[PATCHSET v3 0/4] Add support for incremental buffer consumption

[PATCHSET v3 0/4] Add support for incremental buffer consumption

[Jens Axboe]

Hi,

The recommended way to use io_uring for networking workloads is to use
ring provided buffers. The application sets up a ring (or several) for
buffers, and puts buffers for receiving data into them. When a recv
completes, the completion contains information on which buffer data was
received into. You can even use bundles with receive, and receive data
into multiple buffers at the same time.

This all works fine, but has some limitations in that a buffer is always
fully consumed. This patchset adds support for partial consumption of
a buffer. This, in turn, allows an application to supply fewer buffers
for receives, but of a much larger size. For example, rather than add
a ton of 1500b buffers for receiving data, the application can just add
one large buffer. Whenever data is received, only the current head part
of the buffer is consumed and used. This leads to less iteration of
buffers, and also eliminates any potential wasteage of memory if some
of the receives only partially fill a provided buffer.

Patchset is lightly tested, passes current tests and also the new test
cases I wrote for it. The liburing 'pbuf-ring-inc' branch has extra
tests and support for this, as well as having examples/proxy support
incrementally consumed buffers.

Using incrementally consumed buffers from an application point of view
is fairly trivial. Just pass the flag IOU_PBUF_RING_INC to
io_uring_setup_buf_ring(), and this marks this buffer group ID as being
incrementally consumed. Outside of that, the application just needs to
keep track of where the current read/recv point is at. See patch 4
for details. Non-incremental buffer completions are always final, in
that any completion will pass back a buffer to the application. For
incrementally consumed buffers, this isn't always the case, as the
kernel may generate more completions for a given buffer ID, if there's
more room left in it. There's a new CQE flag for that,
IORING_CQE_F_BUF_MORE. If set, the application should expect more
completions for this buffer ID.

Patch 1+2 are just basic prep patches, patch 3 reverts not being able to
set sqe->len for provide buffers for send. With incrementally consumed
buffers, controlling len is important as otherwise it would be very easy
to flood the outgoing socket buffer. patch 4 is the meat of it. But
still pretty darn simple. Note that this feature ONLY works with ring
provide buffers, not with legacy/classic provided buffers. Code can also
be found here:

https://git.kernel.dk/cgit/linux/log/?h=io_uring-pbuf-partial

and it's based on current -git with the pending 6.12 io_uring patches
pulled in first.

Comments/reviews welcome!

 include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h | 18 ++++++++++
 io_uring/io_uring.c           |  2 +-
 io_uring/kbuf.c               | 55 ++++++++++++++++------------
 io_uring/kbuf.h               | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 io_uring/net.c                | 12 +++----
 io_uring/rw.c                 |  8 ++---
 6 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)

Changes since v2:
- Don't enable peek-ahead for partial buffer consumption. Not needed as
  these buffers should be bigger
- Consistently use io_kbuf_commit()
- Fix bug where BUF_MORE would not be set correctly

-- 
Jens Axboe

[PATCH 1/4] io_uring/kbuf: add io_kbuf_commit() helper

[Jens Axboe]

