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[v11,7/7] docs/zoned-storage: add zoned device documentation

Message ID 20221010022116.41942-8-faithilikerun@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series Add support for zoned device | expand

Commit Message

Sam Li Oct. 10, 2022, 2:21 a.m. UTC
Add the documentation about the zoned device support to virtio-blk
emulation.

Signed-off-by: Sam Li <faithilikerun@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
---
 docs/devel/zoned-storage.rst           | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 docs/system/qemu-block-drivers.rst.inc |  6 ++++
 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 docs/devel/zoned-storage.rst

Comments

Hannes Reinecke Oct. 10, 2022, 6:19 a.m. UTC | #1
On 10/10/22 04:21, Sam Li wrote:
> Add the documentation about the zoned device support to virtio-blk
> emulation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sam Li <faithilikerun@gmail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> ---
>   docs/devel/zoned-storage.rst           | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   docs/system/qemu-block-drivers.rst.inc |  6 ++++
>   2 files changed, 46 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100644 docs/devel/zoned-storage.rst
> 
> diff --git a/docs/devel/zoned-storage.rst b/docs/devel/zoned-storage.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..deaa4ce99b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/docs/devel/zoned-storage.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
> +=============
> +zoned-storage
> +=============
> +
> +Zoned Block Devices (ZBDs) devide the LBA space into block regions called zones

divide

> +that are larger than the LBA size. They can only allow sequential writes, which
> +can reduce write amplification in SSDs, and potentially lead to higher
> +throughput and increased capacity. More details about ZBDs can be found at:
> +
> +https://zonedstorage.io/docs/introduction/zoned-storage
> +
> +1. Block layer APIs for zoned storage
> +-------------------------------------
> +QEMU block layer has three zoned storage model:
> +- BLK_Z_HM: This model only allows sequential writes access. It supports a set
> +of ZBD-specific I/O request that used by the host to manage device zones.

Maybe:
This model only allow for sequential write access to zones. It supports 
ZBD-specific I/O requests to manage device zones.

> +- BLK_Z_HA: It deals with both sequential writes and random writes access.

Maybe better:
This model allows sequential and random writes to zones. It supports 
ZBD-specific I/O requests to manage device zones.

> +- BLK_Z_NONE: Regular block devices and drive-managed ZBDs are treated as
> +non-zoned devices.

Maybe:
This is the default model with no zones support; it includes both 
regular and drive-managed ZBD devices. ZBD-specific I/O requests are not 
supported.

> +
> +The block device information resides inside BlockDriverState. QEMU uses
> +BlockLimits struct(BlockDriverState::bl) that is continuously accessed by the
> +block layer while processing I/O requests. A BlockBackend has a root pointer to
> +a BlockDriverState graph(for example, raw format on top of file-posix). The
> +zoned storage information can be propagated from the leaf BlockDriverState all
> +the way up to the BlockBackend. If the zoned storage model in file-posix is
> +set to BLK_Z_HM, then block drivers will declare support for zoned host device.
> +
> +The block layer APIs support commands needed for zoned storage devices,
> +including report zones, four zone operations, and zone append.
> +
> +2. Emulating zoned storage controllers
> +--------------------------------------
> +When the BlockBackend's BlockLimits model reports a zoned storage device, users
> +like the virtio-blk emulation or the qemu-io-cmds.c utility can use block layer
> +APIs for zoned storage emulation or testing.
> +
> +For example, to test zone_report on a null_blk device using qemu-io is:
> +$ path/to/qemu-io --image-opts -n driver=zoned_host_device,filename=/dev/nullb0
> +-c "zrp offset nr_zones"
> diff --git a/docs/system/qemu-block-drivers.rst.inc b/docs/system/qemu-block-drivers.rst.inc
> index dfe5d2293d..0b97227fd9 100644
> --- a/docs/system/qemu-block-drivers.rst.inc
> +++ b/docs/system/qemu-block-drivers.rst.inc
> @@ -430,6 +430,12 @@ Hard disks
>     you may corrupt your host data (use the ``-snapshot`` command
>     line option or modify the device permissions accordingly).
>   
> +Zoned block devices
> +  Zoned block devices can be passed through to the guest if the emulated storage
> +  controller supports zoned storage. Use ``--blockdev zoned_host_device,
> +  node-name=drive0,filename=/dev/nullb0`` to pass through ``/dev/nullb0``
> +  as ``drive0``.
> +
>   Windows
>   ^^^^^^^
>   

