Hi, I am testing 3 SSDs (1TB Crucial M550 with DRZAT, and I tested they do return zeros after discard) with RAID5 and discard. I create the array with a 64k chunk size, and it starts to sync. During it's initial reconstruction, I do a mkfs.ext4, which starts to do the "Discarding device blocks". After a short period (I believe when the mkfs reaches the point where the reconstruction is at, all IO to the disks freezes, and mkfs does not advance. iostat shows 2 of the 3 drives at 100% utilization with no data read or written. After 2 minutes, I get the hung task dump. Most CPUs are idle, and here are a few which are not, which look like a deadlock to me: Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154399] INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: { 4 5} (detected by 3, t=285032 jiffies, g=1160, c=1159, q=0) Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154902] NMI backtrace for cpu 4 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154904] CPU: 4 PID: 2146 Comm: md3_raid5 Tainted: G W IOX 3.13.0-43-generic #72~precise1 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154905] Hardware name: Supermicro SYS-2028TP-HC1R/X10DRT-P, BIOS 1.0a 08/28/2014 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154906] task: ffff88202594c800 ti: ffff8810245a0000 task.ti: ffff8810245a0000 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154907] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff817644c1>] [<ffffffff817644c1>] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x41/0x60 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154910] RSP: 0018:ffff8810245a1cc8 EFLAGS: 00000006 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154911] RAX: 0000000000002ec5 RBX: ffff882028a6ec00 RCX: 0000000000007b78 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154912] RDX: 0000000000000202 RSI: 0000000000007b78 RDI: ffff882028a6ec10 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154913] RBP: ffff8810245a1cc8 R08: 0000000000007b76 R09: ffff882023629170 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154914] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff882028a6ec00 R12: ffff882028a6ee68 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154915] R13: 0000000000000003 R14: 0000000000000002 R15: ffff882028a6ec10 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154916] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88103fc80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154917] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154918] CR2: 00007f208c2d0000 CR3: 0000000001c0d000 CR4: 00000000001407e0 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154919] Stack: Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154920] ffff8810245a1d18 ffffffffa0149890 0000000000000002 ffff882028a6ee88 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154923] ffff882028a6ee68 ffff882028a6ec00 0000000000000008 ffff882028a6ee68 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154926] 0000000000000000 ffff882028a6ee50 ffff8810245a1d98 ffffffffa015212f Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154929] Call Trace: Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154933] [<ffffffffa0149890>] release_inactive_stripe_list+0x50/0x160 [raid456] Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154937] [<ffffffffa015212f>] handle_active_stripes.isra.38+0x7f/0x190 [raid456] Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154940] [<ffffffffa0152758>] raid5d+0x198/0x2f0 [raid456] Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154942] [<ffffffff815d30a7>] md_thread+0x117/0x150 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154945] [<ffffffff810affe0>] ? __wake_up_sync+0x20/0x20 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154947] [<ffffffff815d2f90>] ? md_rdev_init+0x110/0x110 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154949] [<ffffffff8108fb59>] kthread+0xc9/0xe0 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154952] [<ffffffff8108fa90>] ? flush_kthread_worker+0xb0/0xb0 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154954] [<ffffffff8176d5bc>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154956] [<ffffffff8108fa90>] ? flush_kthread_worker+0xb0/0xb0 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.154957] Code: 1f 44 00 00 b8 00 00 02 00 f0 0f c1 07 89 c1 c1 e9 10 66 39 c1 75 05 48 89 d0 5d c3 83 e1 fe 0f b7 f1 b8 00 80 00 00 44 0f b7 07 <66> 44 39 c1 74 e6 f3 90 83 e8 01 75 ef 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 eb Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155001] NMI backtrace for cpu 5 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155003] CPU: 5 PID: 2147 Comm: md3_resync Tainted: G W IOX 3.13.0-43-generic #72~precise1 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155004] Hardware name: Supermicro SYS-2028TP-HC1R/X10DRT-P, BIOS 1.0a 08/28/2014 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155005] task: ffff88202594b000 ti: ffff8810274a0000 task.ti: ffff8810274a0000 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155006] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa01483b7>] [<ffffffffa01483b7>] __find_stripe+0x57/0xa0 [raid456] Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155010] RSP: 0018:ffff8810274a1b68 EFLAGS: 00000006 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155011] RAX: ffff882027092da0 RBX: 0000000000a30c10 RCX: 0000000000000001 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155012] RDX: 0000000000000c10 RSI: 0000000000a30c10 RDI: ffff882028a6ec00 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155013] RBP: ffff8810274a1b88 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155014] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000000 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155015] R13: ffff882028a6ec00 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff882028a6eda8 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155016] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88103fca0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155017] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155018] CR2: 