[PATCH v2 0/4] io_uring/uring_cmd: allow non-iopoll cmds with IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL

[PATCH v2 0/4] io_uring/uring_cmd: allow non-iopoll cmds with IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL

[Caleb Sander Mateos]

Currently, creating an io_uring with IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL requires all
requests issued to it to support iopoll. This prevents, for example,
using ublk zero-copy together with IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL, as ublk
zero-copy buffer registrations are performed using a uring_cmd. There's
no technical reason why these non-iopoll uring_cmds can't be supported.
They will either complete synchronously or via an external mechanism
that calls io_uring_cmd_done(), so they don't need to be polled.

Allow uring_cmd requests to be issued to IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL io_urings
even if their files don't implement ->uring_cmd_iopoll().

Use a new REQ_F_IOPOLL flag to track whether a request is using iopoll.
This makes the iopoll_queue opcode definition flag unnecessary.

The last commit removes an unnecessary IO_URING_F_IOPOLL check in
nvme_dev_uring_cmd() as NVMe admin passthru commands can be issued to
IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL io_urings now.

v2:
- Add REQ_F_IOPOLL request flag, remove redundant iopoll_queue
- Split IORING_OP_URING_CMD128 fix to a separate commit

Caleb Sander Mateos (4):
  io_uring: add REQ_F_IOPOLL
  io_uring: remove iopoll_queue from struct io_issue_def
  io_uring/uring_cmd: allow non-iopoll cmds with IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL
  nvme: remove nvme_dev_uring_cmd() IO_URING_F_IOPOLL check

 drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c      |  4 ----
 include/linux/io_uring_types.h |  3 +++
 io_uring/io_uring.c            | 10 ++++------
 io_uring/opdef.c               | 10 ----------
 io_uring/opdef.h               |  2 --
 io_uring/rw.c                  | 11 ++++++-----
 io_uring/uring_cmd.c           |  9 ++++-----
 7 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

-- 
2.45.2

[PATCH v2 1/4] io_uring: add REQ_F_IOPOLL

[Caleb Sander Mateos]

A subsequent commit will allow uring_cmds to commands that don't
implement ->uring_cmd_iopoll() to be issued to IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL
io_urings. This means the ctx's IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL flag isn't
sufficient to determine whether a given request needs to be iopolled.
Introduce a request flag REQ_F_IOPOLL set in ->issue() if a request
needs to be iopolled to completion. Set the flag in io_rw_init_file()
and io_uring_cmd() for requests issued to IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL ctxs. Use
the request flag instead of IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL in places dealing with a
specific request.

A future possibility would be to add an option to enable/disable iopoll
in the io_uring SQE instead of determining it from IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL.

Signed-off-by: Caleb Sander Mateos <csander@purestorage.com>
---
 include/linux/io_uring_types.h |  3 +++
 io_uring/io_uring.c            |  9 ++++-----
 io_uring/rw.c                  | 11 ++++++-----
 io_uring/uring_cmd.c           |  5 +++--
 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/io_uring_types.h b/include/linux/io_uring_types.h
index 3e4a82a6f817..4563e1fafdf0 100644
--- a/include/linux/io_uring_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/io_uring_types.h
@@ -541,10 +541,11 @@ enum {
 	REQ_F_BUFFERS_COMMIT_BIT,
 	REQ_F_BUF_NODE_BIT,
 	REQ_F_HAS_METADATA_BIT,
 	REQ_F_IMPORT_BUFFER_BIT,
 	REQ_F_SQE_COPIED_BIT,
+	REW_F_IOPOLL_BIT,
 
 	/* not a real bit, just to check we're not overflowing the space */
 	__REQ_F_LAST_BIT,
 };
 
