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<title>io_uring/rw: fix missing NOWAIT check for O_DIRECT start write</title>
<updated>2024-10-31T14:21:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jens Axboe</name>
<email>axboe@kernel.dk</email>
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<published>2024-10-31T14:05:44+00:00</published>
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When io_uring starts a write, it'll call kiocb_start_write() to bump the
super block rwsem, preventing any freezes from happening while that
write is in-flight. The freeze side will grab that rwsem for writing,
excluding any new writers from happening and waiting for existing writes
to finish. But io_uring unconditionally uses kiocb_start_write(), which
will block if someone is currently attempting to freeze the mount point.
This causes a deadlock where freeze is waiting for previous writes to
complete, but the previous writes cannot complete, as the task that is
supposed to complete them is blocked waiting on starting a new write.
This results in the following stuck trace showing that dependency with
the write blocked starting a new write:

task:fio             state:D stack:0     pid:886   tgid:886   ppid:876
Call trace:
 __switch_to+0x1d8/0x348
 __schedule+0x8e8/0x2248
 schedule+0x110/0x3f0
 percpu_rwsem_wait+0x1e8/0x3f8
 __percpu_down_read+0xe8/0x500
 io_write+0xbb8/0xff8
 io_issue_sqe+0x10c/0x1020
 io_submit_sqes+0x614/0x2110
 __arm64_sys_io_uring_enter+0x524/0x1038
 invoke_syscall+0x74/0x268
 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x160/0x238
 do_el0_svc+0x44/0x60
 el0_svc+0x44/0xb0
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x118/0x128
 el0t_64_sync+0x168/0x170
INFO: task fsfreeze:7364 blocked for more than 15 seconds.
      Not tainted 6.12.0-rc5-00063-g76aaf945701c #7963

with the attempting freezer stuck trying to grab the rwsem:

task:fsfreeze        state:D stack:0     pid:7364  tgid:7364  ppid:995
Call trace:
 __switch_to+0x1d8/0x348
 __schedule+0x8e8/0x2248
 schedule+0x110/0x3f0
 percpu_down_write+0x2b0/0x680
 freeze_super+0x248/0x8a8
 do_vfs_ioctl+0x149c/0x1b18
 __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xd0/0x1a0
 invoke_syscall+0x74/0x268
 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x160/0x238
 do_el0_svc+0x44/0x60
 el0_svc+0x44/0xb0
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x118/0x128
 el0t_64_sync+0x168/0x170

Fix this by having the io_uring side honor IOCB_NOWAIT, and only attempt a
blocking grab of the super block rwsem if it isn't set. For normal issue
where IOCB_NOWAIT would always be set, this returns -EAGAIN which will
have io_uring core issue a blocking attempt of the write. That will in
turn also get completions run, ensuring forward progress.

Since freezing requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the first place, this isn't
something that can be triggered by a regular user.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 5.10+
Reported-by: Peter Mann &lt;peter.mann@sh.cz&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/io-uring/38c94aec-81c9-4f62-b44e-1d87f5597644@sh.cz
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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When io_uring starts a write, it'll call kiocb_start_write() to bump the
super block rwsem, preventing any freezes from happening while that
write is in-flight. The freeze side will grab that rwsem for writing,
excluding any new writers from happening and waiting for existing writes
to finish. But io_uring unconditionally uses kiocb_start_write(), which
will block if someone is currently attempting to freeze the mount point.
This causes a deadlock where freeze is waiting for previous writes to
complete, but the previous writes cannot complete, as the task that is
supposed to complete them is blocked waiting on starting a new write.
This results in the following stuck trace showing that dependency with
the write blocked starting a new write:

task:fio             state:D stack:0     pid:886   tgid:886   ppid:876
Call trace:
 __switch_to+0x1d8/0x348
 __schedule+0x8e8/0x2248
 schedule+0x110/0x3f0
 percpu_rwsem_wait+0x1e8/0x3f8
 __percpu_down_read+0xe8/0x500
 io_write+0xbb8/0xff8
 io_issue_sqe+0x10c/0x1020
 io_submit_sqes+0x614/0x2110
 __arm64_sys_io_uring_enter+0x524/0x1038
 invoke_syscall+0x74/0x268
 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x160/0x238
 do_el0_svc+0x44/0x60
 el0_svc+0x44/0xb0
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x118/0x128
 el0t_64_sync+0x168/0x170
INFO: task fsfreeze:7364 blocked for more than 15 seconds.
      Not tainted 6.12.0-rc5-00063-g76aaf945701c #7963

