Re: [PATCH v4] blk-mq: Fix race conditions in request timeout handling

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On Tue, 2018-04-10 at 11:55 +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> I don't think we need the atomic_long_cmpxchg, and can do with a plain
> cmpxhg.  Also unterminated cmpxchg loops are a bad idea, but I think
> both callers are protected from other changes so we can turn that
> into a WARN_ON().

Hello Christoph,

I will remove the blk_mq_rq_update_state() function so that's one while
loop less.

Can you explain why you think that using cmpxchg() is safe in this context?
The regular completion path and the timeout code can both execute e.g. the
following code concurrently:

	blk_mq_change_rq_state(rq, MQ_RQ_IN_FLIGHT, MQ_RQ_COMPLETE);

That's why I think that we need an atomic compare and exchange instead of
cmpxchg(). What I found in the Intel Software Developer Manual seems to
confirm that:

Description

Compares the value in the AL, AX, EAX, or RAX register with the first
operand (destination operand). If the two values are equal, the second
operand (source operand) is loaded into the destination operand. Otherwise,
the destination operand is loaded into the AL, AX, EAX or RAX register. RAX
register is available only in 64-bit mode. This instruction can be used
with a LOCK prefix to allow the instruction to be executed atomically. To
simplify the interface to the processor’s bus, the destination operand
receives a write cycle without regard to the result of the comparison. The
destination operand is written back if the comparison fails; otherwise, the
source operand is written into the destination. (The processor never
produces a locked read without also producing a locked write.)

Thanks,

Bart.







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