@@ -632,10 +633,12 @@ enum {
 	 * For SEND_ZC, whether to import buffers (i.e. the first issue).
 	 */
 	REQ_F_IMPORT_BUFFER	= IO_REQ_FLAG(REQ_F_IMPORT_BUFFER_BIT),
 	/* ->sqe_copy() has been called, if necessary */
 	REQ_F_SQE_COPIED	= IO_REQ_FLAG(REQ_F_SQE_COPIED_BIT),
+	/* request must be iopolled to completion (set in ->issue()) */
+	REQ_F_IOPOLL		= IO_REQ_FLAG(REW_F_IOPOLL_BIT),
 };
 
 struct io_tw_req {
 	struct io_kiocb *req;
 };
diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index ccab8562d273..43059f6e10e0 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -354,11 +354,10 @@ static struct io_kiocb *__io_prep_linked_timeout(struct io_kiocb *req)
 }
 
 static void io_prep_async_work(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
 	const struct io_issue_def *def = &io_issue_defs[req->opcode];
-	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
 
 	if (!(req->flags & REQ_F_CREDS)) {
 		req->flags |= REQ_F_CREDS;
 		req->creds = get_current_cred();
 	}
@@ -376,11 +375,11 @@ static void io_prep_async_work(struct io_kiocb *req)
 
 		/* don't serialize this request if the fs doesn't need it */
 		if (should_hash && (req->file->f_flags & O_DIRECT) &&
 		    (req->file->f_op->fop_flags & FOP_DIO_PARALLEL_WRITE))
 			should_hash = false;
-		if (should_hash || (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL))
+		if (should_hash || (req->flags & REQ_F_IOPOLL))
 			io_wq_hash_work(&req->work, file_inode(req->file));
 	} else if (!req->file || !S_ISBLK(file_inode(req->file)->i_mode)) {
 		if (def->unbound_nonreg_file)
 			atomic_or(IO_WQ_WORK_UNBOUND, &req->work.flags);
 	}
@@ -1417,11 +1416,11 @@ static int io_issue_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 
 	if (ret == IOU_ISSUE_SKIP_COMPLETE) {
 		ret = 0;
 
 		/* If the op doesn't have a file, we're not polling for it */
-		if ((req->ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL) && def->iopoll_queue)
+		if ((req->flags & REQ_F_IOPOLL) && def->iopoll_queue)
 			io_iopoll_req_issued(req, issue_flags);
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1433,11 +1432,11 @@ int io_poll_issue(struct io_kiocb *req, io_tw_token_t tw)
 	int ret;
 
 	io_tw_lock(req->ctx, tw);
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!req->file);
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(req->ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL))
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(req->flags & REQ_F_IOPOLL))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	ret = __io_issue_sqe(req, issue_flags, &io_issue_defs[req->opcode]);
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(ret == IOU_ISSUE_SKIP_COMPLETE);
@@ -1531,11 +1530,11 @@ void io_wq_submit_work(struct io_wq_work *work)
 		 * We can get EAGAIN for iopolled IO even though we're
 		 * forcing a sync submission from here, since we can't
 		 * wait for request slots on the block side.
 		 */
 		if (!needs_poll) {
-			if (!(req->ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL))
+			if (!(req->flags & REQ_F_IOPOLL))
 				break;
 			if (io_wq_worker_stopped())
 				break;
 			cond_resched();
 			continue;
diff --git a/io_uring/rw.c b/io_uring/rw.c
index 1a5f262734e8..3bdb9914e673 100644
--- a/io_uring/rw.c
+++ b/io_uring/rw.c
@@ -502,11 +502,11 @@ static bool io_rw_should_reissue(struct io_kiocb *req)
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
 
 	if (!S_ISBLK(mode) && !S_ISREG(mode))
 		return false;
 	if ((req->flags & REQ_F_NOWAIT) || (io_wq_current_is_worker() &&
-	    !(ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL)))
+	    !(req->flags & REQ_F_IOPOLL)))
 		return false;
 	/*
 	 * If ref is dying, we might be running poll reap from the exit work.
 	 * Don't attempt to reissue from that path, just let it fail with
 	 * -EAGAIN.
@@ -638,11 +638,11 @@ static inline void io_rw_done(struct io_kiocb *req, ssize_t ret)
 			ret = -EINTR;
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (req->ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL)
+	if (req->flags & REQ_F_IOPOLL)
 		io_complete_rw_iopoll(&rw->kiocb, ret);
 	else
 		io_complete_rw(&rw->kiocb, ret);
 }
 
