[PATCHv6 2/8] nvme-multipath: pass I/O type to nvme_find_path()

Nilay Shroff nilay at linux.ibm.com
Wed May 20 11:20:58 PDT 2026


Currently, nvme_find_path() only accepts an nvme_ns_head argument.
However, the upcoming latency-aware I/O policy also needs to know
the I/O type (read/write/other) associated with the request in order
to make path selection decisions.

Update nvme_find_path() to accept an additional argument describing
the I/O type. This patch does not introduce any functional change and
only prepares the interface for subsequent latency-policy changes.

Signed-off-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay at linux.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c     | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c |  9 +++++----
 drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h      | 19 +++++++++++++++++-
 drivers/nvme/host/pr.c        |  6 ++++--
 drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c     |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c b/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
index 08889b20e5d8..7a9043350227 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
@@ -699,18 +699,29 @@ static int nvme_ns_head_ctrl_ioctl(struct nvme_ns *ns, unsigned int cmd,
 int nvme_ns_head_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode,
 		unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
+	u8 opcode;
 	struct nvme_ns_head *head = bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
 	bool open_for_write = mode & BLK_OPEN_WRITE;
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
 	struct nvme_ns *ns;
 	int srcu_idx, ret = -EWOULDBLOCK;
 	unsigned int flags = 0;
+	unsigned int op_type = NVME_STAT_OTHER;
 
 	if (bdev_is_partition(bdev))
 		flags |= NVME_IOCTL_PARTITION;
 
+	if (cmd == NVME_IOCTL_SUBMIT_IO) {
+		if (get_user(opcode, (u8 *)argp))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		if (opcode == nvme_cmd_write)
+			op_type = NVME_STAT_WRITE;
+		else if (opcode == nvme_cmd_read)
+			op_type = NVME_STAT_READ;
+	}
+
 	srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&head->srcu);
-	ns = nvme_find_path(head);
+	ns = nvme_find_path(head, op_type);
 	if (!ns)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
@@ -732,6 +743,7 @@ int nvme_ns_head_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode,
 long nvme_ns_head_chr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 		unsigned long arg)
 {
+	u8 opcode;
 	bool open_for_write = file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE;
 	struct cdev *cdev = file_inode(file)->i_cdev;
 	struct nvme_ns_head *head =
@@ -739,9 +751,19 @@ long nvme_ns_head_chr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
 	struct nvme_ns *ns;
 	int srcu_idx, ret = -EWOULDBLOCK;
+	unsigned int op_type = NVME_STAT_OTHER;
+
+	if (cmd == NVME_IOCTL_SUBMIT_IO) {
+		if (get_user(opcode, (u8 *)argp))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		if (opcode == nvme_cmd_write)
+			op_type = NVME_STAT_WRITE;
+		else if (opcode == nvme_cmd_read)
+			op_type = NVME_STAT_READ;
+	}
 
 	srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&head->srcu);
-	ns = nvme_find_path(head);
+	ns = nvme_find_path(head, op_type);
 	if (!ns)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
@@ -761,7 +783,17 @@ int nvme_ns_head_chr_uring_cmd(struct io_uring_cmd *ioucmd,
 	struct cdev *cdev = file_inode(ioucmd->file)->i_cdev;
 	struct nvme_ns_head *head = container_of(cdev, struct nvme_ns_head, cdev);
 	int srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&head->srcu);
-	struct nvme_ns *ns = nvme_find_path(head);
+	const struct nvme_uring_cmd *cmd = io_uring_sqe128_cmd(ioucmd->sqe,
+						struct nvme_uring_cmd);
+	__u8 opcode = READ_ONCE(cmd->opcode);
+	unsigned int op_type = NVME_STAT_OTHER;
+
+	if (opcode == nvme_cmd_write)
+		op_type = NVME_STAT_WRITE;
+	else if (opcode == nvme_cmd_read)
+		op_type = NVME_STAT_READ;
+
+	struct nvme_ns *ns = nvme_find_path(head, op_type);
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	if (ns)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
index 263161cb8ac0..90f449780e72 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
@@ -446,7 +446,8 @@ static struct nvme_ns *nvme_numa_path(struct nvme_ns_head *head)
 	return ns;
 }
 
