Re: [PATCH 1/1] blk-mq: fix race condition in active queue accounting

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On 5/21/23 7:23?PM, Ming Lei wrote:
> On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 10:15:22AM +0900, Damien Le Moal wrote:
>> On 5/22/23 09:43, Tian Lan wrote:
>>> From: Tian Lan <tian.lan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> If multiple CPUs are sharing the same hardware queue, it can
>>> cause leak in the active queue counter tracking when __blk_mq_tag_busy()
>>> is executed simultaneously.
>>>
>>> Fixes: ee78ec1077d3 ("blk-mq: blk_mq_tag_busy is no need to return a value")
>>> Signed-off-by: Tian Lan <tian.lan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>  block/blk-mq-tag.c | 10 ++++++----
>>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/block/blk-mq-tag.c b/block/blk-mq-tag.c
>>> index d6af9d431dc6..07372032238a 100644
>>> --- a/block/blk-mq-tag.c
>>> +++ b/block/blk-mq-tag.c
>>> @@ -42,13 +42,15 @@ void __blk_mq_tag_busy(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
>>>  	if (blk_mq_is_shared_tags(hctx->flags)) {
>>>  		struct request_queue *q = hctx->queue;
>>>  
>>> -		if (test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_HCTX_ACTIVE, &q->queue_flags))
>>> +		if (test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_HCTX_ACTIVE, &q->queue_flags) ||
>>> +		    test_and_set_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_HCTX_ACTIVE, &q->queue_flags)) {
>>
>> This is weird. test_and_set_bit() returns the bit old value, so shouldn't this be:
>>
>> 		if (test_and_set_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_HCTX_ACTIVE, &q->queue_flags))
>> 			return;
>>
>> ?
> 
> It is one micro optimization since test_and_set_bit is much heavier
> than test_bit, so test_and_set_bit() is just needed in the 1st time.

It's an optimization, but it's certainly not a micro one. If the common
case is always hitting that, then test_and_set_bit() will repeatedly
dirty that cacheline. And obviously it's useless to do that if the bit
is already set. This makes it a pretty nice optimization and definitely
outside the realm of "micro optimization" as it can have quite a large
impact. I used that in various spots in blk-mq, which I suspect is where
the inspiration for this one came too.

-- 
Jens Axboe




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