From: Tao Cui <cui.tao@linux.dev>
To: tj@kernel.org, josef@toxicopanda.com, axboe@kernel.dk
Cc: cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
andrii@kernel.org, eddyz87@gmail.com, ast@kernel.org,
daniel@iogearbox.net, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
cui.tao@linux.dev, cuitao@kylinos.cn, ameryhung@gmail.com,
alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com
Subject: [RFC PATCH v7 4/4] docs: cgroup-v2: document the iocost BPF cost model attachment
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:45:49 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260924054549.2271705-5-cui.tao@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260924054549.2271705-1-cui.tao@linux.dev>
From: Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
Document the BPF cost model attachment in the io.cost.model section
of the cgroup v2 documentation: attaching an iocost_model_ops
struct_ops to a device by its major:minor, the model=bpf readback
while attached (ctrl keeps describing the coefficients), that
detaching restores the builtin model, and that writes never select
a model.
Signed-off-by: Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
index 8d2603751c51..306cc929c88d 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
@@ -2117,8 +2117,30 @@ IO Interface Files
===== ================================
ctrl "auto" or "user"
model The cost model in use - "linear"
+ or "bpf" while a BPF model is
+ attached
===== ================================
+ When CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP_IOCOST_BPF is enabled, a BPF cost model
+ can be attached to a device by loading an "iocost_model_ops"
+ struct_ops with the whole disk's major:minor in its "dev" member
+ (a partition's major:minor is rejected);
+ attaching switches the device's pricing to the model, detaching
+ the struct_ops restores the builtin linear model. While a model
+ is attached, "model" reads back "bpf"; "ctrl" keeps describing
+ the builtin coefficients, which are inert while the model is
+ attached: coefficient writes are stored and take effect again
+ after the struct_ops is detached, and the automatic profile
+ stepping does not switch profiles. Writing "ctrl=bpf" or
+ "model=bpf" is accepted as a no-op so a saved configuration
+ still parses, but re-attaching the model requires loading the
+ struct_ops again, not writing to this file. Attaching
+ implicitly enables the controller if needed (disabling wbt
+ like io.cost.qos does); detaching does not disable it again,
+ and writing "enable=0" to io.cost.qos suspends the model's
+ pricing until the controller is re-enabled, while it stays
+ attached.
+
When "ctrl" is "auto", the kernel may change all parameters
dynamically. When "ctrl" is set to "user" or any other
parameters are written to, "ctrl" become "user" and the
--
2.43.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-24 5:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-24 5:45 [RFC PATCH v7 0/4] blk-iocost: BPF struct_ops cost model Tao Cui
2026-09-24 5:45 ` [RFC PATCH v7 1/4] blk-iocost: add BPF struct_ops cost model support Tao Cui
2026-09-24 6:30 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-24 5:45 ` [RFC PATCH v7 2/4] selftests/bpf: add iocost cost model test Tao Cui
2026-09-24 6:30 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-24 5:45 ` [RFC PATCH v7 3/4] blk-iocost: add iocost_ioc_tick tracepoint for per-period device summary Tao Cui
2026-09-24 6:17 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-24 5:45 ` Tao Cui [this message]
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