Re: [PATCH] blk-mq: update hctx->cpumask at cpu-hotplug

[Dongli Zhang]

Hi Wenbin,

On 6/24/19 11:24 PM, Wenbin Zeng wrote:
> Currently hctx->cpumask is not updated when hot-plugging new cpus,
> as there are many chances kblockd_mod_delayed_work_on() getting
> called with WORK_CPU_UNBOUND, workqueue blk_mq_run_work_fn may run
> on the newly-plugged cpus, consequently __blk_mq_run_hw_queue()
> reporting excessive "run queue from wrong CPU" messages because
> cpumask_test_cpu(raw_smp_processor_id(), hctx->cpumask) returns false.
> 
> This patch added a cpu-hotplug handler into blk-mq, updating
> hctx->cpumask at cpu-hotplug.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wenbin Zeng <wenbinzeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  block/blk-mq.c         | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/blk-mq.h |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
> index ce0f5f4..2e465fc 100644
> --- a/block/blk-mq.c
> +++ b/block/blk-mq.c
> @@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
>  #include "blk-mq-sched.h"
>  #include "blk-rq-qos.h"
>  
> +static enum cpuhp_state cpuhp_blk_mq_online;
> +
>  static void blk_mq_poll_stats_start(struct request_queue *q);
>  static void blk_mq_poll_stats_fn(struct blk_stat_callback *cb);
>  
> @@ -2215,6 +2217,21 @@ int blk_mq_alloc_rqs(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set, struct blk_mq_tags *tags,
>  	return -ENOMEM;
>  }
>  
> +static int blk_mq_hctx_notify_online(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *node)
> +{
> +	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
> +
> +	hctx = hlist_entry_safe(node, struct blk_mq_hw_ctx, cpuhp_online);
> +
> +	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, hctx->cpumask)) {
> +		mutex_lock(&hctx->queue->sysfs_lock);
> +		cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, hctx->cpumask);
> +		mutex_unlock(&hctx->queue->sysfs_lock);
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +

As this callback is registered for each hctx, when a cpu is online, it is called
for each hctx.

Just taking a 4-queue nvme as example (regardless about other block like loop).
Suppose cpu=2 (out of 0, 1, 2 and 3) is offline. When we online cpu=2,

blk_mq_hctx_notify_online() called: cpu=2 and blk_mq_hw_ctx->queue_num=3
blk_mq_hctx_notify_online() called: cpu=2 and blk_mq_hw_ctx->queue_num=2
blk_mq_hctx_notify_online() called: cpu=2 and blk_mq_hw_ctx->queue_num=1
blk_mq_hctx_notify_online() called: cpu=2 and blk_mq_hw_ctx->queue_num=0

There is no need to set cpu 2 for blk_mq_hw_ctx->queue_num=[3, 1, 0]. I am
afraid this patch would erroneously set cpumask for blk_mq_hw_ctx->queue_num=[3,
1, 0].

I used to submit the below patch explaining above for removing a cpu and it is
unfortunately not merged yet.

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10889307/


Another thing is during initialization, the hctx->cpumask should already been
set and even the cpu is offline. Would you please explain the case hctx->cpumask
is not set correctly, e.g., how to reproduce with a kvm guest running
scsi/virtio/nvme/loop?

Dongli Zhang