[v3,0/8] implement async block discards and other ops via io_uring

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Pavel Begunkov Sept. 4, 2024, 2:17 p.m. UTC

There is an interest in having asynchronous block operations like
discard and write zeroes. The series implements that as io_uring commands,
which is an io_uring request type allowing to implement custom file
specific operations.

First 4 are preparation patches. Patch 5 introduces the main chunk of
cmd infrastructure and discard commands. Patches 6-8 implement
write zeroes variants.

Branch with tests and docs:
https://github.com/isilence/liburing.git discard-cmd

The man page specifically (need to shuffle it to some cmd section):
https://github.com/isilence/liburing/commit/a6fa2bc2400bf7fcb80496e322b5db4c8b3191f0

v3: use GFP_NOWAIT for non-blocking allocation
    fail oversized nowait discards in advance
    drop secure erase and add zero page writes
    renamed function name + other cosmetic changes
    use IOC / ioctl encoding for cmd opcodes

v2: move out of CONFIG_COMPAT
    add write zeroes & secure erase
    drop a note about interaction with page cache

Pavel Begunkov (8):
  io_uring/cmd: expose iowq to cmds
  io_uring/cmd: give inline space in request to cmds
  filemap: introduce filemap_invalidate_pages
  block: introduce blk_validate_byte_range()
  block: implement async discard as io_uring cmd
  block: implement async write zeroes command
  block: add nowait flag for __blkdev_issue_zero_pages
  block: implement async write zero pages command

 block/blk-lib.c              |  25 +++-
 block/blk.h                  |   1 +
 block/fops.c                 |   2 +
 block/ioctl.c                | 228 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 include/linux/bio.h          |   6 +
 include/linux/blkdev.h       |   1 +
 include/linux/io_uring/cmd.h |  15 +++
 include/linux/pagemap.h      |   2 +
 include/uapi/linux/fs.h      |   4 +
 io_uring/io_uring.c          |  11 ++
 io_uring/io_uring.h          |   1 +
 io_uring/uring_cmd.c         |   7 ++
 mm/filemap.c                 |  17 ++-
 13 files changed, 292 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)