[PATCH 3/6] ublk: split request validation from io_desc init

From: Caleb Sander Mateos

Date: Tue Jul 28 2026 - 21:35:11 EST


In preparation for moving the struct ublksrv_io_desc initialization from
the thread submitting ublk requests to the daemon thread receiving them,
split the fallible part of ublk_setup_iod{,_zoned}() into new helper
ublk_validate_req{,_zoned}(). Only ublk_setup_iod{,_zoned}() accesses
the io_desc and cannot error out.

Return a bool value from ublk_validate_req{,_zoned}() as the existing
error code ublk_setup_iod{,_zoned}() returns is only checked against
BLK_STS_OK.

Signed-off-by: Caleb Sander Mateos <csander@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/ublk_drv.c | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
index fada30d8d350..efbb0d6af128 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -698,12 +698,28 @@ static int ublk_report_zones(struct gendisk *disk, sector_t sector,
out:
kvfree(buffer);
return ret;
}

-static blk_status_t ublk_setup_iod_zoned(struct ublk_queue *ubq,
- struct request *req)
+static bool ublk_validate_req_zoned(const struct request *req)
+{
+ switch (req_op(req)) {
+ case REQ_OP_ZONE_OPEN:
+ case REQ_OP_ZONE_CLOSE:
+ case REQ_OP_ZONE_FINISH:
+ case REQ_OP_ZONE_RESET:
+ case REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND:
+ case REQ_OP_ZONE_RESET_ALL:
+ return true;
+ case REQ_OP_DRV_IN:
+ return !!ublk_zoned_get_report_desc(req);
+ default:
+ return false;
+ }
+}
+
+static void ublk_setup_iod_zoned(struct ublk_queue *ubq, struct request *req)
{
struct ublk_zoned_report_desc *desc;
u32 ublk_op;

switch (req_op(req)) {
@@ -725,24 +741,19 @@ static blk_status_t ublk_setup_iod_zoned(struct ublk_queue *ubq,
case REQ_OP_ZONE_RESET_ALL:
ublk_op = UBLK_IO_OP_ZONE_RESET_ALL;
break;
case REQ_OP_DRV_IN:
desc = ublk_zoned_get_report_desc(req);
- if (!desc)
- return BLK_STS_IOERR;
ublk_init_iod(ubq, req, UBLK_IO_OP_REPORT_ZONES, desc->nr_zones,
desc->sector);
- return BLK_STS_OK;
- case REQ_OP_DRV_OUT:
- /* We do not support drv_out */
- return BLK_STS_NOTSUPP;
+ return;
default:
- return BLK_STS_IOERR;
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+ return;
}

ublk_init_iod(ubq, req, ublk_op, blk_rq_sectors(req), blk_rq_pos(req));
- return BLK_STS_OK;
}

#else

#define ublk_report_zones (NULL)
@@ -759,14 +770,18 @@ static void ublk_dev_param_zoned_apply(struct ublk_device *ub)
static int ublk_revalidate_disk_zones(struct ublk_device *ub)
{
return 0;
}

-static blk_status_t ublk_setup_iod_zoned(struct ublk_queue *ubq,
- struct request *req)
+static bool ublk_validate_req_zoned(const struct request *req)
{
- return BLK_STS_NOTSUPP;
+ return false;
+}
+
+static void ublk_setup_iod_zoned(struct ublk_queue *ubq, struct request *req)
+{
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
}

#endif

static inline void __ublk_complete_rq(struct request *req, struct ublk_io *io,
@@ -1489,11 +1504,26 @@ static unsigned int ublk_unmap_io(bool need_map,
return ublk_copy_user_pages(req, 0, &iter, dir);
}
return rq_bytes;
}

-static blk_status_t ublk_setup_iod(struct ublk_queue *ubq, struct request *req)
+static bool ublk_validate_req(const struct ublk_queue *ubq,
+ const struct request *req)
+{
+ switch (req_op(req)) {
+ case REQ_OP_READ:
+ case REQ_OP_WRITE:
+ case REQ_OP_FLUSH:
+ case REQ_OP_DISCARD:
+ case REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES:
+ return true;
+ default:
+ return ublk_queue_is_zoned(ubq) && ublk_validate_req_zoned(req);
+ }
+}
+
+static void ublk_setup_iod(struct ublk_queue *ubq, struct request *req)
{
u32 ublk_op;

switch (req_op(req)) {
case REQ_OP_READ:
@@ -1510,17 +1540,15 @@ static blk_status_t ublk_setup_iod(struct ublk_queue *ubq, struct request *req)
break;
case REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES:
ublk_op = UBLK_IO_OP_WRITE_ZEROES;
break;
default:
- if (ublk_queue_is_zoned(ubq))
- return ublk_setup_iod_zoned(ubq, req);
- return BLK_STS_IOERR;
+ ublk_setup_iod_zoned(ubq, req);
+ return;
}

ublk_init_iod(ubq, req, ublk_op, blk_rq_sectors(req), blk_rq_pos(req));
- return BLK_STS_OK;
}

static inline struct ublk_uring_cmd_pdu *ublk_get_uring_cmd_pdu(
struct io_uring_cmd *ioucmd)
{
@@ -2124,12 +2152,10 @@ static enum blk_eh_timer_return ublk_timeout(struct request *rq)
}

static blk_status_t ublk_prep_req(struct ublk_queue *ubq, struct request *rq,
bool check_cancel)
{
- blk_status_t res;
-
if (unlikely(READ_ONCE(ubq->fail_io)))
return BLK_STS_TARGET;

/* With recovery feature enabled, force_abort is set in
* ublk_stop_dev() before calling del_gendisk(). We have to
@@ -2146,14 +2172,14 @@ static blk_status_t ublk_prep_req(struct ublk_queue *ubq, struct request *rq,

if (check_cancel && unlikely(ubq->canceling))
return BLK_STS_IOERR;

/* fill iod to slot in io cmd buffer */
- res = ublk_setup_iod(ubq, rq);
- if (unlikely(res != BLK_STS_OK))
+ 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;
}

/*
--
2.54.0