On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 04:51:25PM +0800, Dennis Yang wrote: > Hi, > > We recently see the following kernel dump on raid1 with some kernel > debug option on. > > <4>[ 40.501369] ------------[ cut here ]------------ > <4>[ 40.501375] WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 7477 at > kernel/sched/core.c:7404 __might_sleep+0xa2/0xb0() > <4>[ 40.501378] do not call blocking ops when !TASK_RUNNING; state=2 > set at [<ffffffff810c28d8>] prepare_to_wait_event+0x58/0x100 > <4>[ 40.501379] Modules linked in: dm_c2f(O) pl2303 usbserial > qm2_i2c(O) intel_ips drbd(O) flashcache(O) dm_tier_hro_algo > dm_thin_pool dm_bio_prison dm_persistent_data hal_netlink(O) k10temp > coretemp mlx4_en(O) mlx4_core(O) mlx_compat(O) igb e1000e(O) > mpt3sas(O) mpt2sas scsi_transport_sas raid_class usb_storage xhci_pci > xhci_hcd usblp uhci_hcd ehci_pci ehci_hcd > <4>[ 40.501395] CPU: 7 PID: 7477 Comm: md321_resync Tainted: G > O 4.2.8 #1 > <4>[ 40.501396] Hardware name: INSYDE QV96/Type2 - Board Product > Name1, BIOS QV96IR23 10/21/2015 > <4>[ 40.501397] ffffffff8219aff7 ffff880092f7b868 ffffffff81c86c4b > ffffffff810dfb59 > <4>[ 40.501399] ffff880092f7b8b8 ffff880092f7b8a8 ffffffff81079fa5 > ffff880092f7b8e8 > <4>[ 40.501401] ffffffff821a4f6d 0000000000000140 0000000000000000 > 0000000000000001 > <4>[ 40.501403] Call Trace: > <4>[ 40.501407] [<ffffffff81c86c4b>] dump_stack+0x4c/0x65 > <4>[ 40.501409] [<ffffffff810dfb59>] ? console_unlock+0x279/0x4f0 > <4>[ 40.501411] [<ffffffff81079fa5>] warn_slowpath_common+0x85/0xc0 > <4>[ 40.501412] [<ffffffff8107a021>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x41/0x50 > <4>[ 40.501414] [<ffffffff810c28d8>] ? prepare_to_wait_event+0x58/0x100 > <4>[ 40.501415] [<ffffffff810c28d8>] ? prepare_to_wait_event+0x58/0x100 > <4>[ 40.501416] [<ffffffff810a4f72>] __might_sleep+0xa2/0xb0 > <4>[ 40.501419] [<ffffffff8117bb7c>] mempool_alloc+0x7c/0x150 > <4>[ 40.501422] [<ffffffff8101442a>] ? save_stack_trace+0x2a/0x50 > <4>[ 40.501425] [<ffffffff8145b589>] bio_alloc_bioset+0xb9/0x260 > <4>[ 40.501428] [<ffffffff816cb6da>] bio_alloc_mddev+0x1a/0x30 > <4>[ 40.501429] [<ffffffff816d22a2>] md_super_write+0x32/0x90 > <4>[ 40.501431] [<ffffffff816db9b2>] write_page+0x2d2/0x480 > <4>[ 40.501432] [<ffffffff816db808>] ? write_page+0x128/0x480 > <4>[ 40.501434] [<ffffffff816a45cc>] ? flush_pending_writes+0x1c/0xe0 > <4>[ 40.501435] [<ffffffff816dc2a6>] bitmap_unplug+0x156/0x170 > <4>[ 40.501437] [<ffffffff810caa2d>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0x10 > <4>[ 40.501439] [<ffffffff81c94b4b>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x2b/0x40 > <4>[ 40.501440] [<ffffffff816a4613>] flush_pending_writes+0x63/0xe0 > <4>[ 40.501442] [<ffffffff816a4aff>] freeze_array+0x6f/0xc0 > <4>[ 40.501443] [<ffffffff810c27e0>] ? wait_woken+0xb0/0xb0 > <4>[ 40.501444] [<ffffffff816a4b8f>] raid1_quiesce+0x3f/0x50 > <4>[ 40.501446] [<ffffffff816d2254>] md_do_sync+0x1394/0x13b0 > <4>[ 40.501447] [<ffffffff816d1531>] ? md_do_sync+0x671/0x13b0 > <4>[ 40.501449] [<ffffffff810cb680>] ? __lock_acquire+0x990/0x23a0 > <4>[ 40.501451] [<ffffffff810bade7>] ? pick_next_task_fair+0x707/0xc30 > <4>[ 40.501453] [<ffffffff8108783c>] ? kernel_sigaction+0x2c/0xc0 > <4>[ 40.501455] [<ffffffff81c94b4b>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x2b/0x40 > <4>[ 40.501456] [<ffffffff816cac80>] ? find_pers+0x80/0x80 > <4>[ 