with the attempting freezer stuck trying to grab the rwsem:

task:fsfreeze        state:D stack:0     pid:7364  tgid:7364  ppid:995
Call trace:
 __switch_to+0x1d8/0x348
 __schedule+0x8e8/0x2248
 schedule+0x110/0x3f0
 percpu_down_write+0x2b0/0x680
 freeze_super+0x248/0x8a8
 do_vfs_ioctl+0x149c/0x1b18
 __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xd0/0x1a0
 invoke_syscall+0x74/0x268
 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x160/0x238
 do_el0_svc+0x44/0x60
 el0_svc+0x44/0xb0
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x118/0x128
 el0t_64_sync+0x168/0x170

Fix this by having the io_uring side honor IOCB_NOWAIT, and only attempt a
blocking grab of the super block rwsem if it isn't set. For normal issue
where IOCB_NOWAIT would always be set, this returns -EAGAIN which will
have io_uring core issue a blocking attempt of the write. That will in
turn also get completions run, ensuring forward progress.

Since freezing requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the first place, this isn't
something that can be triggered by a regular user.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 5.10+
Reported-by: Peter Mann &lt;peter.mann@sh.cz&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/io-uring/38c94aec-81c9-4f62-b44e-1d87f5597644@sh.cz
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>io_uring/rw: fix wrong NOWAIT check in io_rw_init_file()</title>
<updated>2024-10-19T15:25:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jens Axboe</name>
<email>axboe@kernel.dk</email>
</author>
<published>2024-10-19T15:16:51+00:00</published>
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A previous commit improved how !FMODE_NOWAIT is dealt with, but
inadvertently negated a check whilst doing so. This caused -EAGAIN to be
returned from reading files with O_NONBLOCK set. Fix up the check for
REQ_F_SUPPORT_NOWAIT.

Reported-by: Julian Orth &lt;ju.orth@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://github.com/axboe/liburing/issues/1270
Fixes: f7c913438533 ("io_uring/rw: allow pollable non-blocking attempts for !FMODE_NOWAIT")
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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A previous commit improved how !FMODE_NOWAIT is dealt with, but
inadvertently negated a check whilst doing so. This caused -EAGAIN to be
returned from reading files with O_NONBLOCK set. Fix up the check for
REQ_F_SUPPORT_NOWAIT.

Reported-by: Julian Orth &lt;ju.orth@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://github.com/axboe/liburing/issues/1270
Fixes: f7c913438533 ("io_uring/rw: allow pollable non-blocking attempts for !FMODE_NOWAIT")
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>io_uring/rw: allow pollable non-blocking attempts for !FMODE_NOWAIT</title>
<updated>2024-10-07T02:58:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jens Axboe</name>
<email>axboe@kernel.dk</email>
</author>
<published>2024-10-06T16:40:36+00:00</published>
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The checking for whether or not io_uring can do a non-blocking read or
write attempt is gated on FMODE_NOWAIT. However, if the file is
pollable, it's feasible to just check if it's currently in a state in
which it can sanely receive or send _some_ data.

This avoids unnecessary io-wq punts, and repeated worthless retries
before doing that punt, by assuming that some data can get delivered
or received if poll tells us that is true. It also allows multishot
reads to properly work with these types of files, enabling a bit of
a cleanup of the logic that:

c9d952b9103b ("io_uring/rw: fix cflags posting for single issue multishot read")

had to put in place.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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The checking for whether or not io_uring can do a non-blocking read or
write attempt is gated on FMODE_NOWAIT. However, if the file is
pollable, it's feasible to just check if it's currently in a state in
which it can sanely receive or send _some_ data.

This avoids unnecessary io-wq punts, and repeated worthless retries
before doing that punt, by assuming that some data can get delivered
or received if poll tells us that is true. It also allows multishot
reads to properly work with these types of files, enabling a bit of
a cleanup of the logic that:

c9d952b9103b ("io_uring/rw: fix cflags posting for single issue multishot read")

had to put in place.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>io_uring/rw: fix cflags posting for single issue multishot read</title>
<updated>2024-10-06T14:05:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jens Axboe</name>
<email>axboe@kernel.dk</email>
</author>
<published>2024-10-06T01:06:50+00:00</published>
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If multishot gets disabled, and hence the request will get terminated
rather than persist for more iterations, then posting the CQE with the
right cflags is still important. Most notably, the buffer reference
needs to be included.