@@ -652,11 +652,11 @@ static int kiocb_done(struct io_kiocb *req, ssize_t ret,
 	struct io_rw *rw = io_kiocb_to_cmd(req, struct io_rw);
 	unsigned final_ret = io_fixup_rw_res(req, ret);
 
 	if (ret >= 0 && req->flags & REQ_F_CUR_POS)
 		req->file->f_pos = rw->kiocb.ki_pos;
-	if (ret >= 0 && !(req->ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL)) {
+	if (ret >= 0 && !(req->flags & REQ_F_IOPOLL)) {
 		u32 cflags = 0;
 
 		__io_complete_rw_common(req, ret);
 		/*
 		 * Safe to call io_end from here as we're inline
@@ -874,10 +874,11 @@ static int io_rw_init_file(struct io_kiocb *req, fmode_t mode, int rw_type)
 		req->flags |= REQ_F_NOWAIT;
 
 	if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL) {
 		if (!(kiocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT) || !file->f_op->iopoll)
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		req->flags |= REQ_F_IOPOLL;
 		kiocb->private = NULL;
 		kiocb->ki_flags |= IOCB_HIPRI;
 		req->iopoll_completed = 0;
 		if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_HYBRID_IOPOLL) {
 			/* make sure every req only blocks once*/
@@ -961,11 +962,11 @@ static int __io_read(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_br_sel *sel,
 	if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
 		/* If we can poll, just do that. */
 		if (io_file_can_poll(req))
 			return -EAGAIN;
 		/* IOPOLL retry should happen for io-wq threads */
-		if (!force_nonblock && !(req->ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL))
+		if (!force_nonblock && !(req->flags & REQ_F_IOPOLL))
 			goto done;
 		/* no retry on NONBLOCK nor RWF_NOWAIT */
 		if (req->flags & REQ_F_NOWAIT)
 			goto done;
 		ret = 0;
@@ -1186,11 +1187,11 @@ int io_write(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 	/* no retry on NONBLOCK nor RWF_NOWAIT */
 	if (ret2 == -EAGAIN && (req->flags & REQ_F_NOWAIT))
 		goto done;
 	if (!force_nonblock || ret2 != -EAGAIN) {
 		/* IOPOLL retry should happen for io-wq threads */
-		if (ret2 == -EAGAIN && (req->ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL))
+		if (ret2 == -EAGAIN && (req->flags & REQ_F_IOPOLL))
 			goto ret_eagain;
 
 		if (ret2 != req->cqe.res && ret2 >= 0 && need_complete_io(req)) {
 			trace_io_uring_short_write(req->ctx, kiocb->ki_pos - ret2,
 						req->cqe.res, ret2);
diff --git a/io_uring/uring_cmd.c b/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
index ee7b49f47cb5..b651c63f6e20 100644
--- a/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
+++ b/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@ void io_uring_cmd_mark_cancelable(struct io_uring_cmd *cmd,
 	 * Doing cancelations on IOPOLL requests are not supported. Both
 	 * because they can't get canceled in the block stack, but also
 	 * because iopoll completion data overlaps with the hash_node used
 	 * for tracking.
 	 */
-	if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL)
+	if (req->flags & REQ_F_IOPOLL)
 		return;
 
