Re: [Patch v9 08/10] scsi: sd: Atomic write support

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On 6/20/24 14:53, John Garry wrote:
Support is divided into two main areas:
- reading VPD pages and setting sdev request_queue limits
- support WRITE ATOMIC (16) command and tracing

The relevant block limits VPD page need to be read to allow the block layer
request_queue atomic write limits to be set. These VPD page limits are
described in sbc4r22 section 6.6.4 - Block limits VPD page.

There are five limits of interest:
- MAXIMUM ATOMIC TRANSFER LENGTH
- ATOMIC ALIGNMENT
- ATOMIC TRANSFER LENGTH GRANULARITY
- MAXIMUM ATOMIC TRANSFER LENGTH WITH BOUNDARY
- MAXIMUM ATOMIC BOUNDARY SIZE

MAXIMUM ATOMIC TRANSFER LENGTH is the maximum length for a WRITE ATOMIC
(16) command. It will not be greater than the device MAXIMUM TRANSFER
LENGTH.

ATOMIC ALIGNMENT and ATOMIC TRANSFER LENGTH GRANULARITY are the minimum
alignment and length values for an atomic write in terms of logical blocks.

Unlike NVMe, SCSI does not specify an LBA space boundary, but does specify
a per-IO boundary granularity. The maximum boundary size is specified in
MAXIMUM ATOMIC BOUNDARY SIZE. When used, this boundary value is set in the
WRITE ATOMIC (16) ATOMIC BOUNDARY field - layout for the WRITE_ATOMIC_16
command can be found in sbc4r22 section 5.48. This boundary value is the
granularity size at which the device may atomically write the data. A value
of zero in WRITE ATOMIC (16) ATOMIC BOUNDARY field means that all data must
be atomically written together.

MAXIMUM ATOMIC TRANSFER LENGTH WITH BOUNDARY is the maximum atomic write
length if a non-zero boundary value is set.

For atomic write support, the WRITE ATOMIC (16) boundary is not of much
interest, as the block layer expects each request submitted to be executed
atomically. However, the SCSI spec does leave itself open to a quirky
scenario where MAXIMUM ATOMIC TRANSFER LENGTH is zero, yet MAXIMUM ATOMIC
TRANSFER LENGTH WITH BOUNDARY and MAXIMUM ATOMIC BOUNDARY SIZE are both
non-zero. This case will be supported.

To set the block layer request_queue atomic write capabilities, sanitize
the VPD page limits and set limits as follows:
- atomic_write_unit_min is derived from granularity and alignment values.
   If no granularity value is not set, use physical block size
- atomic_write_unit_max is derived from MAXIMUM ATOMIC TRANSFER LENGTH. In
   the scenario where MAXIMUM ATOMIC TRANSFER LENGTH is zero and boundary
   limits are non-zero, use MAXIMUM ATOMIC BOUNDARY SIZE for
   atomic_write_unit_max. New flag scsi_disk.use_atomic_write_boundary is
   set for this scenario.
- atomic_write_boundary_bytes is set to zero always

SCSI also supports a WRITE ATOMIC (32) command, which is for type 2
protection enabled. This is not going to be supported now, so check for
T10_PI_TYPE2_PROTECTION when setting any request_queue limits.

To handle an atomic write request, add support for WRITE ATOMIC (16)
command in handler sd_setup_atomic_cmnd(). Flag use_atomic_write_boundary
is checked here for encoding ATOMIC BOUNDARY field.

Trace info is also added for WRITE_ATOMIC_16 command.

Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
  drivers/scsi/scsi_trace.c   | 22 +++++++++
  drivers/scsi/sd.c           | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
  drivers/scsi/sd.h           |  8 ++++
  include/scsi/scsi_proto.h   |  1 +
  include/trace/events/scsi.h |  1 +
  5 files changed, 124 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>

Cheers,

Hannes
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Dr. Hannes Reinecke                  Kernel Storage Architect
hare@xxxxxxx                                +49 911 74053 688
SUSE Software Solutions GmbH, Frankenstr. 146, 90461 Nürnberg
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