Refactor the return of __io_read() a bit, so that the provided buffer
is always put correctly, and hence returned to the application.

Reported-by: Sharon Rosner &lt;Sharon Rosner&gt;
Link: https://github.com/axboe/liburing/issues/1257
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 2a975d426c82 ("io_uring/rw: don't allow multishot reads without NOWAIT support")
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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If multishot gets disabled, and hence the request will get terminated
rather than persist for more iterations, then posting the CQE with the
right cflags is still important. Most notably, the buffer reference
needs to be included.

Refactor the return of __io_read() a bit, so that the provided buffer
is always put correctly, and hence returned to the application.

Reported-by: Sharon Rosner &lt;Sharon Rosner&gt;
Link: https://github.com/axboe/liburing/issues/1257
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 2a975d426c82 ("io_uring/rw: don't allow multishot reads without NOWAIT support")
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>io_uring/rw: drop -EOPNOTSUPP check in __io_complete_rw_common()</title>
<updated>2024-09-10T15:34:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jens Axboe</name>
<email>axboe@kernel.dk</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-10T14:57:04+00:00</published>
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A recent change ensured that the necessary -EOPNOTSUPP -&gt; -EAGAIN
transformation happens inline on both the reader and writer side,
and hence there's no need to check for both of these anymore on
the completion handler side.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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A recent change ensured that the necessary -EOPNOTSUPP -&gt; -EAGAIN
transformation happens inline on both the reader and writer side,
and hence there's no need to check for both of these anymore on
the completion handler side.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>io_uring/rw: treat -EOPNOTSUPP for IOCB_NOWAIT like -EAGAIN</title>
<updated>2024-09-10T15:34:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jens Axboe</name>
<email>axboe@kernel.dk</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-10T14:30:57+00:00</published>
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Some file systems, ocfs2 in this case, will return -EOPNOTSUPP for
an IOCB_NOWAIT read/write attempt. While this can be argued to be
correct, the usual return value for something that requires blocking
issue is -EAGAIN.

A refactoring io_uring commit dropped calling kiocb_done() for
negative return values, which is otherwise where we already do that
transformation. To ensure we catch it in both spots, check it in
__io_read() itself as well.

Reported-by: Robert Sander &lt;r.sander@heinlein-support.de&gt;
Link: https://fosstodon.org/@gurubert@mastodon.gurubert.de/113112431889638440
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: a08d195b586a ("io_uring/rw: split io_read() into a helper")
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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Some file systems, ocfs2 in this case, will return -EOPNOTSUPP for
an IOCB_NOWAIT read/write attempt. While this can be argued to be
correct, the usual return value for something that requires blocking
issue is -EAGAIN.

A refactoring io_uring commit dropped calling kiocb_done() for
negative return values, which is otherwise where we already do that
transformation. To ensure we catch it in both spots, check it in
__io_read() itself as well.

Reported-by: Robert Sander &lt;r.sander@heinlein-support.de&gt;
Link: https://fosstodon.org/@gurubert@mastodon.gurubert.de/113112431889638440
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: a08d195b586a ("io_uring/rw: split io_read() into a helper")
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>io_uring/kbuf: pass in 'len' argument for buffer commit</title>
<updated>2024-08-29T14:44:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jens Axboe</name>
<email>axboe@kernel.dk</email>
</author>
<published>2024-08-27T14:26:07+00:00</published>
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In preparation for needing the consumed length, pass in the length being
completed. Unused right now, but will be used when it is possible to
partially consume a buffer.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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In preparation for needing the consumed length, pass in the length being
completed. Unused right now, but will be used when it is possible to
partially consume a buffer.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>fs: Initial atomic write support</title>
<updated>2024-06-20T21:19:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Prasad Singamsetty</name>
<email>prasad.singamsetty@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-06-20T12:53:52+00:00</published>
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An atomic write is a write issued with torn-write protection, meaning
that for a power failure or any other hardware failure, all or none of the
data from the write will be stored, but never a mix of old and new data.

Userspace may add flag RWF_ATOMIC to pwritev2() to indicate that the
write is to be issued with torn-write prevention, according to special
alignment and length rules.

