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 -- Dr. Hannes Reinecke zSeries & Storage hare@xxxxxxx +49 911 74053 688 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg GF: J. Hawn, J. Guild, F. Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html