Dear Maintainers I'd like to ask for the status of this patch since we hit the issue too during our testing on md raid1. Split remainder bio_A was queued ahead, following by bio_B for lower device, at this moment raid start freezing, the loop take out bio_A firstly and deliver it, which will hung since raid is freezing, while the freezing never end since it waiting for bio_B to finish, and bio_B is still on the queue, waiting for bio_A to finish... We're looking for a good solution and we found this patch already progressed a lot, but we can't find it on linux-next, so we'd like to ask are we still planning to have this fix in upstream? Regards, Michael Wang On 07/11/2016 04:10 PM, Lars Ellenberg wrote: > For a long time, generic_make_request() converts recursion into > iteration by queuing recursive arguments on current->bio_list. > > This is convenient for stacking drivers, > the top-most driver would take the originally submitted bio, > and re-submit a re-mapped version of it, or one or more clones, > or one or more new allocated bios to its backend(s). Which > are then simply processed in turn, and each can again queue > more "backend-bios" until we reach the bottom of the driver stack, > and actually dispatch to the real backend device. > > Any stacking driver ->make_request_fn() could expect that, > once it returns, any backend-bios it submitted via recursive calls > to generic_make_request() would now be processed and dispatched, before > the current task would call into this driver again. > > This is changed by commit > 54efd50 block: make generic_make_request handle arbitrarily sized bios > > Drivers may call blk_queue_split() inside their ->make_request_fn(), > which may split the current bio into a front-part to be dealt with > immediately, and a remainder-part, which may need to be split even > further. That remainder-part will simply also be pushed to > current->bio_list, and would end up being head-of-queue, in front > of any backend-bios the current make_request_fn() might submit during > processing of the fron-part. > > Which means the current task would immediately end up back in the same > make_request_fn() of the same driver again, before any of its backend > bios have even been processed. > > This can lead to resource starvation deadlock. > Drivers could avoid this by learning to not need blk_queue_split(), > or by submitting their backend bios in a different context (dedicated > kernel thread, work_queue context, ...). Or by playing funny re-ordering > games with entries on current->bio_list. > > Instead, I suggest to distinguish between recursive calls to > generic_make_request(), and pushing back the remainder part in > blk_queue_split(), by pointing current->bio_lists to a > struct recursion_to_iteration_bio_lists { > struct bio_list recursion; > struct bio_list queue; > } > > By providing each q->make_request_fn() with an empty "recursion" > bio_list, then merging any recursively submitted bios to the > head of the "queue" list, we can make the recursion-to-iteration > logic in generic_make_request() process deepest level bios first, > and "sibling" bios of the same level in "natural" order. > > Signed-off-by: Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Roland Kammerer <roland.kammerer@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > block/bio.c | 20 +++++++++++-------- > block/blk-core.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- > block/blk-merge.c | 5 ++++- > drivers/md/bcache/btree.c | 12 ++++++------ > drivers/md/dm-bufio.c | 2 +- > drivers/md/raid1.c | 5 ++--- > drivers/md/raid10.c | 5 ++--- > include/linux/bio.h | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ > include/linux/sched.h | 4 ++-- > 9 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c > index 848cd35..c2606fd 100644 > --- a/block/bio.c > +++ b/block/bio.c > @@ -366,12 +366,16 @@ static void punt_bios_to_rescuer(struct bio_set *bs) > */ > > bio_list_init(&punt); > - bio_list_init(&nopunt); > > - while ((bio = bio_list_pop(current->bio_list))) > + bio_list_init(&nopunt); > + while ((bio = bio_list_pop(¤t->bio_lists->recursion))) > bio_list_add(bio->bi_pool == bs ? &punt : &nopunt, bio); > + current->bio_lists->recursion = nopunt; > > - *current->bio_list = nopunt; > + bio_list_init(&nopunt); > + while ((bio = bio_list_pop(¤t->bio_lists->queue))) > + bio_list_add(bio->bi_pool == bs ? &punt : &nopunt, bio); > + current->bio_lists->queue = nopunt; > > spin_lock(&bs->rescue_lock); > bio_list_merge(&bs->rescue_list, &punt); > @@ -453,13 +457,13 @@ struct bio *bio_alloc_bioset(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nr_iovecs, struct bio_set *bs) > * > * We solve this, and guarantee forward progress, with a rescuer > * workqueue per bio_set. If we go to allocate and there are > - * bios on current->bio_list, we first try the allocation > - * without __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM; if that fails, we punt those > - * bios we would be blocking to the rescuer workqueue before > - * we retry with the original gfp_flags. > + * bios on current->bio_lists->{recursion,queue}, we first try the > + * allocation without __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM; if that fails, we > + * punt those bios we would be blocking to the rescuer > + * workqueue before we retry with the original gfp_flags. > */ > > - if (current->bio_list && !bio_list_empty(current->bio_list)) > + if (current_has_pending_bios()) > gfp_mask &= ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM; > > p = mempool_alloc(bs->bio_pool, gfp_mask); > diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c > index 3cfd67d..2886a59b 100644 > --- a/block/blk-core.c > +++ b/block/blk-core.c > @@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@ end_io: > */ > blk_qc_t generic_make_request(struct bio *bio) > { > - struct bio_list bio_list_on_stack; > + struct recursion_to_iteration_bio_lists bio_lists_on_stack; > blk_qc_t ret = BLK_QC_T_NONE; > > if (!generic_make_request_checks(bio)) > @@ -2049,15 +2049,20 @@ blk_qc_t generic_make_request(struct bio *bio) > /* > * We only want one ->make_request_fn to be active at a time, else > * stack usage with stacked devices could be a problem. So use > - * current->bio_list to keep a list of requests submited by a > - * make_request_fn function. current->bio_list is also used as a > + * current->bio_lists to keep a list of requests submited by a > + * make_request_fn function. current->bio_lists is also used as a > * flag to say if generic_make_request is currently active in this > * task or not. If it is NULL, then no make_request is active. If > * it is non-NULL, then a make_request is active, and new requests > - * should be added at the tail > + * should be added at the tail of current->bio_lists->recursion; > + * bios resulting from a call to blk_queue_split() from > + * within ->make_request_fn() should be pushed back to the head of > + * current->bio_lists->queue. > + * After the current ->make_request_fn() returns, .recursion will be > + * merged back to the head of .queue. > */ > - if (current->bio_list) { > - bio_list_add(current->bio_list, bio); > + if (current->bio_lists) { > + bio_list_add(¤t->bio_lists->recursion, bio); > goto out; > } > > @@ -2066,35 +2071,33 @@ blk_qc_t generic_make_request(struct bio *bio) > * Before entering the loop, bio->bi_next is NULL (as all callers > * ensure that) so we have a list with a single bio. > * We pretend that we have just taken it off a longer list, so > - * we assign bio_list to a pointer to the bio_list_on_stack, > - * thus initialising the bio_list of new bios to be > - * added. ->make_request() may indeed add some more bios > - * through a recursive call to generic_make_request. If it > - * did, we find a non-NULL value in bio_list and re-enter the loop > - * from the top. In this case we really did just take the bio > - * of the top of the list (no pretending) and so remove it from > - * bio_list, and call into ->make_request() again. > + * we assign bio_list to a pointer to the bio_lists_on_stack, > + * thus initialising the bio_lists of new bios to be added. > + * ->make_request() may indeed add some more bios to .recursion > + * through a recursive call to generic_make_request. If it did, > + * we find a non-NULL value in .recursion, merge .recursion back to the > + * head of .queue, and re-enter the loop from the top. In this case we > + * really did just take the bio of the