Committing the selected ring buffer is currently done in three different
spots, combine it into a helper and just call that.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
---
 io_uring/kbuf.c |  7 +++----
 io_uring/kbuf.h | 14 ++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.c b/io_uring/kbuf.c
index a4bde998f50d..c69f69807885 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.c
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.c
@@ -171,9 +171,8 @@ static void __user *io_ring_buffer_select(struct io_kiocb *req, size_t *len,
 		 * the transfer completes (or if we get -EAGAIN and must poll of
 		 * retry).
 		 */
-		req->flags &= ~REQ_F_BUFFERS_COMMIT;
+		io_kbuf_commit(req, bl, 1);
 		req->buf_list = NULL;
-		bl->head++;
 	}
 	return u64_to_user_ptr(buf->addr);
 }
@@ -297,8 +296,8 @@ int io_buffers_select(struct io_kiocb *req, struct buf_sel_arg *arg,
 		 * committed them, they cannot be put back in the queue.
 		 */
 		if (ret > 0) {
-			req->flags |= REQ_F_BL_NO_RECYCLE;
-			bl->head += ret;
+			req->flags |= REQ_F_BUFFERS_COMMIT | REQ_F_BL_NO_RECYCLE;
+			io_kbuf_commit(req, bl, ret);
 		}
 	} else {
 		ret = io_provided_buffers_select(req, &arg->out_len, bl, arg->iovs);
diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.h b/io_uring/kbuf.h
index ab30aa13fb5e..43c7b18244b3 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.h
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.h
@@ -121,15 +121,21 @@ static inline bool io_kbuf_recycle(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static inline void io_kbuf_commit(struct io_kiocb *req,
+				  struct io_buffer_list *bl, int nr)
+{
+	if (unlikely(!(req->flags & REQ_F_BUFFERS_COMMIT)))
+		return;
+	bl->head += nr;
+	req->flags &= ~REQ_F_BUFFERS_COMMIT;
+}
+
 static inline void __io_put_kbuf_ring(struct io_kiocb *req, int nr)
 {
 	struct io_buffer_list *bl = req->buf_list;
 
 	if (bl) {
-		if (req->flags & REQ_F_BUFFERS_COMMIT) {
-			bl->head += nr;
-			req->flags &= ~REQ_F_BUFFERS_COMMIT;
-		}
+		io_kbuf_commit(req, bl, nr);
 		req->buf_index = bl->bgid;
 	}
 	req->flags &= ~REQ_F_BUFFER_RING;
-- 
2.43.0

[PATCH 2/4] io_uring/kbuf: move io_ring_head_to_buf() to kbuf.h

[Jens Axboe]

In preparation for using this helper in kbuf.h as well, move it there and
turn it into a macro.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
---
 io_uring/kbuf.c | 6 ------
 io_uring/kbuf.h | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.c b/io_uring/kbuf.c
index c69f69807885..297c1d2c3c27 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.c
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.c
@@ -132,12 +132,6 @@ static int io_provided_buffers_select(struct io_kiocb *req, size_t *len,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct io_uring_buf *io_ring_head_to_buf(struct io_uring_buf_ring *br,
-						__u16 head, __u16 mask)
-{
-	return &br->bufs[head & mask];
-}
-
 static void __user *io_ring_buffer_select(struct io_kiocb *req, size_t *len,
 					  struct io_buffer_list *bl,
 					  unsigned int issue_flags)
diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.h b/io_uring/kbuf.h
index 43c7b18244b3..4c34ff3144b9 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.h
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.h
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ static inline bool io_kbuf_recycle(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags)
 	return false;
 }
 
+/* Mapped buffer ring, return io_uring_buf from head */
+#define io_ring_head_to_buf(br, head, mask)	&(br)->bufs[(head) & (mask)]
+
 static inline void io_kbuf_commit(struct io_kiocb *req,
 				  struct io_buffer_list *bl, int nr)
 {
-- 
2.43.0

[PATCH 3/4] Revert "io_uring: Require zeroed sqe->len on provided-buffers send"

[Jens Axboe]

This reverts commit 79996b45f7b28c0e3e08a95bab80119e95317e28.

Revert the change that restricts a send provided buffer to be zero, so
it will always consume the whole buffer. This is strictly needed for
partial consumption, as the send may very well be a subset of the
current buffer. In fact, that's the intended use case.

For non-incremental provided buffer rings, an application should set
sqe->len carefully to avoid the potential issue described in the
reverted commit. It is recommended that '0' still be set for len for
that case, if the application is set on maintaining more than 1 send
inflight for the same socket. This is somewhat of a nonsensical thing
to do.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
---
 io_uring/net.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/io_uring/net.c b/io_uring/net.c
index dc83a35b8af4..cc81bcacdc1b 100644
--- a/io_uring/net.c
+++ b/io_uring/net.c
@@ -434,8 +434,6 @@ int io_sendmsg_prep(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 		sr->buf_group = req->buf_index;
 		req->buf_list = NULL;
 	}
-	if (req->flags & REQ_F_BUFFER_SELECT && sr->len)
-		return -EINVAL;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	if (req->ctx->compat)
@@ -599,7 +597,7 @@ int io_send(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 	if (io_do_buffer_select(req)) {
 		struct buf_sel_arg arg = {
 			.iovs = &kmsg->fast_iov,
-			.max_len = INT_MAX,
+			.max_len = min_not_zero(sr->len, INT_MAX),
 			.nr_iovs = 1,
 		};
 