 	if (!(cmd->flags & IORING_URING_CMD_CANCELABLE)) {
 		cmd->flags |= IORING_URING_CMD_CANCELABLE;
 		io_ring_submit_lock(ctx, issue_flags);
@@ -165,11 +165,11 @@ void __io_uring_cmd_done(struct io_uring_cmd *ioucmd, s32 ret, u64 res2,
 		if (req->ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_CQE_MIXED)
 			req->cqe.flags |= IORING_CQE_F_32;
 		io_req_set_cqe32_extra(req, res2, 0);
 	}
 	io_req_uring_cleanup(req, issue_flags);
-	if (req->ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL) {
+	if (req->flags & REQ_F_IOPOLL) {
 		/* order with io_iopoll_req_issued() checking ->iopoll_complete */
 		smp_store_release(&req->iopoll_completed, 1);
 	} else if (issue_flags & IO_URING_F_COMPLETE_DEFER) {
 		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(issue_flags & IO_URING_F_UNLOCKED))
 			return;
@@ -258,10 +258,11 @@ int io_uring_cmd(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 	if (io_is_compat(ctx))
 		issue_flags |= IO_URING_F_COMPAT;
 	if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL) {
 		if (!file->f_op->uring_cmd_iopoll)
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		req->flags |= REQ_F_IOPOLL;
 		issue_flags |= IO_URING_F_IOPOLL;
 		req->iopoll_completed = 0;
 		if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_HYBRID_IOPOLL) {
 			/* make sure every req only blocks once */
 			req->flags &= ~REQ_F_IOPOLL_STATE;
-- 
2.45.2

Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] io_uring: add REQ_F_IOPOLL

[Anuj gupta]

>         REQ_F_HAS_METADATA_BIT,
>         REQ_F_IMPORT_BUFFER_BIT,
>         REQ_F_SQE_COPIED_BIT,
> +       REW_F_IOPOLL_BIT,
>
nit: should this be REQ_F_IOPOLL_BIT for naming consistency with the
other REQ_F_*_BIT entries? Otherwise this looks good.

Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] io_uring: add REQ_F_IOPOLL

[Caleb Sander Mateos]

On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 4:39 AM Anuj gupta <anuj1072538@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >         REQ_F_HAS_METADATA_BIT,
> >         REQ_F_IMPORT_BUFFER_BIT,
> >         REQ_F_SQE_COPIED_BIT,
> > +       REW_F_IOPOLL_BIT,
> >
> nit: should this be REQ_F_IOPOLL_BIT for naming consistency with the
> other REQ_F_*_BIT entries? Otherwise this looks good.

Absolutely, sorry for the typo.

Thanks,
Caleb

[PATCH v2 2/4] io_uring: remove iopoll_queue from struct io_issue_def

[Caleb Sander Mateos]

The opcode iopoll_queue flag is now redundant with REQ_F_IOPOLL. Only
io_{read,write}{,_fixed}() and io_uring_cmd() set the REQ_F_IOPOLL flag,
and the opcodes with these ->issue() implementations are precisely the
ones that set iopoll_queue. So don't bother checking the iopoll_queue
flag in io_issue_sqe(). Remove the unused flag from struct io_issue_def.

Signed-off-by: Caleb Sander Mateos <csander@purestorage.com>
---
 io_uring/io_uring.c |  3 +--
 io_uring/opdef.c    | 10 ----------
 io_uring/opdef.h    |  2 --
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 43059f6e10e0..2be46e11e1a7 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -1415,12 +1415,11 @@ static int io_issue_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 	}
 
 	if (ret == IOU_ISSUE_SKIP_COMPLETE) {
 		ret = 0;
 
