Block layer allows selecting an elevator which is built as a module to be selected as system default via kernel param "elevator=". This is achieved by automatically invoking request_module() whenever a new block device is initialized and the elevator is not available. This led to an interesting deadlock problem involving async and module init. Block device probing running off an async job invokes request_module(). While the module is being loaded, it performs async_synchronize_full() which ends up waiting for the async job which is already waiting for request_module() to finish, leading to deadlock. Invoking request_module() from deep in block device init path is already nasty in itself. It seems best to avoid these situations from the beginning by moving on-demand module loading out of block init path. The previous patch made sure that the default elevator module is loaded early during boot if available. This patch removes on-demand loading of the default elevator from elevator init path. As the module would have been loaded during boot, userland-visible behavior difference should be minimal. For more details, please refer to the following thread. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1420814 Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@xxxxxxxxx> --- block/elevator.c | 19 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) --- a/block/elevator.c +++ b/block/elevator.c @@ -100,14 +100,14 @@ static void elevator_put(struct elevator module_put(e->elevator_owner); } -static struct elevator_type *elevator_get(const char *name) +static struct elevator_type *elevator_get(const char *name, bool request_module) { struct elevator_type *e; spin_lock(&elv_list_lock); e = elevator_find(name); - if (!e) { + if (!e && request_module) { spin_unlock(&elv_list_lock); request_module("%s-iosched", name); spin_lock(&elv_list_lock); @@ -207,25 +207,30 @@ int elevator_init(struct request_queue * q->boundary_rq = NULL; if (name) { - e = elevator_get(name); + e = elevator_get(name, true); if (!e) return -EINVAL; } + /* + * Use the default elevator specified by config boot param or + * config option. Don't try to load modules as we could be running + * off async and request_module() isn't allowed from async. + */ if (!e && *chosen_elevator) { - e = elevator_get(chosen_elevator); + e = elevator_get(chosen_elevator, false); if (!e) printk(KERN_ERR "I/O scheduler %s not found\n", chosen_elevator); } if (!e) { - e = elevator_get(CONFIG_DEFAULT_IOSCHED); + e = elevator_get(CONFIG_DEFAULT_IOSCHED, false); if (!e) { printk(KERN_ERR "Default I/O scheduler not found. " \ "Using noop.\n"); - e = elevator_get("noop"); + e = elevator_get("noop", false); } } @@ -967,7 +972,7 @@ int elevator_change(struct request_queue return -ENXIO; strlcpy(elevator_name, name, sizeof(elevator_name)); - e = elevator_get(strstrip(elevator_name)); + e = elevator_get(strstrip(elevator_name), true); if (!e) { printk(KERN_ERR "elevator: type %s not found\n", elevator_name); return -EINVAL; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