-- 
2.43.0

[PATCH 4/4] io_uring/kbuf: add support for incremental buffer consumption

[Jens Axboe]

By default, any recv/read operation that uses provided buffers will
consume at least 1 buffer fully (and maybe more, in case of bundles).
This adds support for incremental consumption, meaning that an
application may add large buffers, and each read/recv will just consume
the part of the buffer that it needs.

For example, let's say an application registers 1MB buffers in a
provided buffer ring, for streaming receives. If it gets a short recv,
then the full 1MB buffer will be consumed and passed back to the
application. With incremental consumption, only the part that was
actually used is consumed, and the buffer remains the current one.

This means that both the application and the kernel needs to keep track
of what the current receive point is. Each recv will still pass back a
buffer ID and the size consumed, the only difference is that before the
next receive would always be the next buffer in the ring. Now the same
buffer ID may return multiple receives, each at an offset into that
buffer from where the previous receive left off. Example:

Application registers a provided buffer ring, and adds two 32K buffers
to the ring.

Buffer1 address: 0x1000000 (buffer ID 0)
Buffer2 address: 0x2000000 (buffer ID 1)

A recv completion is received with the following values:

cqe->res	0x1000	(4k bytes received)
cqe->flags	0x11	(CQE_F_BUFFER|CQE_F_BUF_MORE set, buffer ID 0)

and the application now knows that 4096b of data is available at
0x1000000, the start of that buffer, and that more data from this buffer
will be coming. Now the next receive comes in:

cqe->res	0x2010	(8k bytes received)
cqe->flags	0x11	(CQE_F_BUFFER|CQE_F_BUF_MORE set, buffer ID 0)

which tells the application that 8k is available where the last
completion left off, at 0x1001000. Next completion is:

cqe->res	0x5000	(20k bytes received)
cqe->flags	0x1	(CQE_F_BUFFER set, buffer ID 0)

and the application now knows that 20k of data is available at
0x1003000, which is where the previous receive ended. CQE_F_BUF_MORE
isn't set, as no more data is available in this buffer ID. The next
completion is then:

cqe->res	0x1000	(4k bytes received)
cqe->flags	0x10001	(CQE_F_BUFFER|CQE_F_BUF_MORE set, buffer ID 1)

which tells the application that buffer ID 1 is now the current one,
hence there's 4k of valid data at 0x2000000. 0x2001000 will be the next
receive point for this buffer ID.

When a buffer will be reused by future CQE completions,
IORING_CQE_BUF_MORE will be set in cqe->flags. This tells the application
that the kernel isn't done with the buffer yet, and that it should expect
more completions for this buffer ID. Will only be set by provided buffer
rings setup with IOU_PBUF_RING INC, as that's the only type of buffer
that will see multiple consecutive completions for the same buffer ID.
For any other provided buffer type, any completion that passes back
a buffer to the application is final.

Once a buffer has been fully consumed, the buffer ring head is
incremented and the next receive will indicate the next buffer ID in the
CQE cflags.

On the send side, the application can manage how much data is sent from
an existing buffer by setting sqe->len to the desired send length.

An application can request incremental consumption by setting
IOU_PBUF_RING_INC in the provided buffer ring registration. Outside of
that, any provided buffer ring setup and buffer additions is done like
before, no changes there. The only change is in how an application may
see multiple completions for the same buffer ID, hence needing to know
where the next receive will happen.

