Re: [PATCH] raid1: include bio_end_io_list in nr_queued to prevent freeze_array hang

From
Joe Lawrence <hidden>
Date
2016-03-17 20:29:58
Reply to
Nate Dailey, 2016-02-29
On 02/29/2016 10:43 AM, Nate Dailey wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
If raid1d is handling a mix of read and write errors, handle_read_error's
call to freeze_array can get stuck.

This can happen because, though the bio_end_io_list is initially drained,
writes can be added to it via handle_write_finished as the retry_list
is processed. These writes contribute to nr_pending but are not included
in nr_queued.

If a later entry on the retry_list triggers a call to handle_read_error,
freeze array hangs waiting for nr_pending == nr_queued+extra. The writes
on the bio_end_io_list aren't included in nr_queued so the condition will
never be satisfied.

To prevent the hang, include bio_end_io_list writes in nr_queued.

There's probably a better way to handle decrementing nr_queued, but this
seemed like the safest way to avoid breaking surrounding code.

I'm happy to supply the script I used to repro this hang.

Signed-off-by: Nate Dailey <redacted>
---
 drivers/md/raid1.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 4e3843f..bb5bce0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -2274,6 +2274,7 @@ static void handle_write_finished(struct r1conf *conf, struct r1bio *r1_bio)
 	if (fail) {
 		spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 		list_add(&r1_bio->retry_list, &conf->bio_end_io_list);
+		conf->nr_queued++;
 		spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 		md_wakeup_thread(conf->mddev->thread);
 	} else {
@@ -2391,8 +2392,10 @@ static void raid1d(struct md_thread *thread)
 		LIST_HEAD(tmp);
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 		if (!test_bit(MD_CHANGE_PENDING, &mddev->flags)) {
-			list_add(&tmp, &conf->bio_end_io_list);
-			list_del_init(&conf->bio_end_io_list);
+			while (!list_empty(&conf->bio_end_io_list)) {
+				list_move(conf->bio_end_io_list.prev, &tmp);
+				conf->nr_queued--;
+			}
 		}
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 		while (!list_empty(&tmp)) {
Nate, Shaohua,

It looks like bio_end_io_list was added in 55ce74d4bfe1 "md/raid1:
ensure device failure recorded before write request returns", which
dates back a ways:

  % git tag --contains 55ce74d4bfe1b | grep -v 'rc' | sort -V
  v4.3
  v4.4
  v4.5

Should these patches have 'Fixes' tags for stable backporting?

Regards,

-- Joe
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