Cheers,

Hannes
Sam Li Oct. 10, 2022, 7:10 a.m. UTC | #2
Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de> 于2022年10月10日周一 14:19写道:
>
> On 10/10/22 04:21, Sam Li wrote:
> > Add the documentation about the zoned device support to virtio-blk
> > emulation.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sam Li <faithilikerun@gmail.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >   docs/devel/zoned-storage.rst           | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >   docs/system/qemu-block-drivers.rst.inc |  6 ++++
> >   2 files changed, 46 insertions(+)
> >   create mode 100644 docs/devel/zoned-storage.rst
> >
> > diff --git a/docs/devel/zoned-storage.rst b/docs/devel/zoned-storage.rst
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000000..deaa4ce99b
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/docs/devel/zoned-storage.rst
> > @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
> > +=============
> > +zoned-storage
> > +=============
> > +
> > +Zoned Block Devices (ZBDs) devide the LBA space into block regions called zones
>
> divide
>
> > +that are larger than the LBA size. They can only allow sequential writes, which
> > +can reduce write amplification in SSDs, and potentially lead to higher
> > +throughput and increased capacity. More details about ZBDs can be found at:
> > +
> > +https://zonedstorage.io/docs/introduction/zoned-storage
> > +
> > +1. Block layer APIs for zoned storage
> > +-------------------------------------
> > +QEMU block layer has three zoned storage model:
> > +- BLK_Z_HM: This model only allows sequential writes access. It supports a set
> > +of ZBD-specific I/O request that used by the host to manage device zones.
>
> Maybe:
> This model only allow for sequential write access to zones. It supports
> ZBD-specific I/O requests to manage device zones.
>
> > +- BLK_Z_HA: It deals with both sequential writes and random writes access.
>
> Maybe better:
> This model allows sequential and random writes to zones. It supports
> ZBD-specific I/O requests to manage device zones.
>
> > +- BLK_Z_NONE: Regular block devices and drive-managed ZBDs are treated as
> > +non-zoned devices.
>
> Maybe:
> This is the default model with no zones support; it includes both
> regular and drive-managed ZBD devices. ZBD-specific I/O requests are not
> supported.

Thanks!