Note that like existing provided buffer rings, this should not be used
with IOSQE_ASYNC, as both really require the ring to remain locked over
the duration of the buffer selection and the operation completion. It
will consume a buffer otherwise regardless of the size of the IO done.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
---
 include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h | 18 +++++++++++
 io_uring/io_uring.c           |  2 +-
 io_uring/kbuf.c               | 46 ++++++++++++++++++--------
 io_uring/kbuf.h               | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 io_uring/net.c                |  8 ++---
 io_uring/rw.c                 |  8 ++---
 6 files changed, 103 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
index 042eab793e26..a275f91d2ac0 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
@@ -440,11 +440,21 @@ struct io_uring_cqe {
  * IORING_CQE_F_SOCK_NONEMPTY	If set, more data to read after socket recv
  * IORING_CQE_F_NOTIF	Set for notification CQEs. Can be used to distinct
  * 			them from sends.
+ * IORING_CQE_F_BUF_MORE If set, the buffer ID set in the completion will get
+ *			more completions. In other words, the buffer is being
+ *			partially consumed, and will be used by the kernel for
+ *			more completions. This is only set for buffers used via
+ *			the incremental buffer consumption, as provided by
+ *			a ring buffer setup with IOU_PBUF_RING_INC. For any
+ *			other provided buffer type, all completions with a
+ *			buffer passed back is automatically returned to the
+ *			application.
  */
 #define IORING_CQE_F_BUFFER		(1U << 0)
 #define IORING_CQE_F_MORE		(1U << 1)
 #define IORING_CQE_F_SOCK_NONEMPTY	(1U << 2)
 #define IORING_CQE_F_NOTIF		(1U << 3)
+#define IORING_CQE_F_BUF_MORE		(1U << 4)
 
 #define IORING_CQE_BUFFER_SHIFT		16
 
@@ -716,9 +726,17 @@ struct io_uring_buf_ring {
  *			mmap(2) with the offset set as:
  *			IORING_OFF_PBUF_RING | (bgid << IORING_OFF_PBUF_SHIFT)
  *			to get a virtual mapping for the ring.
+ * IOU_PBUF_RING_INC:	If set, buffers consumed from this buffer ring can be
+ *			consumed incrementally. Normally one (or more) buffers
+ *			are fully consumed. With incremental consumptions, it's
+ *			feasible to register big ranges of buffers, and each
+ *			use of it will consume only as much as it needs. This
+ *			requires that both the kernel and application keep
+ *			track of where the current read/recv index is at.
  */
 enum io_uring_register_pbuf_ring_flags {
 	IOU_PBUF_RING_MMAP	= 1,
+	IOU_PBUF_RING_INC	= 2,
 };
 
 /* argument for IORING_(UN)REGISTER_PBUF_RING */
diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 80bb6e2374e9..1aca501efaf6 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ void io_req_defer_failed(struct io_kiocb *req, s32 res)
 	lockdep_assert_held(&req->ctx->uring_lock);
 
 	req_set_fail(req);
-	io_req_set_res(req, res, io_put_kbuf(req, IO_URING_F_UNLOCKED));
+	io_req_set_res(req, res, io_put_kbuf(req, res, IO_URING_F_UNLOCKED));
 	if (def->fail)
 		def->fail(req);
 	io_req_complete_defer(req);
diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.c b/io_uring/kbuf.c
index 297c1d2c3c27..b20eee984b97 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.c
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static void __user *io_ring_buffer_select(struct io_kiocb *req, size_t *len,
 		 * the transfer completes (or if we get -EAGAIN and must poll of
 		 * retry).
 		 */
-		io_kbuf_commit(req, bl, 1);
+		io_kbuf_commit(req, bl, *len, 1);
 		req->buf_list = NULL;
 	}
 	return u64_to_user_ptr(buf->addr);
@@ -212,14 +212,25 @@ static int io_ring_buffers_peek(struct io_kiocb *req, struct buf_sel_arg *arg,
 	buf = io_ring_head_to_buf(br, head, bl->mask);
 	if (arg->max_len) {
 		u32 len = READ_ONCE(buf->len);
-		size_t needed;
 
