[RFC PATCH v2 1/2] drivers/block/ramshared: add hardware-accelerated VRAM block driver

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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#
+# RamShared block driver configuration
+#
+
+config BLK_DEV_RAMSHARED
+	tristate "RamShared Hardware-Accelerated VRAM Block Device"
+	depends on BLOCK && PCI && MMU
+	select BLK_MQ_PCI
+	help
+	  This driver provides a high-performance block device backed by
+	  discrete GPU video memory (VRAM) via direct PCIe DMA transfers.
+
+	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
+	  will be called ramshared.

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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#
+# Makefile for the RamShared in-tree kernel driver.
+#
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAMSHARED) += ramshared.o
+
+ramshared-y := main.o dma.o queue.o
+
+# Standalone build support
+KDIR ?= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
+PWD := $(shell pwd)
+
+default:
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAMSHARED=m modules
+
+clean:
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) clean

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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * RamShared - Multi-Kernel Compatibility Abstraction Layer
+ * Supports: Linux 5.15 LTS (Ubuntu 22.04) -> 6.8 (Ubuntu 24.04) ->
+ *           6.10 (Fedora 40) -> 6.12 LTS (Arch) -> 6.13+ Mainline
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Emerson Busson
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RAMSHARED_COMPAT_H
+#define _RAMSHARED_COMPAT_H
+
+#include <linux/version.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/blk-mq.h>
+
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(6, 11, 0)
+/* Linux 6.11+ Paradigm: Features embedded in struct queue_limits */
+#define RAMSHARED_HAVE_QUEUE_LIMITS_FEATURES	1
+#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(6, 9, 0)
+/* Linux 6.9 - 6.10 Paradigm: 3-arg blk_mq_alloc_disk with queue_limits */
+#define RAMSHARED_HAVE_QUEUE_LIMITS_PARAM	1
+#else
+/* Linux <= 6.8 Paradigm: 2-arg blk_mq_alloc_disk and standalone mutators */
+#define RAMSHARED_HAVE_LEGACY_BLK_ALLOC		1
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * ramshared_alloc_disk - Allocate gendisk across all kernel versions
+ * @set: Pointer to tag set
+ * @queuedata: Private device state
+ * @sector_size: Logical sector size (512)
+ * @max_sectors: Maximum hardware sectors per request
+ */
+static inline struct gendisk *ramshared_alloc_disk(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
+						   void *queuedata,
+						   unsigned int sector_size,
+						   unsigned int max_sectors)
+{
+#if defined(RAMSHARED_HAVE_QUEUE_LIMITS_FEATURES)
+	struct queue_limits lim = {
+		.logical_block_size	= sector_size,
+		.physical_block_size	= PAGE_SIZE,
+		.io_min			= PAGE_SIZE,
+		.io_opt			= 64 * 1024,
+		.max_hw_sectors		= max_sectors,
+		.max_segments		= USHRT_MAX,
+		.max_segment_size	= UINT_MAX,
+		.dma_alignment		= 511,
+		.max_hw_discard_sectors	= UINT_MAX,
+		.discard_granularity	= PAGE_SIZE,
+		.features		= BLK_FEAT_NOWAIT | BLK_FEAT_SYNCHRONOUS,
+	};
+	return blk_mq_alloc_disk(set, &lim, queuedata);
+
+#elif defined(RAMSHARED_HAVE_QUEUE_LIMITS_PARAM)
+	struct queue_limits lim = {
+		.logical_block_size	= sector_size,
+		.physical_block_size	= PAGE_SIZE,
+		.io_min			= PAGE_SIZE,
+		.io_opt			= 64 * 1024,
+		.max_hw_sectors		= max_sectors,
+		.max_segments		= USHRT_MAX,
+		.max_segment_size	= UINT_MAX,
+		.dma_alignment		= 511,
+		.max_hw_discard_sectors	= UINT_MAX,
+		.discard_granularity	= PAGE_SIZE,
+	};
+	struct gendisk *disk = blk_mq_alloc_disk(set, &lim, queuedata);
+
+	if (!IS_ERR(disk)) {