For any syscall interface utilizing struct iocb, add IOCB_ATOMIC for
iocb-&gt;ki_flags field to indicate the same.

A call to statx will give the relevant atomic write info for a file:
- atomic_write_unit_min
- atomic_write_unit_max
- atomic_write_segments_max

Both min and max values must be a power-of-2.

Applications can avail of atomic write feature by ensuring that the total
length of a write is a power-of-2 in size and also sized between
atomic_write_unit_min and atomic_write_unit_max, inclusive. Applications
must ensure that the write is at a naturally-aligned offset in the file
wrt the total write length. The value in atomic_write_segments_max
indicates the upper limit for IOV_ITER iovcnt.

Add file mode flag FMODE_CAN_ATOMIC_WRITE, so files which do not have the
flag set will have RWF_ATOMIC rejected and not just ignored.

Add a type argument to kiocb_set_rw_flags() to allows reads which have
RWF_ATOMIC set to be rejected.

Helper function generic_atomic_write_valid() can be used by FSes to verify
compliant writes. There we check for iov_iter type is for ubuf, which
implies iovcnt==1 for pwritev2(), which is an initial restriction for
atomic_write_segments_max. Initially the only user will be bdev file
operations write handler. We will rely on the block BIO submission path to
ensure write sizes are compliant for the bdev, so we don't need to check
atomic writes sizes yet.

Signed-off-by: Prasad Singamsetty &lt;prasad.singamsetty@oracle.com&gt;
jpg: merge into single patch and much rewrite
Acked-by: Darrick J. Wong &lt;djwong@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: John Garry &lt;john.g.garry@oracle.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong &lt;djwong@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240620125359.2684798-4-john.g.garry@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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An atomic write is a write issued with torn-write protection, meaning
that for a power failure or any other hardware failure, all or none of the
data from the write will be stored, but never a mix of old and new data.

Userspace may add flag RWF_ATOMIC to pwritev2() to indicate that the
write is to be issued with torn-write prevention, according to special
alignment and length rules.

For any syscall interface utilizing struct iocb, add IOCB_ATOMIC for
iocb-&gt;ki_flags field to indicate the same.

A call to statx will give the relevant atomic write info for a file:
- atomic_write_unit_min
- atomic_write_unit_max
- atomic_write_segments_max

Both min and max values must be a power-of-2.

Applications can avail of atomic write feature by ensuring that the total
length of a write is a power-of-2 in size and also sized between
atomic_write_unit_min and atomic_write_unit_max, inclusive. Applications
must ensure that the write is at a naturally-aligned offset in the file
wrt the total write length. The value in atomic_write_segments_max
indicates the upper limit for IOV_ITER iovcnt.

Add file mode flag FMODE_CAN_ATOMIC_WRITE, so files which do not have the
flag set will have RWF_ATOMIC rejected and not just ignored.

Add a type argument to kiocb_set_rw_flags() to allows reads which have
RWF_ATOMIC set to be rejected.

Helper function generic_atomic_write_valid() can be used by FSes to verify
compliant writes. There we check for iov_iter type is for ubuf, which
implies iovcnt==1 for pwritev2(), which is an initial restriction for
atomic_write_segments_max. Initially the only user will be bdev file
operations write handler. We will rely on the block BIO submission path to
ensure write sizes are compliant for the bdev, so we don't need to check
atomic writes sizes yet.

Signed-off-by: Prasad Singamsetty &lt;prasad.singamsetty@oracle.com&gt;
jpg: merge into single patch and much rewrite
Acked-by: Darrick J. Wong &lt;djwong@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: John Garry &lt;john.g.garry@oracle.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong &lt;djwong@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240620125359.2684798-4-john.g.garry@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'pull-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs</title>
<updated>2024-05-21T20:11:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-21T20:11:44+00:00</published>
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Pull misc vfs updates from Al Viro:
 "Assorted commits that had missed the last merge window..."

* tag 'pull-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  remove call_{read,write}_iter() functions
  do_dentry_open(): kill inode argument
  kernel_file_open(): get rid of inode argument
  get_file_rcu(): no need to check for NULL separately
  fd_is_open(): move to fs/file.c
  close_on_exec(): pass files_struct instead of fdtable
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Pull misc vfs updates from Al Viro:
 "Assorted commits that had missed the last merge window..."

