On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 06:15:10PM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 2020-05-26 20:12, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > + /*
> > + * Blktrace needs a debugsfs name even for queues that don't register
> > + * a gendisk, so it lazily registers the debugfs directory. But that
> > + * can get us into a situation where a SCSI device is found, with no
> > + * driver for it (yet). Then blktrace is used on the device, creating
> > + * the debugfs directory, and only after that a drivers is loaded. In
> ^^^^^^^
> driver?
Fixed.
> > @@ -494,6 +490,38 @@ static int do_blk_trace_setup(struct request_queue *q, char *name, dev_t dev,
> > */
> > strreplace(buts->name, '/', '_');
> >
> > + /*
> > + * We also have to use a partition directory if a partition is
> > + * being worked on, even though the same request_queue is shared.
> > + */
> > + if (bdev && bdev != bdev->bd_contains)
> > + dir = bdev->bd_part->debugfs_dir;
>
> Please balance braces in if-statements as required by the kernel coding style.
Sure thing.
> > + else {
> > + /*
> > + * For queues that do not have a gendisk attached to them, the
> > + * debugfs directory will not have been created at setup time.
> > + * Create it here lazily, it will only be removed when the
> > + * queue is torn down.
> > + */
>
> Is the above comment perhaps a reference to blk_register_queue()? If so, please
> mention the name of that function explicitly.
No, it actually is in reference to *add_disk()* helpers, so I'll add
that there. scsi-generic is the ugly child we have which we don't talk
too much about, not sure if we have a proper name for *non* add_disk()
related use of the request_queue... oh and mmc I think?
I've changed this to (ignore spaces, I'll adjust):
* For queues that do not have a gendisk attached to them, that is those
* which do not use *add_disk*() or similar, the debugfs directory will
* not have been created at setup time. This is the case for
* scsi-generic drivers. Create it here lazily, it will only be removed
* when the queue is torn down.
> > + if (!q->debugfs_dir) {
> > + q->debugfs_dir =
> > + debugfs_create_dir(buts->name,
> > + blk_debugfs_root);
> > + }
> > + dir = q->debugfs_dir;
> > + }
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * As blktrace relies on debugfs for its interface the debugfs directory
> > + * is required, contrary to the usual mantra of not checking for debugfs
> > + * files or directories.
> > + */
> > + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(q->debugfs_dir)) {
> > + pr_warn("debugfs_dir not present for %s so skipping\n",
> > + buts->name);
> > + return -ENOENT;
> > + }
>
> How are do_blk_trace_setup() calls serialized against the debugfs directory
> creation code in blk_register_queue()? Perhaps via q->blk_trace_mutex?
Yes, hence the mutex lock that Christoph added as an alternative to
the whole symlink stuff for scsi-generic and addressing this on the
class interface driver.
> Are
> mutex lock and unlock calls for that mutex perhaps missing from
> compat_blk_trace_setup()?
No, because that is called from blk_trace_ioctl(), and that holds the
mutex.
> How about adding a lockdep_assert_held(&q->blk_trace_mutex) statement in
> do_blk_trace_setup()?
Sure, however that doesn't seem part of the fix. How about adding that
as a separat patch?
Luis