top of the list (no pretending) > + * and so remove it from .queue, and call into ->make_request() again. > */ > BUG_ON(bio->bi_next); > - bio_list_init(&bio_list_on_stack); > - current->bio_list = &bio_list_on_stack; > + bio_list_init(&bio_lists_on_stack.queue); > + current->bio_lists = &bio_lists_on_stack; > do { > struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bio->bi_bdev); > > if (likely(blk_queue_enter(q, false) == 0)) { > + bio_list_init(&bio_lists_on_stack.recursion); > ret = q->make_request_fn(q, bio); > - > blk_queue_exit(q); > - > - bio = bio_list_pop(current->bio_list); > + bio_list_merge_head(&bio_lists_on_stack.queue, > + &bio_lists_on_stack.recursion); > } else { > - struct bio *bio_next = bio_list_pop(current->bio_list); > - > bio_io_error(bio); > - bio = bio_next; > } > + bio = bio_list_pop(¤t->bio_lists->queue); > } while (bio); > - current->bio_list = NULL; /* deactivate */ > + current->bio_lists = NULL; /* deactivate */ > > out: > return ret; > diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c > index c265348..df96327 100644 > --- a/block/blk-merge.c > +++ b/block/blk-merge.c > @@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ void blk_queue_split(struct request_queue *q, struct bio **bio, > struct bio *split, *res; > unsigned nsegs; > > + BUG_ON(!current->bio_lists); > if (bio_op(*bio) == REQ_OP_DISCARD) > split = blk_bio_discard_split(q, *bio, bs, &nsegs); > else if (bio_op(*bio) == REQ_OP_WRITE_SAME) > @@ -190,7 +191,9 @@ void blk_queue_split(struct request_queue *q, struct bio **bio, > > bio_chain(split, *bio); > trace_block_split(q, split, (*bio)->bi_iter.bi_sector); > - generic_make_request(*bio); > + /* push back remainder, it may later be split further */ > + bio_list_add_head(¤t->bio_lists->queue, *bio); > + /* and fake submission of a suitably sized piece */ > *bio = split; > } > } > diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c > index 76f7534..731ec3b 100644 > --- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c > +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c > @@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ void __bch_btree_node_write(struct btree *b, struct closure *parent) > > trace_bcache_btree_write(b); > > - BUG_ON(current->bio_list); > + BUG_ON(current->bio_lists); > BUG_ON(b->written >= btree_blocks(b)); > BUG_ON(b->written && !i->keys); > BUG_ON(btree_bset_first(b)->seq != i->seq); > @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static void bch_btree_leaf_dirty(struct btree *b, atomic_t *journal_ref) > > /* Force write if set is too big */ > if (set_bytes(i) > PAGE_SIZE - 48 && > - !current->bio_list) > + !current->bio_lists) > bch_btree_node_write(b, NULL); > } > > @@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ static struct btree *mca_alloc(struct cache_set *c, struct btree_op *op, > { > struct btree *b; > > - BUG_ON(current->bio_list); > + BUG_ON(current->bio_lists); > > lockdep_assert_held(&c->bucket_lock); > > @@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ retry: > b = mca_find(c, k); > > if (!b) { > - if (current->bio_list) > + if (current->bio_lists) > return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN); > > mutex_lock(&c->bucket_lock); > @@ -2127,7 +2127,7 @@ static int bch_btree_insert_node(struct btree *b, struct btree_op *op, > > return 0; > split: > - if (current->bio_list) { > + if (current->bio_lists) { > op->lock = b->c->root->level + 1; > return -EAGAIN; > } else if (op->lock <= b->c->root->level) { > @@ -2209,7 +2209,7 @@ int bch_btree_insert(struct cache_set *c, struct keylist *keys, > struct btree_insert_op op; > int ret = 0; > > - BUG_ON(current->bio_list); > + BUG_ON(current->bio_lists); > BUG_ON(bch_keylist_empty(keys)); > > bch_btree_op_init(&op.op, 0); > diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c > index 6571c81..ba0c325 100644 > --- a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c > +++ b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c > @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static inline int dm_bufio_cache_index(struct dm_bufio_client *c) > #define DM_BUFIO_CACHE(c) (dm_bufio_caches[dm_bufio_cache_index(c)]) > #define