-		/* If the op doesn't have a file, we're not polling for it */
-		if ((req->flags & REQ_F_IOPOLL) && def->iopoll_queue)
+		if (req->flags & REQ_F_IOPOLL)
 			io_iopoll_req_issued(req, issue_flags);
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/io_uring/opdef.c b/io_uring/opdef.c
index 91a23baf415e..4b3fb19b0cde 100644
--- a/io_uring/opdef.c
+++ b/io_uring/opdef.c
@@ -65,11 +65,10 @@ const struct io_issue_def io_issue_defs[] = {
 		.buffer_select		= 1,
 		.plug			= 1,
 		.audit_skip		= 1,
 		.ioprio			= 1,
 		.iopoll			= 1,
-		.iopoll_queue		= 1,
 		.vectored		= 1,
 		.async_size		= sizeof(struct io_async_rw),
 		.prep			= io_prep_readv,
 		.issue			= io_read,
 	},
@@ -80,11 +79,10 @@ const struct io_issue_def io_issue_defs[] = {
 		.pollout		= 1,
 		.plug			= 1,
 		.audit_skip		= 1,
 		.ioprio			= 1,
 		.iopoll			= 1,
-		.iopoll_queue		= 1,
 		.vectored		= 1,
 		.async_size		= sizeof(struct io_async_rw),
 		.prep			= io_prep_writev,
 		.issue			= io_write,
 	},
@@ -100,11 +98,10 @@ const struct io_issue_def io_issue_defs[] = {
 		.pollin			= 1,
 		.plug			= 1,
 		.audit_skip		= 1,
 		.ioprio			= 1,
 		.iopoll			= 1,
-		.iopoll_queue		= 1,
 		.async_size		= sizeof(struct io_async_rw),
 		.prep			= io_prep_read_fixed,
 		.issue			= io_read_fixed,
 	},
 	[IORING_OP_WRITE_FIXED] = {
@@ -114,11 +111,10 @@ const struct io_issue_def io_issue_defs[] = {
 		.pollout		= 1,
 		.plug			= 1,
 		.audit_skip		= 1,
 		.ioprio			= 1,
 		.iopoll			= 1,
-		.iopoll_queue		= 1,
 		.async_size		= sizeof(struct io_async_rw),
 		.prep			= io_prep_write_fixed,
 		.issue			= io_write_fixed,
 	},
 	[IORING_OP_POLL_ADD] = {
@@ -248,11 +244,10 @@ const struct io_issue_def io_issue_defs[] = {
 		.buffer_select		= 1,
 		.plug			= 1,
 		.audit_skip		= 1,
 		.ioprio			= 1,
 		.iopoll			= 1,
-		.iopoll_queue		= 1,
 		.async_size		= sizeof(struct io_async_rw),
 		.prep			= io_prep_read,
 		.issue			= io_read,
 	},
 	[IORING_OP_WRITE] = {
@@ -262,11 +257,10 @@ const struct io_issue_def io_issue_defs[] = {
 		.pollout		= 1,
 		.plug			= 1,
 		.audit_skip		= 1,
 		.ioprio			= 1,
 		.iopoll			= 1,
-		.iopoll_queue		= 1,
 		.async_size		= sizeof(struct io_async_rw),
 		.prep			= io_prep_write,
 		.issue			= io_write,
 	},
 	[IORING_OP_FADVISE] = {
@@ -421,11 +415,10 @@ const struct io_issue_def io_issue_defs[] = {
 	[IORING_OP_URING_CMD] = {
 		.buffer_select		= 1,
 		.needs_file		= 1,
 		.plug			= 1,
 		.iopoll			= 1,
-		.iopoll_queue		= 1,
 		.async_size		= sizeof(struct io_async_cmd),
 		.prep			= io_uring_cmd_prep,
 		.issue			= io_uring_cmd,
 	},
 	[IORING_OP_SEND_ZC] = {
@@ -554,11 +547,10 @@ const struct io_issue_def io_issue_defs[] = {
 		.pollin			= 1,
 		.plug			= 1,
 		.audit_skip		= 1,
 		.ioprio			= 1,
 		.iopoll			= 1,
-		.iopoll_queue		= 1,
 		.vectored		= 1,
 		.async_size		= sizeof(struct io_async_rw),
 		.prep			= io_prep_readv_fixed,
 		.issue			= io_read,
 	},
@@ -569,11 +561,10 @@ const struct io_issue_def io_issue_defs[] = {
 		.pollout		= 1,
 		.plug			= 1,
 		.audit_skip		= 1,
 		.ioprio			= 1,
 		.iopoll			= 1,
-		.iopoll_queue		= 1,
 		.vectored		= 1,
 		.async_size		= sizeof(struct io_async_rw),
 		.prep			= io_prep_writev_fixed,
 		.issue			= io_write,
 	},
@@ -591,11 +582,10 @@ const struct io_issue_def io_issue_defs[] = {
 	[IORING_OP_URING_CMD128] = {
 		.buffer_select		= 1,
 		.needs_file		= 1,
 		.plug			= 1,
 		.iopoll			= 1,
-		.iopoll_queue		= 1,
 		.is_128			= 1,
 		.async_size		= sizeof(struct io_async_cmd),
 		.prep			= io_uring_cmd_prep,
 		.issue			= io_uring_cmd,
 	},
diff --git a/io_uring/opdef.h b/io_uring/opdef.h
index faf3955dce8b..667f981e63b0 100644
--- a/io_uring/opdef.h
+++ b/io_uring/opdef.h
@@ -23,12 +23,10 @@ struct io_issue_def {
 	unsigned		pollin : 1;
 	unsigned		pollout : 1;
 	unsigned		poll_exclusive : 1;
 	/* skip auditing */
 	unsigned		audit_skip : 1;
-	/* have to be put into the iopoll list */
-	unsigned		iopoll_queue : 1;
 	/* vectored opcode, set if 1) vectored, and 2) handler needs to know */
 	unsigned		vectored : 1;
 	/* set to 1 if this opcode uses 128b sqes in a mixed sq */
 	unsigned		is_128 : 1;
 
