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diff --git a/Documentation/block/ublk.rst b/Documentation/block/ublk.rst index 0413dcd9ef69..28300fee22bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/ublk.rst +++ b/Documentation/block/ublk.rst @@ -382,17 +382,17 @@ Zero copy --------- ublk zero copy relies on io_uring's fixed kernel buffer, which provides -two APIs: `io_buffer_register_bvec()` and `io_buffer_unregister_bvec`. +two APIs: `io_buffer_register_request()` and `io_buffer_unregister`. ublk adds IO command of `UBLK_IO_REGISTER_IO_BUF` to call -`io_buffer_register_bvec()` for ublk server to register client request +`io_buffer_register_request()` for ublk server to register client request buffer into io_uring buffer table, then ublk server can submit io_uring IOs with the registered buffer index. IO command of `UBLK_IO_UNREGISTER_IO_BUF` -calls `io_buffer_unregister_bvec()` to unregister the buffer, which is -guaranteed to be live between calling `io_buffer_register_bvec()` and -`io_buffer_unregister_bvec()`. Any io_uring operation which supports this -kind of kernel buffer will grab one reference of the buffer until the -operation is completed. +calls `io_buffer_unregister()` to unregister the buffer, which is guaranteed +to be live between calling `io_buffer_register_request()` and +`io_buffer_unregister()`. Any io_uring operation which supports this kind of +kernel buffer will grab one reference of the buffer until the operation is +completed. ublk server implementing zero copy or user copy has to be CAP_SYS_ADMIN and be trusted, because it is ublk server's responsibility to make sure IO buffer |