* tag 'pull-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  remove call_{read,write}_iter() functions
  do_dentry_open(): kill inode argument
  kernel_file_open(): get rid of inode argument
  get_file_rcu(): no need to check for NULL separately
  fd_is_open(): move to fs/file.c
  close_on_exec(): pass files_struct instead of fdtable
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<title>Merge tag 'for-6.10/io_uring-20240511' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux</title>
<updated>2024-05-13T19:48:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-13T19:48:06+00:00</published>
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Pull io_uring updates from Jens Axboe:

 - Greatly improve send zerocopy performance, by enabling coalescing of
   sent buffers.

   MSG_ZEROCOPY already does this with send(2) and sendmsg(2), but the
   io_uring side did not. In local testing, the crossover point for send
   zerocopy being faster is now around 3000 byte packets, and it
   performs better than the sync syscall variants as well.

   This feature relies on a shared branch with net-next, which was
   pulled into both branches.

 - Unification of how async preparation is done across opcodes.

   Previously, opcodes that required extra memory for async retry would
   allocate that as needed, using on-stack state until that was the
   case. If async retry was needed, the on-stack state was adjusted
   appropriately for a retry and then copied to the allocated memory.

   This led to some fragile and ugly code, particularly for read/write
   handling, and made storage retries more difficult than they needed to
   be. Allocate the memory upfront, as it's cheap from our pools, and
   use that state consistently both initially and also from the retry
   side.

 - Move away from using remap_pfn_range() for mapping the rings.

   This is really not the right interface to use and can cause lifetime
   issues or leaks. Additionally, it means the ring sq/cq arrays need to
   be physically contigious, which can cause problems in production with
   larger rings when services are restarted, as memory can be very
   fragmented at that point.

   Move to using vm_insert_page(s) for the ring sq/cq arrays, and apply
   the same treatment to mapped ring provided buffers. This also helps
   unify the code we have dealing with allocating and mapping memory.

   Hard to see in the diffstat as we're adding a few features as well,
   but this kills about ~400 lines of code from the codebase as well.

 - Add support for bundles for send/recv.

   When used with provided buffers, bundles support sending or receiving
   more than one buffer at the time, improving the efficiency by only
   needing to call into the networking stack once for multiple sends or
   receives.

 - Tweaks for our accept operations, supporting both a DONTWAIT flag for
   skipping poll arm and retry if we can, and a POLLFIRST flag that the
   application can use to skip the initial accept attempt and rely
   purely on poll for triggering the operation. Both of these have
   identical flags on the receive side already.

 - Make the task_work ctx locking unconditional.

   We had various code paths here that would do a mix of lock/trylock
   and set the task_work state to whether or not it was locked. All of
   that goes away, we lock it unconditionally and get rid of the state
   flag indicating whether it's locked or not.

   The state struct still exists as an empty type, can go away in the
   future.

 - Add support for specifying NOP completion values, allowing it to be
   used for error handling testing.

 - Use set/test bit for io-wq worker flags. Not strictly needed, but
   also doesn't hurt and helps silence a KCSAN warning.

 - Cleanups for io-wq locking and work assignments, closing a tiny race
   where cancelations would not be able to find the work item reliably.

 - Misc fixes, cleanups, and improvements

* tag 'for-6.10/io_uring-20240511' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux: (97 commits)
  io_uring: support to inject result for NOP
  io_uring: fail NOP if non-zero op flags is passed in
  io_uring/net: add IORING_ACCEPT_POLL_FIRST flag
  io_uring/net: add IORING_ACCEPT_DONTWAIT flag
  io_uring/filetable: don't unnecessarily clear/reset bitmap
  io_uring/io-wq: Use set_bit() and test_bit() at worker-&gt;flags
  io_uring/msg_ring: cleanup posting to IOPOLL vs !IOPOLL ring
  io_uring: Require zeroed sqe-&gt;len on provided-buffers send
  io_uring/notif: disable LAZY_WAKE for linked notifs
  io_uring/net: fix sendzc lazy wake polling
  io_uring/msg_ring: reuse ctx-&gt;submitter_task read using READ_ONCE instead of re-reading it
  io_uring/rw: reinstate thread check for retries
  io_uring/notif: implement notification stacking
  io_uring/notif: simplify io_notif_flush()
  net: add callback for setting a ubuf_info to skb
  net: extend ubuf_info callback to ops structure
  io_uring/net: support bundles for recv
  io_uring/net: support bundles for send
  io_uring/kbuf: add helpers for getting/peeking multiple buffers
  io_uring/net: add provided buffer support for IORING_OP_SEND
  ...
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Pull io_uring updates from Jens Axboe:

 - Greatly improve send zerocopy performance, by enabling coalescing of
   sent buffers.