-- 
2.45.2

[PATCH v2 3/4] io_uring/uring_cmd: allow non-iopoll cmds with IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL

[Caleb Sander Mateos]

Currently, creating an io_uring with IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL requires all
requests issued to it to support iopoll. This prevents, for example,
using ublk zero-copy together with IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL, as ublk
zero-copy buffer registrations are performed using a uring_cmd. There's
no technical reason why these non-iopoll uring_cmds can't be supported.
They will either complete synchronously or via an external mechanism
that calls io_uring_cmd_done(), so they don't need to be polled.

Allow uring_cmd requests to be issued to IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL io_urings
even if their files don't implement ->uring_cmd_iopoll(). For these
uring_cmd requests, skip initializing struct io_kiocb's iopoll fields,
don't set REQ_F_IOPOLL, and don't set IO_URING_F_IOPOLL in issue_flags.

Signed-off-by: Caleb Sander Mateos <csander@purestorage.com>
---
 io_uring/uring_cmd.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/io_uring/uring_cmd.c b/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
index b651c63f6e20..7b25dcd9d05f 100644
--- a/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
+++ b/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
@@ -255,13 +255,11 @@ int io_uring_cmd(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 		issue_flags |= IO_URING_F_SQE128;
 	if (ctx->flags & (IORING_SETUP_CQE32 | IORING_SETUP_CQE_MIXED))
 		issue_flags |= IO_URING_F_CQE32;
 	if (io_is_compat(ctx))
 		issue_flags |= IO_URING_F_COMPAT;
-	if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL) {
-		if (!file->f_op->uring_cmd_iopoll)
-			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL && file->f_op->uring_cmd_iopoll) {
 		req->flags |= REQ_F_IOPOLL;
 		issue_flags |= IO_URING_F_IOPOLL;
 		req->iopoll_completed = 0;
 		if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_HYBRID_IOPOLL) {
 			/* make sure every req only blocks once */
-- 
2.45.2

[PATCH v2 4/4] nvme: remove nvme_dev_uring_cmd() IO_URING_F_IOPOLL check

[Caleb Sander Mateos]

nvme_dev_uring_cmd() is part of struct file_operations nvme_dev_fops,
which doesn't implement ->uring_cmd_iopoll(). So it won't be called with
issue_flags that include IO_URING_F_IOPOLL. Drop the unnecessary
IO_URING_F_IOPOLL check in nvme_dev_uring_cmd().