-inline struct nvme_ns *nvme_find_path(struct nvme_ns_head *head)
+inline struct nvme_ns *nvme_find_path(struct nvme_ns_head *head,
+		unsigned int op_type)
 {
 	switch (READ_ONCE(head->subsys->iopolicy)) {
 	case NVME_IOPOLICY_QD:
@@ -508,7 +509,7 @@ static void nvme_ns_head_submit_bio(struct bio *bio)
 		return;
 
 	srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&head->srcu);
-	ns = nvme_find_path(head);
+	ns = nvme_find_path(head, nvme_data_dir(bio_op(bio)));
 	if (likely(ns)) {
 		bio_set_dev(bio, ns->disk->part0);
 		bio->bi_opf |= REQ_NVME_MPATH;
@@ -550,7 +551,7 @@ static int nvme_ns_head_get_unique_id(struct gendisk *disk, u8 id[16],
 	int srcu_idx, ret = -EWOULDBLOCK;
 
 	srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&head->srcu);
-	ns = nvme_find_path(head);
+	ns = nvme_find_path(head, NVME_STAT_OTHER);
 	if (ns)
 		ret = nvme_ns_get_unique_id(ns, id, type);
 	srcu_read_unlock(&head->srcu, srcu_idx);
@@ -566,7 +567,7 @@ static int nvme_ns_head_report_zones(struct gendisk *disk, sector_t sector,
 	int srcu_idx, ret = -EWOULDBLOCK;
 
 	srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&head->srcu);
-	ns = nvme_find_path(head);
+	ns = nvme_find_path(head, NVME_STAT_OTHER);
 	if (ns)
 		ret = nvme_ns_report_zones(ns, sector, nr_zones, args);
 	srcu_read_unlock(&head->srcu, srcu_idx);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index ccd5e05dac98..39e986e5f184 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -514,6 +514,13 @@ struct nvme_ns_ids {
 	u8	csi;
 };
 
+enum nvme_stat_group {
+	NVME_STAT_READ,
+	NVME_STAT_WRITE,
+	NVME_STAT_OTHER,
+	NVME_NUM_STAT_GROUPS
+};
+
 /*
  * Anchor structure for namespaces.  There is one for each namespace in a
  * NVMe subsystem that any of our controllers can see, and the namespace
@@ -1017,7 +1024,17 @@ extern const struct attribute_group *nvme_dev_attr_groups[];
 extern const struct block_device_operations nvme_bdev_ops;
 
 void nvme_delete_ctrl_sync(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
-struct nvme_ns *nvme_find_path(struct nvme_ns_head *head);
+struct nvme_ns *nvme_find_path(struct nvme_ns_head *head, unsigned int op_type);
+static inline int nvme_data_dir(const enum req_op op)
+{
+	if (op == REQ_OP_READ)
+		return NVME_STAT_READ;
+	else if (op_is_write(op))
+		return NVME_STAT_WRITE;
+	else
+		return NVME_STAT_OTHER;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH
 static inline bool nvme_ctrl_use_ana(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pr.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pr.c
index fe7dbe264815..80e106f151d2 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pr.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pr.c
@@ -53,10 +53,12 @@ static int nvme_send_ns_head_pr_command(struct block_device *bdev,
 		struct nvme_command *c, void *data, unsigned int data_len)
 {
 	struct nvme_ns_head *head = bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
-	int srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&head->srcu);
-	struct nvme_ns *ns = nvme_find_path(head);
+	int srcu_idx;
+	struct nvme_ns *ns;
 	int ret = -EWOULDBLOCK;
 
+	srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&head->srcu);
+	ns = nvme_find_path(head, NVME_STAT_OTHER);
 	if (ns) {
 		c->common.nsid = cpu_to_le32(ns->head->ns_id);
 		ret = nvme_submit_sync_cmd(ns->queue, c, data, data_len);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c b/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c
index e59758616f27..b6b718bd310d 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static int ns_head_update_nuse(struct nvme_ns_head *head)
 		return 0;
 
 	srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&head->srcu);
-	ns = nvme_find_path(head);
+	ns = nvme_find_path(head, NVME_STAT_OTHER);
 	if (!ns)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-- 
2.53.0




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