linux-stable.git/drivers/block/loop.c, branch linux-6.10.y Linux kernel stable tree loop: don't set QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES 2024-10-10T10:00:10+00:00 Christoph Hellwig hch@lst.de 2024-06-27T12:49:11+00:00 9ffcca5d7cb85ed1b0789849b1bb80b463d40d3b [ Upstream commit 667ea36378cf7f669044b27871c496e1559c872a ] QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES isn't really a driver interface, but a user tunable. There also isn't any good reason to set it in the loop driver. The original commit adding it (5b5e20f421c0b6d "block: loop: set QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES for request queue of loop") claims that "It doesn't make sense to enable merge because the I/O submitted to backing file is handled page by page." which of course isn't true for multi-page bvec now, and it never has been for direct I/O, for which commit 40326d8a33d ("block/loop: allow request merge for directio mode") alredy disabled the nomerges flag. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240627124926.512662-2-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> 
[ Upstream commit 667ea36378cf7f669044b27871c496e1559c872a ]

QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES isn't really a driver interface, but a user tunable.
There also isn't any good reason to set it in the loop driver.

The original commit adding it (5b5e20f421c0b6d "block: loop: set
QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES for request queue of loop") claims that "It doesn't
make sense to enable merge because the I/O submitted to backing file is
handled page by page."  which of course isn't true for multi-page bvec
now, and it never has been for direct I/O, for which commit 40326d8a33d
("block/loop: allow request merge for directio mode") alredy disabled
the nomerges flag.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240627124926.512662-2-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
loop: Disable fallocate() zero and discard if not supported 2024-06-14T12:21:25+00:00 Cyril Hrubis chrubis@suse.cz 2024-06-13T16:38:17+00:00 5f75e081ab5cbfbe7aca2112a802e69576ee9778 If fallcate is implemented but zero and discard operations are not supported by the filesystem the backing file is on we continue to fill dmesg with errors from the blk_mq_end_request() since each time we call fallocate() on the loop device the EOPNOTSUPP error from lo_fallocate() ends up propagated into the block layer. In the end syscall succeeds since the blkdev_issue_zeroout() falls back to writing zeroes which makes the errors even more misleading and confusing. How to reproduce: 1. make sure /tmp is mounted as tmpfs 2. dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/disk.img bs=1M count=100 3. losetup /dev/loop0 /tmp/disk.img 4. mkfs.ext2 /dev/loop0 5. dmesg |tail [710690.898214] operation not supported error, dev loop0, sector 204672 op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES) flags 0x8000800 phys_seg 0 prio class 0 [710690.898279] operation not supported error, dev loop0, sector 522 op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES) flags 0x8000800 phys_seg 0 prio class 0 [710690.898603] operation not supported error, dev loop0, sector 16906 op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES) flags 0x8000800 phys_seg 0 prio class 0 [710690.898917] operation not supported error, dev loop0, sector 32774 op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES) flags 0x8000800 phys_seg 0 prio class 0 [710690.899218] operation not supported error, dev loop0, sector 49674 op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES) flags 0x8000800 phys_seg 0 prio class 0 [710690.899484] operation not supported error, dev loop0, sector 65542 op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES) flags 0x8000800 phys_seg 0 prio class 0 [710690.899743] operation not supported error, dev loop0, sector 82442 op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES) flags 0x8000800 phys_seg 0 prio class 0 [710690.900015] operation not supported error, dev loop0, sector 98310 op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES) flags 0x8000800 phys_seg 0 prio class 0 [710690.900276] operation not supported error, dev loop0, sector 115210 op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES) flags 0x8000800 phys_seg 0 prio class 0 [710690.900546] operation not supported error, dev loop0, sector 131078 op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES) flags 0x8000800 phys_seg 0 prio class 0 This patch changes the lo_fallocate() to clear the flags for zero and discard operations if we get EOPNOTSUPP from the backing file fallocate callback, that way we at least stop spewing errors after the first unsuccessful try. CC: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240613163817.22640-1-chrubis@suse.cz Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> 
If fallcate is implemented but zero and discard operations are not
supported by the filesystem the backing file is on we continue to fill
dmesg with errors from the blk_mq_end_request() since each time we call
fallocate() on the loop device the EOPNOTSUPP error from lo_fallocate()
ends up propagated into the block layer. In the end syscall succeeds
since the blkdev_issue_zeroout() falls back to writing zeroes which
makes the errors even more misleading and confusing.

