@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ void blk_set_stacking_limits(struct queue_limits *lim)
> lim->max_dev_sectors = UINT_MAX;
> lim->max_write_same_sectors = UINT_MAX;
> lim->max_write_zeroes_sectors = UINT_MAX;
> + lim->max_allocate_sectors = 0;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_set_stacking_limits);
>
> @@ -506,6 +508,8 @@ int blk_stack_limits(struct queue_limits *t, struct queue_limits *b,
> b->max_write_same_sectors);
> t->max_write_zeroes_sectors = min(t->max_write_zeroes_sectors,
> b->max_write_zeroes_sectors);
> + t->max_allocate_sectors = min(t->max_allocate_sectors,
> + b->max_allocate_sectors);
> t->bounce_pfn = min_not_zero(t->bounce_pfn, b->bounce_pfn);
>
> t->seg_boundary_mask = min_not_zero(t->seg_boundary_mask,
> diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
> index 69bf2fb6f7cd..1ffef894b3bd 100644
> --- a/fs/block_dev.c
> +++ b/fs/block_dev.c
> @@ -2122,6 +2122,10 @@ static long blkdev_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t start,
> error = blkdev_issue_zeroout(bdev, start >> 9, len >> 9,
> GFP_KERNEL, BLKDEV_ZERO_NOFALLBACK);
> break;
> + case FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE:
> + error = blkdev_issue_zeroout(bdev, start >> 9, len >> 9,
> + GFP_KERNEL, BLKDEV_ZERO_ALLOCATE | BLKDEV_ZERO_NOFALLBACK);

I think this should be ^^^ indented to match the other calls.

> + break;
> case FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE | FALLOC_FL_NO_HIDE_STALE:
> error = blkdev_issue_discard(bdev, start >> 9, len >> 9,
> GFP_KERNEL, 0);
> diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
> index 70254ae11769..86accd2caa4e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
> @@ -335,7 +335,9 @@ enum req_flag_bits {
>
> /* command specific flags for REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES: */
> __REQ_NOUNMAP, /* do not free blocks when zeroing */
> -
> + __REQ_ALLOCATE, /* only notify about allocated blocks,
> + * and do not actually zero them

"only notify"? Is someone getting a notification? Or are we simply
"notifying" the device that it must ensure allocated blocks?

If it's that last one, then perhaps this should be reworded:

/*
* Ensure the LBA range is backed by physical storage
* without writing zeroes to the blocks.
*/

--D

> + */
> __REQ_HIPRI,
>
> /* for driver use */
> @@ -362,6 +364,7 @@ enum req_flag_bits {
> #define REQ_CGROUP_PUNT (1ULL << __REQ_CGROUP_PUNT)
>
> #define REQ_NOUNMAP (1ULL << __REQ_NOUNMAP)
> +#define REQ_ALLOCATE (1ULL << __REQ_ALLOCATE)
> #define REQ_HIPRI (1ULL << __REQ_HIPRI)
>
> #define REQ_DRV (1ULL << __REQ_DRV)
> diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
> index 55a714161684..40707f980a2e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
> +++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
> @@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ struct queue_limits {
> unsigned int max_hw_discard_sectors;
> unsigned int max_write_same_sectors;
> unsigned int max_write_zeroes_sectors;
> + unsigned int max_allocate_sectors;
> unsigned int discard_granularity;
> unsigned int discard_alignment;
>
> @@ -990,6 +991,8 @@ static inline struct bio_vec req_bvec(struct request *rq)
> static inline unsigned int blk_queue_get_max_write_zeroes_sectors(
> struct request_queue *q, unsigned int op_flags)
> {
> + if (op_flags & REQ_ALLOCATE)
> + return q->limits.max_allocate_sectors;
> return q->limits.max_write_zeroes_sectors;
> }
>
> @@ -1226,6 +1229,7 @@ extern int __blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
>
> #define BLKDEV_ZERO_NOUNMAP (1 << 0) /* do not free blocks */
> #define BLKDEV_ZERO_NOFALLBACK (1 << 1) /* don't write explicit zeroes */
> +#define BLKDEV_ZERO_ALLOCATE (1 << 2) /* allocate range of blocks */
>
> extern int __blkdev_issue_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
> sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask, struct bio **biop,
> @@ -1430,10 +1434,13 @@ static inline unsigned int bdev_write_zeroes_sectors(struct block_device *bdev,
> {
> struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
>
> - if (q)
> - return q->limits.max_write_zeroes_sectors;
> + if (!q)
> + return 0;
>
> - return 0;
> + if (flags & BLKDEV_ZERO_ALLOCATE)
> + return q->limits.max_allocate_sectors;
> + else
> + return q->limits.max_write_zeroes_sectors;
> }
>
> static inline enum blk_zoned_model bdev_zoned_model(struct block_device *bdev)
>
>