+		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, disk->queue);
+		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_SYNCHRONOUS, disk->queue);
+		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOWAIT, disk->queue);
+	}
+	return disk;
+
+#else /* Linux <= 6.8 (Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS) */
+	struct gendisk *disk = blk_mq_alloc_disk(set, queuedata);
+	struct request_queue *q;
+
+	if (IS_ERR(disk))
+		return disk;
+
+	q = disk->queue;
+	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, q);
+	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_SYNCHRONOUS, q);
+	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOWAIT, q);
+
+	blk_queue_logical_block_size(q, sector_size);
+	blk_queue_physical_block_size(q, PAGE_SIZE);
+	blk_queue_io_min(q, PAGE_SIZE);
+	blk_queue_io_opt(q, 64 * 1024);
+	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(q, max_sectors);
+	blk_queue_max_segments(q, USHRT_MAX);
+	blk_queue_max_segment_size(q, UINT_MAX);
+	blk_queue_dma_alignment(q, 511);
+	blk_queue_max_discard_sectors(q, UINT_MAX);
+	q->limits.discard_granularity = PAGE_SIZE;
+
+	return disk;
+#endif
+}
+
+#endif /* _RAMSHARED_COMPAT_H */

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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * RamShared - Direct PCIe DMA memory management for discrete GPU VRAM
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Emerson Busson
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/pci.h>
+#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
+#include <linux/io.h>
+#include "ramshared.h"
+
+int ramshared_dma_init(struct ramshared_device *rs_dev, struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+	int bar = 0;
+	resource_size_t bar_start, bar_len;
+
+	if (!rs_dev || !pdev)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	bar_start = pci_resource_start(pdev, bar);
+	bar_len = pci_resource_len(pdev, bar);
+
+	if (!bar_start || bar_len == 0) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "invalid PCIe BAR0 resource\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	rs_dev->dma.pci_addr = bar_start;
+	rs_dev->dma.size = min_t(size_t, bar_len, rs_dev->capacity_bytes);
+
+	/* Map PCIe VRAM BAR using Write-Combining for peak throughput */
+	rs_dev->dma.cpu_addr = devm_ioremap_wc(&pdev->dev, rs_dev->dma.pci_addr,
+					       rs_dev->dma.size);
+	if (!rs_dev->dma.cpu_addr) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to ioremap_wc VRAM BAR0 (%zu bytes)\n",
+			rs_dev->dma.size);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "DMA engine mapped %zu MB VRAM at %pa\n",
+		 rs_dev->dma.size >> 20, &rs_dev->dma.pci_addr);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void ramshared_dma_cleanup(struct ramshared_device *rs_dev)
+{
+	if (!rs_dev)
+		return;
+
+	rs_dev->dma.cpu_addr = NULL;
+	rs_dev->dma.size = 0;
+}

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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * RamShared - Hardware-Accelerated VRAM Block Driver
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Emerson Busson
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/pci.h>
+#include "ramshared.h"
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Emerson Busson");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Hardware-Accelerated VRAM Block Driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_VERSION(RAMSHARED_DRIVER_VERSION);
+
+static unsigned long capacity_mb = 1024;
+module_param(capacity_mb, ulong, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(capacity_mb, "Initial VRAM block device capacity in MiB (default: 1024)");
+
+static unsigned int queue_depth = RAMSHARED_DEFAULT_QUEUE_DEPTH;
