Re: [PATCH] block: don't use blocking queue entered for recursive bio submits

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On 7/3/18 3:15 PM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> commit cd4a4ae4683dc2e09380118e205e057896dcda2b upstream.
> 
> If we end up splitting a bio and the queue goes away between
> the initial submission and the later split submission, then we
> can block forever in blk_queue_enter() waiting for the reference
> to drop to zero. This will never happen, since we already hold
> a reference.
> 
> Mark a split bio as already having entered the queue, so we can
> just use the live non-blocking queue enter variant.
> 
> Thanks to Tetsuo Handa for the analysis.
> 
> We're running fio tests and the tasks get stuck in a D state forever
> when systemd-udevd tries to read the partition table. This patch solves
> it. Please apply to 4.17 stable.
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+c4f9cebf9d651f6e54de@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandru Moise <00moses.alexander00@xxxxxxxxx>

WTF? Please don't send out emails with my name. Ever.

-- 
Jens Axboe




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