Linus Torvalds 4adc13ed7c Merge tag 'for-7.0/block-stable-pages-20260206' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux
Pull bounce buffer dio for stable pages from Jens Axboe:
 "This adds support for bounce buffering of dio for stable pages. This
  was all done by Christoph. In his words:

  This series tries to address the problem that under I/O pages can be
  modified during direct I/O, even when the device or file system
  require stable pages during I/O to calculate checksums, parity or data
  operations. It does so by adding block layer helpers to bounce buffer
  an iov_iter into a bio, then wires that up in iomap and ultimately
  XFS.

  The reason that the file system even needs to know about it, is
  because reads need a user context to copy the data back, and the
  infrastructure to defer ioends to a workqueue currently sits in XFS.
  I'm going to look into moving that into ioend and enabling it for
  other file systems. Additionally btrfs already has it's own
  infrastructure for this, and actually an urgent need to bounce buffer,
  so this should be useful there and could be wire up easily. In fact
  the idea comes from patches by Qu that did this in btrfs.

  This patch fixes all but one xfstests failures on T10 PI capable
  devices (generic/095 seems to have issues with a mix of mmap and
  splice still, I'm looking into that separately), and make qemu VMs
  running Windows, or Linux with swap enabled fine on an XFS file on a
  device using PI.

  Performance numbers on my (not exactly state of the art) NVMe PI test
  setup:

      Sequential reads using io_uring, QD=16.
      Bandwidth and CPU usage (usr/sys):

      | size |        zero copy         |          bounce          |
      +------+--------------------------+--------------------------+
      |   4k | 1316MiB/s (12.65/55.40%) | 1081MiB/s (11.76/49.78%) |
      |  64K | 3370MiB/s ( 5.46/18.20%) | 3365MiB/s ( 4.47/15.68%) |
      |   1M | 3401MiB/s ( 0.76/23.05%) | 3400MiB/s ( 0.80/09.06%) |
      +------+--------------------------+--------------------------+

      Sequential writes using io_uring, QD=16.
      Bandwidth and CPU usage (usr/sys):

      | size |        zero copy         |          bounce          |
      +------+--------------------------+--------------------------+
      |   4k |  882MiB/s (11.83/33.88%) |  750MiB/s (10.53/34.08%) |
      |  64K | 2009MiB/s ( 7.33/15.80%) | 2007MiB/s ( 7.47/24.71%) |
      |   1M | 1992MiB/s ( 7.26/ 9.13%) | 1992MiB/s ( 9.21/19.11%) |
      +------+--------------------------+--------------------------+

  Note that the 64k read numbers look really odd to me for the baseline
  zero copy case, but are reproducible over many repeated runs.

  The bounce read numbers should further improve when moving the PI
  validation to the file system and removing the double context switch,
  which I have patches for that will sent out soon"

* tag 'for-7.0/block-stable-pages-20260206' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux:
  xfs: use bounce buffering direct I/O when the device requires stable pages
  iomap: add a flag to bounce buffer direct I/O
  iomap: support ioends for direct reads
  iomap: rename IOMAP_DIO_DIRTY to IOMAP_DIO_USER_BACKED
  iomap: free the bio before completing the dio
  iomap: share code between iomap_dio_bio_end_io and iomap_finish_ioend_direct
  iomap: split out the per-bio logic from iomap_dio_bio_iter
  iomap: simplify iomap_dio_bio_iter
  iomap: fix submission side handling of completion side errors
  block: add helpers to bounce buffer an iov_iter into bios
  block: remove bio_release_page
  iov_iter: extract a iov_iter_extract_bvecs helper from bio code
  block: open code bio_add_page and fix handling of mismatching P2P ranges
  block: refactor get_contig_folio_len
  block: add a BIO_MAX_SIZE constant and use it
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Linux kernel
============

The Linux kernel is the core of any Linux operating system. It manages hardware,
system resources, and provides the fundamental services for all other software.