+module_param(queue_depth, uint, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(queue_depth, "Hardware queue depth (default: 256)");
+
+static int ramshared_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
+			       const struct pci_device_id *id)
+{
+	struct ramshared_device *rs_dev;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!pdev || !id)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "probing RamShared hardware (capacity=%lu MiB)\n",
+		 capacity_mb);
+
+	if (capacity_mb == 0 || capacity_mb > (1UL << 20)) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "invalid capacity_mb parameter: %lu\n",
+			capacity_mb);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (queue_depth < 1 || queue_depth > 4096) {
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "clamping queue_depth (%lu) to default (256)\n", queue_depth);
+		queue_depth = 256;
+	}
+
+	rs_dev = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*rs_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!rs_dev)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	rs_dev->dev = &pdev->dev;
+	rs_dev->capacity_bytes = (u64)capacity_mb * 1024 * 1024;
+	mutex_init(&rs_dev->lock);
+	atomic64_set(&rs_dev->dma_transfers_total, 0);
+	atomic64_set(&rs_dev->read_bytes, 0);
+	atomic64_set(&rs_dev->write_bytes, 0);
+
+	ret = pci_enable_device_mem(pdev);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to enable PCIe memory device\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	pci_set_master(pdev);
+
+	ret = dma_set_mask_and_coherent(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64));
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "64-bit DMA failed, attempting 32-bit DMA\n");
+		ret = dma_set_mask_and_coherent(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32));
+		if (ret) {
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no usable DMA configuration\n");
+			goto err_clear_master;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = pci_request_mem_regions(pdev, RAMSHARED_DRIVER_NAME);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to claim PCIe memory regions\n");
+		goto err_clear_master;
+	}
+
+	ret = ramshared_dma_init(rs_dev, pdev);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_release_regions;
+
+	ret = ramshared_queue_init(rs_dev, &pdev->dev, queue_depth);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_dma_cleanup;
+
+	ret = add_disk(rs_dev->disk);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to add block disk (err=%d)\n", ret);
+		goto err_queue_cleanup;
+	}
+
+	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, rs_dev);
+	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "block device /dev/%s registered successfully\n",
+		 rs_dev->disk->disk_name);
+	return 0;
+
+err_queue_cleanup:
+	ramshared_queue_cleanup(rs_dev);
+err_dma_cleanup:
+	ramshared_dma_cleanup(rs_dev);
+err_release_regions:
+	pci_release_mem_regions(pdev);
+err_clear_master:
+	pci_clear_master(pdev);
+err_disable_pci:
+	pci_disable_device(pdev);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void ramshared_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+	struct ramshared_device *rs_dev;
+
+	if (!pdev)
+		return;
+
+	rs_dev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	if (!rs_dev)
+		return;
+
+	ramshared_queue_cleanup(rs_dev);
+	ramshared_dma_cleanup(rs_dev);
+	pci_release_mem_regions(pdev);
+	pci_clear_master(pdev);
+	pci_disable_device(pdev);
+
+	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "RamShared device removed successfully\n");
+}
+
+/* PCIe AER & Link Drop Error Handlers */
+static pci_ers_result_t ramshared_pci_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
+						     pci_channel_state_t state)
+{
+	dev_err(&pdev->dev, "PCIe error detected (state=%d)\n", state);