40.501457] [<ffffffff816cadbe>] md_thread+0x13e/0x150 > <4>[ 40.501458] [<ffffffff816cac80>] ? find_pers+0x80/0x80 > <4>[ 40.501460] [<ffffffff816cac80>] ? find_pers+0x80/0x80 > <4>[ 40.501462] [<ffffffff8109ded5>] kthread+0x105/0x120 > <4>[ 40.501463] [<ffffffff81c94b4b>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x2b/0x40 > <4>[ 40.501465] [<ffffffff8109ddd0>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x220/0x220 > <4>[ 40.501467] [<ffffffff81c956cf>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70 > <4>[ 40.501468] [<ffffffff8109ddd0>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x220/0x220 > <4>[ 40.501469] ---[ end trace bd085fb137be2a87 ]--- > > It looks like raid1_quiesce() creates a nested sleeping primitives by > calling wait_event_lock_irq_cmd() > first to change the state to TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE and > flush_pending_writes() could eventually try > to allocate bio for bitmap update with GFP_NOIO which might sleep and > triggers this warning. > I am not sure if this warning is just a false-positive or should we > change the bio allocation > gfp flag to GFP_NOWAIT to prevent it from blocking? This is a legit warnning. Changing gfp to GFP_NOWAIT doesn't completely fix the issue, because generic_make_request could sleep too. I think we should move the work to a workqueue. Could you please try below patch (untested yet)? Thanks, Shaohua diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c index cc9d337..21e4fe2 100644 --- a/drivers/md/raid1.c +++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c @@ -1015,6 +1015,20 @@ static int get_unqueued_pending(struct r1conf *conf) return ret; } +/* + * freeze_array could be called in raid1d, so we can't move this work to raid1d + */ +static void raid1_do_flush_pending_work(struct work_struct *work) +{ + struct r1conf *conf = container_of(work, struct r1conf, + flush_pending_work); + struct blk_plug plug; + + blk_start_plug(&plug); + flush_pending_writes(conf); + blk_finish_plug(&plug); +} + static void freeze_array(struct r1conf *conf, int extra) { /* Stop sync I/O and normal I/O and wait for everything to @@ -1047,7 +1061,7 @@ static void freeze_array(struct r1conf *conf, int extra) conf->wait_barrier, get_unqueued_pending(conf) == extra, conf->resync_lock, - flush_pending_writes(conf)); + schedule_work(&conf->flush_pending_work)); spin_unlock_irq(&conf->resync_lock); } static void unfreeze_array(struct r1conf *conf) @@ -2953,6 +2967,7 @@ static struct r1conf *setup_conf(struct mddev *mddev) bio_list_init(&conf->pending_bio_list); conf->pending_count = 0; conf->recovery_disabled = mddev->recovery_disabled - 1; + INIT_WORK(&conf->flush_pending_work, raid1_do_flush_pending_work); err = -EIO; for (i = 0; i < conf->raid_disks * 2; i++) { @@ -3103,6 +3118,7 @@ static void raid1_free(struct mddev *mddev, void *priv) { struct r1conf *conf = priv; + flush_work(&conf->flush_pending_work); mempool_destroy(conf->r1bio_pool); kfree(conf->mirrors); safe_put_page(conf->tmppage); diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.h b/drivers/md/raid1.h index c7294e7..0e9dae9 100644 --- a/drivers/md/raid1.h +++ b/drivers/md/raid1.h @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ struct r1conf { */ sector_t cluster_sync_low; sector_t cluster_sync_high; - + struct work_struct flush_pending_work; }; /* -- 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