[PATCH BUGFIX 2/2] block, bfq: move update of waker and woken list to queue freeing

From: Paolo Valente
Date: Wed Aug 07 2019 - 10:18:19 EST


Since commit 13a857a4c4e8 ("block, bfq: detect wakers and
unconditionally inject their I/O"), every bfq_queue has a pointer to a
waker bfq_queue and a list of the bfq_queues it may wake. In this
respect, when a bfq_queue, say Q, remains with no I/O source attached
to it, Q cannot be woken by any other bfq_queue, and cannot wake any
other bfq_queue. Then Q must be removed from the woken list of its
possible waker bfq_queue, and all bfq_queues in the woken list of Q
must stop having a waker bfq_queue.

Q remains with no I/O source in two cases: when the last process
associated with Q exits or when such a process gets associated with a
different bfq_queue. Unfortunately, commit 13a857a4c4e8 ("block, bfq:
detect wakers and unconditionally inject their I/O") performed the
above updates only in the first case.

This commit fixes this bug by moving these updates to when Q gets
freed. This is a simple and safe way to handle all cases, as both the
above events, process exit and re-association, lead to Q being freed
soon, and because dangling references would come out only after Q gets
freed (if no update were performed).

Fixes: 13a857a4c4e8 ("block, bfq: detect wakers and unconditionally inject their I/O")
Reported-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
block/bfq-iosched.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index b2009650afc2..5f477501bb3d 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -4765,6 +4765,8 @@ static struct request *bfq_dispatch_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
*/
void bfq_put_queue(struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
{
+ struct bfq_queue *item;
+ struct hlist_node *n;
#ifdef CONFIG_BFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED
struct bfq_group *bfqg = bfqq_group(bfqq);
#endif
@@ -4809,6 +4811,33 @@ void bfq_put_queue(struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
bfqq->bfqd->burst_size--;
}

+ /*
+ * bfqq does not exist any longer, so it cannot be woken by
+ * any other queue, and cannot wake any other queue. Then bfqq
+ * must be removed from the woken list of its possible waker
+ * queue, and all queues in the woken list of bfqq must stop
+ * having a waker queue. Strictly speaking, these updates
+ * should be performed when bfqq remains with no I/O source
+ * attached to it, which happens before bfqq gets freed. In
+ * particular, this happens when the last process associated
+ * with bfqq exits or gets associated with a different
+ * queue. However, both events lead to bfqq being freed soon,
+ * and dangling references would come out only after bfqq gets
+ * freed. So these updates are done here, as a simple and safe
+ * way to handle all cases.
+ */
+ /* remove bfqq from woken list */
+ if (!hlist_unhashed(&bfqq->woken_list_node))
+ hlist_del_init(&bfqq->woken_list_node);
+
+ /* reset waker for all queues in woken list */
+ hlist_for_each_entry_safe(item, n, &bfqq->woken_list,
+ woken_list_node) {
+ item->waker_bfqq = NULL;
+ bfq_clear_bfqq_has_waker(item);
+ hlist_del_init(&item->woken_list_node);
+ }
+
if (bfqq->bfqd && bfqq->bfqd->last_completed_rq_bfqq == bfqq)
bfqq->bfqd->last_completed_rq_bfqq = NULL;

@@ -4839,9 +4868,6 @@ static void bfq_put_cooperator(struct bfq_queue *bfqq)

static void bfq_exit_bfqq(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
{
- struct bfq_queue *item;
- struct hlist_node *n;
-
if (bfqq == bfqd->in_service_queue) {
__bfq_bfqq_expire(bfqd, bfqq, BFQQE_BUDGET_TIMEOUT);
bfq_schedule_dispatch(bfqd);
@@ -4851,18 +4877,6 @@ static void bfq_exit_bfqq(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq)

bfq_put_cooperator(bfqq);

- /* remove bfqq from woken list */
- if (!hlist_unhashed(&bfqq->woken_list_node))
- hlist_del_init(&bfqq->woken_list_node);
-
- /* reset waker for all queues in woken list */
- hlist_for_each_entry_safe(item, n, &bfqq->woken_list,
- woken_list_node) {
- item->waker_bfqq = NULL;
- bfq_clear_bfqq_has_waker(item);
- hlist_del_init(&item->woken_list_node);
- }
-
bfq_put_queue(bfqq); /* release process reference */
}

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2.20.1