Quick Start
-----------

* Report a bug: See Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst
* Get the latest kernel: https://kernel.org
* Build the kernel: See Documentation/admin-guide/quickly-build-trimmed-linux.rst
* Join the community: https://lore.kernel.org/

Essential Documentation
-----------------------

All users should be familiar with:

* Building requirements: Documentation/process/changes.rst
* Code of Conduct: Documentation/process/code-of-conduct.rst
* License: See COPYING

Documentation can be built with make htmldocs or viewed online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/


Who Are You?
============

Find your role below:

* New Kernel Developer - Getting started with kernel development
* Academic Researcher - Studying kernel internals and architecture
* Security Expert - Hardening and vulnerability analysis
* Backport/Maintenance Engineer - Maintaining stable kernels
* System Administrator - Configuring and troubleshooting
* Maintainer - Leading subsystems and reviewing patches
* Hardware Vendor - Writing drivers for new hardware
* Distribution Maintainer - Packaging kernels for distros


For Specific Users
==================

New Kernel Developer
--------------------

Welcome! Start your kernel development journey here:

* Getting Started: Documentation/process/development-process.rst
* Your First Patch: Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
* Coding Style: Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
* Build System: Documentation/kbuild/index.rst
* Development Tools: Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst
* Kernel Hacking Guide: Documentation/kernel-hacking/hacking.rst
* Core APIs: Documentation/core-api/index.rst

Academic Researcher
-------------------

Explore the kernel's architecture and internals:

* Researcher Guidelines: Documentation/process/researcher-guidelines.rst
* Memory Management: Documentation/mm/index.rst
* Scheduler: Documentation/scheduler/index.rst
* Networking Stack: Documentation/networking/index.rst
* Filesystems: Documentation/filesystems/index.rst
* RCU (Read-Copy Update): Documentation/RCU/index.rst
* Locking Primitives: Documentation/locking/index.rst
* Power Management: Documentation/power/index.rst

Security Expert
---------------

Security documentation and hardening guides:

* Security Documentation: Documentation/security/index.rst
* LSM Development: Documentation/security/lsm-development.rst
* Self Protection: Documentation/security/self-protection.rst
* Reporting Vulnerabilities: Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst
* CVE Procedures: Documentation/process/cve.rst
* Embargoed Hardware Issues: Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
* Security Features: Documentation/userspace-api/seccomp_filter.rst

Backport/Maintenance Engineer
-----------------------------

Maintain and stabilize kernel versions:

* Stable Kernel Rules: Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
* Backporting Guide: Documentation/process/backporting.rst
* Applying Patches: Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
* Subsystem Profile: Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
* Git for Maintainers: Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst

System Administrator
--------------------

Configure, tune, and troubleshoot Linux systems:

* Admin Guide: Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst
* Kernel Parameters: Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
* Sysctl Tuning: Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/index.rst
* Tracing/Debugging: Documentation/trace/index.rst
* Performance Security: Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
* Hardware Monitoring: Documentation/hwmon/index.rst

Maintainer
----------

Lead kernel subsystems and manage contributions:

* Maintainer Handbook: Documentation/maintainer/index.rst
* Pull Requests: Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst
* Managing Patches: Documentation/maintainer/modifying-patches.rst
* Rebasing and Merging: Documentation/maintainer/rebasing-and-merging.rst
* Development Process: Documentation/process/maintainer-handbooks.rst
* Maintainer Entry Profile: Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
* Git Configuration: Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst

Hardware Vendor
---------------

Write drivers and support new hardware:

* Driver API Guide: Documentation/driver-api/index.rst
* Driver Model: Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst
* Device Drivers: Documentation/driver-api/infrastructure.rst
* Bus Types: Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/bus.rst
* Device Tree Bindings: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/
* Power Management: Documentation/driver-api/pm/index.rst
* DMA API: Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst

Distribution Maintainer
-----------------------

Package and distribute the kernel:

* Stable Kernel Rules: Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
* ABI Documentation: Documentation/ABI/README
* Kernel Configuration: Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.rst
* Module Signing: Documentation/admin-guide/module-signing.rst
* Kernel Parameters: Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
* Tainted Kernels: Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst



Communication and Support
=========================

* Mailing Lists: https://lore.kernel.org/
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