Re: [PATCH 05/14] dm: set the static flush bio device on demand

[Mike Snitzer]

On Tue, Dec 04 2018 at  1:35pm -0500,
Dennis Zhou <dennis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The next patch changes the macro bio_set_dev() to associate a bio with a
> blkg based on the device set. However, dm creates a static bio to be
> used as the basis for cloning empty flush bios on creation. The
> bio_set_dev() call in alloc_dev() will cause problems with the next
> patch adding association to bio_set_dev() because the call is before the
> bdev is associated with a gendisk (bd_disk is %NULL). To get around
> this, set the device on the static bio every time and use that to clone
> to the other bios.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dennis Zhou <dennis@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alasdair Kergon <agk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  block/bio.c     |  1 +
>  drivers/md/dm.c | 12 +++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
> index 452b8e79b998..41ebb3f8e2fc 100644
> --- a/block/bio.c
> +++ b/block/bio.c
> @@ -2021,6 +2021,7 @@ void bio_disassociate_blkg(struct bio *bio)
>  		bio->bi_blkg = NULL;
>  	}
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bio_disassociate_blkg);
>  
>  /**
>   * __bio_associate_blkg - associate a bio with the a blkg
> diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
> index a733e4c920af..a2d6f8b33d23 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/dm.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
> @@ -1417,10 +1417,21 @@ static int __send_empty_flush(struct clone_info *ci)
>  	unsigned target_nr = 0;
>  	struct dm_target *ti;
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Empty flush uses a statically initialized bio as the base for
> +	 * cloning, &md->flush_bio.  However, blkg association requires that

Would prefer:
"Empty flush uses a statically initialized bio, &md->flush_bio, as the
base for cloning.  ..."

> +	 * a bdev is associated with a gendisk, which doesn't happen until the
> +	 * bdev is opened.  So, blkg association is done at issue time of the
> +	 * flush rather than when the device is created in dm_alloc().

Another nit but I think you mean "alloc_dev()" here .......^

> +	 */
> +	bio_set_dev(ci->bio, ci->io->md->bdev);
> +
>  	BUG_ON(bio_has_data(ci->bio));
>  	while ((ti = dm_table_get_target(ci->map, target_nr++)))
>  		__send_duplicate_bios(ci, ti, ti->num_flush_bios, NULL);
>  
> +	bio_disassociate_blkg(ci->bio);
> +
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> @@ -1939,7 +1950,6 @@ static struct mapped_device *alloc_dev(int minor)
>  		goto bad;
>  
>  	bio_init(&md->flush_bio, NULL, 0);
> -	bio_set_dev(&md->flush_bio, md->bdev);
>  	md->flush_bio.bi_opf = REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_PREFLUSH | REQ_SYNC;
>  
>  	dm_stats_init(&md->stats);

The top-level DM device's bdev->bd_disk is only assigned after the first
blkdev_get(), so I can see why this is needed.

Think this type of life-cycle quirk was the kind of thing that caused
blk cgroup issues with DM.

Left wondering whether there would be a better way of handling N flush
bios for DM devices.  But for the now this will have to do.

Acked-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Mike