DM_BUFIO_CACHE_NAME(c) (dm_bufio_cache_names[dm_bufio_cache_index(c)]) > > -#define dm_bufio_in_request() (!!current->bio_list) > +#define dm_bufio_in_request() (!!current->bio_lists) > > static void dm_bufio_lock(struct dm_bufio_client *c) > { > diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c > index 10e53cd..38790e3 100644 > --- a/drivers/md/raid1.c > +++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c > @@ -876,8 +876,7 @@ static sector_t wait_barrier(struct r1conf *conf, struct bio *bio) > (!conf->barrier || > ((conf->start_next_window < > conf->next_resync + RESYNC_SECTORS) && > - current->bio_list && > - !bio_list_empty(current->bio_list))), > + current_has_pending_bios())), > conf->resync_lock); > conf->nr_waiting--; > } > @@ -1014,7 +1013,7 @@ static void raid1_unplug(struct blk_plug_cb *cb, bool from_schedule) > struct r1conf *conf = mddev->private; > struct bio *bio; > > - if (from_schedule || current->bio_list) { > + if (from_schedule || current->bio_lists) { > spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock); > bio_list_merge(&conf->pending_bio_list, &plug->pending); > conf->pending_count += plug->pending_cnt; > diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c > index 245640b..13a5341 100644 > --- a/drivers/md/raid10.c > +++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c > @@ -945,8 +945,7 @@ static void wait_barrier(struct r10conf *conf) > wait_event_lock_irq(conf->wait_barrier, > !conf->barrier || > (conf->nr_pending && > - current->bio_list && > - !bio_list_empty(current->bio_list)), > + current_has_pending_bios()), > conf->resync_lock); > conf->nr_waiting--; > } > @@ -1022,7 +1021,7 @@ static void raid10_unplug(struct blk_plug_cb *cb, bool from_schedule) > struct r10conf *conf = mddev->private; > struct bio *bio; > > - if (from_schedule || current->bio_list) { > + if (from_schedule || current->bio_lists) { > spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock); > bio_list_merge(&conf->pending_bio_list, &plug->pending); > conf->pending_count += plug->pending_cnt; > diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h > index b7e1a008..2f8a361 100644 > --- a/include/linux/bio.h > +++ b/include/linux/bio.h > @@ -541,6 +541,24 @@ struct bio_list { > struct bio *tail; > }; > > +/* for generic_make_request() */ > +struct recursion_to_iteration_bio_lists { > + /* For stacking drivers submitting to their respective backend, > + * bios are added to the tail of .recursion, which is re-initialized > + * before each call to ->make_request_fn() and after that returns, > + * the whole .recursion queue is then merged back to the head of .queue. > + * > + * The recursion-to-iteration logic in generic_make_request() will > + * peel off of .queue.head, processing bios in deepest-level-first > + * "natural" order. */ > + struct bio_list recursion; > + > + /* This keeps a list of to-be-processed bios. > + * The "remainder" part resulting from calling blk_queue_split() > + * will be pushed back to its head. */ > + struct bio_list queue; > +}; > + > static inline int bio_list_empty(const struct bio_list *bl) > { > return bl->head == NULL; > @@ -551,6 +569,13 @@ static inline void bio_list_init(struct bio_list *bl) > bl->head = bl->tail = NULL; > } > > +static inline bool current_has_pending_bios(void) > +{ > + return current->bio_lists && > + (!bio_list_empty(¤t->bio_lists->queue) || > + !bio_list_empty(¤t->bio_lists->recursion)); > +} > + > #define BIO_EMPTY_LIST { NULL, NULL } > > #define bio_list_for_each(bio, bl) \ > diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h > index 6e42ada..146eedc 100644 > --- a/include/linux/sched.h > +++ b/include/linux/sched.h > @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ struct sched_attr { > > struct futex_pi_state; > struct robust_list_head; > -struct bio_list; > +struct recursion_to_iteration_bio_lists; > struct fs_struct; > struct perf_event_context; > struct blk_plug; > @@ -1727,7 +1727,7 @@ struct task_struct { > void *journal_info; > > /* stacked block device info */ > - struct bio_list *bio_list; > + struct recursion_to_iteration_bio_lists *bio_lists; > > #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK > /* stack plugging */ > -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel