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RDMA/core: add MR support for bvec-based RDMA operations
authorChuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:53:58 +0000 (19:53 -0500)
committerLeon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:54:53 +0000 (05:54 -0500)
The bvec-based RDMA API currently returns -EOPNOTSUPP when Memory
Region registration is required. This prevents iWARP devices from
using the bvec path, since iWARP requires MR registration for RDMA
READ operations. The force_mr debug parameter is also unusable with
bvec input.

Add rdma_rw_init_mr_wrs_bvec() to handle MR registration for bvec
arrays. The approach creates a synthetic scatterlist populated with
DMA addresses from the bvecs, then reuses the existing ib_map_mr_sg()
infrastructure. This avoids driver changes while keeping the
implementation small.

The synthetic scatterlist is stored in the rdma_rw_ctx for cleanup.
On destroy, the MRs are returned to the pool and the bvec DMA
mappings are released using the stored addresses.

Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260128005400.25147-4-cel@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
drivers/infiniband/core/rw.c
include/rdma/rw.h

index c2fc8cba972ef620cd1ac8149c28f99d653d5e3d..2c148457b589bade4e38841a8306870df06bc644 100644 (file)
@@ -122,6 +122,36 @@ static int rdma_rw_init_one_mr(struct ib_qp *qp, u32 port_num,
        return count;
 }
 
+static int rdma_rw_init_reg_wr(struct rdma_rw_reg_ctx *reg,
+               struct rdma_rw_reg_ctx *prev, struct ib_qp *qp, u32 port_num,
+               u64 remote_addr, u32 rkey, enum dma_data_direction dir)
+{
+       if (prev) {
+               if (reg->mr->need_inval)
+                       prev->wr.wr.next = &reg->inv_wr;
+               else
+                       prev->wr.wr.next = &reg->reg_wr.wr;
+       }
+
+       reg->reg_wr.wr.next = &reg->wr.wr;
+
+       reg->wr.wr.sg_list = &reg->sge;
+       reg->wr.wr.num_sge = 1;
+       reg->wr.remote_addr = remote_addr;
+       reg->wr.rkey = rkey;
+
+       if (dir == DMA_TO_DEVICE) {
+               reg->wr.wr.opcode = IB_WR_RDMA_WRITE;
+       } else if (!rdma_cap_read_inv(qp->device, port_num)) {
+               reg->wr.wr.opcode = IB_WR_RDMA_READ;
+       } else {
+               reg->wr.wr.opcode = IB_WR_RDMA_READ_WITH_INV;
+               reg->wr.wr.ex.invalidate_rkey = reg->mr->lkey;
+       }
+
+       return 1;
+}
+
 static int rdma_rw_init_mr_wrs(struct rdma_rw_ctx *ctx, struct ib_qp *qp,
                u32 port_num, struct scatterlist *sg, u32 sg_cnt, u32 offset,
                u64 remote_addr, u32 rkey, enum dma_data_direction dir)
@@ -147,30 +177,8 @@ static int rdma_rw_init_mr_wrs(struct rdma_rw_ctx *ctx, struct ib_qp *qp,
                if (ret < 0)
                        goto out_free;
                count += ret;
-
-               if (prev) {
-                       if (reg->mr->need_inval)
-                               prev->wr.wr.next = &reg->inv_wr;
-                       else
-                               prev->wr.wr.next = &reg->reg_wr.wr;
-               }
-
-               reg->reg_wr.wr.next = &reg->wr.wr;
-
-               reg->wr.wr.sg_list = &reg->sge;
-               reg->wr.wr.num_sge = 1;
-               reg->wr.remote_addr = remote_addr;
-               reg->wr.rkey = rkey;
-               if (dir == DMA_TO_DEVICE) {
-                       reg->wr.wr.opcode = IB_WR_RDMA_WRITE;
-               } else if (!rdma_cap_read_inv(qp->device, port_num)) {
-                       reg->wr.wr.opcode = IB_WR_RDMA_READ;
-               } else {
-                       reg->wr.wr.opcode = IB_WR_RDMA_READ_WITH_INV;
-                       reg->wr.wr.ex.invalidate_rkey = reg->mr->lkey;
-               }
-               count++;
-
+               count += rdma_rw_init_reg_wr(reg, prev, qp, port_num,
+                               remote_addr, rkey, dir);
                remote_addr += reg->sge.length;
                sg_cnt -= nents;
                for (j = 0; j < nents; j++)
@@ -193,6 +201,92 @@ out:
        return ret;
 }
 
