kernel/linux.git/block, branch master

block: only restrict bio allocation gfp mask asked to block

2026-04-21T17:42:12+00:00

If the caller is asking for a non-blocking allocation, we should not further restrict the gfp mask, which just increases the likelihood of failures. Fixes: b520c4eef83d ("block: split bio_alloc_bioset more clearly into a fast and slowpath") Reported-by: Shin'ichiro Kawasaki Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260415060813.807659-3-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block/blk-throttle: Add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue users

2026-04-17T20:38:22+00:00

This continues the effort to refactor workqueue APIs, which began with the introduction of new workqueues and a new alloc_workqueue flag in: commit 128ea9f6ccfb ("workqueue: Add system_percpu_wq and system_dfl_wq") commit 930c2ea566af ("workqueue: Add new WQ_PERCPU flag") The refactoring is going to alter the default behavior of alloc_workqueue() to be unbound by default. With the introduction of the WQ_PERCPU flag (equivalent to !WQ_UNBOUND), any alloc_workqueue() caller that doesn’t explicitly specify WQ_UNBOUND must now use WQ_PERCPU. For more details see the Link tag below. In order to keep alloc_workqueue() behavior identical, explicitly request WQ_PERCPU. Cc: Josef Bacik Cc: cgroups@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250221112003.1dSuoGyc@linutronix.de/ Suggested-by: Tejun Heo Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260223092920.60424-3-marco.crivellari@suse.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: Add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue users

2026-04-17T20:38:22+00:00

This continues the effort to refactor workqueue APIs, which began with the introduction of new workqueues and a new alloc_workqueue flag in: commit 128ea9f6ccfb ("workqueue: Add system_percpu_wq and system_dfl_wq") commit 930c2ea566af ("workqueue: Add new WQ_PERCPU flag") The refactoring is going to alter the default behavior of alloc_workqueue() to be unbound by default. With the introduction of the WQ_PERCPU flag (equivalent to !WQ_UNBOUND), any alloc_workqueue() caller that doesn’t explicitly specify WQ_UNBOUND must now use WQ_PERCPU. For more details see the Link tag below. In order to keep alloc_workqueue() behavior identical, explicitly request WQ_PERCPU. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250221112003.1dSuoGyc@linutronix.de/ Suggested-by: Tejun Heo Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260223092920.60424-2-marco.crivellari@suse.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: relax pgmap check in bio_add_page for compatible zone device pages

2026-04-17T20:37:08+00:00

bio_add_page() and bio_integrity_add_page() reject pages from different dev_pagemaps entirely, returning 0 even when those pages have compatible DMA mapping requirements. This forces callers to start a new bio when buffers span pgmap boundaries, even though the pages could safely coexist as separate bvec entries. This matters for guests where memory is registered through devm_memremap_pages() with MEMORY_DEVICE_GENERIC in multiple calls, creating separate dev_pagemaps for each chunk. When a direct I/O buffer spans two such chunks, bio_add_page() rejects the second page, forcing an unnecessary bio split or I/O failure. Introduce zone_device_pages_compatible() in blk.h to check whether two pages can coexist in the same bio as separate bvec entries. The block DMA iterator (blk_dma_map_iter_start) caches the P2PDMA mapping state from the first segment and applies it to all others, so P2PDMA pages from different pgmaps must not be mixed, and neither must P2PDMA and non-P2PDMA pages. All other combinations (MEMORY_DEVICE_GENERIC pages from different pgmaps, or MEMORY_DEVICE_GENERIC with normal RAM) use the same dma_map_phys path and are safe. Replace the blanket zone_device_pages_have_same_pgmap() rejection with zone_device_pages_compatible(), while keeping zone_device_pages_have_same_pgmap() as a merge guard. Pages from different pgmaps can be added as separate bvec entries but must not be coalesced into the same segment, as that would make it impossible to recover the correct pgmap via page_pgmap(). Fixes: 49580e690755 ("block: add check when merging zone device pages") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Naman Jain Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260410153414.4159050-3-namjain@linux.microsoft.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: add pgmap check to biovec_phys_mergeable

2026-04-17T20:37:08+00:00

biovec_phys_mergeable() is used by the request merge, DMA mapping, and integrity merge paths to decide if two physically contiguous bvec segments can be coalesced into one. It currently has no check for whether the segments belong to different dev_pagemaps. When zone device memory is registered in multiple chunks, each chunk gets its own dev_pagemap. A single bio can legitimately contain bvecs from different pgmaps -- iov_iter_extract_bvecs() breaks at pgmap boundaries but the outer loop in bio_iov_iter_get_pages() continues filling the same bio. If such bvecs are physically contiguous, biovec_phys_mergeable() will coalesce them, making it impossible to recover the correct pgmap for the merged segment via page_pgmap(). Add a zone_device_pages_have_same_pgmap() check to prevent merging bvec segments that span different pgmaps. Fixes: 49580e690755 ("block: add check when merging zone device pages") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Naman Jain Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260410153414.4159050-2-namjain@linux.microsoft.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

Merge tag 'for-7.1/block-20260411' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux

2026-04-13T22:51:31+00:00

Pull block updates from Jens Axboe: - Add shared memory zero-copy I/O support for ublk, bypassing per-I/O copies between kernel and userspace by matching registered buffer PFNs at I/O time. Includes selftests. - Refactor bio integrity to support filesystem initiated integrity operations and arbitrary buffer alignment. - Clean up bio allocation, splitting bio_alloc_bioset() into clear fast and slow paths. Add bio_await() and bio_submit_or_kill() helpers, unify synchronous bi_end_io callbacks. - Fix zone write plug refcount handling and plug removal races. Add support for serializing zone writes at QD=1 for rotational zoned devices, yielding significant throughput improvements. - Add SED-OPAL ioctls for Single User Mode management and a STACK_RESET command. - Add io_uring passthrough (uring_cmd) support to the BSG layer. - Replace pp_buf in partition scanning with struct seq_buf. - zloop improvements and cleanups. - drbd genl cleanup, switching to pre_doit/post_doit. - NVMe pull request via Keith: - Fabrics authentication updates - Enhanced block queue limits support - Workqueue usage updates - A new write zeroes device quirk - Tagset cleanup fix for loop device - MD pull requests via Yu Kuai: - Fix raid5 soft lockup in retry_aligned_read() - Fix raid10 deadlock with check operation and nowait requests - Fix raid1 overlapping writes on writemostly disks - Fix sysfs deadlock on array_state=clear - Proactive RAID-5 parity building with llbitmap, with write_zeroes_unmap optimization for initial sync - Fix llbitmap barrier ordering, rdev skipping, and bitmap_ops version mismatch fallback - Fix bcache use-after-free and uninitialized closure - Validate raid5 journal metadata payload size - Various cleanups - Various other fixes, improvements, and cleanups * tag 'for-7.1/block-20260411' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux: (146 commits) ublk: fix tautological comparison warning in ublk_ctrl_reg_buf scsi: bsg: fix buffer overflow in scsi_bsg_uring_cmd() block: refactor blkdev_zone_mgmt_ioctl MAINTAINERS: update ublk driver maintainer email Documentation: ublk: address review comments for SHMEM_ZC docs ublk: allow buffer registration before device is started ublk: replace xarray with IDA for shmem buffer index allocation ublk: simplify PFN range loop in __ublk_ctrl_reg_buf ublk: verify all pages in multi-page bvec fall within registered range ublk: widen ublk_shmem_buf_reg.len to __u64 for 4GB buffer support xfs: use bio_await in xfs_zone_gc_reset_sync block: add a bio_submit_or_kill helper block: factor out a bio_await helper block: unify the synchronous bi_end_io callbacks xfs: fix number of GC bvecs selftests/ublk: add read-only buffer registration test selftests/ublk: add filesystem fio verify test for shmem_zc selftests/ublk: add hugetlbfs shmem_zc test for loop target selftests/ublk: add shared memory zero-copy test selftests/ublk: add UBLK_F_SHMEM_ZC support for loop target ...

Merge tag 'vfs-7.1-rc1.bh.metadata' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs

2026-04-13T19:46:42+00:00

Pull vfs buffer_head updates from Christian Brauner: "This cleans up the mess that has accumulated over the years in metadata buffer_head tracking for inodes. It moves the tracking into dedicated structure in filesystem-private part of the inode (so that we don't use private_list, private_data, and private_lock in struct address_space), and also moves couple other users of private_data and private_list so these are removed from struct address_space saving 3 longs in struct inode for 99% of inodes" * tag 'vfs-7.1-rc1.bh.metadata' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: (42 commits) fs: Drop i_private_list from address_space fs: Drop mapping_metadata_bhs from address space ext4: Track metadata bhs in fs-private inode part minix: Track metadata bhs in fs-private inode part udf: Track metadata bhs in fs-private inode part fat: Track metadata bhs in fs-private inode part bfs: Track metadata bhs in fs-private inode part affs: Track metadata bhs in fs-private inode part ext2: Track metadata bhs in fs-private inode part fs: Provide functions for handling mapping_metadata_bhs directly fs: Switch inode_has_buffers() to take mapping_metadata_bhs fs: Make bhs point to mapping_metadata_bhs fs: Move metadata bhs tracking to a separate struct fs: Fold fsync_buffers_list() into sync_mapping_buffers() fs: Drop osync_buffers_list() kvm: Use private inode list instead of i_private_list fs: Remove i_private_data aio: Stop using i_private_data and i_private_lock hugetlbfs: Stop using i_private_data fs: Stop using i_private_data for metadata bh tracking ...

block: refactor blkdev_zone_mgmt_ioctl

2026-04-10T01:14:58+00:00

Split the zone reset case into a separate helper so that the conditional locking goes away. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260327090032.3722065-1-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: add a bio_submit_or_kill helper

2026-04-07T14:22:24+00:00

Factor the common logic for the ioctl helpers to either submit a bio or end if the process is being killed. As this is now the only user of bio_await_chain, open code that. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260407140538.633364-5-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: factor out a bio_await helper

2026-04-07T14:22:24+00:00

Add a new helper to wait for a bio and anything chained off it to complete synchronously after submitting it. This factors common code out of submit_bio_wait and bio_await_chain and will also be useful for file system code and thus is exported. Note that this will now set REQ_SYNC also for the bio_await case for consistency. Nothing should look at the flag in the end_io handler, but if something does having the flag set makes more sense. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260407140538.633364-4-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe