| From: |
| Ming Lei <ming.lei-AT-redhat.com> |
| To: |
| Jens Axboe <axboe-AT-kernel.dk>, linux-block-AT-vger.kernel.org |
| Subject: |
| [PATCH 0/8] ublk: add shared memory zero-copy support |
| Date: |
| Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:48:55 +0800 |
| Message-ID: |
| <20260328134909.3207377-1-ming.lei@redhat.com> |
| Cc: |
| Caleb Sander Mateos <csander-AT-purestorage.com>, Ming Lei <ming.lei-AT-redhat.com> |
| Archive-link: |
| Article |
Hello,
Add shared memory based zero-copy (UBLK_F_SHMEM_ZC) support for ublk.
The ublk server and its client share a memory region (e.g. memfd or
hugetlbfs file) via MAP_SHARED mmap. The server registers this region
with the kernel via UBLK_U_CMD_REG_BUF, which pins the pages and
builds a PFN maple tree. When I/O arrives, the driver looks up bio
pages in the maple tree — if they match registered buffer pages, the
data is used directly without copying.
Please see details on document added in patch 3.
Patches 1-3 implement the kernel side:
- buffer register/unregister control commands with PFN coalescing
- PFN-based matching in the I/O path
- UBLK_F_SHMEM_ZC feature flag
Patches 4-8 add kublk (selftest server) support and tests:
- hugetlbfs buffer sharing (both kublk and fio mmap the same file)
- null target and loop target tests with fio verify
- filesystem-level test (ext4 on ublk, fio verify on a file)
Ming Lei (8):
ublk: add UBLK_U_CMD_REG_BUF/UNREG_BUF control commands
ublk: add PFN-based buffer matching in I/O path
ublk: enable UBLK_F_SHMEM_ZC feature flag
selftests/ublk: add shared memory zero-copy support in kublk
selftests/ublk: add UBLK_F_SHMEM_ZC support for loop target
selftests/ublk: add shared memory zero-copy test
selftests/ublk: add hugetlbfs shmem_zc test for loop target
selftests/ublk: add filesystem fio verify test for shmem_zc
Documentation/block/ublk.rst | 117 ++++++
drivers/block/ublk_drv.c | 365 +++++++++++++++++-
include/uapi/linux/ublk_cmd.h | 75 ++++
tools/testing/selftests/ublk/Makefile | 4 +
tools/testing/selftests/ublk/file_backed.c | 38 ++
tools/testing/selftests/ublk/kublk.c | 339 +++++++++++++++-
tools/testing/selftests/ublk/kublk.h | 14 +
tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh | 15 +-
.../testing/selftests/ublk/test_shmemzc_01.sh | 72 ++++
.../testing/selftests/ublk/test_shmemzc_02.sh | 68 ++++
.../testing/selftests/ublk/test_shmemzc_03.sh | 69 ++++
11 files changed, 1168 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_shmemzc_01.sh
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_shmemzc_02.sh
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_shmemzc_03.sh
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