How to reproduce:

1. make sure /tmp is mounted as tmpfs
2. dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/disk.img bs=1M count=100
3. losetup /dev/loop0 /tmp/disk.img
4. mkfs.ext2 /dev/loop0
5. dmesg |tail

[710690.898214] operation not supported error, dev loop0, sector 204672 op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES) flags 0x8000800 phys_seg 0 prio class 0
[710690.898279] operation not supported error, dev loop0, sector 522 op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES) flags 0x8000800 phys_seg 0 prio class 0
[710690.898603] operation not supported error, dev loop0, sector 16906 op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES) flags 0x8000800 phys_seg 0 prio class 0
[710690.898917] operation not supported error, dev loop0, sector 32774 op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES) flags 0x8000800 phys_seg 0 prio class 0
[710690.899218] operation not supported error, dev loop0, sector 49674 op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES) flags 0x8000800 phys_seg 0 prio class 0
[710690.899484] operation not supported error, dev loop0, sector 65542 op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES) flags 0x8000800 phys_seg 0 prio class 0
[710690.899743] operation not supported error, dev loop0, sector 82442 op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES) flags 0x8000800 phys_seg 0 prio class 0
[710690.900015] operation not supported error, dev loop0, sector 98310 op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES) flags 0x8000800 phys_seg 0 prio class 0
[710690.900276] operation not supported error, dev loop0, sector 115210 op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES) flags 0x8000800 phys_seg 0 prio class 0
[710690.900546] operation not supported error, dev loop0, sector 131078 op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES) flags 0x8000800 phys_seg 0 prio class 0

This patch changes the lo_fallocate() to clear the flags for zero and
discard operations if we get EOPNOTSUPP from the backing file fallocate
callback, that way we at least stop spewing errors after the first
unsuccessful try.

CC: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240613163817.22640-1-chrubis@suse.cz
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
remove call_{read,write}_iter() functions 2024-04-15T20:03:25+00:00 Miklos Szeredi mszeredi@redhat.com 2023-08-28T15:13:18+00:00 7c98f7cb8fda964fbc60b9307ad35e94735fa35f These have no clear purpose. This is effectively a revert of commit bb7462b6fd64 ("vfs: use helpers for calling f_op->{read,write}_iter()"). The patch was created with the help of a coccinelle script. Fixes: bb7462b6fd64 ("vfs: use helpers for calling f_op->{read,write}_iter()") Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> 
These have no clear purpose.  This is effectively a revert of commit
bb7462b6fd64 ("vfs: use helpers for calling f_op->{read,write}_iter()").

The patch was created with the help of a coccinelle script.

