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Message-ID: <aTqKLSbpQN26XLNq@fedora>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:09:01 +0800
From: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
To: Caleb Sander Mateos <csander@...estorage.com>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] selftests: ublk: forbid multiple data copy modes

On Wed, Dec 10, 2025 at 10:16:01PM -0700, Caleb Sander Mateos wrote:
> The kublk mock ublk server allows multiple data copy mode arguments to
> be passed on the command line (--zero_copy, --get_data, and --auto_zc).
> The ublk device will be created with all the requested feature flags,
> however kublk will only use one of the modes to interact with request
> data (arbitrarily preferring auto_zc over zero_copy over get_data). To
> clarify the intent of the test, don't allow multiple data copy modes to
> be specified. Don't set UBLK_F_USER_COPY for zero_copy, as it's an
> independent feature. Don't require zero_copy for auto_zc_fallback, as
> only auto_zc is needed. Fix the test cases passing multiple data copy
> mode arguments.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Caleb Sander Mateos <csander@...estorage.com>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/ublk/kublk.c          | 21 ++++++++++++-------
>  .../testing/selftests/ublk/test_generic_09.sh |  2 +-
>  .../testing/selftests/ublk/test_stress_03.sh  |  4 ++--
>  .../testing/selftests/ublk/test_stress_04.sh  |  2 +-
>  .../testing/selftests/ublk/test_stress_05.sh  | 10 ++++-----
>  5 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/kublk.c b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/kublk.c
> index f8fa102a627f..1765c4806523 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/kublk.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/kublk.c
> @@ -1611,11 +1611,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>  			break;
>  		case 'd':
>  			ctx.queue_depth = strtol(optarg, NULL, 10);
>  			break;
>  		case 'z':
> -			ctx.flags |= UBLK_F_SUPPORT_ZERO_COPY | UBLK_F_USER_COPY;
> +			ctx.flags |= UBLK_F_SUPPORT_ZERO_COPY;
>  			break;
>  		case 'r':
>  			value = strtol(optarg, NULL, 10);
>  			if (value)
>  				ctx.flags |= UBLK_F_USER_RECOVERY;
> @@ -1674,17 +1674,22 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>  			optind += 1;
>  			break;
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -	/* auto_zc_fallback depends on F_AUTO_BUF_REG & F_SUPPORT_ZERO_COPY */
> -	if (ctx.auto_zc_fallback &&
> -	    !((ctx.flags & UBLK_F_AUTO_BUF_REG) &&
> -		    (ctx.flags & UBLK_F_SUPPORT_ZERO_COPY))) {
> -		ublk_err("%s: auto_zc_fallback is set but neither "
> -				"F_AUTO_BUF_REG nor F_SUPPORT_ZERO_COPY is enabled\n",
> -					__func__);
> +	/* auto_zc_fallback depends on F_AUTO_BUF_REG */
> +	if (ctx.auto_zc_fallback && !(ctx.flags & UBLK_F_AUTO_BUF_REG)) {
> +		ublk_err("%s: auto_zc_fallback is set but F_AUTO_BUF_REG is disabled\n",
> +			 __func__);
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (!!(ctx.flags & UBLK_F_SUPPORT_ZERO_COPY) +
> +	    !!(ctx.flags & UBLK_F_NEED_GET_DATA) +
> +	    !!(ctx.flags & UBLK_F_USER_COPY) +
> +	    !!(ctx.flags & UBLK_F_AUTO_BUF_REG) > 1) {
> +		fprintf(stderr, "too many data copy modes specified\n");
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	}

Actually most of them are allowed to co-exist, such as -z/--auto_zc/-u.