+	if (state == pci_channel_io_frozen)
+		return PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET;
+	return PCI_ERS_RESULT_CAN_RECOVER;
+}
+
+static pci_ers_result_t ramshared_pci_slot_reset(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "PCIe slot reset recovery initiated\n");
+	pci_restore_state(pdev);
+	return PCI_ERS_RESULT_RECOVERED;
+}
+
+static void ramshared_pci_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "PCIe link resumed\n");
+}
+
+static const struct pci_error_handlers ramshared_pci_err_handler = {
+	.error_detected = ramshared_pci_error_detected,
+	.slot_reset     = ramshared_pci_slot_reset,
+	.resume         = ramshared_pci_resume,
+};
+
+static const struct pci_device_id ramshared_pci_tbl[] = {
+	{ PCI_DEVICE_CLASS(PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY_VGA << 8, 0xffff00) },
+	{ PCI_DEVICE_CLASS(PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY_OTHER << 8, 0xffff00) },
+	{ PCI_DEVICE_CLASS(PCI_CLASS_ACCELERATOR_PROCESSING << 8, 0xffff00) },
+	{ 0, }
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, ramshared_pci_tbl);
+
+static struct pci_driver ramshared_pci_driver = {
+	.name		= RAMSHARED_DRIVER_NAME,
+	.id_table	= ramshared_pci_tbl,
+	.probe		= ramshared_pci_probe,
+	.remove		= ramshared_pci_remove,
+	.err_handler	= &ramshared_pci_err_handler,
+};
+
+module_pci_driver(ramshared_pci_driver);

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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * RamShared - blk-mq multi-queue request handling & hardware limit setup
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Emerson Busson
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/blk-mq.h>
+#include <linux/bio.h>
+#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
+#include <linux/highmem.h>
+#include <linux/io.h>
+#include <linux/overflow.h>
+#include "ramshared.h"
+#include "compat.h"
+
+static blk_status_t ramshared_process_bio(struct ramshared_device *rs_dev,
+					  struct bio *bio, loff_t pos)
+{
+	struct bio_vec bvec;
+	struct bvec_iter iter;
+	unsigned int op = bio_op(bio);
+	void __iomem *vram_ptr = rs_dev->dma.cpu_addr + pos;
+
+	bio_for_each_segment(bvec, bio, iter) {
+		void *src_or_dst = bvec_kmap_local(&bvec);
+		size_t len = bvec.bv_len;
+
+		if (op == REQ_OP_READ) {
+			dma_rmb();
+			memcpy_fromio(src_or_dst, vram_ptr, len);
+			flush_dcache_page(bvec.bv_page);
+			atomic64_add(len, &rs_dev->read_bytes);
+		} else if (op == REQ_OP_WRITE) {
+			memcpy_toio(vram_ptr, src_or_dst, len);
+			dma_wmb();
+			atomic64_add(len, &rs_dev->write_bytes);
+		}
+		kunmap_local(src_or_dst);
+		vram_ptr += len;
+	}
+
+	atomic64_inc(&rs_dev->dma_transfers_total);
+	return BLK_STS_OK;
+}
+
+static blk_status_t ramshared_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
+				       const struct blk_mq_queue_data *bd)
+{
+	struct request *rq = bd->rq;
+	struct ramshared_device *rs_dev = rq->q->queuedata;
+	loff_t pos;
+	size_t len = blk_rq_bytes(rq);
+	blk_status_t status = BLK_STS_OK;
+	struct bio *bio;
+
+	if (unlikely(!rs_dev || !rs_dev->dma.cpu_addr))
+		return BLK_STS_IOERR;
+
+	if (unlikely(check_shl_overflow((loff_t)blk_rq_pos(rq), RAMSHARED_SECTOR_SHIFT, &pos)))
+		return BLK_STS_IOERR;
+
+	if (unlikely(pos > rs_dev->dma.size ||
+		     len > rs_dev->dma.size - pos ||
+		     pos + len > rs_dev->capacity_bytes)) {
+		dev_err_ratelimited(rs_dev->dev,
+			"I/O bounds violation: pos=%lld, len=%zu, cap=%llu, mapped=%zu\n",
+			pos, len, rs_dev->capacity_bytes, rs_dev->dma.size);
+		return BLK_STS_IOERR;
+	}
+
+	blk_mq_start_request(rq);
+
+	switch (req_op(rq)) {
+	case REQ_OP_READ:
+	case REQ_OP_WRITE:
+		__rq_for_each_bio(bio, rq) {
+			status = ramshared_process_bio(rs_dev, bio, pos);
