Re: [PATCH v1] xprtrdma: Fix calculation of ri_max_send_sges

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> On Jan 31, 2018, at 9:04 AM, Kalderon, Michal <Michal.Kalderon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> From: Chuck Lever [mailto:chucklever@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chuck Lever
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 10:54 PM
>> To: Kalderon, Michal <Michal.Kalderon@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [PATCH v1] xprtrdma: Fix calculation of ri_max_send_sges
>> 
>> Commit 16f906d66cd7 ("xprtrdma: Reduce required number of send
>> SGEs") introduced the rpcrdma_ia::ri_max_send_sges field. This fixes a
>> problem where xprtrdma would not work if the device's max_sge capability
>> was small (low single digits).
>> 
>> At least RPCRDMA_MIN_SEND_SGES are needed for the inline parts of each
>> RPC. ri_max_send_sges is set to this value:
>> 
>>  ia->ri_max_send_sges = max_sge - RPCRDMA_MIN_SEND_SGES;
>> 
>> Then when marshaling each RPC, rpcrdma_args_inline uses that value to
>> determine whether the device has enough Send SGEs to convey an NFS
>> WRITE payload inline, or whether instead a Read chunk is required.
>> 
>> More recently, commit ae72950abf99 ("xprtrdma: Add data structure to
>> manage RDMA Send arguments") used the ri_max_send_sges value to
>> calculate the size of an array, but that commit erroneously assumed
>> ri_max_send_sges contains a value similar to the device's max_sge, and not
>> one that was reduced by the minimum SGE count.
>> 
>> This assumption results in the calculated size of the sendctx's Send SGE array
>> to be too small. When the array is used to marshal an RPC, the code can write
>> Send SGEs into the following sendctx element in that array, corrupting it.
>> When the device's max_sge is large, this issue is entirely harmless; but it
>> results in an oops in the provider's post_send method, if dev.attrs.max_sge
>> is small.
>> 
>> So let's straighten this out: ri_max_send_sges will now contain a value with
>> the same meaning as dev.attrs.max_sge, which makes the code easier to
>> understand, and enables rpcrdma_sendctx_create to calculate the size of
>> the SGE array correctly.
>> 
>> Reported-by: Michal Kalderon <Michal.Kalderon@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Fixes: 16f906d66cd7 ("xprtrdma: Reduce required number of send SGEs")
>> Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c |    2 +-
>> net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c    |    2 +-
>> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
>> b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c index 162e5dd..f0855a9 100644
>> --- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
>> +++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
>> @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static bool rpcrdma_args_inline(struct rpcrdma_xprt
>> *r_xprt,
>> 	if (xdr->page_len) {
>> 		remaining = xdr->page_len;
>> 		offset = offset_in_page(xdr->page_base);
>> -		count = 0;
>> +		count = RPCRDMA_MIN_SEND_SGES;
>> 		while (remaining) {
>> 			remaining -= min_t(unsigned int,
>> 					   PAGE_SIZE - offset, remaining); diff
>> --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c index
>> f4eb63e..bb56b9d 100644
>> --- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
>> +++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
>> @@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
>> 		pr_warn("rpcrdma: HCA provides only %d send SGEs\n",
>> max_sge);
>> 		return -ENOMEM;
>> 	}
>> -	ia->ri_max_send_sges = max_sge - RPCRDMA_MIN_SEND_SGES;
>> +	ia->ri_max_send_sges = max_sge;
>> 
>> 	if (ia->ri_device->attrs.max_qp_wr <= RPCRDMA_BACKWARD_WRS)
>> {
>> 		dprintk("RPC:       %s: insufficient wqe's available\n",
> 
> thanks, this fixed our first issue of mount failing.

May I add "Tested-by: Michal Kalderon <Michal.Kalderon@xxxxxxxxxx>" ?

--
Chuck Lever



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