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Merge tag 'fuse-update-7.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/fuse
Pull fuse updates from Miklos Szeredi: - Improve performance of the io-uring transport by introducing buffer pools and zero-copy (Joanne) - Fix lots of bugs (Baokun Li) - Fix io-uring initialization issues (Joanne, Bernd) - More prep work for large folios (Joanne) - Don't limit buffered read to 128k (Jim Harris) - Fix zeroing of page end (dirtied with mmap) on file size extension (Jimmy Zuber) - Improve performance in certain cases with wake_up_sync() when queuing request (Xuewen Yan) - Misc fixes and cleanups (Xuewen Yan) * tag 'fuse-update-7.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/fuse: (35 commits) fuse: zero the partial EOF page when extending a file io_uring: Add missing include for ITER_SOURCE and ITER_DEST fuse: Fix the condition to enable over-io-uring fuse: invalidate the correct range after O_APPEND direct write selftests/fuse: test post-EOF page zeroing when a file is extended fuse: wake one waiter per freed slot when raising max_background fuse: use min_not_zero() in fuse_init_server_timeout() fuse: copy request headers via a stack buffer for io-uring fuse: give wakeup hints to the scheduler for synchronous requests fuse: check for NULL root inode in fuse_fill_super_submount fuse: reject a duplicate fd= mount option cuse: wait for pending RCU callbacks on module exit fuse: fix invalidate lock leak on open O_TRUNC DAX failure fuse: fix invalidate lock leak on setattr writeback failure fuse: wait for FR_FINISHED on abort_on_kill to prevent use-after-free fuse: make dentry_tree_work static docs: fuse: document io-uring buffer pool and zero-copy uapi fuse: add zero-copy over io-uring fuse: support registered buffer pools in io-uring fuse: add io-uring buffer pools ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/block/ublk.rst14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/fuse/fuse-io-uring.rst36
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/fuse/index.rst1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/fuse/uapi/fuse-uapi-io-uring.rst126
4 files changed, 168 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/block/ublk.rst b/Documentation/block/ublk.rst
index 0413dcd9ef69..28300fee22bf 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/ublk.rst
+++ b/Documentation/block/ublk.rst
@@ -382,17 +382,17 @@ Zero copy
---------
ublk zero copy relies on io_uring's fixed kernel buffer, which provides
-two APIs: `io_buffer_register_bvec()` and `io_buffer_unregister_bvec`.
+two APIs: `io_buffer_register_request()` and `io_buffer_unregister`.
ublk adds IO command of `UBLK_IO_REGISTER_IO_BUF` to call
-`io_buffer_register_bvec()` for ublk server to register client request
+`io_buffer_register_request()` for ublk server to register client request
buffer into io_uring buffer table, then ublk server can submit io_uring
IOs with the registered buffer index. IO command of `UBLK_IO_UNREGISTER_IO_BUF`
-calls `io_buffer_unregister_bvec()` to unregister the buffer, which is
-guaranteed to be live between calling `io_buffer_register_bvec()` and
-`io_buffer_unregister_bvec()`. Any io_uring operation which supports this
-kind of kernel buffer will grab one reference of the buffer until the
-operation is completed.
+calls `io_buffer_unregister()` to unregister the buffer, which is guaranteed
+to be live between calling `io_buffer_register_request()` and
+`io_buffer_unregister()`. Any io_uring operation which supports this kind of
+kernel buffer will grab one reference of the buffer until the operation is
+completed.
ublk server implementing zero copy or user copy has to be CAP_SYS_ADMIN and
be trusted, because it is ublk server's responsibility to make sure IO buffer
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fuse/fuse-io-uring.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/fuse/fuse-io-uring.rst
index d73dd0dbd238..29f98057500d 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/fuse/fuse-io-uring.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fuse/fuse-io-uring.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ and works. For generic details about FUSE see fuse.rst.
This document also covers the current interface, which is
still in development and might change.
+For the userspace protocol, see
+Documentation/filesystems/fuse/uapi/fuse-uapi-io-uring.rst.