Fixes: bb7462b6fd64 ("vfs: use helpers for calling f_op->{read,write}_iter()")
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
loop: use the atomic queue limits update API 2024-02-13T15:56:59+00:00 Christoph Hellwig hch@lst.de 2024-02-13T07:34:25+00:00 473516b361936cbc27d7728df649a5b3094b6170 Pass the default limits to blk_mq_alloc_disk and then use the queue_limits_{start,commit}_update API to change the limits in an atomic way on existing loop gendisks. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240213073425.1621680-16-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> 
Pass the default limits to blk_mq_alloc_disk and then use the
queue_limits_{start,commit}_update API to change the limits in an
atomic way on existing loop gendisks.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240213073425.1621680-16-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
loop: pass queue_limits to blk_mq_alloc_disk 2024-02-13T15:56:59+00:00 Christoph Hellwig hch@lst.de 2024-02-13T07:34:24+00:00 02aed4a1f2c355e41d82a8e9831031ca9e0eb45d Pass the max_hw_sector limit loop sets at initialization time directly to blk_mq_alloc_disk instead of updating it right after the allocation. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240213073425.1621680-15-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> 
Pass the max_hw_sector limit loop sets at initialization time directly to
blk_mq_alloc_disk instead of updating it right after the allocation.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240213073425.1621680-15-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
loop: cleanup loop_config_discard 2024-02-13T15:56:59+00:00 Christoph Hellwig hch@lst.de 2024-02-13T07:34:23+00:00 65bdd16f8c72bb2178f5e4db40305bef6c96b309 Initialize the local variables for the discard max sectors and granularity to zero as a sensible default, and then merge the calls assigning them to the queue limits. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240213073425.1621680-14-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> 
Initialize the local variables for the discard max sectors and
granularity to zero as a sensible default, and then merge the
calls assigning them to the queue limits.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240213073425.1621680-14-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
block: pass a queue_limits argument to blk_mq_alloc_disk 2024-02-13T15:56:59+00:00 Christoph Hellwig hch@lst.de 2024-02-13T07:34:20+00:00 27e32cd23fed1ab88098897897dcb9ec2bdba4de Pass a queue_limits to blk_mq_alloc_disk and apply it if non-NULL. This will allow allocating queues with valid queue limits instead of setting the values one at a time later. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240213073425.1621680-11-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> 
Pass a queue_limits to blk_mq_alloc_disk and apply it if non-NULL.  This
will allow allocating queues with valid queue limits instead of setting
the values one at a time later.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240213073425.1621680-11-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Merge tag 'for-6.8/block-2024-01-18' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux 2024-01-19T02:22:40+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2024-01-19T02:22:40+00:00 9d1694dc91ce7b80bc96d6d8eaf1a1eca668d847 Pull block fixes from Jens Axboe: - NVMe pull request via Keith: - tcp, fc, and rdma target fixes (Maurizio, Daniel, Hannes, Christoph) - discard fixes and improvements (Christoph) - timeout debug improvements (Keith, Max) - various cleanups (Daniel, Max, Giuxen) - trace event string fixes (Arnd) - shadow doorbell setup on reset fix (William) - a write zeroes quirk for SK Hynix (Jim) - MD pull request via Song: - Sparse warning since v6.0 (Bart) - /proc/mdstat regression since v6.7 (Yu Kuai) - Use symbolic error value (Christian) - IO Priority documentation update (Christian) - Fix for accessing queue limits without having entered the queue (Christoph, me) - Fix for loop dio support (Christoph) - Move null_blk off deprecated ida interface (Christophe) - Ensure nbd initializes full msghdr (Eric) - Fix for a regression with the folio conversion, which is now easier to hit because of an unrelated change (Matthew) - Remove redundant check in virtio-blk (Li) - Fix for a potential hang in sbitmap (Ming) - Fix for partial zone appending (Damien) - Misc changes and fixes (Bart, me, Kemeng, Dmitry) * tag 'for-6.8/block-2024-01-18' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux: (45 commits) Documentation: block: ioprio: Update schedulers loop: fix the the direct I/O support check when used on top of block devices blk-mq: Remove the hctx 'run' debugfs attribute nbd: always initialize struct msghdr completely block: Fix iterating over an empty bio with bio_for_each_folio_all block: bio-integrity: fix kcalloc() arguments order virtio_blk: remove duplicate check if queue is broken in virtblk_done sbitmap: remove stale comment in sbq_calc_wake_batch block: Correct a documentation comment in blk-cgroup.c null_blk: Remove usage of the deprecated ida_simple_xx() API block: ensure we hold a queue reference when using queue limits blk-mq: rename blk_mq_can_use_cached_rq block: print symbolic error name instead of error code blk-mq: fix IO hang from sbitmap wakeup race nvmet-rdma: avoid circular locking dependency on install_queue() nvmet-tcp: avoid circular locking dependency on install_queue() nvme-pci: set doorbell config before unquiescing block: fix partial zone append completion handling in req_bio_endio() block/iocost: silence warning on 'last_period' potentially being unused md/raid1: Use blk_opf_t for read and write operations ... 
Pull block fixes from Jens Axboe:

 - NVMe pull request via Keith:
      - tcp, fc, and rdma target fixes (Maurizio, Daniel, Hannes,
        Christoph)
      - discard fixes and improvements (Christoph)
      - timeout debug improvements (Keith, Max)
      - various cleanups (Daniel, Max, Giuxen)
      - trace event string fixes (Arnd)
      - shadow doorbell setup on reset fix (William)
      - a write zeroes quirk for SK Hynix (Jim)