+static int rdma_rw_init_mr_wrs_bvec(struct rdma_rw_ctx *ctx, struct ib_qp *qp,
+               u32 port_num, const struct bio_vec *bvecs, u32 nr_bvec,
+               struct bvec_iter *iter, u64 remote_addr, u32 rkey,
+               enum dma_data_direction dir)
+{
+       struct ib_device *dev = qp->pd->device;
+       struct rdma_rw_reg_ctx *prev = NULL;
+       u32 pages_per_mr = rdma_rw_fr_page_list_len(dev, qp->integrity_en);
+       struct scatterlist *sg;
+       int i, ret, count = 0;
+       u32 nents = 0;
+
+       ctx->reg = kcalloc(DIV_ROUND_UP(nr_bvec, pages_per_mr),
+                          sizeof(*ctx->reg), GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!ctx->reg)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       /*
+        * Build scatterlist from bvecs using the iterator. This follows
+        * the pattern from __blk_rq_map_sg.
+        */
+       ctx->reg[0].sgt.sgl = kmalloc_array(nr_bvec,
+                                           sizeof(*ctx->reg[0].sgt.sgl),
+                                           GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!ctx->reg[0].sgt.sgl) {
+               ret = -ENOMEM;
+               goto out_free_reg;
+       }
+       sg_init_table(ctx->reg[0].sgt.sgl, nr_bvec);
+
+       for (sg = ctx->reg[0].sgt.sgl; iter->bi_size; sg = sg_next(sg)) {
+               struct bio_vec bv = mp_bvec_iter_bvec(bvecs, *iter);
+
+               if (nents >= nr_bvec) {
+                       ret = -EINVAL;
+                       goto out_free_sgl;
+               }
+               sg_set_page(sg, bv.bv_page, bv.bv_len, bv.bv_offset);
+               bvec_iter_advance(bvecs, iter, bv.bv_len);
+               nents++;
+       }
+       sg_mark_end(sg_last(ctx->reg[0].sgt.sgl, nents));
+       ctx->reg[0].sgt.orig_nents = nents;
+
+       /* DMA map the scatterlist */
+       ret = ib_dma_map_sgtable_attrs(dev, &ctx->reg[0].sgt, dir, 0);
+       if (ret)
+               goto out_free_sgl;
+
+       ctx->nr_ops = DIV_ROUND_UP(ctx->reg[0].sgt.nents, pages_per_mr);
+
+       sg = ctx->reg[0].sgt.sgl;
+       nents = ctx->reg[0].sgt.nents;
+       for (i = 0; i < ctx->nr_ops; i++) {
+               struct rdma_rw_reg_ctx *reg = &ctx->reg[i];
+               u32 sge_cnt = min(nents, pages_per_mr);
+
+               ret = rdma_rw_init_one_mr(qp, port_num, reg, sg, sge_cnt, 0);
+               if (ret < 0)
+                       goto out_free_mrs;
+               count += ret;
+               count += rdma_rw_init_reg_wr(reg, prev, qp, port_num,
+                               remote_addr, rkey, dir);
+               remote_addr += reg->sge.length;
+               nents -= sge_cnt;
+               sg += sge_cnt;
+               prev = reg;
+       }
+
+       if (prev)
+               prev->wr.wr.next = NULL;
+
+       ctx->type = RDMA_RW_MR;
+       return count;
+
+out_free_mrs:
+       while (--i >= 0)
+               ib_mr_pool_put(qp, &qp->rdma_mrs, ctx->reg[i].mr);
+       ib_dma_unmap_sgtable_attrs(dev, &ctx->reg[0].sgt, dir, 0);
+out_free_sgl:
+       kfree(ctx->reg[0].sgt.sgl);
+out_free_reg:
+       kfree(ctx->reg);
+       return ret;
+}
+
 static int rdma_rw_init_map_wrs(struct rdma_rw_ctx *ctx, struct ib_qp *qp,
                struct scatterlist *sg, u32 sg_cnt, u32 offset,
                u64 remote_addr, u32 rkey, enum dma_data_direction dir)
@@ -547,19 +641,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rdma_rw_ctx_init);
  * @rkey:      remote key to operate on
  * @dir:       %DMA_TO_DEVICE for RDMA WRITE, %DMA_FROM_DEVICE for RDMA READ
  *
- * Accepts bio_vec arrays directly, avoiding scatterlist conversion for
- * callers that already have data in bio_vec form. Prefer this over
- * rdma_rw_ctx_init() when the source data is a bio_vec array.
- *
- * This function does not support devices requiring memory registration.
- * iWARP devices and configurations with force_mr=1 should use
- * rdma_rw_ctx_init() with a scatterlist instead.
+ * Maps the bio_vec array directly, avoiding intermediate scatterlist
+ * conversion. Supports MR registration for iWARP devices and force_mr mode.
  *
  * Returns the number of WQEs that will be needed on the workqueue if
  * successful, or a negative error code:
  *
  *   * -EINVAL  - @nr_bvec is zero or @iter.bi_size is zero
- *   * -EOPNOTSUPP - device requires MR path (iWARP or force_mr=1)
  *   * -ENOMEM - DMA mapping or memory allocation failed
  */
 int rdma_rw_ctx_init_bvec(struct rdma_rw_ctx *ctx, struct ib_qp *qp,
@@ -567,14 +655,24 @@ int rdma_rw_ctx_init_bvec(struct rdma_rw_ctx *ctx, struct ib_qp *qp,
                struct bvec_iter iter, u64 remote_addr, u32 rkey,
                enum dma_data_direction dir)
 {
+       struct ib_device *dev = qp->pd->device;
        int ret;
 
