On 12:06 Fri 05 Aug , Mike Snitzer wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 05 2016 at 11:54am -0400,
> Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On 08/05/2016 09:42 AM, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> > >On Fri, Aug 05 2016 at 11:33P -0400,
> > >Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >>On 08/05/2016 09:27 AM, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> > >>>On Wed, Aug 03 2016 at 11:35am -0400,
> > >>>Benjamin Block <bblock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>>Hej Mike,
> > >>>>
> > >>>>when running a debug-kernel today with several multipath-devices using
> > >>>>the round-robin path selector I noticed that the kernel throws these
> > >>>>warnings here:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: kdmwork-252:0/881
> > >>>>caller is rr_select_path+0x36/0x108 [dm_round_robin]
> > >>>>CPU: 1 PID: 881 Comm: kdmwork-252:0 Not tainted 4.7.0-debug #4
> > >>>> 00000000617679b8 0000000061767a48 0000000000000002 0000000000000000
> > >>>> 0000000061767ae8 0000000061767a60 0000000061767a60 00000000001145d0
> > >>>> 0000000000000000 0000000000b962ae 0000000000bb291e 000000000000000b
> > >>>> 0000000061767aa8 0000000061767a48 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
> > >>>> 0700000000b962ae 00000000001145d0 0000000061767a48 0000000061767aa8
> > >>>>Call Trace:
> > >>>>([<00000000001144a2>] show_trace+0x8a/0xe0)
> > >>>>([<0000000000114586>] show_stack+0x8e/0xf0)
> > >>>>([<00000000006c7fdc>] dump_stack+0x9c/0xe0)
> > >>>>([<00000000006fbbc0>] check_preemption_disabled+0x108/0x130)
> > >>>>([<000003ff80268646>] rr_select_path+0x36/0x108 [dm_round_robin])
> > >>>>([<000003ff80259a42>] choose_path_in_pg+0x42/0xc8 [dm_multipath])
> > >>>>([<000003ff80259b62>] choose_pgpath+0x9a/0x1a0 [dm_multipath])
> > >>>>([<000003ff8025b51a>] __multipath_map.isra.5+0x72/0x228 [dm_multipath])
> > >>>>([<000003ff8025b75e>] multipath_map+0x3e/0x50 [dm_multipath])
> > >>>>([<000003ff80225eb6>] map_request+0x66/0x458 [dm_mod])
> > >>>>([<000003ff802262ec>] map_tio_request+0x44/0x70 [dm_mod])
> > >>>>([<000000000016835a>] kthread_worker_fn+0xf2/0x1d8)
> > >>>>([<00000000001681da>] kthread+0x112/0x120)
> > >>>>([<000000000098378a>] kernel_thread_starter+0x6/0xc)
> > >>>>([<0000000000983784>] kernel_thread_starter+0x0/0xc)
> > >>>>no locks held by kdmwork-252:0/881.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>There are several more of these warnings, but all have the same
> > >>>>stack-trace (this is on s390x, but this looks like its only common code)
> > >>>>- sometimes the process-context is multipath.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Looking at the changes in this function, it rather looks like this is
> > >>>>caused by changes made in commit
> > >>>>b0b477c7e0dd93f8916d106018ded1331b81bf61 (dm round robin: use percpu
> > >>>>'repeat_count' and 'current_path').
> > >>>>
> > >>>>The kernel is a stock v4.7 with some debug options enabled (prominently
> > >>>>DEBUG_PREEMPT). Need any more info?
> > >>>
> > >>>As you can see from commit b0b477c7e0dd9 the round-robin path selector
> > >>>is now using percpu data (pointer) and a percpu_counter.
> > >>>
> > >>>I'm really not sure how else to access this percpu data.
> > >>>
> > >>>Cc'ing LKML, linux-block, Jens and hch to cast a wider net in the hopes
> > >>>of getting an answer to how to fix this.
> > >>
> > >>From a quick look, looks like you are using this_cpu_ptr() without
> > >>having preemption disabled.
> > >
> > >Right, that is what it looked like to me too.
> > >
> > >I'm just not sure on what the proper pattern is to fix this.
> > >
> > >I'll look closer though.
> >
> > I always forget the details (if this confuses lockdep or not), but you
> > could potentially turn it into:
> >
> > local_irq_save(flags);
> > x = this_cpu_ptr();
> > [...]
> >
> > spin_lock(&s->lock);
> > [...]
> >
> > instead.
>
> Cool, I've coded up the patch (compile tested only).
>
> Benjamin, any chance you could test this against your v4.7 kernel and
> report back?
>
I will give it a go on Monday. Thx for the quick fix.
- Benjamin
>
> diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-round-robin.c b/drivers/md/dm-round-robin.c
> index 4ace1da..ed446f8 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/dm-round-robin.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/dm-round-robin.c
> @@ -210,14 +210,17 @@ static struct dm_path *rr_select_path(struct path_selector *ps, size_t nr_bytes)
> struct path_info *pi = NULL;
> struct dm_path *current_path = NULL;
>
> + local_irq_save(flags);
> current_path = *this_cpu_ptr(s->current_path);
> if (current_path) {
> percpu_counter_dec(&s->repeat_count);
> - if (percpu_counter_read_positive(&s->repeat_count) > 0)
> + if (percpu_counter_read_positive(&s->repeat_count) > 0) {
> + local_irq_restore(flags);
> return current_path;
> + }
> }
>
> - spin_lock_irqsave(&s->lock, flags);
> + spin_lock(&s->lock);
> if (!list_empty(&s->valid_paths)) {
> pi = list_entry(s->valid_paths.next, struct path_info, list);
> list_move_tail(&pi->list, &s->valid_paths);
> @@ -225,7 +228,8 @@ static struct dm_path *rr_select_path(struct path_selector *ps, size_t nr_bytes)
> set_percpu_current_path(s, pi->path);
> current_path = pi->path;
> }
> - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&s->lock, flags);
> + spin_unlock(&s->lock);
> + local_irq_restore(flags);
>
> return current_path;
> }
>
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