 - MD pull request via Song:
      - Sparse warning since v6.0 (Bart)
      - /proc/mdstat regression since v6.7 (Yu Kuai)

 - Use symbolic error value (Christian)

 - IO Priority documentation update (Christian)

 - Fix for accessing queue limits without having entered the queue
   (Christoph, me)

 - Fix for loop dio support (Christoph)

 - Move null_blk off deprecated ida interface (Christophe)

 - Ensure nbd initializes full msghdr (Eric)

 - Fix for a regression with the folio conversion, which is now easier
   to hit because of an unrelated change (Matthew)

 - Remove redundant check in virtio-blk (Li)

 - Fix for a potential hang in sbitmap (Ming)

 - Fix for partial zone appending (Damien)

 - Misc changes and fixes (Bart, me, Kemeng, Dmitry)

* tag 'for-6.8/block-2024-01-18' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux: (45 commits)
  Documentation: block: ioprio: Update schedulers
  loop: fix the the direct I/O support check when used on top of block devices
  blk-mq: Remove the hctx 'run' debugfs attribute
  nbd: always initialize struct msghdr completely
  block: Fix iterating over an empty bio with bio_for_each_folio_all
  block: bio-integrity: fix kcalloc() arguments order
  virtio_blk: remove duplicate check if queue is broken in virtblk_done
  sbitmap: remove stale comment in sbq_calc_wake_batch
  block: Correct a documentation comment in blk-cgroup.c
  null_blk: Remove usage of the deprecated ida_simple_xx() API
  block: ensure we hold a queue reference when using queue limits
  blk-mq: rename blk_mq_can_use_cached_rq
  block: print symbolic error name instead of error code
  blk-mq: fix IO hang from sbitmap wakeup race
  nvmet-rdma: avoid circular locking dependency on install_queue()
  nvmet-tcp: avoid circular locking dependency on install_queue()
  nvme-pci: set doorbell config before unquiescing
  block: fix partial zone append completion handling in req_bio_endio()
  block/iocost: silence warning on 'last_period' potentially being unused
  md/raid1: Use blk_opf_t for read and write operations
  ...
loop: fix the the direct I/O support check when used on top of block devices 2024-01-18T15:20:52+00:00 Christoph Hellwig hch@lst.de 2024-01-17T17:59:01+00:00 baa7d536077dcdfe2b70c476a8873d1745d3de0f __loop_update_dio only checks the alignment requirement for block backed file systems, but misses them for the case where the loop device is created directly on top of another block device. Due to this creating a loop device with default option plus the direct I/O flag on a > 512 byte sector size file system will lead to incorrect I/O being submitted to the lower block device and a lot of error from the lock layer. This can be seen with xfstests generic/563. Fix the code in __loop_update_dio by factoring the alignment check into a helper, and calling that also for the struct block_device of a block device inode. Also remove the TODO comment talking about dynamically switching between buffered and direct I/O, which is a would be a recipe for horrible performance and occasional data loss. Fixes: 2e5ab5f379f9 ("block: loop: prepare for supporing direct IO") Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240117175901.871796-1-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> 
__loop_update_dio only checks the alignment requirement for block backed
file systems, but misses them for the case where the loop device is
created directly on top of another block device.  Due to this creating
a loop device with default option plus the direct I/O flag on a > 512 byte
sector size file system will lead to incorrect I/O being submitted to the
lower block device and a lot of error from the lock layer.  This can
be seen with xfstests generic/563.

Fix the code in __loop_update_dio by factoring the alignment check into
a helper, and calling that also for the struct block_device of a block
device inode.

Also remove the TODO comment talking about dynamically switching between
buffered and direct I/O, which is a would be a recipe for horrible
performance and occasional data loss.

