[v3] ublk: decouple server threads from hctxs

[PATCH v3 0/2] ublk: decouple server threads from hctxs

Uday Shankar posted 2 patches 1 month ago

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drivers/block/ublk_drv.c | 99 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)

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[PATCH v3 0/2] ublk: decouple server threads from hctxs

Posted by Uday Shankar 1 month ago

This patch set aims to allow ublk server threads to better balance load
amongst themselves by decoupling server threads from ublk queues/hctxs,
so that multiple threads can service I/Os from a single hctx.

Signed-off-by: Uday Shankar <ushankar@purestorage.com>
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Changes in v3:
- Check for UBLK_IO_FLAG_ACTIVE on I/O again after taking lock to ensure
  that two concurrent FETCH_REQs on the same I/O can't succeed (Caleb
  Sander Mateos)
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250408-ublk_task_per_io-v2-0-b97877e6fd50@purestorage.com

Changes in v2:
- Remove changes split into other patches
- To ease error handling/synchronization, associate each I/O (instead of
  each queue) to the last task that issues a FETCH_REQ against it. Only
  that task is allowed to operate on the I/O.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241002224437.3088981-1-ushankar@purestorage.com

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Uday Shankar (2):
      ublk: properly serialize all FETCH_REQs
      ublk: require unique task per io instead of unique task per hctx

 drivers/block/ublk_drv.c | 99 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 88e581728f3f0036110126adbaa0d88d3cd3b48d
change-id: 20250408-ublk_task_per_io-c693cf608d7a

Best regards,
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Uday Shankar <ushankar@purestorage.com>