[PATCH 4/6] ublk: initialize io_desc on daemon task
From: Caleb Sander Mateos
Date: Tue Jul 28 2026 - 21:32:43 EST
ublk_setup_iod() is currently called to populate struct ublksrv_io_desc
on the thread submitting I/O to a ublk device. However, only the ublk
server threads read the io_descs. This basically guarantees a cache miss
on both threads for each ublk I/O. There's really no need to initialize
the io_descs on the submitting thread. Move the ublk_setup_iod() call to
ublk_dispatch_req() (for non-UBLK_F_BATCH_IO) and
__ublk_batch_prep_dispatch() (for UBLK_F_BATCH_IO), which runs on the
ublk server daemon thread before dispatching the I/O to userspace.
Signed-off-by: Caleb Sander Mateos <csander@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/ublk_drv.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
index efbb0d6af128..46f5ab13f87e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -1786,10 +1786,11 @@ static void ublk_dispatch_req(struct ublk_queue *ubq, struct request *req)
{
unsigned int issue_flags = IO_URING_CMD_TASK_WORK_ISSUE_FLAGS;
u16 tag = req->tag;
struct ublk_io *io = &ubq->ios[tag];
+ ublk_setup_iod(ubq, req);
pr_devel("%s: complete: qid %d tag %d io_flags %x addr %llx\n",
__func__, ubq->q_id, req->tag, io->flags,
ublk_get_iod(ubq, req->tag)->addr);
/*
@@ -1839,10 +1840,11 @@ static bool __ublk_batch_prep_dispatch(struct ublk_queue *ubq,
struct ublk_io *io = &ubq->ios[tag];
struct request *req = blk_mq_tag_to_rq(ub->tag_set.tags[ubq->q_id], tag);
enum auto_buf_reg_res res = AUTO_BUF_REG_FALLBACK;
struct io_uring_cmd *cmd = data->cmd;
+ ublk_setup_iod(ubq, req);
if (!ublk_start_io(ubq, req, io))
return false;
if (ublk_support_auto_buf_reg(ubq) && blk_rq_has_data(req)) {
res = ublk_auto_buf_register(ubq, req, io, cmd,
@@ -2175,11 +2177,10 @@ static blk_status_t ublk_prep_req(struct ublk_queue *ubq, struct request *rq,
/* fill iod to slot in io cmd buffer */
if (unlikely(!ublk_validate_req(ubq, rq)))
return BLK_STS_IOERR;
- ublk_setup_iod(ubq, rq);
blk_mq_start_request(rq);
return BLK_STS_OK;
}
/*
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