From 51e08eaf954de51b991889a5f5b5b5edcc712c6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joanne Koong Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:48:37 -0700 Subject: io_uring/rsrc: rename io_buffer_register_bvec()/io_buffer_unregister_bvec() Currently, io_buffer_register_bvec() takes in a request. In preparation for supporting kernel-populated buffers in fuse io-uring (which will need to register bvecs directly, not through a struct request), rename this to io_buffer_register_request(). A subsequent patch will commandeer the "io_buffer_register_bvec()" function name to support registering bvecs directly. Rename io_buffer_unregister_bvec() to a more generic name, io_buffer_unregister(), as both io_buffer_register_request() and io_buffer_register_bvec() callers will use it for unregistration. Signed-off-by: Joanne Koong Reviewed-by: Caleb Sander Mateos Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260612184840.4058966-2-joannelkoong@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi --- Documentation/block/ublk.rst | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/block') diff --git a/Documentation/block/ublk.rst b/Documentation/block/ublk.rst index 0413dcd9ef69..28300fee22bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/ublk.rst +++ b/Documentation/block/ublk.rst @@ -382,17 +382,17 @@ Zero copy --------- ublk zero copy relies on io_uring's fixed kernel buffer, which provides -two APIs: `io_buffer_register_bvec()` and `io_buffer_unregister_bvec`. +two APIs: `io_buffer_register_request()` and `io_buffer_unregister`. ublk adds IO command of `UBLK_IO_REGISTER_IO_BUF` to call -`io_buffer_register_bvec()` for ublk server to register client request +`io_buffer_register_request()` for ublk server to register client request buffer into io_uring buffer table, then ublk server can submit io_uring IOs with the registered buffer index. IO command of `UBLK_IO_UNREGISTER_IO_BUF` -calls `io_buffer_unregister_bvec()` to unregister the buffer, which is -guaranteed to be live between calling `io_buffer_register_bvec()` and -`io_buffer_unregister_bvec()`. Any io_uring operation which supports this -kind of kernel buffer will grab one reference of the buffer until the -operation is completed. +calls `io_buffer_unregister()` to unregister the buffer, which is guaranteed +to be live between calling `io_buffer_register_request()` and +`io_buffer_unregister()`. Any io_uring operation which supports this kind of +kernel buffer will grab one reference of the buffer until the operation is +completed. ublk server implementing zero copy or user copy has to be CAP_SYS_ADMIN and be trusted, because it is ublk server's responsibility to make sure IO buffer -- cgit