On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 07:14:13AM +0000, Chaitanya Kulkarni wrote: > Hi, > > * Background :- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Copy offload is a feature that allows file-systems or storage devices > to be instructed to copy files/logical blocks without requiring > involvement of the local CPU. > > With reference to the RISC-V summit keynote [1] single threaded > performance is limiting due to Denard scaling and multi-threaded > performance is slowing down due Moore's law limitations. With the rise > of SNIA Computation Technical Storage Working Group (TWG) [2], > offloading computations to the device or over the fabrics is becoming > popular as there are several solutions available [2]. One of the common > operation which is popular in the kernel and is not merged yet is Copy > offload over the fabrics or on to the device. > > * Problem :- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The original work which is done by Martin is present here [3]. The > latest work which is posted by Mikulas [4] is not merged yet. These two > approaches are totally different from each other. Several storage > vendors discourage mixing copy offload requests with regular READ/WRITE > I/O. Also, the fact that the operation fails if a copy request ever > needs to be split as it traverses the stack it has the unfortunate > side-effect of preventing copy offload from working in pretty much > every common deployment configuration out there. > > * Current state of the work :- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > With [3] being hard to handle arbitrary DM/MD stacking without > splitting the command in two, one for copying IN and one for copying > OUT. Which is then demonstrated by the [4] why [3] it is not a suitable > candidate. Also, with [4] there is an unresolved problem with the > two-command approach about how to handle changes to the DM layout > between an IN and OUT operations. > > We have conducted a call with interested people late last year since > lack of LSFMMM and we would like to share the details with broader > community members. Was on that call and I am interested in joining this discussion. > > * Why Linux Kernel Storage System needs Copy Offload support now ? > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > With the rise of the SNIA Computational Storage TWG and solutions [2], > existing SCSI XCopy support in the protocol, recent advancement in the > Linux Kernel File System for Zoned devices (Zonefs [5]), Peer to Peer > DMA support in the Linux Kernel mainly for NVMe devices [7] and > eventually NVMe Devices and subsystem (NVMe PCIe/NVMeOF) will benefit > from Copy offload operation. > > With this background we have significant number of use-cases which are > strong candidates waiting for outstanding Linux Kernel Block Layer Copy > Offload support, so that Linux Kernel Storage subsystem can to address > previously mentioned problems [1] and allow efficient offloading of the > data related operations. (Such as move/copy etc.) > > For reference following is the list of the use-cases/candidates waiting > for Copy Offload support :- > > 1. SCSI-attached storage arrays. > 2. Stacking drivers supporting XCopy DM/MD. > 3. Computational Storage solutions. > 7. File systems :- Local, NFS and Zonefs. > 4. Block devices :- Distributed, local, and Zoned devices. > 5. Peer to Peer DMA support solutions. > 6. Potentially NVMe subsystem both NVMe PCIe and NVMeOF. > > * What we will discuss in the proposed session ? > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I'd like to propose a session to go over this topic to understand :- > > 1. What are the blockers for Copy Offload implementation ? > 2. Discussion about having a file system interface. > 3. Discussion about having right system call for user-space. > 4. What is the right way to move this work forward ? > 5. How can we help to contribute and move this work forward ? > > * Required Participants :- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I'd like to invite file system, block layer, and device drivers > developers to:- > > 1. Share their opinion on the topic. > 2. Share their experience and any other issues with [4]. > 3. Uncover additional details that are missing from this proposal. > > Required attendees :- > > Martin K. 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