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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/io-mapping.rst | |
| download | linux-stable-684b413b5483f57c890c171b9400076a0143b918.tar.gz linux-stable-684b413b5483f57c890c171b9400076a0143b918.zip | |
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/io-mapping.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/io-mapping.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7274204b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/io-mapping.rst @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +======================== +The io_mapping functions +======================== + +API +=== + +The io_mapping functions in linux/io-mapping.h provide an abstraction for +efficiently mapping small regions of an I/O device to the CPU. The initial +usage is to support the large graphics aperture on 32-bit processors where +ioremap_wc cannot be used to statically map the entire aperture to the CPU +as it would consume too much of the kernel address space. + +A mapping object is created during driver initialization using:: + + struct io_mapping *io_mapping_create_wc(unsigned long base, + unsigned long size) + +'base' is the bus address of the region to be made +mappable, while 'size' indicates how large a mapping region to +enable. Both are in bytes. + +This _wc variant provides a mapping which may only be used with +io_mapping_map_atomic_wc(), io_mapping_map_local_wc() or +io_mapping_map_wc(). + +With this mapping object, individual pages can be mapped either temporarily +or long term, depending on the requirements. Of course, temporary maps are +more efficient. They come in two flavours:: + + void *io_mapping_map_local_wc(struct io_mapping *mapping, + unsigned long offset) + + void *io_mapping_map_atomic_wc(struct io_mapping *mapping, + unsigned long offset) + +'offset' is the offset within the defined mapping region. Accessing +addresses beyond the region specified in the creation function yields +undefined results. Using an offset which is not page aligned yields an +undefined result. The return value points to a single page in CPU address +space. + +This _wc variant returns a write-combining map to the page and may only be +used with mappings created by io_mapping_create_wc() + +Temporary mappings are only valid in the context of the caller. The mapping +is not guaranteed to be globally visible. + +io_mapping_map_local_wc() has a side effect on X86 32bit as it disables +migration to make the mapping code work. No caller can rely on this side +effect. + +io_mapping_map_atomic_wc() has the side effect of disabling preemption and +pagefaults. Don't use in new code. Use io_mapping_map_local_wc() instead. + +Nested mappings need to be undone in reverse order because the mapping +code uses a stack for keeping track of them:: + + addr1 = io_mapping_map_local_wc(map1, offset1); + addr2 = io_mapping_map_local_wc(map2, offset2); + ... + io_mapping_unmap_local(addr2); + io_mapping_unmap_local(addr1); + +The mappings are released with:: + + void io_mapping_unmap_local(void *vaddr) + void io_mapping_unmap_atomic(void *vaddr) + +'vaddr' must be the value returned by the last io_mapping_map_local_wc() or +io_mapping_map_atomic_wc() call. This unmaps the specified mapping and +undoes the side effects of the mapping functions. + +If you need to sleep while holding a mapping, you can use the regular +variant, although this may be significantly slower:: + + void *io_mapping_map_wc(struct io_mapping *mapping, + unsigned long offset) + +This works like io_mapping_map_atomic/local_wc() except it has no side +effects and the pointer is globally visible. + +The mappings are released with:: + + void io_mapping_unmap(void *vaddr) + +Use for pages mapped with io_mapping_map_wc(). + +At driver close time, the io_mapping object must be freed:: + + void io_mapping_free(struct io_mapping *mapping) |