        if (nr_bvec == 0 || iter.bi_size == 0)
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       /* MR path not supported for bvec - reject iWARP and force_mr */
-       if (rdma_rw_io_needs_mr(qp->device, port_num, dir, nr_bvec))
-               return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+       /*
+        * iWARP requires MR registration for all RDMA READs. The force_mr
+        * debug option also mandates MR usage.
+        */
+       if (dir == DMA_FROM_DEVICE && rdma_protocol_iwarp(dev, port_num))
+               return rdma_rw_init_mr_wrs_bvec(ctx, qp, port_num, bvecs,
+                                               nr_bvec, &iter, remote_addr,
+                                               rkey, dir);
+       if (unlikely(rdma_rw_force_mr))
+               return rdma_rw_init_mr_wrs_bvec(ctx, qp, port_num, bvecs,
+                                               nr_bvec, &iter, remote_addr,
+                                               rkey, dir);
 
        if (nr_bvec == 1)
                return rdma_rw_init_single_wr_bvec(ctx, qp, bvecs, &iter,
@@ -582,13 +680,23 @@ int rdma_rw_ctx_init_bvec(struct rdma_rw_ctx *ctx, struct ib_qp *qp,
 
        /*
         * Try IOVA-based mapping first for multi-bvec transfers.
-        * This reduces IOTLB sync overhead by batching all mappings.
+        * IOVA coalesces bvecs into a single DMA-contiguous region,
+        * reducing the number of WRs needed and avoiding MR overhead.
         */
        ret = rdma_rw_init_iova_wrs_bvec(ctx, qp, bvecs, &iter, remote_addr,
                        rkey, dir);
        if (ret != -EOPNOTSUPP)
                return ret;
 
+       /*
+        * IOVA mapping not available. Check if MR registration provides
+        * better performance than multiple SGE entries.
+        */
+       if (rdma_rw_io_needs_mr(dev, port_num, dir, nr_bvec))
+               return rdma_rw_init_mr_wrs_bvec(ctx, qp, port_num, bvecs,
+                                               nr_bvec, &iter, remote_addr,
+                                               rkey, dir);
+
        return rdma_rw_init_map_wrs_bvec(ctx, qp, bvecs, nr_bvec, &iter,
                        remote_addr, rkey, dir);
 }
@@ -833,6 +941,8 @@ void rdma_rw_ctx_destroy(struct rdma_rw_ctx *ctx, struct ib_qp *qp,
 
        switch (ctx->type) {
        case RDMA_RW_MR:
+               /* Bvec MR contexts must use rdma_rw_ctx_destroy_bvec() */
+               WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->reg[0].sgt.sgl);
                for (i = 0; i < ctx->nr_ops; i++)
                        ib_mr_pool_put(qp, &qp->rdma_mrs, ctx->reg[i].mr);
                kfree(ctx->reg);
@@ -880,6 +990,13 @@ void rdma_rw_ctx_destroy_bvec(struct rdma_rw_ctx *ctx, struct ib_qp *qp,
        u32 i;
 
        switch (ctx->type) {
+       case RDMA_RW_MR:
+               for (i = 0; i < ctx->nr_ops; i++)
+                       ib_mr_pool_put(qp, &qp->rdma_mrs, ctx->reg[i].mr);
+               ib_dma_unmap_sgtable_attrs(dev, &ctx->reg[0].sgt, dir, 0);
+               kfree(ctx->reg[0].sgt.sgl);
+               kfree(ctx->reg);
+               break;
        case RDMA_RW_IOVA:
                dma_iova_destroy(dev->dma_device, &ctx->iova.state,
                                 ctx->iova.mapped_len, dir, 0);
index 205e16ed6cd84e3780fc8f37ca9cdf9a61c35ad0..3400c017bfb68e28664bfa537e41f6da0aedc881 100644 (file)
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct rdma_rw_ctx {
                        struct ib_reg_wr        reg_wr;
                        struct ib_send_wr       inv_wr;
                        struct ib_mr            *mr;
+                       struct sg_table         sgt;
                } *reg;
        };
 };