Re: [PATCH v9] virtio_blk: add discard and write zeroes support

[Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@oracle.com>]

Hi Daniel,

Other than crosvm, is there any version of qemu (e.g., repositories developed in
progress on github) where I can try with this feature?

Thank you very much!

Dongli Zhang

On 11/02/2018 06:40 AM, Daniel Verkamp wrote:
> From: Changpeng Liu <changpeng.liu@intel.com>
> 
> In commit 88c85538, "virtio-blk: add discard and write zeroes features
> to specification" (https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec), the virtio
> block specification has been extended to add VIRTIO_BLK_T_DISCARD and
> VIRTIO_BLK_T_WRITE_ZEROES commands.  This patch enables support for
> discard and write zeroes in the virtio-blk driver when the device
> advertises the corresponding features, VIRTIO_BLK_F_DISCARD and
> VIRTIO_BLK_F_WRITE_ZEROES.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Changpeng Liu <changpeng.liu@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Verkamp <dverkamp@chromium.org>
> ---
> dverkamp: I've picked up this patch and made a few minor changes (as
> listed below); most notably, I changed the kmalloc back to GFP_ATOMIC,
> since it can be called from a context where sleeping is not allowed.
> To prevent large allocations, I've also clamped the maximum number of
> discard segments to 256; this results in a 4K allocation and should be
> plenty of descriptors for most use cases.
> 
> I also removed most of the description from the commit message, since it
> was duplicating the comments from virtio_blk.h and quoting parts of the
> spec without adding any extra information.  I have tested this iteration
> of the patch using crosvm with modifications to enable the new features:
> https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform/crosvm/
> 
> v9 fixes a number of review issues; I didn't attempt to optimize the
> single-element write zeroes case, so it still does an allocation per
> request (I did not see any easy place to put the payload that would
> avoid the allocation).
> 
> CHANGELOG:
> v9: [dverkamp] fix LE types in discard struct; cleanups from Ming Lei
> v8: [dverkamp] replace shifts by 9 with SECTOR_SHIFT constant
> v7: [dverkamp] use GFP_ATOMIC for allocation that may not sleep; clarify
> descriptor flags field; comment wording cleanups.
> v6: don't set T_OUT bit to discard and write zeroes commands.
> v5: use new block layer API: blk_queue_flag_set.
> v4: several optimizations based on MST's comments, remove bit field
> usage for command descriptor.
> v3: define the virtio-blk protocol to add discard and write zeroes
> support, first version implementation based on proposed specification.
> v2: add write zeroes command support.
> v1: initial proposal implementation for discard command.
> ---
>  drivers/block/virtio_blk.c      | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  include/uapi/linux/virtio_blk.h | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 135 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
> index 086c6bb12baa..0f39efb4b3aa 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
>  
>  #define PART_BITS 4
>  #define VQ_NAME_LEN 16
> +#define MAX_DISCARD_SEGMENTS 256u
>  
>  static int major;
>  static DEFINE_IDA(vd_index_ida);
> @@ -172,10 +173,48 @@ static int virtblk_add_req(struct virtqueue *vq, struct virtblk_req *vbr,
>  	return virtqueue_add_sgs(vq, sgs, num_out, num_in, vbr, GFP_ATOMIC);
>  }
>  
> +static int virtblk_setup_discard_write_zeroes(struct request *req, bool unmap)
> +{
> +	unsigned short segments = blk_rq_nr_discard_segments(req);