 		if (unlikely(!len))
 			return -ENOBUFS;
-		needed = (arg->max_len + len - 1) / len;
-		needed = min_not_zero(needed, (size_t) PEEK_MAX_IMPORT);
-		if (nr_avail > needed)
-			nr_avail = needed;
+		/*
+		 * Limit incremental buffers to 1 segment. No point trying
+		 * to peek ahead and map more than we need, when the buffers
+		 * themselves should be large when setup with
+		 * IOU_PBUF_RING_INC.
+		 */
+		if (bl->flags & IOBL_INC) {
+			nr_avail = 1;
+		} else {
+			size_t needed;
+
+			needed = (arg->max_len + len - 1) / len;
+			needed = min_not_zero(needed, (size_t) PEEK_MAX_IMPORT);
+			if (nr_avail > needed)
+				nr_avail = needed;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -244,16 +255,21 @@ static int io_ring_buffers_peek(struct io_kiocb *req, struct buf_sel_arg *arg,
 
 	req->buf_index = buf->bid;
 	do {
-		/* truncate end piece, if needed */
-		if (buf->len > arg->max_len)
-			buf->len = arg->max_len;
+		u32 len = buf->len;
+
+		/* truncate end piece, if needed, for non partial buffers */
+		if (len > arg->max_len) {
+			len = arg->max_len;
+			if (!(bl->flags & IOBL_INC))
+				buf->len = len;
+		}
 
 		iov->iov_base = u64_to_user_ptr(buf->addr);
-		iov->iov_len = buf->len;
+		iov->iov_len = len;
 		iov++;
 
-		arg->out_len += buf->len;
-		arg->max_len -= buf->len;
+		arg->out_len += len;
+		arg->max_len -= len;
 		if (!arg->max_len)
 			break;
 
@@ -291,7 +307,7 @@ int io_buffers_select(struct io_kiocb *req, struct buf_sel_arg *arg,
 		 */
 		if (ret > 0) {
 			req->flags |= REQ_F_BUFFERS_COMMIT | REQ_F_BL_NO_RECYCLE;
-			io_kbuf_commit(req, bl, ret);
+			io_kbuf_commit(req, bl, arg->out_len, ret);
 		}
 	} else {
 		ret = io_provided_buffers_select(req, &arg->out_len, bl, arg->iovs);
@@ -675,7 +691,7 @@ int io_register_pbuf_ring(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg)
 
 	if (reg.resv[0] || reg.resv[1] || reg.resv[2])
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (reg.flags & ~IOU_PBUF_RING_MMAP)
+	if (reg.flags & ~(IOU_PBUF_RING_MMAP | IOU_PBUF_RING_INC))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!(reg.flags & IOU_PBUF_RING_MMAP)) {
 		if (!reg.ring_addr)
@@ -713,6 +729,8 @@ int io_register_pbuf_ring(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg)
 	if (!ret) {
 		bl->nr_entries = reg.ring_entries;
 		bl->mask = reg.ring_entries - 1;
+		if (reg.flags & IOU_PBUF_RING_INC)
+			bl->flags |= IOBL_INC;
 
 		io_buffer_add_list(ctx, bl, reg.bgid);
 		return 0;
diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.h b/io_uring/kbuf.h
index 4c34ff3144b9..a8fbe2e3b73a 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.h
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.h
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ enum {
 	IOBL_BUF_RING	= 1,
 	/* ring mapped provided buffers, but mmap'ed by application */
 	IOBL_MMAP	= 2,
+	/* buffers are consumed incrementally rather than always fully */
+	IOBL_INC	= 4,
+
 };
 
 struct io_buffer_list {
@@ -124,31 +127,53 @@ static inline bool io_kbuf_recycle(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags)
 /* Mapped buffer ring, return io_uring_buf from head */
 #define io_ring_head_to_buf(br, head, mask)	&(br)->bufs[(head) & (mask)]
 
-static inline void io_kbuf_commit(struct io_kiocb *req,
-				  struct io_buffer_list *bl, int nr)
+/* returns false if more completions will be done from the current bid */
+static inline bool io_kbuf_commit(struct io_kiocb *req,
+				 struct io_buffer_list *bl, int len, int nr)
 {
 	if (unlikely(!(req->flags & REQ_F_BUFFERS_COMMIT)))
-		return;
-	bl->head += nr;
+		return true;
+
 	req->flags &= ~REQ_F_BUFFERS_COMMIT;
+
+	if (unlikely(len < 0))
+		return true;
+
+	if (bl->flags & IOBL_INC) {
+		struct io_uring_buf *buf;
+
+		buf = io_ring_head_to_buf(bl->buf_ring, bl->head, bl->mask);
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(len > buf->len))
+			len = buf->len;
+		buf->len -= len;
+		if (buf->len) {
+			buf->addr += len;
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	bl->head += nr;
+	return true;
 }
 