+			if (status != BLK_STS_OK)
+				break;
+			pos += bio->bi_iter.bi_size;
+		}
+		break;
+	case REQ_OP_FLUSH:
+		dma_wmb();
+		status = BLK_STS_OK;
+		break;
+	case REQ_OP_DISCARD:
+	case REQ_OP_SECURE_ERASE:
+		memset_io(rs_dev->dma.cpu_addr + pos, 0, len);
+		dma_wmb();
+		status = BLK_STS_OK;
+		break;
+	default:
+		status = BLK_STS_NOTSUPP;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	blk_mq_end_request(rq, status);
+	return BLK_STS_OK;
+}
+
+static const struct blk_mq_ops ramshared_mq_ops = {
+	.queue_rq = ramshared_queue_rq,
+};
+
+/* Synchronous Zero-Allocation Swap Fast-Path */
+static int ramshared_bdev_rw_page(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
+				  struct page *page, enum req_op op)
+{
+	struct ramshared_device *rs_dev = bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
+	loff_t pos;
+	size_t len = PAGE_SIZE;
+	void __iomem *vram_ptr;
+	void *mem;
+	int is_write = op_is_write(op);
+
+	if (unlikely(!rs_dev || !rs_dev->dma.cpu_addr))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	if (unlikely(check_shl_overflow((loff_t)sector, RAMSHARED_SECTOR_SHIFT, &pos)))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	if (unlikely(pos > rs_dev->dma.size ||
+		     len > rs_dev->dma.size - pos ||
+		     pos + len > rs_dev->capacity_bytes))
+		return -ERANGE;
+
+	vram_ptr = rs_dev->dma.cpu_addr + pos;
+	mem = kmap_local_page(page);
+
+	if (is_write) {
+		memcpy_toio(vram_ptr, mem, len);
+		dma_wmb();
+		atomic64_add(len, &rs_dev->write_bytes);
+	} else {
+		dma_rmb();
+		memcpy_fromio(mem, vram_ptr, len);
+		flush_dcache_page(page);
+		atomic64_add(len, &rs_dev->read_bytes);
+	}
+
+	kunmap_local(mem);
+	atomic64_inc(&rs_dev->dma_transfers_total);
+	page_endio(page, is_write, 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct block_device_operations ramshared_fops = {
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.rw_page	= ramshared_bdev_rw_page,
+};
+
+/* Sysfs Attributes Group (Race-free via disk_groups) */
+static ssize_t capacity_bytes_show(struct device *dev,
+				   struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev);
+	struct ramshared_device *rs_dev = disk->private_data;
+
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%llu\n", rs_dev->capacity_bytes);
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(capacity_bytes);
+
+static ssize_t read_bytes_show(struct device *dev,
+				struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev);
+	struct ramshared_device *rs_dev = disk->private_data;
+
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%lld\n", atomic64_read(&rs_dev->read_bytes));
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(read_bytes);
+
+static ssize_t write_bytes_show(struct device *dev,
+				 struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev);
+	struct ramshared_device *rs_dev = disk->private_data;
+
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%lld\n", atomic64_read(&rs_dev->write_bytes));
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(write_bytes);
+
+static struct attribute *ramshared_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_capacity_bytes.attr,
+	&dev_attr_dma_transfers_total.attr,
+	&dev_attr_read_bytes.attr,
+	&dev_attr_write_bytes.attr,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group ramshared_attr_group = {
+	.name = "ramshared",
+	.attrs = ramshared_attrs,
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group *ramshared_attr_groups[] = {
+	&ramshared_attr_group,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+int ramshared_queue_init(struct ramshared_device *rs_dev,
+			 struct device *parent_dev, unsigned int q_depth)
+{
