Re: [PATCH 2/4] xen/blkfront: cleanup stale persistent grants

[Roger Pau MonnÃ]

On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 05:56:38PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 07/08/18 16:14, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 08:31:31AM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> >> On 06/08/18 18:16, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Aug 06, 2018 at 01:34:01PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> >>>> Add a periodic cleanup function to remove old persistent grants which
> >>>> are no longer in use on the backend side. This avoids starvation in
> >>>> case there are lots of persistent grants for a device which no longer
> >>>> is involved in I/O business.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
> >>>> ---
> >>>>  drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c | 99 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >>>>  1 file changed, 95 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
> >>>> index b5cedccb5d7d..19feb8835fc4 100644
> >>>> --- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
> >>>> +++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
> >>>> @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
> >>>>  #include <linux/scatterlist.h>
> >>>>  #include <linux/bitmap.h>
> >>>>  #include <linux/list.h>
> >>>> +#include <linux/workqueue.h>
> >>>>  
> >>>>  #include <xen/xen.h>
> >>>>  #include <xen/xenbus.h>
> >>>> @@ -121,6 +122,9 @@ static inline struct blkif_req *blkif_req(struct request *rq)
> >>>>  
> >>>>  static DEFINE_MUTEX(blkfront_mutex);
> >>>>  static const struct block_device_operations xlvbd_block_fops;
> >>>> +static struct delayed_work blkfront_work;
> >>>> +static LIST_HEAD(info_list);
> >>>> +static bool blkfront_work_active;
> >>>>  
> >>>>  /*
> >>>>   * Maximum number of segments in indirect requests, the actual value used by
> >>>> @@ -216,6 +220,7 @@ struct blkfront_info
> >>>>  	/* Save uncomplete reqs and bios for migration. */
> >>>>  	struct list_head requests;
> >>>>  	struct bio_list bio_list;
> >>>> +	struct list_head info_list;
> >>>>  };
> >>>>  
> >>>>  static unsigned int nr_minors;
> >>>> @@ -1764,6 +1769,12 @@ static int write_per_ring_nodes(struct xenbus_transaction xbt,
> >>>>  	return err;
> >>>>  }
> >>>>  
> >>>> +static void free_info(struct blkfront_info *info)
> >>>> +{
> >>>> +	list_del(&info->info_list);
> >>>> +	kfree(info);
> >>>> +}
> >>>> +
> >>>>  /* Common code used when first setting up, and when resuming. */
> >>>>  static int talk_to_blkback(struct xenbus_device *dev,
> >>>>  			   struct blkfront_info *info)
> >>>> @@ -1885,7 +1896,10 @@ static int talk_to_blkback(struct xenbus_device *dev,
> >>>>   destroy_blkring:
> >>>>  	blkif_free(info, 0);
> >>>>  
> >>>> -	kfree(info);
> >>>> +	mutex_lock(&blkfront_mutex);
> >>>> +	free_info(info);
> >>>> +	mutex_unlock(&blkfront_mutex);
> >>>> +
> >>>>  	dev_set_drvdata(&dev->dev, NULL);
> >>>>  
> >>>>  	return err;
> >>>> @@ -1996,6 +2010,10 @@ static int blkfront_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,
> >>>>  	info->handle = simple_strtoul(strrchr(dev->nodename, '/')+1, NULL, 0);
> >>>>  	dev_set_drvdata(&dev->dev, info);
> >>>>  
> >>>> +	mutex_lock(&blkfront_mutex);
> >>>> +	list_add(&info->info_list, &info_list);
> >>>> +	mutex_unlock(&blkfront_mutex);
> >>>> +
> >>>>  	return 0;
> >>>>  }
> >>>>  
> >>>> @@ -2306,6 +2324,15 @@ static void blkfront_gather_backend_features(struct blkfront_info *info)
> >>>>  	if (indirect_segments <= BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST)
> >>>>  		indirect_segments = 0;
> >>>>  	info->max_indirect_segments = indirect_segments;
> >>>> +
> >>>> +	if (info->feature_persistent) {
> >>>> +		mutex_lock(&blkfront_mutex);
> >>>> +		if (!blkfront_work_active) {
> >>>> +			blkfront_work_active = true;
> >>>> +			schedule_delayed_work(&blkfront_work, HZ * 10);
> >>>
> >>> Does it make sense to provide a module parameter to rune the schedule
> >>> of the cleanup routine?
> >>
> >> I don't think this is something anyone would like to tune.
> >>
> >> In case you think it should be tunable I can add a parameter, of course.
> > 
> > We can always add it later if required. I'm fine as-is now.
> > 
> >>>
> >>>> +		}
> >>>> +		mutex_unlock(&blkfront_mutex);
> >>>
> >>> Is it really necessary to have the blkfront_work_active boolean? What
> >>> happens if you queue the same delayed work more than once?
> >>
> >> In case there is already work queued later calls of
> >> schedule_delayed_work() will be ignored.
> >>
> >> So yes, I can drop the global boolean (I still need a local flag in
> >> blkfront_delay_work() for controlling the need to call
> >> schedule_delayed_work() again).
> > 
> > Can't you just call schedule_delayed_work if info->feature_persistent
> > is set, even if that means calling it multiple times if multiple
> > blkfront instances are using persistent grants?
> 
> I don't like that. With mq we have a high chance for multiple instances
> to use persistent grants and a local bool is much cheaper than unneeded
> calls of schedule_delayed_work().

OK, I'm convinced with the local bool.

Thanks, Roger.