-static inline void __io_put_kbuf_ring(struct io_kiocb *req, int nr)
+static inline bool __io_put_kbuf_ring(struct io_kiocb *req, int len, int nr)
 {
 	struct io_buffer_list *bl = req->buf_list;
+	bool ret = true;
 
 	if (bl) {
-		io_kbuf_commit(req, bl, nr);
+		ret = io_kbuf_commit(req, bl, len, nr);
 		req->buf_index = bl->bgid;
 	}
 	req->flags &= ~REQ_F_BUFFER_RING;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static inline void __io_put_kbuf_list(struct io_kiocb *req,
 				      struct list_head *list)
 {
 	if (req->flags & REQ_F_BUFFER_RING) {
-		__io_put_kbuf_ring(req, 1);
+		__io_put_kbuf_ring(req, 0, 1);
 	} else {
 		req->buf_index = req->kbuf->bgid;
 		list_add(&req->kbuf->list, list);
@@ -166,8 +191,8 @@ static inline void io_kbuf_drop(struct io_kiocb *req)
 	__io_put_kbuf_list(req, &req->ctx->io_buffers_comp);
 }
 
-static inline unsigned int __io_put_kbufs(struct io_kiocb *req, int nbufs,
-					  unsigned issue_flags)
+static inline unsigned int __io_put_kbufs(struct io_kiocb *req, int len,
+					  int nbufs, unsigned issue_flags)
 {
 	unsigned int ret;
 
@@ -175,22 +200,24 @@ static inline unsigned int __io_put_kbufs(struct io_kiocb *req, int nbufs,
 		return 0;
 
 	ret = IORING_CQE_F_BUFFER | (req->buf_index << IORING_CQE_BUFFER_SHIFT);
-	if (req->flags & REQ_F_BUFFER_RING)
-		__io_put_kbuf_ring(req, nbufs);
-	else
+	if (req->flags & REQ_F_BUFFER_RING) {
+		if (!__io_put_kbuf_ring(req, len, nbufs))
+			ret |= IORING_CQE_F_BUF_MORE;
+	} else {
 		__io_put_kbuf(req, issue_flags);
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static inline unsigned int io_put_kbuf(struct io_kiocb *req,
+static inline unsigned int io_put_kbuf(struct io_kiocb *req, int len,
 				       unsigned issue_flags)
 {
-	return __io_put_kbufs(req, 1, issue_flags);
+	return __io_put_kbufs(req, len, 1, issue_flags);
 }
 
-static inline unsigned int io_put_kbufs(struct io_kiocb *req, int nbufs,
-					unsigned issue_flags)
+static inline unsigned int io_put_kbufs(struct io_kiocb *req, int len,
+					int nbufs, unsigned issue_flags)
 {
-	return __io_put_kbufs(req, nbufs, issue_flags);
+	return __io_put_kbufs(req, len, nbufs, issue_flags);
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/io_uring/net.c b/io_uring/net.c
index cc81bcacdc1b..f10f5a22d66a 100644
--- a/io_uring/net.c
+++ b/io_uring/net.c
@@ -497,11 +497,11 @@ static inline bool io_send_finish(struct io_kiocb *req, int *ret,
 	unsigned int cflags;
 
 	if (!(sr->flags & IORING_RECVSEND_BUNDLE)) {
-		cflags = io_put_kbuf(req, issue_flags);
+		cflags = io_put_kbuf(req, *ret, issue_flags);
 		goto finish;
 	}
 