+	unsigned int valid_depth;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!rs_dev)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	valid_depth = clamp_t(unsigned int, q_depth, 16U, 2048U);
+
+	memset(&rs_dev->tag_set, 0, sizeof(rs_dev->tag_set));
+	rs_dev->tag_set.ops = &ramshared_mq_ops;
+	rs_dev->tag_set.nr_hw_queues = num_online_cpus();
+	rs_dev->tag_set.queue_depth = valid_depth;
+	rs_dev->tag_set.numa_node = NUMA_NO_NODE;
+	rs_dev->tag_set.flags = BLK_MQ_F_SHOULD_MERGE;
+
+	ret = blk_mq_alloc_tag_set(&rs_dev->tag_set);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* Allocate disk with backward & forward kernel compatibility */
+	rs_dev->disk = ramshared_alloc_disk(&rs_dev->tag_set, rs_dev,
+					    RAMSHARED_SECTOR_SIZE, 2048);
+	if (IS_ERR(rs_dev->disk)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(rs_dev->disk);
+		blk_mq_free_tag_set(&rs_dev->tag_set);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	rs_dev->disk->queue->queuedata = rs_dev;
+
+	/* Setup gendisk descriptor */
+	rs_dev->disk->major = 0;
+	rs_dev->disk->first_minor = 0;
+	rs_dev->disk->minors = 1;
+	rs_dev->disk->fops = &ramshared_fops;
+	rs_dev->disk->private_data = rs_dev;
+	rs_dev->disk->disk_groups = ramshared_attr_groups;
+	rs_dev->disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_NO_PART;
+	rs_dev->disk->parent = parent_dev;
+	snprintf(rs_dev->disk->disk_name, DISK_NAME_LEN, "ramshared0");
+	set_capacity(rs_dev->disk, rs_dev->capacity_bytes >> RAMSHARED_SECTOR_SHIFT);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void ramshared_queue_cleanup(struct ramshared_device *rs_dev)
+{
+	if (!rs_dev)
+		return;
+
+	if (rs_dev->disk) {
+		del_gendisk(rs_dev->disk);
+		put_disk(rs_dev->disk);
+		rs_dev->disk = NULL;
+	}
+
+	blk_mq_free_tag_set(&rs_dev->tag_set);
+}

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+#ifndef _RAMSHARED_H
+#define _RAMSHARED_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/blk-mq.h>
+#include <linux/pci.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
+
+#define RAMSHARED_DRIVER_NAME		"ramshared"
+#define RAMSHARED_DRIVER_VERSION	"0.9.0-beta.2"
+#define RAMSHARED_SECTOR_SIZE		512
+#define RAMSHARED_SECTOR_SHIFT		9
+#define RAMSHARED_DEFAULT_QUEUE_DEPTH	256
+#define RAMSHARED_MMIO_POISON_VALUE	0xFFFFFFFFU
+
+/**
+ * struct ramshared_dma_region - PCIe DMA memory descriptor
+ * @pci_addr: Physical PCIe bus address
+ * @cpu_addr: Kernel virtual address mapped with write-combining
+ * @size: Size of the allocated region in bytes
+ * @dma_handle: DMA bus address mapping
+ */
+struct ramshared_dma_region {
+	phys_addr_t	pci_addr;
+	void __iomem	*cpu_addr;
+	size_t		size;
+	dma_addr_t	dma_handle;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct ramshared_device - Main in-tree block device state
+ * @disk: gendisk descriptor
+ * @tag_set: blk-mq tag set
+ * @dma: DMA memory region
+ * @capacity_bytes: Total available VRAM capacity in bytes
+ * @dev: Pointer to underlying struct device
+ * @lock: Mutex protecting device state transitions
+ * @dma_transfers_total: Diagnostic counter for completed transfers
+ * @read_bytes: Total bytes read
+ * @write_bytes: Total bytes written
+ */
+struct ramshared_device {
+	struct gendisk			*disk;
+	struct blk_mq_tag_set		tag_set;
+	struct ramshared_dma_region	dma;
+	u64				capacity_bytes;
+	struct device			*dev;
+	struct mutex			lock;
+	atomic64_t			dma_transfers_total;
+	atomic64_t			read_bytes;
+	atomic64_t			write_bytes;
+};
+
+int ramshared_dma_init(struct ramshared_device *rs_dev, struct pci_dev *pdev);
+void ramshared_dma_cleanup(struct ramshared_device *rs_dev);
+int ramshared_queue_init(struct ramshared_device *rs_dev,
+			 struct device *parent_dev, unsigned int q_depth);
+void ramshared_queue_cleanup(struct ramshared_device *rs_dev);
+
+#endif /* _RAMSHARED_H */