>
> > +
> > +The block device information resides inside BlockDriverState. QEMU uses
> > +BlockLimits struct(BlockDriverState::bl) that is continuously accessed by the
> > +block layer while processing I/O requests. A BlockBackend has a root pointer to
> > +a BlockDriverState graph(for example, raw format on top of file-posix). The
> > +zoned storage information can be propagated from the leaf BlockDriverState all
> > +the way up to the BlockBackend. If the zoned storage model in file-posix is
> > +set to BLK_Z_HM, then block drivers will declare support for zoned host device.
> > +
> > +The block layer APIs support commands needed for zoned storage devices,
> > +including report zones, four zone operations, and zone append.
> > +
> > +2. Emulating zoned storage controllers
> > +--------------------------------------
> > +When the BlockBackend's BlockLimits model reports a zoned storage device, users
> > +like the virtio-blk emulation or the qemu-io-cmds.c utility can use block layer
> > +APIs for zoned storage emulation or testing.
> > +
> > +For example, to test zone_report on a null_blk device using qemu-io is:
> > +$ path/to/qemu-io --image-opts -n driver=zoned_host_device,filename=/dev/nullb0
> > +-c "zrp offset nr_zones"
> > diff --git a/docs/system/qemu-block-drivers.rst.inc b/docs/system/qemu-block-drivers.rst.inc
> > index dfe5d2293d..0b97227fd9 100644
> > --- a/docs/system/qemu-block-drivers.rst.inc
> > +++ b/docs/system/qemu-block-drivers.rst.inc
> > @@ -430,6 +430,12 @@ Hard disks
> >     you may corrupt your host data (use the ``-snapshot`` command
> >     line option or modify the device permissions accordingly).
> >
> > +Zoned block devices
> > +  Zoned block devices can be passed through to the guest if the emulated storage
> > +  controller supports zoned storage. Use ``--blockdev zoned_host_device,
> > +  node-name=drive0,filename=/dev/nullb0`` to pass through ``/dev/nullb0``
> > +  as ``drive0``.
> > +
> >   Windows
> >   ^^^^^^^
> >
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hannes
> --
> Dr. Hannes Reinecke                Kernel Storage Architect
> hare@suse.de                              +49 911 74053 688
> SUSE Software Solutions GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg
> HRB 36809 (AG Nürnberg), Geschäftsführer: Ivo Totev, Andrew
> Myers, Andrew McDonald, Martje Boudien Moerman
>
Damien Le Moal Oct. 13, 2022, 4:47 a.m. UTC | #3
On 10/10/22 11:21, Sam Li wrote:
> Add the documentation about the zoned device support to virtio-blk
> emulation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sam Li <faithilikerun@gmail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> ---
>  docs/devel/zoned-storage.rst           | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  docs/system/qemu-block-drivers.rst.inc |  6 ++++
>  2 files changed, 46 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 docs/devel/zoned-storage.rst
> 
> diff --git a/docs/devel/zoned-storage.rst b/docs/devel/zoned-storage.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..deaa4ce99b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/docs/devel/zoned-storage.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
> +=============
> +zoned-storage
> +=============
> +
> +Zoned Block Devices (ZBDs) devide the LBA space into block regions called zones
> +that are larger than the LBA size. They can only allow sequential writes, which
> +can reduce write amplification in SSDs, and potentially lead to higher
> +throughput and increased capacity. More details about ZBDs can be found at:
> +
> +https://zonedstorage.io/docs/introduction/zoned-storage
> +
> +1. Block layer APIs for zoned storage
> +-------------------------------------
> +QEMU block layer has three zoned storage model:
> +- BLK_Z_HM: This model only allows sequential writes access. It supports a set

- BLK_Z_HM: The host-managed zoned model...

> +of ZBD-specific I/O request that used by the host to manage device zones.

...of ZBD-specific commands that can be used by a host to manage the
zones of a device.

> +- BLK_Z_HA: It deals with both sequential writes and random writes access.

- BLK_Z_HA: The host-aware zoned model allows random write operations in
zones, making it backward compatible with regular block devices.

> +- BLK_Z_NONE: Regular block devices and drive-managed ZBDs are treated as
> +non-zoned devices.
> +
> +The block device information resides inside BlockDriverState. QEMU uses
> +BlockLimits struct(BlockDriverState::bl) that is continuously accessed by the
> +block layer while processing I/O requests. A BlockBackend has a root pointer to
> +a BlockDriverState graph(for example, raw format on top of file-posix). The
> +zoned storage information can be propagated from the leaf BlockDriverState all
> +the way up to the BlockBackend. If the zoned storage model in file-posix is
> +set to BLK_Z_HM, then block drivers will declare support for zoned host device.
> +
> +The block layer APIs support commands needed for zoned storage devices,
> +including report zones, four zone operations, and zone append.
> +
> +2. Emulating zoned storage controllers
> +--------------------------------------
> +When the BlockBackend's BlockLimits model reports a zoned storage device, users
> +like the virtio-blk emulation or the qemu-io-cmds.c utility can use block layer
> +APIs for zoned storage emulation or testing.
> +
> +For example, to test zone_report on a null_blk device using qemu-io is:
> +$ path/to/qemu-io --image-opts -n driver=zoned_host_device,filename=/dev/nullb0
> +-c "zrp offset nr_zones"
> diff --git a/docs/system/qemu-block-drivers.rst.inc b/docs/system/qemu-block-drivers.rst.inc
> index dfe5d2293d..0b97227fd9 100644
> --- a/docs/system/qemu-block-drivers.rst.inc
> +++ b/docs/system/qemu-block-drivers.rst.inc
> @@ -430,6 +430,12 @@ Hard disks
>    you may corrupt your host data (use the ``-snapshot`` command
>    line option or modify the device permissions accordingly).
>  
> +Zoned block devices
> +  Zoned block devices can be passed through to the guest if the emulated storage
> +  controller supports zoned storage. Use ``--blockdev zoned_host_device,
> +  node-name=drive0,filename=/dev/nullb0`` to pass through ``/dev/nullb0``
> +  as ``drive0``.
> +
>  Windows
>  ^^^^^^^
>  