+
Limitations
===========
As of now not all requests types are supported through io-uring, userspace
@@ -95,5 +98,34 @@ Sending requests with CQEs
| <fuse_unlink() |
| <sys_unlink() |
-
-
+Buffer pools
+============
+
+Without a buffer pool, every entry needs to pass a dedicated payload buffer
+large enough for the maximum payload size. A buffer pool decouples entries
+from payload buffers. The server hands the kernel one contiguous buffer pool
+of memory and when the kernel sends the server a request, it indicates the
+offset into the pool for that request's payload. Internally, the kernel is
+able to manage/optimize the buffer pool memory however it likes.
+
+A server may also register the pool region with io_uring as a fixed buffer.
+The backing pages are then pinned once, avoiding per-request pinning and
+address translation. This also allows servers to use the same registered
+buffers for subsequent backing store I/O through io-uring, keeping data
+in the same pinned pages without additional pinning / mapping overhead.
+
+Zero-copy
+=========
+
+Zero-copy lets the server read from / write to the client's pages (pinned
+user pages for direct I/O, or page-cache folios for buffered I/O) without an
+intermediary payload copy. This requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN privileges.
+
+When a fuse request arrives for a file that opted into zero-copy, the kernel
+registers the relevant pages (pinned user pages for direct i/o or underlying
+page cache folios for buffered i/o) into a sparse slot in the server's
+io_uring registered buffer table. The server can then operate on these pages
+directly using io-uring fixed buffer operations (eg read_fixed / write_fixed)
+and the kernel unregisters these pages when the request completes.
+Non-page-backed args (eg op out headers) will go through the payload buffer as
+normal.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fuse/index.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/fuse/index.rst
index 393a845214da..3dada6c4057a 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/fuse/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fuse/index.rst
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) Technical Documentation
fuse-io
fuse-io-uring
fuse-passthrough
+ uapi/fuse-uapi-io-uring
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fuse/uapi/fuse-uapi-io-uring.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/fuse/uapi/fuse-uapi-io-uring.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8367be7ea29d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fuse/uapi/fuse-uapi-io-uring.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=====================================
+FUSE-over-io-uring uapi documentation
+=====================================
+
+Commands
+========
+
+``enum fuse_uring_cmd``:
+
+``FUSE_IO_URING_CMD_ADD_QUEUE``
+ Create a queue identified by ``fuse_uring_cmd_req.qid``. Queue-wide
+ options are passed in ``fuse_uring_cmd_req.flags``:
+
+ ``FUSE_URING_ZERO_COPY``
+ Enable zero-copy on this queue. Requires ``CAP_SYS_ADMIN`` and a buffer
+ pool, which is added separately via ``ADD_BUFPOOL`` before registering
+ entries (see `Zero-copy`_).
+
+``FUSE_IO_URING_CMD_ADD_BUFPOOL``
+ Register the payload buffer pool for an existing queue. The server provides
+ a single contiguous region in ``fuse_uring_cmd_req.bufpool.uaddr`` /
+ ``.len``. This command must be issued after ``ADD_QUEUE`` and before
+ registering any payload-carrying entries on that queue.
+ ``fuse_uring_cmd_req.flags`` must be 0. Submitting this command with
+ ``IORING_URING_CMD_FIXED`` marks the pool as registered, which avoids per
+ i/o pinning/unpinning and mapping overhead (see `Buffer pools`_).
+
+``FUSE_IO_URING_CMD_REGISTER``
+ Register a ring entry (a long-lived SQE that carries the request header
+ iovec). For a zero-copy queue, ``fuse_uring_cmd_req.ent_zero_copy_buf_index``
+ indicates the reserved registered buffer table slot this entry uses for
+ zero-copy (see `Zero-copy`_).
+
+``FUSE_IO_URING_CMD_COMMIT_AND_FETCH``
+ Commit the reply for a completed request and fetch the next one. The
+ request is identified by ``fuse_uring_cmd_req.commit_id`` (the value the
+ kernel reported in ``fuse_uring_ent_in_out.commit_id``).