Signed-off-by: Caleb Sander Mateos <csander@purestorage.com>
---
 drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c b/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
index fb62633ccbb0..fa489c1979db 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
@@ -783,14 +783,10 @@ int nvme_ns_head_chr_uring_cmd(struct io_uring_cmd *ioucmd,
 int nvme_dev_uring_cmd(struct io_uring_cmd *ioucmd, unsigned int issue_flags)
 {
 	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = ioucmd->file->private_data;
 	int ret;
 
-	/* IOPOLL not supported yet */
-	if (issue_flags & IO_URING_F_IOPOLL)
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
 	ret = nvme_uring_cmd_checks(issue_flags);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	switch (ioucmd->cmd_op) {
-- 
2.45.2

Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] io_uring/uring_cmd: allow non-iopoll cmds with IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL

[Kanchan Joshi]

On 2/19/2026 7:13 AM, Caleb Sander Mateos wrote:
> Currently, creating an io_uring with IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL requires all
> requests issued to it to support iopoll. This prevents, for example,
> using ublk zero-copy together with IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL, as ublk
> zero-copy buffer registrations are performed using a uring_cmd. There's
> no technical reason why these non-iopoll uring_cmds can't be supported.
> They will either complete synchronously or via an external mechanism
> that calls io_uring_cmd_done(), so they don't need to be polled.
> 
> Allow uring_cmd requests to be issued to IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL io_urings
> even if their files don't implement ->uring_cmd_iopoll().

For a moment I felt that series is going to change the user-facing 
behavior of IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL and therefore might require a 
documentation update [1].
But the change is limited to uring-cmd and that too for the files that 
don't implement ->uring_cmd_iopoll().


[1] The man page for IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL: "it is illegal to mix and 
match polled and non-polled I/O on an io_uring".

Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] io_uring/uring_cmd: allow non-iopoll cmds with IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL

[Caleb Sander Mateos]

On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 5:30 AM Kanchan Joshi <joshi.k@samsung.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/19/2026 7:13 AM, Caleb Sander Mateos wrote:
> > Currently, creating an io_uring with IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL requires all
> > requests issued to it to support iopoll. This prevents, for example,
> > using ublk zero-copy together with IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL, as ublk
> > zero-copy buffer registrations are performed using a uring_cmd. There's
> > no technical reason why these non-iopoll uring_cmds can't be supported.
> > They will either complete synchronously or via an external mechanism
> > that calls io_uring_cmd_done(), so they don't need to be polled.
> >
> > Allow uring_cmd requests to be issued to IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL io_urings
> > even if their files don't implement ->uring_cmd_iopoll().
>
> For a moment I felt that series is going to change the user-facing
> behavior of IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL and therefore might require a
> documentation update [1].
> But the change is limited to uring-cmd and that too for the files that
> don't implement ->uring_cmd_iopoll().

Yes, in principle it should be possible to allow individual I/Os to
opt out of iopoll. I mentioned that as a future possibility in patch 1
("io_uring: add REQ_F_IOPOLL"). I'm wary of using up the last bit in
io_uring_sqe's 8-bit flags field for this possibly niche usecase. I
think it would probably make more sense to use an opcode-specific flag
field, e.g. rw_flags or attr_type_mask for read/write requests and
uring_cmd_flags for uring_cmd. Any opcodes that don't support iopoll
would implicitly opt out of it. I'd like to get some feedback about
the UAPI for opting out of iopoll and whether it even seems useful,
which is why I'm deferring it from this series.

>
>
> [1] The man page for IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL: "it is illegal to mix and
> match polled and non-polled I/O on an io_uring".

Good observation. I can definitely send a liburing PR to update the
man page if this series lands. FWIW, there are already several opcodes
allowed on IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL io_urings (IORING_OP_NOP,
IORING_OP_FILES_UPDATE, IORING_OP_MSG_RING, etc.) that don't actually
implement iopoll semantics. Basically any request that completes
synchronously is fine, but mixing iopoll requests with epoll-style
"poll" requests may be problematic.

Thanks,
Caleb