00000000006e1dc8 CR3: 0000000001c0d000 CR4: 00000000001407e0 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155019] Stack: Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155020] ffff8810274a1ba8 ffff882028a6ec00 000000007b767b00 ffff882028a6ec10 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155023] ffff8810274a1c28 ffffffffa0150555 ffff882023773b50 ffff882028a6eda8 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155026] 0000000200000001 ffff882028a6ec08 0000000000000000 0000000000a30c10 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155029] Call Trace: Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155033] [<ffffffffa0150555>] get_active_stripe+0x115/0x3e0 [raid456] Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155036] [<ffffffffa014aea8>] ? release_stripe+0x68/0x100 [raid456] Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155040] [<ffffffffa0154f3b>] sync_request+0x11b/0x2a0 [raid456] Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155042] [<ffffffff815d5ccf>] md_do_sync+0x84f/0xdb0 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155046] [<ffffffff810affe0>] ? __wake_up_sync+0x20/0x20 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155048] [<ffffffff815d30a7>] md_thread+0x117/0x150 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155050] [<ffffffff815d2f90>] ? md_rdev_init+0x110/0x110 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155052] [<ffffffff8108fb59>] kthread+0xc9/0xe0 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155054] [<ffffffff8108fa90>] ? flush_kthread_worker+0xb0/0xb0 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155057] [<ffffffff8176d5bc>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155059] [<ffffffff8108fa90>] ? flush_kthread_worker+0xb0/0xb0 Dec 18 00:57:41 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1606.155060] Code: e2 f8 0f 00 00 48 8b 04 02 48 85 c0 75 25 f6 05 29 25 01 00 04 75 3e 31 c0 48 83 c4 08 5b 41 5c 41 5d 5d c3 66 44 39 60 30 74 ee <48> 8b 00 48 85 c0 74 db 48 39 58 38 75 f2 eb e9 48 89 f2 48 c7 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670082] INFO: task mkfs.ext4:2235 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670109] Tainted: G W IOX 3.13.0-43-generic #72~precise1 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670130] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670155] mkfs.ext4 D ffff881024fe39e0 0 2235 2080 0x00000000 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670158] ffff882026eafa68 0000000000000082 ffff88103fc73480 ffff882026eaffd8 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670162] 0000000000013480 0000000000013480 ffff8820293e8000 ffff88202208b000 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670165] ffff882026eafa78 ffff882028a6ec00 ffff882028a6ed98 ffff882028a6ec0c Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670169] Call Trace: Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670175] [<ffffffff81760ae9>] schedule+0x29/0x70 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670181] [<ffffffffa01506e3>] get_active_stripe+0x2a3/0x3e0 [raid456] Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670185] [<ffffffff8134c152>] ? blk_check_plugged+0x72/0xb0 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670189] [<ffffffff810affe0>] ? __wake_up_sync+0x20/0x20 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670193] [<ffffffffa0155e44>] make_discard_request+0x108/0x12c4 [raid456] Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670196] [<ffffffff810affe0>] ? __wake_up_sync+0x20/0x20 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670201] [<ffffffffa0155c91>] make_request+0x581/0x590 [raid456] Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670204] [<ffffffff8109cfd6>] ? ttwu_do_activate.constprop.82+0x66/0x70 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670207] [<ffffffff8109d097>] ? ttwu_queue+0xb7/0xd0 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670210] [<ffffffff8109f950>] ? try_to_wake_up+0x190/0x210 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670212] [<ffffffff815d2c53>] md_make_request+0xd3/0x230 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670216] [<ffffffff8115b085>] ? mempool_alloc_slab+0x15/0x20 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670219] [<ffffffff8134ceb7>] generic_make_request.part.62+0x77/0xb0 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670222] [<ffffffff8134d428>] generic_make_request+0x68/0x70 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670225] [<ffffffff8134d4a8>] submit_bio+0x78/0x160 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670228] [<ffffffff81202f80>] ? bio_alloc_bioset+0xa0/0x1d0 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670232] [<ffffffff813578c0>] blkdev_issue_discard+0x1f0/0x2a0 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670235] [<ffffffff8135c1f4>] blkdev_ioctl+0x354/0x810 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670238] [<ffffffff8101361d>] ? __switch_to+0x16d/0x4d0 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670241] [<ffffffff81204370>] block_ioctl+0x40/0x50 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670244] [<ffffffff811dd5c5>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x75/0x2c0 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670247] [<ffffffff817606be>] ? __schedule+0x38e/0x700 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670249] [<ffffffff811dd8a1>] SyS_ioctl+0x91/0xb0 Dec 18 00:58:57 unassigned-hostname kernel: [ 1682.670252] [<ffffffff8176d66d>] system_call_fastpath+0x1a/0x1f If I do the mkfs.ext4 after the initial reconstruction is done, is gets all the way through. I don't want to put this system into production, since this could mean this condition could show up in the future if the array needs to reconstruct again at a future point while in service. This is a test system in a lab, so I'd be happy to try some tests. Terry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html