On Thu, 2017-07-27 at 08:02 -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> The bug looks like SCSI running the queue inline from IRQ
> context, that's not a good idea. Can you confirm the below works for
> you?
>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
> index f6097b89d5d3..78740ebf966c 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
> @@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ static void scsi_run_queue(struct request_queue *q)
> scsi_starved_list_run(sdev->host);
>
> if (q->mq_ops)
> - blk_mq_run_hw_queues(q, false);
> + blk_mq_run_hw_queues(q, true);
> else
> blk_run_queue(q);
> }
Hello Jens,
scsi_run_queue() works fine if no scheduler is configured. Additionally, that
code predates the introduction of blk-mq I/O schedulers. I think it is
nontrivial for block driver authors to figure out that a queue has to be run
from process context if a scheduler has been configured that does not support
to be run from interrupt context. How about adding WARN_ON_ONCE(in_interrupt())
to blk_mq_start_hw_queue() or replacing the above patch by the following:
Subject: [PATCH] blk-mq: Make it safe to call blk_mq_start_hw_queues() from interrupt context
blk_mq_start_hw_queues() triggers a queue run. Some functions that
get called to run a queue, e.g. dd_dispatch_request(), are not IRQ-safe.
Hence run the queue asynchronously if blk_mq_start_hw_queues() is called
from interrupt context.
Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxx>
---
block/blk-mq.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 041f7b7fa0d6..c5cb3b2aabcf 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ void blk_mq_start_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
{
clear_bit(BLK_MQ_S_STOPPED, &hctx->state);
- blk_mq_run_hw_queue(hctx, false);
+ blk_mq_run_hw_queue(hctx, in_interrupt());
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_mq_start_hw_queue);
Thanks,
Bart.
