[RFC PATCH v5 5/5] docs: cgroup-v2: document io.cost model=<name> binding

From: Tao Cui

Date: Thu Sep 17 2026 - 23:22:07 EST


From: Tao Cui <cuitao@xxxxxxxxxx>

Document the named-model binding of io.cost.model in the
io.cost.model section of the cgroup v2 documentation: the binding
and restore syntax, the unknown-name rejection, the full-replacement
semantics of a bound model and the unregister lifetime.

Signed-off-by: Tao Cui <cuitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
index 8d2603751c51a..1cd0ecae9a940 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
@@ -2115,8 +2115,10 @@ IO Interface Files
are defined.

===== ================================
- ctrl "auto" or "user"
+ ctrl "auto", "user" or "bpf"
model The cost model in use - "linear"
+ or the name of the bound
+ model
===== ================================

When "ctrl" is "auto", the kernel may change all parameters
@@ -2124,6 +2126,23 @@ IO Interface Files
parameters are written to, "ctrl" become "user" and the
automatic changes are disabled.

+ When CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP_IOCOST_BPF is enabled, a bound model is
+ read back as "ctrl=bpf model=<name>", and writing "ctrl=bpf" is
+ accepted as a no-op so a saved configuration can be restored as-is.
+ "model" also accepts
+ the name of a registered iocost_model_ops BPF struct_ops model:
+ "model=<name>" binds the model to the device and the model fully
+ replaces the builtin linear pricing, for every operation including
+ flushes; "model=linear" (or "ctrl=auto/user") restores the builtin
+ model. Writing an unknown name fails with ENOENT and nothing is
+ applied. Unregistering a model removes its name from the
+ registry; devices already bound keep using it, and keep receiving
+ cgroup lifecycle notifications, until switched back to the builtin
+ model, and its name keeps working for writes (so a coefficient-only
+ write does not disturb the binding) until the last device unbinds.
+ See
+ include/linux/blk-iocost.h for the model interface.
+
When "model" is "linear", the following model parameters are
defined.

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