With the above nits fixed, feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@opensource.wdc.com>
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diff --git a/docs/devel/zoned-storage.rst b/docs/devel/zoned-storage.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..deaa4ce99b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/devel/zoned-storage.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ 
+=============
+zoned-storage
+=============
+
+Zoned Block Devices (ZBDs) devide the LBA space into block regions called zones
+that are larger than the LBA size. They can only allow sequential writes, which
+can reduce write amplification in SSDs, and potentially lead to higher
+throughput and increased capacity. More details about ZBDs can be found at:
+
+https://zonedstorage.io/docs/introduction/zoned-storage
+
+1. Block layer APIs for zoned storage
+-------------------------------------
+QEMU block layer has three zoned storage model:
+- BLK_Z_HM: This model only allows sequential writes access. It supports a set
+of ZBD-specific I/O request that used by the host to manage device zones.
+- BLK_Z_HA: It deals with both sequential writes and random writes access.
+- BLK_Z_NONE: Regular block devices and drive-managed ZBDs are treated as
+non-zoned devices.
+
+The block device information resides inside BlockDriverState. QEMU uses
+BlockLimits struct(BlockDriverState::bl) that is continuously accessed by the
+block layer while processing I/O requests. A BlockBackend has a root pointer to
+a BlockDriverState graph(for example, raw format on top of file-posix). The
+zoned storage information can be propagated from the leaf BlockDriverState all
+the way up to the BlockBackend. If the zoned storage model in file-posix is
+set to BLK_Z_HM, then block drivers will declare support for zoned host device.
+
+The block layer APIs support commands needed for zoned storage devices,
+including report zones, four zone operations, and zone append.
+
+2. Emulating zoned storage controllers
+--------------------------------------
+When the BlockBackend's BlockLimits model reports a zoned storage device, users
+like the virtio-blk emulation or the qemu-io-cmds.c utility can use block layer
+APIs for zoned storage emulation or testing.
+
+For example, to test zone_report on a null_blk device using qemu-io is:
+$ path/to/qemu-io --image-opts -n driver=zoned_host_device,filename=/dev/nullb0
+-c "zrp offset nr_zones"
diff --git a/docs/system/qemu-block-drivers.rst.inc b/docs/system/qemu-block-drivers.rst.inc
index dfe5d2293d..0b97227fd9 100644
--- a/docs/system/qemu-block-drivers.rst.inc
+++ b/docs/system/qemu-block-drivers.rst.inc
@@ -430,6 +430,12 @@  Hard disks
   you may corrupt your host data (use the ``-snapshot`` command
   line option or modify the device permissions accordingly).
 
+Zoned block devices
+  Zoned block devices can be passed through to the guest if the emulated storage
+  controller supports zoned storage. Use ``--blockdev zoned_host_device,
+  node-name=drive0,filename=/dev/nullb0`` to pass through ``/dev/nullb0``
+  as ``drive0``.
+
 Windows
 ^^^^^^^