>  
>  	i = optind;
>  	while (i < argc && ctx.nr_files < MAX_BACK_FILES) {
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_generic_09.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_generic_09.sh
> index bb6f77ca5522..145e17b3d2b0 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_generic_09.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_generic_09.sh
> @@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ if ! _have_program fio; then
>  	exit "$UBLK_SKIP_CODE"
>  fi
>  
>  _prep_test "null" "basic IO test"
>  
> -dev_id=$(_add_ublk_dev -t null -z --auto_zc --auto_zc_fallback)
> +dev_id=$(_add_ublk_dev -t null --auto_zc --auto_zc_fallback)
>  _check_add_dev $TID $?
>  
>  # run fio over the two disks
>  fio --name=job1 --filename=/dev/ublkb"${dev_id}" --ioengine=libaio --rw=readwrite --iodepth=32 --size=256M > /dev/null 2>&1
>  ERR_CODE=$?
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_stress_03.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_stress_03.sh
> index 3ed4c9b2d8c0..8e9f2786ef9c 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_stress_03.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_stress_03.sh
> @@ -36,19 +36,19 @@ wait
>  
>  if _have_feature "AUTO_BUF_REG"; then
>  	ublk_io_and_remove 8G -t null -q 4 --auto_zc &
>  	ublk_io_and_remove 256M -t loop -q 4 --auto_zc "${UBLK_BACKFILES[0]}" &
>  	ublk_io_and_remove 256M -t stripe -q 4 --auto_zc "${UBLK_BACKFILES[1]}" "${UBLK_BACKFILES[2]}" &
> -	ublk_io_and_remove 8G -t null -q 4 -z --auto_zc --auto_zc_fallback &
> +	ublk_io_and_remove 8G -t null -q 4 --auto_zc --auto_zc_fallback &
>  	wait
>  fi
>  
>  if _have_feature "PER_IO_DAEMON"; then
>  	ublk_io_and_remove 8G -t null -q 4 --auto_zc --nthreads 8 --per_io_tasks &
>  	ublk_io_and_remove 256M -t loop -q 4 --auto_zc --nthreads 8 --per_io_tasks "${UBLK_BACKFILES[0]}" &
>  	ublk_io_and_remove 256M -t stripe -q 4 --auto_zc --nthreads 8 --per_io_tasks "${UBLK_BACKFILES[1]}" "${UBLK_BACKFILES[2]}" &
> -	ublk_io_and_remove 8G -t null -q 4 -z --auto_zc --auto_zc_fallback --nthreads 8 --per_io_tasks &
> +	ublk_io_and_remove 8G -t null -q 4 --auto_zc --auto_zc_fallback --nthreads 8 --per_io_tasks &
>  	wait
>  fi
>  
>  _cleanup_test "stress"
>  _show_result $TID $ERR_CODE
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_stress_04.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_stress_04.sh
> index c7220723b537..6e165a1f90b4 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_stress_04.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_stress_04.sh
> @@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ wait
>  
>  if _have_feature "AUTO_BUF_REG"; then
>  	ublk_io_and_kill_daemon 8G -t null -q 4 --auto_zc &
>  	ublk_io_and_kill_daemon 256M -t loop -q 4 --auto_zc "${UBLK_BACKFILES[0]}" &
>  	ublk_io_and_kill_daemon 256M -t stripe -q 4 --auto_zc --no_ublk_fixed_fd "${UBLK_BACKFILES[1]}" "${UBLK_BACKFILES[2]}" &
> -	ublk_io_and_kill_daemon 8G -t null -q 4 -z --auto_zc --auto_zc_fallback &
> +	ublk_io_and_kill_daemon 8G -t null -q 4 --auto_zc --auto_zc_fallback &
>  	wait
>  fi
>  
>  if _have_feature "PER_IO_DAEMON"; then
>  	ublk_io_and_kill_daemon 8G -t null -q 4 --auto_zc --nthreads 8 --per_io_tasks &
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_stress_05.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_stress_05.sh
> index 274295061042..09b94c36f2ba 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_stress_05.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_stress_05.sh
> @@ -56,21 +56,21 @@ for reissue in $(seq 0 1); do
>  	wait
>  done
>  
>  if _have_feature "ZERO_COPY"; then
>  	for reissue in $(seq 0 1); do
> -		ublk_io_and_remove 8G -t null -q 4 -g -z -r 1 -i "$reissue" &
> -		ublk_io_and_remove 256M -t loop -q 4 -g -z -r 1 -i "$reissue" "${UBLK_BACKFILES[1]}" &
> +		ublk_io_and_remove 8G -t null -q 4 -z -r 1 -i "$reissue" &
> +		ublk_io_and_remove 256M -t loop -q 4 -z -r 1 -i "$reissue" "${UBLK_BACKFILES[1]}" &
>  		wait
>  	done
>  fi
>  
>  if _have_feature "AUTO_BUF_REG"; then
>  	for reissue in $(seq 0 1); do
> -		ublk_io_and_remove 8G -t null -q 4 -g --auto_zc -r 1 -i "$reissue" &
> -		ublk_io_and_remove 256M -t loop -q 4 -g --auto_zc -r 1 -i "$reissue" "${UBLK_BACKFILES[1]}" &
> -		ublk_io_and_remove 8G -t null -q 4 -g -z --auto_zc --auto_zc_fallback -r 1 -i "$reissue" &
> +		ublk_io_and_remove 8G -t null -q 4 --auto_zc -r 1 -i "$reissue" &
> +		ublk_io_and_remove 256M -t loop -q 4 --auto_zc -r 1 -i "$reissue" "${UBLK_BACKFILES[1]}" &
> +		ublk_io_and_remove 8G -t null -q 4 --auto_zc --auto_zc_fallback -r 1 -i "$reissue" &

--auto_zc_fallback requires both -z and --auto_zc.


Thanks,
Ming


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