[RFC PATCH v1 5/8] nfs: tag READ/WRITE RPCs carrying P2PDMA pages

From: Pranjal Shrivastava

Date: Tue Oct 06 2026 - 19:38:11 EST


A transport must know when an RPC's payload pages are P2PDMA memory,
so it can move them by DMA or refuse the RPC.

Check each page as nfs_generic_pgio() builds the page array, and
record the result in nfs_pgio_args. The READ and WRITE encoders of
every NFS version then set XDRBUF_P2PDMA on the buffer holding the
payload.

Additionally, avoid using READ_PLUS when the pages are P2PDMA memory.

Signed-off-by: Pranjal Shrivastava <praan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c | 4 ++++
fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c | 4 ++++
fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c | 3 +++
fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c | 4 ++++
fs/nfs/pagelist.c | 2 ++
include/linux/nfs_xdr.h | 1 +
6 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
index 9eff09158518..5a8f2eccd068 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c
@@ -628,6 +628,8 @@ static void nfs2_xdr_enc_readargs(struct rpc_rqst *req,
rpc_prepare_reply_pages(req, args->pages, args->pgbase, args->count,
NFS_readres_sz - NFS_pagepad_sz);
req->rq_rcv_buf.flags |= XDRBUF_READ;
+ if (args->p2pdma)
+ req->rq_rcv_buf.flags |= XDRBUF_P2PDMA;
}

/*
@@ -668,6 +670,8 @@ static void nfs2_xdr_enc_writeargs(struct rpc_rqst *req,

encode_writeargs(xdr, args);
xdr->buf->flags |= XDRBUF_WRITE;
+ if (args->p2pdma)
+ xdr->buf->flags |= XDRBUF_P2PDMA;
}

/*
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
index e745e78faab0..e39c58883a2a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
@@ -946,6 +946,8 @@ static void nfs3_xdr_enc_read3args(struct rpc_rqst *req,
rpc_prepare_reply_pages(req, args->pages, args->pgbase,
args->count, replen);
req->rq_rcv_buf.flags |= XDRBUF_READ;
+ if (args->p2pdma)
+ req->rq_rcv_buf.flags |= XDRBUF_P2PDMA;
}

/*
@@ -988,6 +990,8 @@ static void nfs3_xdr_enc_write3args(struct rpc_rqst *req,

encode_write3args(xdr, args);
xdr->buf->flags |= XDRBUF_WRITE;
+ if (args->p2pdma)
+ xdr->buf->flags |= XDRBUF_P2PDMA;
}

/*
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index beb659744760..443079f5adc9 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -5721,6 +5721,9 @@ static int nfs4_read_done(struct rpc_task *task, struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
static bool nfs42_read_plus_support(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr,
struct rpc_message *msg)
{
+ /* P2PDMA payloads move only by DMA */
+ if (hdr->args.p2pdma)
+ return false;
/* Note: We don't use READ_PLUS with pNFS yet */
if (nfs_server_capable(hdr->inode, NFS_CAP_READ_PLUS) && !hdr->ds_clp) {
msg->rpc_proc = &nfs4_procedures[NFSPROC4_CLNT_READ_PLUS];
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index 8b3d96b4a0f0..04765b56de28 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -2621,6 +2621,8 @@ static void nfs4_xdr_enc_read(struct rpc_rqst *req, struct xdr_stream *xdr,
rpc_prepare_reply_pages(req, args->pages, args->pgbase,
args->count, hdr.replen - pagepad_maxsz);
req->rq_rcv_buf.flags |= XDRBUF_READ;
+ if (args->p2pdma)
+ req->rq_rcv_buf.flags |= XDRBUF_P2PDMA;
encode_nops(&hdr);
}

@@ -2686,6 +2688,8 @@ static void nfs4_xdr_enc_write(struct rpc_rqst *req, struct xdr_stream *xdr,
encode_putfh(xdr, args->fh, &hdr);
encode_write(xdr, args, &hdr);
req->rq_snd_buf.flags |= XDRBUF_WRITE;
+ if (args->p2pdma)
+ req->rq_snd_buf.flags |= XDRBUF_P2PDMA;
if (args->bitmask)
encode_getfattr(xdr, args->bitmask, &hdr);
encode_nops(&hdr);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index 71f0ce2bc4ea..3ec4e1e5fe1f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -970,6 +970,8 @@ int nfs_generic_pgio(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc,
if (pageused > pagecount)
goto full;
*pages++ = last_page = page;
+ if (is_pci_p2pdma_page(page))
+ hdr->args.p2pdma = true;
}
}
}
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
index c0e29b4dfa62..85cdee107559 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
@@ -685,6 +685,7 @@ struct nfs_pgio_args {
__u32 count;
unsigned int pgbase;
struct page ** pages;
+ bool p2pdma; /* pages include P2PDMA memory */
union {
unsigned int replen; /* used by read */
struct {
--
2.56.0.rc1.315.gc6ed9934b7-goog