Re: [PATCHv3 0/9] New EH command timeout handler

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On 08/07/2013 12:08 PM, Ren Mingxin wrote:
> Hi, Hannes:
> 
> On 07/15/2013 02:05 PM, Ren Mingxin wrote:
>> On 07/12/2013 06:27 PM, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
>>> On 07/12/2013 12:00 PM, Ren Mingxin wrote:
>>>> On 07/12/2013 02:09 PM, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
>>>>> On 07/12/2013 06:14 AM, Ren Mingxin wrote:
>>>>>> On 07/01/2013 10:24 PM, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
>>>>>>> With the original SCSI EH I got:
>>>>>>> # time dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/dm-2 bs=4k count=4k oflag=direct
>>>>>>> 4096+0 records in
>>>>>>> 4096+0 records out
>>>>>>> 16777216 bytes (17 MB) copied, 142.652 s, 118 kB/s
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> real    2m22.657s
>>>>>>> user    0m0.013s
>>>>>>> sys    0m0.145s
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> With this patchset I got:
>>>>>>> # time dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/dm-2 bs=4k count=4k oflag=direct
>>>>>>> 4096+0 records in
>>>>>>> 4096+0 records out
>>>>>>> 16777216 bytes (17 MB) copied, 52.1579 s, 322 kB/s
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> real    0m52.163s
>>>>>>> user    0m0.012s
>>>>>>> sys    0m0.145s
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Test was to disable RSCN on the target port, disable the
>>>>>>> target port, and then start the 'dd' command as indicated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you mean disabling RSCN/port is enough? I'm afraid I couldn't
>>>>>> reproduce the problem by your steps. Both with and without your
>>>>>> patchset are the same 'dd' result: 27s. Please let me know
>>>>>> where I
>>>>>> neglected or mistook:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1) I made a dm-multipath target 'dm-0' whose grouping policy was
>>>>>>      failover;
>>>>>> 2) Disable RSCN/port via brocade fc switch:
>>>>>>      SW300:root>   portcfg rscnsupr 15 --enable; portDisable 15
>>>>>> 3) Start the 'dd' command:
>>>>>>      # time dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/dm-0 bs=4k count=4k
>>>>>> oflag=direct
>>>>>>      dd: writing `/dev/sde': Input/output error
>>>>>>      1+0 records in
>>>>>>      0+0 records out
>>>>>>      0 bytes (0 B) copied, 27.8588 s, 0.0 kB/s
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      real    0m27.860s
>>>>>>      user    0m0.001s
>>>>>>      sys     0m0.000s
>>>>>
>>>>> You are aware that you have to disable RSCNs on the _target_ port,
>>>>> right?
>>>>> Disabling RSCNs on the _initiator_ ports is a well-tested case,
>>>>> and
>>>>> the one which actually makes sense (and is even implemented in
>>>>> QLogic switches).
>>>>> Disabling RSCNs for the _target_ port, OTOH, has a very
>>>>> questionable
>>>>> nature (hence QLogic switches don't even allow you to do this).
>>>>
>>>> You're right. By disabling RSCNs on target port, I've reproduced
>>>> this
>>>> problem. Thank you so much. But I've encountered the bug I said
>>>> before. I'll test again with your new patchset once you send.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Could you check with the attached patch? That should convert it to
>>> delayed_work and avoid this issue.
>>
>> Unfortunately, the login prompt couldn't be entered in and BUGs were
>> printed ceaselessly while os booting with this patch. The BUGs are
>> like below:
>>
>> BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper/0/0/0x10000100
>> Modules linked in: mptsas(F+) mptscsih(F) mptbase(F)
>> scsi_transport_sas(F)
>> CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: GF            3.10.0hannes+
>> #10
>> Hardware name: FUJITSU-SV PRIMEQUEST 1800E/SB-8GDIMM-CN, BIOS
>> PRIMEQUEST 1000 Series BIOS Version 1.39 11/16/2012
>>  0000000000000000 ffff88047ee03b68 ffffffff8153ada4 ffff88047ee03b78
>>  ffffffff8107389d ffff88047ee03c08 ffffffff8153ca26 ffffffff81a01fd8
>>  0000000000012d00 ffffffff81a00010 0000000000012d00 0000000000012d00
>> Call Trace:
>> <IRQ>  [<ffffffff8153ada4>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1d
>>  [<ffffffff8107389d>] __schedule_bug+0x4d/0x60
>>  [<ffffffff8153ca26>] __schedule+0x646/0x6f0
>>  [<ffffffff8107749a>] __cond_resched+0x2a/0x40
>>  [<ffffffff8153cb60>] _cond_resched+0x30/0x40
>>  [<ffffffff8105fecc>] start_flush_work+0x2c/0x140
>>  [<ffffffff8105fffa>] flush_work+0x1a/0x40
>>  [<ffffffff8105fb39>] ? try_to_grab_pending+0x109/0x190
>>  [<ffffffff8106027e>] __cancel_work_timer+0x7e/0x110
>>  [<ffffffff81060323>] cancel_delayed_work_sync+0x13/0x20
>>  [<ffffffff81374ec5>] scsi_put_command+0x65/0xa0
> 
> This bug is caused by the sync function 'cancel_delayed_work_sync'
> which is invoked in the interrupt context. By replacing it by non-
> sync function 'cancel_delayed_work' in 'scsi_put_command' can avoid.
> 
> Do you think there is such need to sync in the function 'scsi_put_
> command'? Since SCSI command block will be freed here, it is NOT
> necessary to wait for the abort work to finish on it, yes?
> 
You are right, cancel_delayed_work() should be sufficient here.

I'll give it a spin and repost the patchset.

Cheers,

Hannes
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