Fixes: 2e5ab5f379f9 ("block: loop: prepare for supporing direct IO")
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240117175901.871796-1-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Merge tag 'for-6.8/block-2024-01-08' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux 2024-01-11T21:58:04+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2024-01-11T21:58:04+00:00 01d550f0fcc06c7292f79a6f1453aac122d1d2c8 Pull block updates from Jens Axboe: "Pretty quiet round this time around. This contains: - NVMe updates via Keith: - nvme fabrics spec updates (Guixin, Max) - nvme target udpates (Guixin, Evan) - nvme attribute refactoring (Daniel) - nvme-fc numa fix (Keith) - MD updates via Song: - Fix/Cleanup RCU usage from conf->disks[i].rdev (Yu Kuai) - Fix raid5 hang issue (Junxiao Bi) - Add Yu Kuai as Reviewer of the md subsystem - Remove deprecated flavors (Song Liu) - raid1 read error check support (Li Nan) - Better handle events off-by-1 case (Alex Lyakas) - Efficiency improvements for passthrough (Kundan) - Support for mapping integrity data directly (Keith) - Zoned write fix (Damien) - rnbd fixes (Kees, Santosh, Supriti) - Default to a sane discard size granularity (Christoph) - Make the default max transfer size naming less confusing (Christoph) - Remove support for deprecated host aware zoned model (Christoph) - Misc fixes (me, Li, Matthew, Min, Ming, Randy, liyouhong, Daniel, Bart, Christoph)" * tag 'for-6.8/block-2024-01-08' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux: (78 commits) block: Treat sequential write preferred zone type as invalid block: remove disk_clear_zoned sd: remove the !ZBC && blk_queue_is_zoned case in sd_read_block_characteristics drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h: Fix spelling typo in comment blk-cgroup: fix rcu lockdep warning in blkg_lookup() blk-cgroup: don't use removal safe list iterators block: floor the discard granularity to the physical block size mtd_blkdevs: use the default discard granularity bcache: use the default discard granularity zram: use the default discard granularity null_blk: use the default discard granularity nbd: use the default discard granularity ubd: use the default discard granularity block: default the discard granularity to sector size bcache: discard_granularity should not be smaller than a sector block: remove two comments in bio_split_discard block: rename and document BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS loop: don't abuse BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS aoe: don't abuse BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS null_blk: don't cap max_hw_sectors to BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS ... 
Pull block updates from Jens Axboe:
 "Pretty quiet round this time around. This contains:

   - NVMe updates via Keith:
        - nvme fabrics spec updates (Guixin, Max)
        - nvme target udpates (Guixin, Evan)
        - nvme attribute refactoring (Daniel)
        - nvme-fc numa fix (Keith)

   - MD updates via Song:
        - Fix/Cleanup RCU usage from conf->disks[i].rdev (Yu Kuai)
        - Fix raid5 hang issue (Junxiao Bi)
        - Add Yu Kuai as Reviewer of the md subsystem
        - Remove deprecated flavors (Song Liu)
        - raid1 read error check support (Li Nan)
        - Better handle events off-by-1 case (Alex Lyakas)

   - Efficiency improvements for passthrough (Kundan)

   - Support for mapping integrity data directly (Keith)

   - Zoned write fix (Damien)

   - rnbd fixes (Kees, Santosh, Supriti)

   - Default to a sane discard size granularity (Christoph)

   - Make the default max transfer size naming less confusing
     (Christoph)

   - Remove support for deprecated host aware zoned model (Christoph)

   - Misc fixes (me, Li, Matthew, Min, Ming, Randy, liyouhong, Daniel,
     Bart, Christoph)"

* tag 'for-6.8/block-2024-01-08' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux: (78 commits)
  block: Treat sequential write preferred zone type as invalid
  block: remove disk_clear_zoned
  sd: remove the !ZBC && blk_queue_is_zoned case in sd_read_block_characteristics
  drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h: Fix spelling typo in comment
  blk-cgroup: fix rcu lockdep warning in blkg_lookup()
  blk-cgroup: don't use removal safe list iterators
  block: floor the discard granularity to the physical block size
  mtd_blkdevs: use the default discard granularity
  bcache: use the default discard granularity
  zram: use the default discard granularity
  null_blk: use the default discard granularity
  nbd: use the default discard granularity
  ubd: use the default discard granularity
  block: default the discard granularity to sector size
  bcache: discard_granularity should not be smaller than a sector
  block: remove two comments in bio_split_discard
  block: rename and document BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS
  loop: don't abuse BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS
  aoe: don't abuse BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS
  null_blk: don't cap max_hw_sectors to BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS
  ...