Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] block: use chunk_sectors when evaluating stacked atomic write limits

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On 03/07/2025 14:31, Mikulas Patocka wrote:


On Thu, 3 Jul 2025, John Garry wrote:

The atomic write unit max value is limited by any stacked device stripe
size.

It is required that the atomic write unit is a power-of-2 factor of the
stripe size.

Currently we use io_min limit to hold the stripe size, and check for a
io_min <= SECTOR_SIZE when deciding if we have a striped stacked device.

Nilay reports that this causes a problem when the physical block size is
greater than SECTOR_SIZE [0].

Furthermore, io_min may be mutated when stacking devices, and this makes
it a poor candidate to hold the stripe size. Such an example (of when
io_min may change) would be when the io_min is less than the physical
block size.

Use chunk_sectors to hold the stripe size, which is more appropriate.

[0] https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/888f3b1d-7817-4007-b3b3-1a2ea04df771@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/*mecca17129f72811137d3c2f1e477634e77f06781__;Iw!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!OoKnbVR6yxyDj7-7bpZceNOD59hud0wfw_-fZLPgcGi9XdFQyfpfFFmbYzR_HdvM8epaJqe_dCGnIEgDPMze$

Reviewed-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
  block/blk-settings.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 7ca21fb32598..20d3563f5d3f 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -596,41 +596,47 @@ static bool blk_stack_atomic_writes_boundary_head(struct queue_limits *t,
  	return true;
  }
+static inline unsigned int max_pow_of_two_factor(const unsigned int nr)
+{
+	return 1 << (ffs(nr) - 1);

This could be changed to "nr & -nr".

Sure, but I doubt if that is a more natural form.


+}
-/* Check stacking of first bottom device */
-static bool blk_stack_atomic_writes_head(struct queue_limits *t,
-				struct queue_limits *b)
+static void blk_stack_atomic_writes_chunk_sectors(struct queue_limits *t)
  {
-	if (b->atomic_write_hw_boundary &&
-	    !blk_stack_atomic_writes_boundary_head(t, b))
-		return false;
+	unsigned int chunk_bytes = t->chunk_sectors << SECTOR_SHIFT;

What about integer overflow?

I suppose theoretically it could happen, and I'm happy to change.

However there seems to be precedent in assuming it won't:

- in stripe_op_hints(), we hold chunk_size in an unsigned int
- in raid0_set_limits(), we hold mddev->chunk_sectors << 9 in lim.io_min, which is an unsigned int type.

Please let me know your thoughts on also changing these sort of instances. Is it realistic to expect chunk_bytes > UINT_MAX?

Thanks,
John





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