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[5.186.127.235]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t6sm12805ejc.40.2020.07.07.01.43.20 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 07 Jul 2020 01:43:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2020 10:43:20 +0200 From: Javier =?utf-8?B?R29uesOhbGV6?= To: Matias Bjorling Cc: Damien Le Moal , "axboe@kernel.dk" , "kbusch@kernel.org" , "hch@lst.de" , "sagi@grimberg.me" , "martin.petersen@oracle.com" , Niklas Cassel , Hans Holmberg , "linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-block@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] block: add BLKSETDESCZONE ioctl for Zoned Block Devices Message-ID: <20200707084320.yhwippeld4ytruql@mpHalley.localdomain> References: <20200628230102.26990-1-matias.bjorling@wdc.com> <20200628230102.26990-3-matias.bjorling@wdc.com> <20200629193915.nopn5kprviddwitn@MacBook-Pro.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 03.07.2020 09:44, Matias Bjorling wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Javier González >> Sent: Monday, 29 June 2020 21.39 >> To: Damien Le Moal >> Cc: Matias Bjorling ; axboe@kernel.dk; >> kbusch@kernel.org; hch@lst.de; sagi@grimberg.me; >> martin.petersen@oracle.com; Niklas Cassel ; Hans >> Holmberg ; linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org; linux- >> kernel@vger.kernel.org; linux-block@vger.kernel.org; linux- >> nvme@lists.infradead.org >> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] block: add BLKSETDESCZONE ioctl for Zoned Block >> Devices >> >> On 29.06.2020 01:00, Damien Le Moal wrote: >> >On 2020/06/29 8:01, Matias Bjorling wrote: >> >> The NVMe Zoned Namespace Command Set adds support for associating >> >> data to a zone through the Zone Descriptor Extension feature. >> >> >> >> To allow user-space to associate data to a zone, add support through >> >> the BLKSETDESCZONE ioctl. The ioctl requires that it is issued to a >> >> zoned block device, and that it supports the Zone Descriptor >> >> Extension feature. Support is detected through the the >> >> zone_desc_ext_bytes sysfs queue entry for the specific block device. >> >> A value larger than zero communicates that the device supports the >> >> feature. >> >> Have you considered the possibility of adding this an action to a IOCTL that >> looks like the zone management one we discussed last week? We would start >> saving IOCTLs already if we count the offline transition and this one. > >Yes, I considered it. Damien and Christoph have asked for it to separate ioctls. Ok. > >> >> >> >> >> The ioctl associates data to a zone by issuing a Zone Management Send >> >> command with the Zone Send Action set as the Set Zone Descriptor >> >> Extension. >> >> >> >> For the command to complete successfully, the specified zone must be >> >> in the Empty state, and active resources must be available. On >> >> success, the specified zone is transioned to Closed state by the >> >> device. If less data is supplied by user-space then reported by the >> >> the Zone Descriptor Extension size, the rest is zero-filled. If more >> >> data or no data is supplied by user-space, the ioctl fails. >> >> >> >> To issue the ioctl, a new blk_zone_set_desc data structure is defined. >> >> It has following parameters: >> >> >> >> * the sector of the specific zone. >> >> * the length of the data to be associated to the zone. >> >> * any flags be used by the ioctl. None is defined. >> >> * data associated to the zone. >> >> >> >> The data is laid out after the flags parameter, and it is the >> >> caller's responsibility to allocate memory for the data that is >> >> specified in the length parameter. >> >> >> >> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling >> >> --- >> >> block/blk-zoned.c | 108 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> block/ioctl.c | 2 + >> >> drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 3 + >> >> drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h | 9 +++ >> >> drivers/nvme/host/zns.c | 11 ++++ >> >> include/linux/blk_types.h | 2 + >> >> include/linux/blkdev.h | 9 ++- >> >> include/uapi/linux/blkzoned.h | 20 ++++++- >> >> 8 files changed, 162 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >> >> >> >> diff --git a/block/blk-zoned.c b/block/blk-zoned.c index >> >> 81152a260354..4dc40ec006a2 100644 >> >> --- a/block/blk-zoned.c >> >> +++ b/block/blk-zoned.c >> >> @@ -259,6 +259,50 @@ int blkdev_zone_mgmt(struct block_device *bdev, >> >> enum req_opf op, } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blkdev_zone_mgmt); >> >> >> >> +/** >> >> + * blkdev_zone_set_desc - Execute a zone management set zone >> descriptor >> >> + * extension operation on a zone >> >> + * @bdev: Target block device >> >> + * @sector: Start sector of the zone to operate on >> >> + * @data: Pointer to the data that is to be associated to the zone >> >> + * @gfp_mask: Memory allocation flags (for bio_alloc) >> >> + * >> >> + * Description: >> >> + * Associate zone descriptor extension data to a specified zone. >> >> + * The block device must support zone descriptor extensions. >> >> + * i.e., by exposing a positive zone descriptor extension size. >> >> + */ >> >> +int blkdev_zone_set_desc(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector, >> >> + struct page *data, gfp_t gfp_mask) >> > >> >struct page for the data ? Why not just a "void *" to allow for >> >kmalloc/vmalloc data ? And no length for the data ? This is a bit odd. >> > >> >> +{ >> >> + struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bdev); >> >> + sector_t zone_sectors = blk_queue_zone_sectors(q); >> >> + struct bio_vec bio_vec; >> >> + struct bio bio; >> >> + >> >> + if (!blk_queue_is_zoned(q)) >> >> + return -EOPNOTSUPP; >> >> + >> >> + if (bdev_read_only(bdev)) >> >> + return -EPERM; >> > >> >You are not checking the zone_desc_ext_bytes limit here. You should. >> >> + >> >> + /* Check alignment (handle eventual smaller last zone) */ >> >> + if (sector & (zone_sectors - 1)) >> >> + return -EINVAL; >> > >> >The comment is incorrect. There is nothing special for handling the >> >last zone in this test. >> > >> >> + >> >> + bio_init(&bio, &bio_vec, 1); >> >> + bio.bi_opf = REQ_OP_ZONE_SET_DESC | REQ_SYNC; >> >> + bio.bi_iter.bi_sector = sector; >> >> + bio_set_dev(&bio, bdev); >> >> + bio_add_page(&bio, data, queue_zone_desc_ext_bytes(q), 0); >> >> + >> >> + /* This may take a while, so be nice to others */ >> >> + cond_resched(); >> > >> >This is not a loop, so you do not need this. >> > >> >> + >> >> + return submit_bio_wait(&bio); >> >> +} >> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blkdev_zone_set_desc); >> >> + >> >> struct zone_report_args { >> >> struct blk_zone __user *zones; >> >> }; >> >> @@ -370,6 +414,70 @@ int blkdev_zone_mgmt_ioctl(struct block_device >> *bdev, fmode_t mode, >> >> GFP_KERNEL); >> >> } >> >> >> >> +/* >> >> + * BLKSETDESCZONE ioctl processing. >> >> + * Called from blkdev_ioctl. >> >> + */ >> >> +int blkdev_zone_set_desc_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t >> mode, >> >> + unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) { >> >> + void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg; >> >> + struct request_queue *q; >> >> + struct blk_zone_set_desc zsd; >> >> + void *zsd_data; >> >> + int ret; >> >> + >> >> + if (!argp) >> >> + return -EINVAL; >> >> + >> >> + q = bdev_get_queue(bdev); >> >> + if (!q) >> >> + return -ENXIO; >> >> + >> >> + if (!blk_queue_is_zoned(q)) >> >> + return -ENOTTY; >> >> + >> >> + if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) >> >> + return -EACCES; >> >> + >> >> + if (!(mode & FMODE_WRITE)) >> >> + return -EBADF; >> >> + >> >> + if (!queue_zone_desc_ext_bytes(q)) >> >> + return -EOPNOTSUPP; >> >> + >> >> + if (copy_from_user(&zsd, argp, sizeof(struct blk_zone_set_desc))) >> >> + return -EFAULT; >> >> + >> >> + /* no flags is currently supported */ >> >> + if (zsd.flags) >> >> + return -ENOTTY; >> >> + >> >> + if (!zsd.len || zsd.len > queue_zone_desc_ext_bytes(q)) >> >> + return -ENOTTY; >> > >> >This should go into blkdev_zone_set_desc() as well so that in-kernel >> >users are checked. So there may be no need to check this here. >> > >> >> + >> >> + /* allocate the size of the zone descriptor extension and fill >> >> + * with the data in the user data buffer. If the data size is less >> >> + * than the zone descriptor extension size, then the rest of the >> >> + * zone description extension data buffer is zero-filled. >> >> + */ >> >> + zsd_data = (void *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL); >> >> + if (!zsd_data) >> >> + return -ENOMEM; >> >> + >> >> + if (copy_from_user(zsd_data, argp + sizeof(struct blk_zone_set_desc), >> >> + zsd.len)) { >> >> + ret = -EFAULT; >> >> + goto free; >> >> + } >> >> + >> >> + ret = blkdev_zone_set_desc(bdev, zsd.sector, virt_to_page(zsd_data), >> >> + GFP_KERNEL); >> >> +free: >> >> + free_page((unsigned long) zsd_data); >> >> + return ret; >> >> +} >> >> + >> >> static inline unsigned long *blk_alloc_zone_bitmap(int node, >> >> unsigned int nr_zones) >> >> { >> >> diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c index >> >> bdb3bbb253d9..b9744705835b 100644 >> >> --- a/block/ioctl.c >> >> +++ b/block/ioctl.c >> >> @@ -515,6 +515,8 @@ static int blkdev_common_ioctl(struct block_device >> *bdev, fmode_t mode, >> >> case BLKCLOSEZONE: >> >> case BLKFINISHZONE: >> >> return blkdev_zone_mgmt_ioctl(bdev, mode, cmd, arg); >> >> + case BLKSETDESCZONE: >> >> + return blkdev_zone_set_desc_ioctl(bdev, mode, cmd, arg); >> >> case BLKGETZONESZ: >> >> return put_uint(argp, bdev_zone_sectors(bdev)); >> >> case BLKGETNRZONES: >> >> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c >> >> index e961910da4ac..b8f25b0d00ad 100644 >> >> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c >> >> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c >> >> @@ -776,6 +776,9 @@ blk_status_t nvme_setup_cmd(struct nvme_ns *ns, >> struct request *req, >> >> case REQ_OP_ZONE_FINISH: >> >> ret = nvme_setup_zone_mgmt_send(ns, req, cmd, >> NVME_ZONE_FINISH); >> >> break; >> >> + case REQ_OP_ZONE_SET_DESC: >> >> + ret = nvme_setup_zone_set_desc(ns, req, cmd); >> >> + break; >> >> case REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES: >> >> ret = nvme_setup_write_zeroes(ns, req, cmd); >> >> break; >> >> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h >> >> index 662f95fbd909..5bd5a437b038 100644 >> >> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h >> >> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h >> >> @@ -708,6 +708,9 @@ int nvme_report_zones(struct gendisk *disk, >> >> sector_t sector, blk_status_t nvme_setup_zone_mgmt_send(struct >> nvme_ns *ns, struct request *req, >> >> struct nvme_command *cmnd, >> >> enum nvme_zone_mgmt_action action); >> >> + >> >> +blk_status_t nvme_setup_zone_set_desc(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct >> request *req, >> >> + struct nvme_command *cmnd); >> >> #else >> >> #define nvme_report_zones NULL >> >> >> >> @@ -718,6 +721,12 @@ static inline blk_status_t >> nvme_setup_zone_mgmt_send(struct nvme_ns *ns, >> >> return BLK_STS_NOTSUPP; >> >> } >> >> >> >> +static inline blk_status_t nvme_setup_zone_set_desc(struct nvme_ns *ns, >> >> + struct request *req, struct nvme_command *cmnd) { >> >> + return BLK_STS_NOTSUPP; >> >> +} >> >> + >> >> static inline int nvme_update_zone_info(struct gendisk *disk, >> >> struct nvme_ns *ns, >> >> unsigned lbaf) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c b/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c index >> >> 5792d953a8f3..bfa64cc685d3 100644 >> >> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c >> >> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c >> >> @@ -239,3 +239,14 @@ blk_status_t >> nvme_setup_zone_mgmt_send(struct >> >> nvme_ns *ns, struct request *req, >> >> >> >> return BLK_STS_OK; >> >> } >> >> + >> >> +blk_status_t nvme_setup_zone_set_desc(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct >> request *req, >> >> + struct nvme_command *c) >> >> +{ >> >> + c->zms.opcode = nvme_cmd_zone_mgmt_send; >> >> + c->zms.nsid = cpu_to_le32(ns->head->ns_id); >> >> + c->zms.slba = cpu_to_le64(nvme_sect_to_lba(ns, blk_rq_pos(req))); >> >> + c->zms.action = NVME_ZONE_SET_DESC_EXT; >> >> + >> >> + return BLK_STS_OK; >> >> +} >> >> diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h >> >> index ccb895f911b1..53b7b05b0004 100644 >> >> --- a/include/linux/blk_types.h >> >> +++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h >> >> @@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ enum req_opf { >> >> REQ_OP_ZONE_FINISH = 12, >> >> /* write data at the current zone write pointer */ >> >> REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND = 13, >> >> + /* associate zone desc extension data to a zone */ >> >> + REQ_OP_ZONE_SET_DESC = 14, >> >> >> >> /* SCSI passthrough using struct scsi_request */ >> >> REQ_OP_SCSI_IN = 32, >> >> diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h index >> >> 2ed55055f68d..c5f092dd5aa3 100644 >> >> --- a/include/linux/blkdev.h >> >> +++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h >> >> @@ -370,7 +370,8 @@ extern int