> +	unsigned short n = 0;
> +	struct virtio_blk_discard_write_zeroes *range;
> +	struct bio *bio;
> +	u32 flags = 0;
> +
> +	if (unmap)
> +		flags |= VIRTIO_BLK_WRITE_ZEROES_FLAG_UNMAP;
> +
> +	range = kmalloc_array(segments, sizeof(*range), GFP_ATOMIC);
> +	if (!range)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	__rq_for_each_bio(bio, req) {
> +		u64 sector = bio->bi_iter.bi_sector;
> +		u32 num_sectors = bio->bi_iter.bi_size >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
> +
> +		range[n].flags = cpu_to_le32(flags);
> +		range[n].num_sectors = cpu_to_le32(num_sectors);
> +		range[n].sector = cpu_to_le64(sector);
> +		n++;
> +	}
> +
> +	req->special_vec.bv_page = virt_to_page(range);
> +	req->special_vec.bv_offset = offset_in_page(range);
> +	req->special_vec.bv_len = sizeof(*range) * segments;
> +	req->rq_flags |= RQF_SPECIAL_PAYLOAD;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>  static inline void virtblk_request_done(struct request *req)
>  {
>  	struct virtblk_req *vbr = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(req);
>  
> +	if (req->rq_flags & RQF_SPECIAL_PAYLOAD) {
> +		kfree(page_address(req->special_vec.bv_page) +
> +		      req->special_vec.bv_offset);
> +	}
> +
>  	switch (req_op(req)) {
>  	case REQ_OP_SCSI_IN:
>  	case REQ_OP_SCSI_OUT:
> @@ -225,6 +264,7 @@ static blk_status_t virtio_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
>  	int qid = hctx->queue_num;
>  	int err;
>  	bool notify = false;
> +	bool unmap = false;
>  	u32 type;
>  
>  	BUG_ON(req->nr_phys_segments + 2 > vblk->sg_elems);
> @@ -237,6 +277,13 @@ static blk_status_t virtio_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
>  	case REQ_OP_FLUSH:
>  		type = VIRTIO_BLK_T_FLUSH;
>  		break;
> +	case REQ_OP_DISCARD:
> +		type = VIRTIO_BLK_T_DISCARD;
> +		break;
> +	case REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES:
> +		type = VIRTIO_BLK_T_WRITE_ZEROES;
> +		unmap = !(req->cmd_flags & REQ_NOUNMAP);
> +		break;
>  	case REQ_OP_SCSI_IN:
>  	case REQ_OP_SCSI_OUT:
>  		type = VIRTIO_BLK_T_SCSI_CMD;
> @@ -256,6 +303,12 @@ static blk_status_t virtio_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
>  
>  	blk_mq_start_request(req);
>  
> +	if (type == VIRTIO_BLK_T_DISCARD || type == VIRTIO_BLK_T_WRITE_ZEROES) {
> +		err = virtblk_setup_discard_write_zeroes(req, unmap);
> +		if (err)
> +			return BLK_STS_RESOURCE;
> +	}
> +
>  	num = blk_rq_map_sg(hctx->queue, req, vbr->sg);
>  	if (num) {
>  		if (rq_data_dir(req) == WRITE)
> @@ -802,6 +855,32 @@ static int virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>  	if (!err && opt_io_size)
>  		blk_queue_io_opt(q, blk_size * opt_io_size);
>  
> +	if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_BLK_F_DISCARD)) {
> +		q->limits.discard_granularity = blk_size;
> +
> +		virtio_cread(vdev, struct virtio_blk_config,
> +			     discard_sector_alignment, &v);
> +		q->limits.discard_alignment = v ? v << SECTOR_SHIFT : 0;
> +
> +		virtio_cread(vdev, struct virtio_blk_config,
> +			     max_discard_sectors, &v);
> +		blk_queue_max_discard_sectors(q, v ? v : UINT_MAX);
> +
> +		virtio_cread(vdev, struct virtio_blk_config, max_discard_seg,
> +			     &v);
> +		blk_queue_max_discard_segments(q,
> +					       min_not_zero(v,
> +							    MAX_DISCARD_SEGMENTS));
> +
> +		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD, q);
> +	}
> +
> +	if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_BLK_F_WRITE_ZEROES)) {
> +		virtio_cread(vdev, struct virtio_blk_config,
> +			     max_write_zeroes_sectors, &v);
