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| author | Niklas Cassel <cassel@kernel.org> | 2026-09-18 16:06:42 +0200 |
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| committer | Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> | 2026-09-29 12:54:47 -0600 |
| commit | 684b413b5483f57c890c171b9400076a0143b918 (patch) | |
| tree | f167daddad3dce9af44773541373eafbccc9ac61 /Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/binding.rst | |
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virtio_blk: set the zone write granularitygrafted
virtblk_read_zoned_limits() reads the write granularity that the device
reports in virtio_blk_zoned_characteristics and assigns it to the
physical block size and to io_min, but never to the limit that is named
after it. queue_limits.zone_write_granularity is left at zero, so
blk_validate_zoned_limits() raises it to the logical block size:
if (lim->zone_write_granularity < lim->logical_block_size)
lim->zone_write_granularity = lim->logical_block_size;
A device that reports a granularity coarser than its logical block size,
which is what the field exists to express, therefore has it silently
reduced. A 512e host managed disk passed through to a guest reports a
logical block size of 512 and a write granularity of 4096, and the guest
ends up with a zone write granularity of 512.
bio_split_alignment() returns lim->zone_write_granularity if it is non-zero
and bio_split_io_at() may split a bio with as per bio_split_alignment().
This can real to the write getting rejected by the host drive, as the write
is not aligned to the physical block size.
zonefs also takes its block size from bdev_zone_write_granularity(), so it
would incorrectly use 512 on a disk that requires 4096.
sd_zbc_read_zones() sets the limit from the physical block size for the
same reason. NVMe ZNS and null_blk leave it unset, but the fallback
gives the right answer for them, as their write granularity is the
logical block size. virtio carries a separate value that may exceed it.
Set the zone write granularity from the value that the device reports.
Fixes: 95bfec41bd3d ("virtio-blk: add support for zoned block devices")
Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel <cassel@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260918140641.2031075-2-cassel@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/binding.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/binding.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fa0888c2b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/binding.rst @@ -0,0 +1,149 @@ +============== +Driver Binding +============== + +Driver binding is the process of associating a device with a device +driver that can control it. Bus drivers have typically handled this +because there have been bus-specific structures to represent the +devices and the drivers. With generic device and device driver +structures, most of the binding can take place using common code. + + +Bus +~~~ + +The bus type structure contains a list of all devices that are on that bus +type in the system. When device_register is called for a device, it is +inserted into the end of this list. The bus object also contains a +list of all drivers of that bus type. When driver_register is called +for a driver, it is inserted at the end of this list. These are the +two events which trigger driver binding. + + +device_register +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +When a new device is added, the bus's list of drivers is iterated over +to find one that supports it. In order to determine that, the device +ID of the device must match one of the device IDs that the driver +supports. The format and semantics for comparing IDs is bus-specific. +Instead of trying to derive a complex state machine and matching +algorithm, it is up to the bus driver to provide a callback to compare +a device against the IDs of a driver. The bus returns 1 if a match was +found; 0 otherwise. + +int match(struct device * dev, struct device_driver * drv); + +If a match is found, the device's driver field is set to the driver +and the driver's probe callback is called. This gives the driver a +chance to verify that it really does support the hardware, and that +it's in a working state. + +Device Class +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Upon the successful completion of probe, the device is registered with +the class to which it belongs. Device drivers belong to one and only one +class, and that is set in the driver's devclass field. +devclass_add_device is called to enumerate the device within the class +and actually register it with the class, which happens with the +class's register_dev callback. + + +Driver +~~~~~~ + +When a driver is attached to a device, the driver's probe() function is +called. Within probe(), the driver initializes the device and allocates +and initializes per-device data structures. This per-device state is +associated with the device object for as long as the driver remains bound +to it. Conceptually, this per-device data together with the binding to +the device can be thought of as an instance of the driver. + +sysfs +~~~~~ + +A symlink is created in the bus's 'devices' directory that points to +the device's directory in the physical hierarchy. + +A symlink is created in the driver's 'devices' directory that points +to the device's directory in the physical hierarchy. + +A directory for the device is created in the class's directory. A +symlink is created in that directory that points to the device's +physical location in the sysfs tree. + +A symlink can be created (though this isn't done yet) in the device's +physical directory to either its class directory, or the class's +top-level directory. One can also be created to point to its driver's +directory also. + + +driver_register +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The process is almost identical for when a new driver is added. +The bus's list of devices is iterated over to find a match. Devices +that already have a driver are skipped. All the devices are iterated +over, to bind as many devices as possible to the driver. + + +Removal +~~~~~~~ + +When a device is removed, the reference count for it will eventually +go to 0. When it does, the remove callback of the driver is called. It +is removed from the driver's list of devices and the reference count +of the driver is decremented. All symlinks between the two are removed. + +When a driver is removed, the list of devices that it supports is +iterated over, and the driver's remove callback is called for each +one. The device is removed from that list and the symlinks removed. + + +Driver Override +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Userspace may override the standard matching by writing a driver name to +a device's ``driver_override`` sysfs attribute. When set, only a driver +whose name matches the override will be considered during binding. This +bypasses all bus-specific matching (OF, ACPI, ID tables, etc.). + +The override may be cleared by writing an empty string, which returns +the device to standard matching rules. Writing to ``driver_override`` +does not automatically unbind the device from its current driver or +make any attempt to load the specified driver. + +Buses opt into this mechanism by setting the ``driver_override`` flag in +their ``struct bus_type``:: + + const struct bus_type example_bus_type = { + ... + .driver_override = true, + }; + +When the flag is set, the driver core automatically creates the +``driver_override`` sysfs attribute for every device on that bus. + +The bus's ``match()`` callback should check the override before performing +its own matching, using ``device_match_driver_override()``:: + + static int example_match(struct device *dev, const struct device_driver *drv) + { + int ret; + + ret = device_match_driver_override(dev, drv); + if (ret >= 0) + return ret; + + /* Fall through to bus-specific matching... */ + } + +``device_match_driver_override()`` returns > 0 if the override matches +the given driver, 0 if the override is set but does not match, or < 0 if +no override is set at all. + +Additional helpers are available: + +- ``device_set_driver_override()`` - set or clear the override from kernel code. +- ``device_has_driver_override()`` - check whether an override is set. |