-	cflags = io_put_kbufs(req, io_bundle_nbufs(kmsg, *ret), issue_flags);
+	cflags = io_put_kbufs(req, *ret, io_bundle_nbufs(kmsg, *ret), issue_flags);
 
 	if (bundle_finished || req->flags & REQ_F_BL_EMPTY)
 		goto finish;
@@ -842,13 +842,13 @@ static inline bool io_recv_finish(struct io_kiocb *req, int *ret,
 		cflags |= IORING_CQE_F_SOCK_NONEMPTY;
 
 	if (sr->flags & IORING_RECVSEND_BUNDLE) {
-		cflags |= io_put_kbufs(req, io_bundle_nbufs(kmsg, *ret),
+		cflags |= io_put_kbufs(req, *ret, io_bundle_nbufs(kmsg, *ret),
 				      issue_flags);
 		/* bundle with no more immediate buffers, we're done */
 		if (req->flags & REQ_F_BL_EMPTY)
 			goto finish;
 	} else {
-		cflags |= io_put_kbuf(req, issue_flags);
+		cflags |= io_put_kbuf(req, *ret, issue_flags);
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/io_uring/rw.c b/io_uring/rw.c
index c004d21e2f12..f5e0694538b9 100644
--- a/io_uring/rw.c
+++ b/io_uring/rw.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ void io_req_rw_complete(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_tw_state *ts)
 	io_req_io_end(req);
 
 	if (req->flags & (REQ_F_BUFFER_SELECTED|REQ_F_BUFFER_RING))
-		req->cqe.flags |= io_put_kbuf(req, 0);
+		req->cqe.flags |= io_put_kbuf(req, req->cqe.res, 0);
 
 	io_req_rw_cleanup(req, 0);
 	io_req_task_complete(req, ts);
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ static int kiocb_done(struct io_kiocb *req, ssize_t ret,
 			 */
 			io_req_io_end(req);
 			io_req_set_res(req, final_ret,
-				       io_put_kbuf(req, issue_flags));
+				       io_put_kbuf(req, ret, issue_flags));
 			io_req_rw_cleanup(req, issue_flags);
 			return IOU_OK;
 		}
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ int io_read_mshot(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 		 * Put our buffer and post a CQE. If we fail to post a CQE, then
 		 * jump to the termination path. This request is then done.
 		 */
-		cflags = io_put_kbuf(req, issue_flags);
+		cflags = io_put_kbuf(req, ret, issue_flags);
 		rw->len = 0; /* similarly to above, reset len to 0 */
 
 		if (io_req_post_cqe(req, ret, cflags | IORING_CQE_F_MORE)) {
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ int io_do_iopoll(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, bool force_nonspin)
 		if (!smp_load_acquire(&req->iopoll_completed))
 			break;
 		nr_events++;
-		req->cqe.flags = io_put_kbuf(req, 0);
+		req->cqe.flags = io_put_kbuf(req, req->cqe.res, 0);
 		if (req->opcode != IORING_OP_URING_CMD)
 			io_req_rw_cleanup(req, 0);
 	}
-- 
2.43.0

[PATCHSET v2 RFC 0/4] Add support for incremental buffer consumption

[Jens Axboe]

Hi,

The recommended way to use io_uring for networking workloads is to use
ring provided buffers. The application sets up a ring (or several) for
buffers, and puts buffers for receiving data into them. When a recv
completes, the completion contains information on which buffer data was
received into. You can even use bundles with receive, and receive data
into multiple buffers at the same time.

This all works fine, but has some limitations in that a buffer is always
fully consumed. This patchset adds support for partial consumption of
a buffer. This, in turn, allows an application to supply fewer buffers
for receives, but of a much larger size. For example, rather than add
a ton of 1500b buffers for receiving data, the application can just add
one large buffer. Whenever data is received, only the current head part
of the buffer is consumed and used. This leads to less iteration of
buffers, and also eliminates any potential wasteage of memory if some
of the receives only partially fill a provided buffer.

Patchset is lightly tested, passes current tests and also the new test
cases I wrote for it. The liburing 'pbuf-ring-inc' branch has extra
tests and support for this, as well as having examples/proxy support
incrementally consumed buffers.

