On 2/11/19 8:59 AM, Jens Axboe wrote: > On 2/10/19 10:41 PM, Jianchao Wang wrote: >> When requeue, if RQF_DONTPREP, rq has contained some driver >> specific data, so insert it to hctx dispatch list to avoid any >> merge. Take scsi as example, here is the trace event log (no >> io scheduler, because RQF_STARTED would prevent merging), >> >> kworker/0:1H-339 [000] ...1 2037.209289: block_rq_insert: 8,0 R 4096 () 32768 + 8 [kworker/0:1H] >> scsi_inert_test-1987 [000] .... 2037.220465: block_bio_queue: 8,0 R 32776 + 8 [scsi_inert_test] >> scsi_inert_test-1987 [000] ...2 2037.220466: block_bio_backmerge: 8,0 R 32776 + 8 [scsi_inert_test] >> kworker/0:1H-339 [000] .... 2047.220913: block_rq_issue: 8,0 R 8192 () 32768 + 16 [kworker/0:1H] >> scsi_inert_test-1996 [000] ..s1 2047.221007: block_rq_complete: 8,0 R () 32768 + 8 [0] >> scsi_inert_test-1996 [000] .Ns1 2047.221045: block_rq_requeue: 8,0 R () 32776 + 8 [0] >> kworker/0:1H-339 [000] ...1 2047.221054: block_rq_insert: 8,0 R 4096 () 32776 + 8 [kworker/0:1H] >> kworker/0:1H-339 [000] ...1 2047.221056: block_rq_issue: 8,0 R 4096 () 32776 + 8 [kworker/0:1H] >> scsi_inert_test-1986 [000] ..s1 2047.221119: block_rq_complete: 8,0 R () 32776 + 8 [0] >> >> (32768 + 8) was requeued by scsi_queue_insert and had RQF_DONTPREP. >> Then it was merged with (32776 + 8) and issued. Due to RQF_DONTPREP, >> the sdb only contained the part of (32768 + 8), then only that part >> was completed. The lucky thing was that scsi_io_completion detected >> it and requeued the remaining part. So we didn't get corrupted data. >> However, the requeue of (32776 + 8) is not expected. > > Good catch, but how about something like this? Makes it more integrated, > I think that's cleaner. This is probably better (and safer): diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c index 8f5b533764ca..b3908eb3881c 100644 --- a/block/blk-mq.c +++ b/block/blk-mq.c @@ -737,12 +737,21 @@ static void blk_mq_requeue_work(struct work_struct *work) spin_unlock_irq(&q->requeue_lock); list_for_each_entry_safe(rq, next, &rq_list, queuelist) { - if (!(rq->rq_flags & RQF_SOFTBARRIER)) + if (!(rq->rq_flags & (RQF_SOFTBARRIER | RQF_DONTPREP))) continue; rq->rq_flags &= ~RQF_SOFTBARRIER; list_del_init(&rq->queuelist); - blk_mq_sched_insert_request(rq, true, false, false); + + /* + * If RQF_DONTPREP is set, rq may contain some driver + * specific data. Insert it to hctx dispatch list to avoid + * any merge. + */ + if (rq->rq_flags & RQF_DONTPREP) + blk_mq_sched_insert_request(rq, true, false, false); + else + blk_mq_request_bypass_insert(rq, false); } while (!list_empty(&rq_list)) { -- Jens Axboe