blkdev_report_zones_ioctl(struct >> block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, >> >> unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg); >> extern int >> >> blkdev_zone_mgmt_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, >> >> unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg); >> >> - >> >> +extern int blkdev_zone_set_desc_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, >> fmode_t mode, >> >> + unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg); >> >> #else /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED */ >> >> >> >> static inline unsigned int blkdev_nr_zones(struct gendisk *disk) @@ >> >> -392,6 +393,12 @@ static inline int blkdev_zone_mgmt_ioctl(struct >> block_device *bdev, >> >> return -ENOTTY; >> >> } >> >> >> >> +static inline int blkdev_zone_set_desc_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, >> >> + fmode_t mode, unsigned int cmd, >> >> + unsigned long arg) >> >> +{ >> >> + return -ENOTTY; >> >> +} >> >> #endif /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED */ >> >> >> >> struct request_queue { >> >> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/blkzoned.h >> >> b/include/uapi/linux/blkzoned.h index 42c3366cc25f..68abda9abf33 >> >> 100644 >> >> --- a/include/uapi/linux/blkzoned.h >> >> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/blkzoned.h >> >> @@ -142,6 +142,20 @@ struct blk_zone_range { >> >> __u64 nr_sectors; >> >> }; >> >> >> >> +/** >> >> + * struct blk_zone_set_desc - BLKSETDESCZONE ioctl requests >> >> + * @sector: Starting sector of the zone to operate on. >> >> + * @flags: Feature flags. >> >> + * @len: size, in bytes, of the data to be associated to the zone. >> >> + * @data: data to be associated. >> >> + */ >> >> +struct blk_zone_set_desc { >> >> + __u64 sector; >> >> + __u32 flags; >> >> + __u32 len; >> >> + __u8 data[0]; >> >> +}; >> >> Would it make sense to add nr_sectors if the host wants to associate the same >> metadata to several zones. The use case would be the grouping of larger zones >> in software. > >I believe we get into atomicity concerns if we do ranges, and action >only supports a single zone. I like to align with the ZNS API as much >as possible, and let the user-space application track errors per set >desc ext action. The atomicity concerns should be the same as current zone management using nr_sectors, and these are already being supported for open, close, etc. TBH, the comment is most about making sure that the IOCTL is extendable from conception. > >> >> >> + >> >> /** >> >> * Zoned block device ioctl's: >> >> * >> >> @@ -158,6 +172,10 @@ struct blk_zone_range { >> >> * The 512 B sector range must be zone aligned. >> >> * @BLKFINISHZONE: Mark the zones as full in the specified sector range. >> >> * The 512 B sector range must be zone aligned. >> >> + * @BLKSETDESCZONE: Set zone description extension data for the zone >> >> + * in the specified sector. On success, the zone >> >> + * will transition to the closed zone state. >> >> + * The 512B sector must be zone aligned. >> >> */ >> >> #define BLKREPORTZONE _IOWR(0x12, 130, struct blk_zone_report) >> >> #define BLKRESETZONE _IOW(0x12, 131, struct blk_zone_range) >> >> @@ -166,5 +184,5 @@ struct blk_zone_range { >> >> #define BLKOPENZONE _IOW(0x12, 134, struct blk_zone_range) >> >> #define BLKCLOSEZONE _IOW(0x12, 135, struct blk_zone_range) >> >> #define BLKFINISHZONE _IOW(0x12, 136, struct blk_zone_range) >> >> - >> >> +#define BLKSETDESCZONE _IOW(0x12, 137, struct blk_zone_set_desc) >> >> #endif /* _UAPI_BLKZONED_H */ >> >> >> > >> >How to you retreive an extended descriptor that was set ? I do not see >> >any code doing that. Report zones is not changed, but I would leave >> >that one as is and implement a BLKGETDESCZONE ioctl & in-kernel API. >> > >> >> In any case, this is needed. I also could not find a way to read the extended >> descriptor back. > >Thanks for the feedback. > >Besides the users I have in mind, do you have users for which you need >the ability for user-space to access zone descriptor extensions data? >Is this a need to have or nice to have feature from your point of view? At this moment most of the users we have in mind are user-space applications that are zone-aware, so I would way this is necessary. This said, I understand if you prioritize pushing the code that enables in-kernel users and then re-iterate on this. Thanks, Javier