+
+Structures
+==========
+
+``struct fuse_uring_cmd_req`` (80-byte SQE command area):
+
+============================ ==================================================
+Field Meaning
+============================ ==================================================
+``flags`` Command-specific flags (see each command).
+``commit_id`` Request id, for ``COMMIT_AND_FETCH``.
+``qid`` Queue index.
+``bufpool.uaddr`` Pool base address, for ``ADD_BUFPOOL``.
+``bufpool.len`` Pool length in bytes, for ``ADD_BUFPOOL``.
+``bufpool.reserved`` Must be 0, for ``ADD_BUFPOOL``.
+``ent_zero_copy_buf_index`` Per-entry zero-copy slot, for ``REGISTER``.
+============================ ==================================================
+
+``struct fuse_uring_ent_in_out`` (reported by the kernel per request):
+
+============================ ==================================================
+Field Meaning
+============================ ==================================================
+``flags`` ``FUSE_URING_ENT_ZERO_COPY`` if zero-copied.
+``commit_id`` Id to echo back in ``COMMIT_AND_FETCH``.
+``payload_sz`` Total payload size in bytes (see `Zero-copy`_).
+``offset`` Payload buffer offset within the pool.
+============================ ==================================================
+
+Buffer pools
+============
+Setup:
+
+* Issue ``ADD_QUEUE`` for the qid.
+* Issue ``ADD_BUFPOOL`` with ``bufpool.uaddr`` and ``bufpool.len`` pointing
+ at the region.
+* Register entries with ``REGISTER``.
+
+For every request that has a payload, the kernel reports where the payload
+lives in ``struct fuse_uring_ent_in_out`` (part of
+``struct fuse_uring_req_header``):
+
+``offset``
+ Byte offset, within the pool region, for this request's payload buffer.
+ The server adds this to the pool base address to locate the payload.
+
+``payload_sz``
+ Number of payload bytes for this request.
+
+To use registered buffers, the server registers the pool region with io_uring
+and submits ``ADD_BUFPOOL`` with ``IORING_URING_CMD_FIXED`` set in
+``sqe->uring_cmd_flags`` and the index of the registered bufpool in
+``sqe->buf_index``. Every SQE the server submits afterwards must follow the
+same fixed-buffer protocol, carrying ``IORING_URING_CMD_FIXED`` and that same
+``sqe->buf_index``. The same registered buffer can be reused for the server's
+backing-store I/O as well (e.g. ``IORING_OP_READ_FIXED`` /
+``IORING_OP_WRITE_FIXED``).
+
+Zero-copy
+=========
+Requirements:
+
+* The server must be privileged (``CAP_SYS_ADMIN``).
+* A zero-copy queue: ``ADD_QUEUE`` with the ``FUSE_URING_ZERO_COPY`` flag set.
+* A buffer pool: ``ADD_BUFPOOL``.
+* For each entry, ``REGISTER`` with ``ent_zero_copy_buf_index`` set to the
+ index this entry uses in the server's io_uring registered-buffer table.
+ This is where the kernel registers the request's pages for the server to
+ access (it is separate from the payload pool). On a non-zero-copy queue this
+ field must be 0.
+
+Zero-copy is selected per open file. The server sets the open-file flag in
+the ``FUSE_OPEN`` / ``FUSE_CREATE`` reply:
+
+``FOPEN_IO_URING_ZERO_COPY``
+ Reads/writes on this open file should use zero-copy.
+
+For a request that is zero-copied, the kernel sets ``FUSE_URING_ENT_ZERO_COPY``
+in ``fuse_uring_ent_in_out.flags`` and places the request's pages at the
+entry's ``ent_zero_copy_buf_index``. The server then issues
+``IORING_OP_READ_FIXED`` / ``IORING_OP_WRITE_FIXED`` against that index to
+transfer the data directly to/from the client's pages.
+
+For such a request, ``payload_sz`` includes the zero-copied page bytes
+(transferred via the registered buffer at ``ent_zero_copy_buf_index``). Any
+non-page-backed args (e.g. op headers) are still copied through the pool
+payload buffer at ``offset``.