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[4/5] brd: limit maximal block size to 32M

Message ID 20230306120127.21375-5-hare@suse.de (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series brd: Allow to change block sizes | expand

Commit Message

Hannes Reinecke March 6, 2023, 12:01 p.m. UTC
Use an arbitrary limit of 32M for the maximal blocksize so as not
to overflow the page cache.

Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
---
 drivers/block/brd.c | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Comments

Matthew Wilcox March 6, 2023, 5:40 p.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 01:01:26PM +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> Use an arbitrary limit of 32M for the maximal blocksize so as not
> to overflow the page cache.

The page allocator tops out at MAX_ORDER (generally 4MB), so that might
be a better limit.  Also, this has nothing to do with the page cache,
right?
Keith Busch March 6, 2023, 6:01 p.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 01:01:26PM +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> Use an arbitrary limit of 32M for the maximal blocksize so as not
> to overflow the page cache.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
> ---
>  drivers/block/brd.c | 16 ++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/block/brd.c b/drivers/block/brd.c
> index 11bac3c3f1b6..1ed114cd5cb0 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/brd.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/brd.c
> @@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ static int max_part = 1;
>  module_param(max_part, int, 0444);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_part, "Num Minors to reserve between devices");
>  
> +#define RD_MAX_SECTOR_SIZE 65536
>  static unsigned int rd_blksize = PAGE_SIZE;
>  module_param(rd_blksize, uint, 0444);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(rd_blksize, "Blocksize of each RAM disk in bytes.");
> @@ -410,15 +411,14 @@ static int brd_alloc(int i)
>  	disk->private_data	= brd;
>  	strscpy(disk->disk_name, buf, DISK_NAME_LEN);
>  	set_capacity(disk, rd_size * 2);
> -	
> -	/*
> -	 * This is so fdisk will align partitions on 4k, because of
> -	 * direct_access API needing 4k alignment, returning a PFN
> -	 * (This is only a problem on very small devices <= 4M,
> -	 *  otherwise fdisk will align on 1M. Regardless this call
> -	 *  is harmless)
> -	 */
> +
> +	if (rd_blksize > RD_MAX_SECTOR_SIZE) {

rd_blkside is in bytes, but the above is ccomapring it to something in units of
SECTOR_SIZE.

> +		/* Arbitrary limit maximum block size to 32M */
> +		err = -EINVAL;
> +		goto out_cleanup_disk;
> +	}

rd_blksize also needs to be >= 512, and a power of 2.

>  	blk_queue_physical_block_size(disk->queue, rd_blksize);
> +	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(disk->queue, RD_MAX_SECTOR_SIZE);
>  
>  	/* Tell the block layer that this is not a rotational device */
>  	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, disk->queue);
Hannes Reinecke March 7, 2023, 6:56 a.m. UTC | #3
On 3/6/23 18:40, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 01:01:26PM +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
>> Use an arbitrary limit of 32M for the maximal blocksize so as not
>> to overflow the page cache.
> 
> The page allocator tops out at MAX_ORDER (generally 4MB), so that might
> be a better limit.  Also, this has nothing to do with the page cache,
> right?

Indeed. Sloppy description.
Will be fixing it up.

Cheers,

Hannes
Hannes Reinecke March 7, 2023, 6:57 a.m. UTC | #4
On 3/6/23 19:01, Keith Busch wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 01:01:26PM +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
>> Use an arbitrary limit of 32M for the maximal blocksize so as not
>> to overflow the page cache.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
>> ---
>>   drivers/block/brd.c | 16 ++++++++--------
>>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/block/brd.c b/drivers/block/brd.c
>> index 11bac3c3f1b6..1ed114cd5cb0 100644
>> --- a/drivers/block/brd.c
>> +++ b/drivers/block/brd.c
>> @@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ static int max_part = 1;
>>   module_param(max_part, int, 0444);
>>   MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_part, "Num Minors to reserve between devices");
>>   
>> +#define RD_MAX_SECTOR_SIZE 65536
>>   static unsigned int rd_blksize = PAGE_SIZE;
>>   module_param(rd_blksize, uint, 0444);
>>   MODULE_PARM_DESC(rd_blksize, "Blocksize of each RAM disk in bytes.");
>> @@ -410,15 +411,14 @@ static int brd_alloc(int i)
>>   	disk->private_data	= brd;
>>   	strscpy(disk->disk_name, buf, DISK_NAME_LEN);
>>   	set_capacity(disk, rd_size * 2);
>> -	
>> -	/*
>> -	 * This is so fdisk will align partitions on 4k, because of
>> -	 * direct_access API needing 4k alignment, returning a PFN
>> -	 * (This is only a problem on very small devices <= 4M,
>> -	 *  otherwise fdisk will align on 1M. Regardless this call
>> -	 *  is harmless)
>> -	 */
>> +
>> +	if (rd_blksize > RD_MAX_SECTOR_SIZE) {
> 
> rd_blkside is in bytes, but the above is ccomapring it to something in units of
> SECTOR_SIZE.
> 
Ok.

>> +		/* Arbitrary limit maximum block size to 32M */
>> +		err = -EINVAL;
>> +		goto out_cleanup_disk;
>> +	}
> 
> rd_blksize also needs to be >= 512, and a power of 2.
> 
Yes; I'll be adding the checks accordingly.

Cheers,

Hannes
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diff --git a/drivers/block/brd.c b/drivers/block/brd.c
index 11bac3c3f1b6..1ed114cd5cb0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/brd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/brd.c
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@  static int max_part = 1;
 module_param(max_part, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_part, "Num Minors to reserve between devices");
 
+#define RD_MAX_SECTOR_SIZE 65536
 static unsigned int rd_blksize = PAGE_SIZE;
 module_param(rd_blksize, uint, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(rd_blksize, "Blocksize of each RAM disk in bytes.");
@@ -410,15 +411,14 @@  static int brd_alloc(int i)
 	disk->private_data	= brd;
 	strscpy(disk->disk_name, buf, DISK_NAME_LEN);
 	set_capacity(disk, rd_size * 2);
-	
-	/*
-	 * This is so fdisk will align partitions on 4k, because of
-	 * direct_access API needing 4k alignment, returning a PFN
-	 * (This is only a problem on very small devices <= 4M,
-	 *  otherwise fdisk will align on 1M. Regardless this call
-	 *  is harmless)
-	 */
+
+	if (rd_blksize > RD_MAX_SECTOR_SIZE) {
+		/* Arbitrary limit maximum block size to 32M */
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_cleanup_disk;
+	}
 	blk_queue_physical_block_size(disk->queue, rd_blksize);
+	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(disk->queue, RD_MAX_SECTOR_SIZE);
 
 	/* Tell the block layer that this is not a rotational device */
 	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, disk->queue);