[PATCH v2 0/2] ublk: decouple server threads from hctxs

From: Uday Shankar
Date: Tue Apr 08 2025 - 21:44:21 EST


This patch set aims to allow ublk server threads to better balance load
amongst themselves by decoupling server threads from ublk queues/hctxs,
so that multiple threads can service I/Os from a single hctx.

Signed-off-by: Uday Shankar <ushankar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Changes in v2:
- Remove changes split into other patches
- To ease error handling/synchronization, associate each I/O (instead of
each queue) to the last task that issues a FETCH_REQ against it. Only
that task is allowed to operate on the I/O.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241002224437.3088981-1-ushankar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Uday Shankar (2):
ublk: properly serialize all FETCH_REQs
ublk: require unique task per io instead of unique task per hctx

drivers/block/ublk_drv.c | 92 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 88e581728f3f0036110126adbaa0d88d3cd3b48d
change-id: 20250408-ublk_task_per_io-c693cf608d7a

Best regards,
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Uday Shankar <ushankar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>