block: Introduce elevator features

Introduce the definition of elevator features through the
elevator_features flags in the elevator_type structure. Each flag can
represent a feature supported by an elevator. The first feature defined
by this patch is support for zoned block device sequential write
constraint with the flag ELEVATOR_F_ZBD_SEQ_WRITE, which is implemented
by the mq-deadline elevator using zone write locking.

Other possible features are IO priorities, write hints, latency targets
or single-LUN dual-actuator disks (for which the elevator could maintain
one LBA ordered list per actuator).

The required_elevator_features field is also added to the request_queue
structure to allow a device driver to specify elevator feature flags
that an elevator must support for the correct operation of the device
(e.g. device drivers for zoned block devices can have the
ELEVATOR_F_ZBD_SEQ_WRITE flag as a required feature).
The helper function blk_queue_required_elevator_features() is
defined for setting this new field.

With these two new fields in place, the elevator functions
elevator_match() and elevator_find() are modified to allow a user to set
only an elevator with a set of features that satisfies the device
required features. Elevators not matching the device requirements are
not shown in the device sysfs queue/scheduler file to prevent their use.

The "none" elevator can always be selected as before.

Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

block/blk-settings.c

@@ -832,6 +832,22 @@ void blk_queue_write_cache(struct request_queue *q, bool wc, bool fua)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_queue_write_cache);
 
+/**
+ * blk_queue_required_elevator_features - Set a queue required elevator features
+ * @q:		the request queue for the target device
+ * @features:	Required elevator features OR'ed together
+ *
+ * Tell the block layer that for the device controlled through @q, only the
+ * only elevators that can be used are those that implement at least the set of
+ * features specified by @features.
+ */
+void blk_queue_required_elevator_features(struct request_queue *q,
+					  unsigned int features)
+{
+	q->required_elevator_features = features;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_queue_required_elevator_features);
+
 static int __init blk_settings_init(void)
 {
 	blk_max_low_pfn = max_low_pfn - 1;

block/elevator.c

@@ -83,8 +83,26 @@ bool elv_bio_merge_ok(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(elv_bio_merge_ok);
 
-static bool elevator_match(const struct elevator_type *e, const char *name)
+static inline bool elv_support_features(unsigned int elv_features,
+					unsigned int required_features)
 {
+	return (required_features & elv_features) == required_features;
+}
+
+/**
+ * elevator_match - Test an elevator name and features
+ * @e: Scheduler to test
+ * @name: Elevator name to test
+ * @required_features: Features that the elevator must provide
+ *
+ * Return true is the elevator @e name matches @name and if @e provides all the
+ * the feratures spcified by @required_features.
+ */
+static bool elevator_match(const struct elevator_type *e, const char *name,
+			   unsigned int required_features)
+{
+	if (!elv_support_features(e->elevator_features, required_features))
+		return false;
 	if (!strcmp(e->elevator_name, name))
 		return true;
 	if (e->elevator_alias && !strcmp(e->elevator_alias, name))
@@ -93,15 +111,21 @@ static bool elevator_match(const struct elevator_type *e, const char *name)
 	return false;
 }
 
-/*
+/**
- * Return scheduler with name 'name'
+ * elevator_find - Find an elevator
+ * @name: Name of the elevator to find
+ * @required_features: Features that the elevator must provide
+ *
+ * Return the first registered scheduler with name @name and supporting the
+ * features @required_features and NULL otherwise.
  */
-static struct elevator_type *elevator_find(const char *name)
+static struct elevator_type *elevator_find(const char *name,
+					   unsigned int required_features)
 {
 	struct elevator_type *e;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(e, &elv_list, list) {
-		if (elevator_match(e, name))
+		if (elevator_match(e, name, required_features))
 			return e;
 	}
 
@@ -120,12 +144,12 @@ static struct elevator_type *elevator_get(struct request_queue *q,
 
 	spin_lock(&elv_list_lock);
 
-	e = elevator_find(name);
+	e = elevator_find(name, q->required_elevator_features);
 	if (!e && try_loading) {
 		spin_unlock(&elv_list_lock);
 		request_module("%s-iosched", name);
 		spin_lock(&elv_list_lock);
-		e = elevator_find(name);
+		e = elevator_find(name, q->required_elevator_features);
 	}
 
 	if (e && !try_module_get(e->elevator_owner))
@@ -525,7 +549,7 @@ int elv_register(struct elevator_type *e)
 
 	/* register, don't allow duplicate names */
 	spin_lock(&elv_list_lock);
-	if (elevator_find(e->elevator_name)) {
+	if (elevator_find(e->elevator_name, 0)) {
 		spin_unlock(&elv_list_lock);
 		kmem_cache_destroy(e->icq_cache);
 		return -EBUSY;
@@ -709,7 +733,8 @@ static int __elevator_change(struct request_queue *q, const char *name)
 	if (!e)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (q->elevator && elevator_match(q->elevator->type, elevator_name)) {
+	if (q->elevator &&
+	    elevator_match(q->elevator->type, elevator_name, 0)) {
 		elevator_put(e);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -749,11 +774,13 @@ ssize_t elv_iosched_show(struct request_queue *q, char *name)
 
 	spin_lock(&elv_list_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(__e, &elv_list, list) {
-		if (elv && elevator_match(elv, __e->elevator_name)) {
+		if (elv && elevator_match(elv, __e->elevator_name, 0)) {
 			len += sprintf(name+len, "[%s] ", elv->elevator_name);
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (elv_support_iosched(q))
+		if (elv_support_iosched(q) &&
+		    elevator_match(__e, __e->elevator_name,
+				   q->required_elevator_features))
 			len += sprintf(name+len, "%s ", __e->elevator_name);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&elv_list_lock);

block/mq-deadline.c

@@ -794,6 +794,7 @@ static struct elevator_type mq_deadline = {
 	.elevator_attrs = deadline_attrs,
 	.elevator_name = "mq-deadline",
 	.elevator_alias = "deadline",
+	.elevator_features = ELEVATOR_F_ZBD_SEQ_WRITE,
 	.elevator_owner = THIS_MODULE,
 };
 MODULE_ALIAS("mq-deadline-iosched");

include/linux/blkdev.h

@@ -496,6 +496,8 @@ struct request_queue {
 
 	struct queue_limits	limits;
 
+	unsigned int		required_elevator_features;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED
 	/*
 	 * Zoned block device information for request dispatch control.
@@ -1097,6 +1099,8 @@ extern void blk_queue_dma_alignment(struct request_queue *, int);
 extern void blk_queue_update_dma_alignment(struct request_queue *, int);
 extern void blk_queue_rq_timeout(struct request_queue *, unsigned int);
 extern void blk_queue_write_cache(struct request_queue *q, bool enabled, bool fua);
+extern void blk_queue_required_elevator_features(struct request_queue *q,
+						 unsigned int features);
 
 /*
  * Number of physical segments as sent to the device.

include/linux/elevator.h

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ struct elevator_type
 	struct elv_fs_entry *elevator_attrs;
 	const char *elevator_name;
 	const char *elevator_alias;
+	const unsigned int elevator_features;
 	struct module *elevator_owner;
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEBUG_FS
 	const struct blk_mq_debugfs_attr *queue_debugfs_attrs;
@@ -165,5 +166,12 @@ extern struct request *elv_rb_find(struct rb_root *, sector_t);
 #define rq_entry_fifo(ptr)	list_entry((ptr), struct request, queuelist)
 #define rq_fifo_clear(rq)	list_del_init(&(rq)->queuelist)
 
+/*
+ * Elevator features.
+ */
+
+/* Supports zoned block devices sequential write constraint */
+#define ELEVATOR_F_ZBD_SEQ_WRITE	(1U << 0)
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_BLOCK */
 #endif