   MSG_ZEROCOPY already does this with send(2) and sendmsg(2), but the
   io_uring side did not. In local testing, the crossover point for send
   zerocopy being faster is now around 3000 byte packets, and it
   performs better than the sync syscall variants as well.

   This feature relies on a shared branch with net-next, which was
   pulled into both branches.

 - Unification of how async preparation is done across opcodes.

   Previously, opcodes that required extra memory for async retry would
   allocate that as needed, using on-stack state until that was the
   case. If async retry was needed, the on-stack state was adjusted
   appropriately for a retry and then copied to the allocated memory.

   This led to some fragile and ugly code, particularly for read/write
   handling, and made storage retries more difficult than they needed to
   be. Allocate the memory upfront, as it's cheap from our pools, and
   use that state consistently both initially and also from the retry
   side.

 - Move away from using remap_pfn_range() for mapping the rings.

   This is really not the right interface to use and can cause lifetime
   issues or leaks. Additionally, it means the ring sq/cq arrays need to
   be physically contigious, which can cause problems in production with
   larger rings when services are restarted, as memory can be very
   fragmented at that point.

   Move to using vm_insert_page(s) for the ring sq/cq arrays, and apply
   the same treatment to mapped ring provided buffers. This also helps
   unify the code we have dealing with allocating and mapping memory.

   Hard to see in the diffstat as we're adding a few features as well,
   but this kills about ~400 lines of code from the codebase as well.

 - Add support for bundles for send/recv.

   When used with provided buffers, bundles support sending or receiving
   more than one buffer at the time, improving the efficiency by only
   needing to call into the networking stack once for multiple sends or
   receives.

 - Tweaks for our accept operations, supporting both a DONTWAIT flag for
   skipping poll arm and retry if we can, and a POLLFIRST flag that the
   application can use to skip the initial accept attempt and rely
   purely on poll for triggering the operation. Both of these have
   identical flags on the receive side already.

 - Make the task_work ctx locking unconditional.

   We had various code paths here that would do a mix of lock/trylock
   and set the task_work state to whether or not it was locked. All of
   that goes away, we lock it unconditionally and get rid of the state
   flag indicating whether it's locked or not.

   The state struct still exists as an empty type, can go away in the
   future.

 - Add support for specifying NOP completion values, allowing it to be
   used for error handling testing.

 - Use set/test bit for io-wq worker flags. Not strictly needed, but
   also doesn't hurt and helps silence a KCSAN warning.

 - Cleanups for io-wq locking and work assignments, closing a tiny race
   where cancelations would not be able to find the work item reliably.

 - Misc fixes, cleanups, and improvements

* tag 'for-6.10/io_uring-20240511' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux: (97 commits)
  io_uring: support to inject result for NOP
  io_uring: fail NOP if non-zero op flags is passed in
  io_uring/net: add IORING_ACCEPT_POLL_FIRST flag
  io_uring/net: add IORING_ACCEPT_DONTWAIT flag
  io_uring/filetable: don't unnecessarily clear/reset bitmap
  io_uring/io-wq: Use set_bit() and test_bit() at worker-&gt;flags
  io_uring/msg_ring: cleanup posting to IOPOLL vs !IOPOLL ring
  io_uring: Require zeroed sqe-&gt;len on provided-buffers send
  io_uring/notif: disable LAZY_WAKE for linked notifs
  io_uring/net: fix sendzc lazy wake polling
  io_uring/msg_ring: reuse ctx-&gt;submitter_task read using READ_ONCE instead of re-reading it
  io_uring/rw: reinstate thread check for retries
  io_uring/notif: implement notification stacking
  io_uring/notif: simplify io_notif_flush()
  net: add callback for setting a ubuf_info to skb
  net: extend ubuf_info callback to ops structure
  io_uring/net: support bundles for recv
  io_uring/net: support bundles for send
  io_uring/kbuf: add helpers for getting/peeking multiple buffers
  io_uring/net: add provided buffer support for IORING_OP_SEND
  ...
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