> +		blk_queue_max_write_zeroes_sectors(q, v ? v : UINT_MAX);
> +	}
> +
>  	virtblk_update_capacity(vblk, false);
>  	virtio_device_ready(vdev);
>  
> @@ -895,14 +974,14 @@ static unsigned int features_legacy[] = {
>  	VIRTIO_BLK_F_SCSI,
>  #endif
>  	VIRTIO_BLK_F_FLUSH, VIRTIO_BLK_F_TOPOLOGY, VIRTIO_BLK_F_CONFIG_WCE,
> -	VIRTIO_BLK_F_MQ,
> +	VIRTIO_BLK_F_MQ, VIRTIO_BLK_F_DISCARD, VIRTIO_BLK_F_WRITE_ZEROES,
>  }
>  ;
>  static unsigned int features[] = {
>  	VIRTIO_BLK_F_SEG_MAX, VIRTIO_BLK_F_SIZE_MAX, VIRTIO_BLK_F_GEOMETRY,
>  	VIRTIO_BLK_F_RO, VIRTIO_BLK_F_BLK_SIZE,
>  	VIRTIO_BLK_F_FLUSH, VIRTIO_BLK_F_TOPOLOGY, VIRTIO_BLK_F_CONFIG_WCE,
> -	VIRTIO_BLK_F_MQ,
> +	VIRTIO_BLK_F_MQ, VIRTIO_BLK_F_DISCARD, VIRTIO_BLK_F_WRITE_ZEROES,
>  };
>  
>  static struct virtio_driver virtio_blk = {
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_blk.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_blk.h
> index 9ebe4d968dd5..0f99d7b49ede 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_blk.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_blk.h
> @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
>  #define VIRTIO_BLK_F_BLK_SIZE	6	/* Block size of disk is available*/
>  #define VIRTIO_BLK_F_TOPOLOGY	10	/* Topology information is available */
>  #define VIRTIO_BLK_F_MQ		12	/* support more than one vq */
> +#define VIRTIO_BLK_F_DISCARD	13	/* DISCARD is supported */
> +#define VIRTIO_BLK_F_WRITE_ZEROES	14	/* WRITE ZEROES is supported */
>  
>  /* Legacy feature bits */
>  #ifndef VIRTIO_BLK_NO_LEGACY
> @@ -86,6 +88,39 @@ struct virtio_blk_config {
>  
>  	/* number of vqs, only available when VIRTIO_BLK_F_MQ is set */
>  	__u16 num_queues;
> +
> +	/* the next 3 entries are guarded by VIRTIO_BLK_F_DISCARD */
> +	/*
> +	 * The maximum discard sectors (in 512-byte sectors) for
> +	 * one segment.
> +	 */
> +	__u32 max_discard_sectors;
> +	/*
> +	 * The maximum number of discard segments in a
> +	 * discard command.
> +	 */
> +	__u32 max_discard_seg;
> +	/* Discard commands must be aligned to this number of sectors. */
> +	__u32 discard_sector_alignment;
> +
> +	/* the next 3 entries are guarded by VIRTIO_BLK_F_WRITE_ZEROES */
> +	/*
> +	 * The maximum number of write zeroes sectors (in 512-byte sectors) in
> +	 * one segment.
> +	 */
> +	__u32 max_write_zeroes_sectors;
> +	/*
> +	 * The maximum number of segments in a write zeroes
> +	 * command.
> +	 */
> +	__u32 max_write_zeroes_seg;
> +	/*
> +	 * Set if a VIRTIO_BLK_T_WRITE_ZEROES request may result in the
> +	 * deallocation of one or more of the sectors.
> +	 */
> +	__u8 write_zeroes_may_unmap;
> +
> +	__u8 unused1[3];
>  } __attribute__((packed));
>  
>  /*
> @@ -114,6 +149,12 @@ struct virtio_blk_config {
>  /* Get device ID command */
>  #define VIRTIO_BLK_T_GET_ID    8
>  
> +/* Discard command */
> +#define VIRTIO_BLK_T_DISCARD	11
> +
> +/* Write zeroes command */
> +#define VIRTIO_BLK_T_WRITE_ZEROES	13
> +
>  #ifndef VIRTIO_BLK_NO_LEGACY
>  /* Barrier before this op. */
>  #define VIRTIO_BLK_T_BARRIER	0x80000000
> @@ -133,6 +174,19 @@ struct virtio_blk_outhdr {
>  	__virtio64 sector;
>  };
>  
> +/* Unmap this range (only valid for write zeroes command) */
> +#define VIRTIO_BLK_WRITE_ZEROES_FLAG_UNMAP	0x00000001
> +
> +/* Discard/write zeroes range for each request. */
> +struct virtio_blk_discard_write_zeroes {
> +	/* discard/write zeroes start sector */
> +	__le64 sector;
> +	/* number of discard/write zeroes sectors */
> +	__le32 num_sectors;
> +	/* flags for this range */
> +	__le32 flags;
> +};
> +
>  #ifndef VIRTIO_BLK_NO_LEGACY
>  struct virtio_scsi_inhdr {
>  	__virtio32 errors;
>