Using incrementally consumed buffers from an application point of view
is fairly trivial. Just pass the flag IOU_PBUF_RING_INC to
io_uring_setup_buf_ring(), and this marks this buffer group ID as being
incrementally consumed. Outside of that, the application just needs to
keep track of where the current read/recv point is at. See patch 4
for details. Non-incremental buffer completions are always final, in
that any completion will pass back a buffer to the application. For
incrementally consumed buffers, this isn't always the case, as the
kernel may generate more completions for a given buffer ID, if there's
more room left in it. There's a new CQE flag for that,
IORING_CQE_F_BUF_MORE. If set, the application should expect more
completions for this buffer ID.

Patch 1+2 are just basic prep patches, patch 3 reverts not being able to
set sqe->len for provide buffers for send. With incrementally consumed
buffers, controlling len is important as otherwise it would be very easy
to flood the outgoing socket buffer. patch 4 is the meat of it. But
still pretty darn simple. Note that this feature ONLY works with ring
provide buffers, not with legacy/classic provided buffers. Code can also
be found here:

https://git.kernel.dk/cgit/linux/log/?h=io_uring-pbuf-partial

and it's based on current -git with the pending 6.12 io_uring patches
pulled in first.

Comments/reviews welcome! I'll add support for this to examples/proxy
in the liburing repo, and can provide some performance results post
that.

 include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h | 18 +++++++++
 io_uring/io_uring.c           |  2 +-
 io_uring/kbuf.c               | 33 +++++++++--------
 io_uring/kbuf.h               | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 io_uring/net.c                | 12 +++---
 io_uring/rw.c                 |  8 ++--
 6 files changed, 100 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

Changes since v1:
- Add IORING_CQE_F_BUF_MORE flag. I originally intended buf->len to be
  used for this purpose, with a len of 0 left obviously means that the
  buffer is done. However, this doesn't work so well. For example, if
  the incremental buffer size is 64K, and a multishot receive first gets
  16K and then 48K. For the first completion, we decrement buf->len, and
  it's now 48K. However, we immediately process another recv for this
  request, which is 48K. Now buf->len is zero. However, the application
  gets both of these completions before seeing buf, hence it will see
  buf->len == 0 for both of these completions. Adding the BUF_MORE flag
  allows the kernel to set it for the completion that actually finished
  the buffer.
- Fix issue with send side not getting REQ_F_BUFFERS_COMMIT set, hence
  always committing early. This doesn't work for IOBL_INC.
- Allow sqe->len to be set for send + provided buffers. See note above.
- Minor cleanups.
- Move to separate barnch.
- Rebase on top of current tree(s).

-- 
Jens Axboe

[PATCH 2/4] io_uring/kbuf: move io_ring_head_to_buf() to kbuf.h

[Jens Axboe]

In preparation for using this helper in kbuf.h as well, move it there and
turn it into a macro.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
---
 io_uring/kbuf.c | 6 ------
 io_uring/kbuf.h | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.c b/io_uring/kbuf.c
index e43f761fa073..0aa12703bac7 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.c
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.c
@@ -132,12 +132,6 @@ static int io_provided_buffers_select(struct io_kiocb *req, size_t *len,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct io_uring_buf *io_ring_head_to_buf(struct io_uring_buf_ring *br,
-						__u16 head, __u16 mask)
-{
-	return &br->bufs[head & mask];
-}
-
 static void __user *io_ring_buffer_select(struct io_kiocb *req, size_t *len,
 					  struct io_buffer_list *bl,
 					  unsigned int issue_flags)
diff --git a/io_uring/kbuf.h b/io_uring/kbuf.h
index c9798663cd9f..b7da3ce880bf 100644
--- a/io_uring/kbuf.h
+++ b/io_uring/kbuf.h
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ static inline bool io_kbuf_recycle(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags)
 	return false;
 }
 
+/* Mapped buffer ring, return io_uring_buf from head */
+#define io_ring_head_to_buf(br, head, mask)	&(br)->bufs[(head) & (mask)]
+
 static inline void io_kbuf_commit(struct io_kiocb *req,
 				  struct io_buffer_list *bl, int nr)
 {
-- 
2.43.0