Re: [PATCH] blk mq: don't blk_mq_request_bypass_insert _and_ return BLK_STS_RESOURCE

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On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 10:33:35PM -0500, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 17 2018 at  7:54P -0500,
> Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
> > But sure, I suppose there is something I missed when refactoring Ming's
> > change to get it acceptable for upstream.  I went over the mechanical
> > nature of what I did many times (comparing Ming's v4 to my v5).
> 
> And yes there is one subtlety that I missed.
> 
> > The call to blk_mq_request_bypass_insert will only occur via
> > __blk_mq_fallback_to_insert.  Which as the name implies this is not the
> > fast path.  This will occur if the underlying blk-mq device cannot get
> > resources it needs in order to issue the request.  Specifically: if/when
> > in __blk_mq_try_issue_directly() the hctx is stopped, or queue is
> > quiesced, or it cannot get the driver tag or dispatch_budget (in the
> > case of scsi-mq).
> > 
> > The same fallback, via call to blk_mq_request_bypass_insert, occured
> > with Ming's v4 though.
> 
> Turns out Ming's v4 doesn't fallback to insert for the "or it cannot get
> the driver tag or dispatch_budget" case.
> 
> This patch should fix it (Laurence, please report back on if this fixes
> your list_add corruption, pretty sure it will):
> 
> From: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 22:02:07 -0500
> Subject: [PATCH] blk mq: don't blk_mq_request_bypass_insert _and_ return BLK_STS_RESOURCE
> 
> It isn't ever valid to call blk_mq_request_bypass_insert() and return
> BLK_STS_RESOURCE.
> 
> Unfortunately after commit 396eaf21ee ("blk-mq: improve DM's blk-mq IO
> merging via blk_insert_cloned_request feedback") we do just that if
> blk_mq_request_direct_issue() cannot get the resources (driver_tag or
> dispatch_budget) needed to directly issue a request.  This will lead to
> "list_add corruption" because blk-mq submits the IO but then reports
> that it didn't (BLK_STS_RESOURCE in this case).
> 
> Fix this by simply returning BLK_STS_RESOURCE for this case.
> 
> Fixes: 396eaf21ee ("blk-mq: improve DM's blk-mq IO merging via blk_insert_cloned_request feedback")
> Reported-by: Laurence Oberman <loberman@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  block/blk-mq.c | 12 +++++-------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
> index c418858a60ef..8bee37239255 100644
> --- a/block/blk-mq.c
> +++ b/block/blk-mq.c
> @@ -1799,20 +1799,18 @@ static blk_status_t __blk_mq_try_issue_directly(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
>  	if (q->elevator && !bypass_insert)
>  		goto insert;
>  
> -	if (!blk_mq_get_driver_tag(rq, NULL, false))
> -		goto insert;
> -
> -	if (!blk_mq_get_dispatch_budget(hctx)) {
> +	if (!blk_mq_get_driver_tag(rq, NULL, false) ||
> +	    !blk_mq_get_dispatch_budget(hctx)) {
> +		/* blk_mq_put_driver_tag() is idempotent */
>  		blk_mq_put_driver_tag(rq);
> +		if (bypass_insert)
> +			return BLK_STS_RESOURCE;
>  		goto insert;
>  	}
>  
>  	return __blk_mq_issue_directly(hctx, rq, cookie);
>  insert:
>  	__blk_mq_fallback_to_insert(rq, run_queue, bypass_insert);
> -	if (bypass_insert)
> -		return BLK_STS_RESOURCE;
> -
>  	return BLK_STS_OK;
>  }

Hi Mike,

I'd suggest to use the following one, which is simple and clean:


diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 4d4af8d712da..816ff5d6bc88 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1856,15 +1856,6 @@ static blk_status_t __blk_mq_issue_directly(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void __blk_mq_fallback_to_insert(struct request *rq,
-					bool run_queue, bool bypass_insert)
-{
-	if (!bypass_insert)
-		blk_mq_sched_insert_request(rq, false, run_queue, false);
-	else
-		blk_mq_request_bypass_insert(rq, run_queue);
-}
-
 static blk_status_t __blk_mq_try_issue_directly(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 						struct request *rq,
 						blk_qc_t *cookie,
@@ -1892,10 +1883,10 @@ static blk_status_t __blk_mq_try_issue_directly(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 
 	return __blk_mq_issue_directly(hctx, rq, cookie);
 insert:
-	__blk_mq_fallback_to_insert(rq, run_queue, bypass_insert);
 	if (bypass_insert)
 		return BLK_STS_RESOURCE;
 
+	blk_mq_sched_insert_request(rq, false, run_queue, false);
 	return BLK_STS_OK;
 }
 
@@ -1911,7 +1902,7 @@ static void blk_mq_try_issue_directly(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 
 	ret = __blk_mq_try_issue_directly(hctx, rq, cookie, false);
 	if (ret == BLK_STS_RESOURCE)
-		__blk_mq_fallback_to_insert(rq, true, false);
+		blk_mq_sched_insert_request(rq, false, true, false);
 	else if (ret != BLK_STS_OK)
 		blk_mq_end_request(rq, ret);
 


-- 
Ming



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