Re: [PATCHv3 2/3] scsi: Do not rely on blk-mq for double completions

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On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 08:32:45AM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 11/21/18 6:12 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 08:19:00AM -0700, Keith Busch wrote:
> >> On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 12:58:15AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> >>>> index 5d83a162d03b..c1d5e4e36125 100644
> >>>> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
> >>>> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
> >>>> @@ -1635,8 +1635,11 @@ static blk_status_t scsi_mq_prep_fn(struct request *req)
> >>>>  
> >>>>  static void scsi_mq_done(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
> >>>>  {
> >>>> +	if (unlikely(test_and_set_bit(__SCMD_COMPLETE, &cmd->flags)))
> >>>> +		return;
> >>>>  	trace_scsi_dispatch_cmd_done(cmd);
> >>>> -	blk_mq_complete_request(cmd->request);
> >>>> +	if (unlikely(!blk_mq_complete_request(cmd->request)))
> >>>> +		clear_bit(__SCMD_COMPLETE, &cmd->flags);
> >>>>  }
> >>>
> >>> This looks a little odd to me.  If we didn't complete the command
> >>> someone else did.  Why would we clear the bit in this case?
> >>
> >> It's only to go along with the fake timeout. If we don't clear the bit,
> >> then then scsi timeout handler will believe it has nothing to do because
> >> scsi did its required part. The block layer just pretends the LLD didn't
> >> do its part, so scsi has to play along too.
> > 
> > This just looks way to magic to me.  In other word - it needs a big fat
> > comment explaining the situation.
> > 
> >>>> +#define __SCMD_COMPLETE		3
> >>>> +#define SCMD_COMPLETE		(1 << __SCMD_COMPLETE)
> >>>
> >>> This mixing of atomic and non-atomic bitops looks rather dangerous
> >>> to me.  Can you add a new atomic_flags just for the completed flag,
> >>> and always use the bitops on it for now? I think we can eventually
> >>> kill most of the existing flags except for SCMD_TAGGED over the
> >>> next merge window or two and then move that over as well.
> >>
> >> The only concurrent access is completion + timeout, otherwise access is
> >> single-threaded. I'm using the atomic operations only where it is
> >> needed.
> >>
> >> We implicitly clear the SCMD_COMPLETED flag along with SCMD_TAGGED in
> >> scsi_init_command() too, and I didn't want to add new overhead with
> >> new atomics.
> > 
> > In general mixing access types on a single field (nevermind bit)
> > is going to cause us problems further down the road sooner or later.
> > 
> > I'd be much happier with a separate field.
> 
> Keith, will you please respin with the separate field? Would be nice
> to get this merged for 4.21.

I'll send out a new version today.



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