Re: [PATCH] virtio pmem: fix async flush ordering

From: Jeff Moyer
Date: Wed Nov 20 2019 - 12:26:28 EST


Pankaj Gupta <pagupta@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Remove logic to create child bio in the async flush function which
> causes child bio to get executed after parent bio 'pmem_make_request'
> completes. This resulted in wrong ordering of REQ_PREFLUSH with the
> data write request.
>
> Instead we are performing flush from the parent bio to maintain the
> correct order. Also, returning from function 'pmem_make_request' if
> REQ_PREFLUSH returns an error.
>
> Reported-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Pankaj Gupta <pagupta@xxxxxxxxxx>

There's a slight change in behavior for the error path in the
virtio_pmem driver. Previously, all errors from virtio_pmem_flush were
converted to -EIO. Now, they are reported as-is. I think this is
actually an improvement.

I'll also note that the current behavior can result in data corruption,
so this should be tagged for stable.

The patch looks good to me.

Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c | 4 ++--
> drivers/nvdimm/claim.c | 2 +-
> drivers/nvdimm/nd.h | 2 +-
> drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c | 29 ++---------------------------
> drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c | 14 ++++++++++----
> drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c | 6 +++---
> drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.c | 2 +-
> drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.h | 2 +-
> include/linux/libnvdimm.h | 4 ++--
> 9 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
> index 14e68f202f81..afbd5e2b2ea8 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
> @@ -2426,7 +2426,7 @@ static void write_blk_ctl(struct nfit_blk *nfit_blk, unsigned int bw,
> offset = to_interleave_offset(offset, mmio);
>
> writeq(cmd, mmio->addr.base + offset);
> - nvdimm_flush(nfit_blk->nd_region, NULL);
> + nvdimm_flush(nfit_blk->nd_region);
>
> if (nfit_blk->dimm_flags & NFIT_BLK_DCR_LATCH)
> readq(mmio->addr.base + offset);
> @@ -2475,7 +2475,7 @@ static int acpi_nfit_blk_single_io(struct nfit_blk *nfit_blk,
> }
>
> if (rw)
> - nvdimm_flush(nfit_blk->nd_region, NULL);
> + nvdimm_flush(nfit_blk->nd_region);
>
> rc = read_blk_stat(nfit_blk, lane) ? -EIO : 0;
> return rc;
> diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c b/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c
> index 2985ca949912..0fedb2fbfcbe 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c
> @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static int nsio_rw_bytes(struct nd_namespace_common *ndns,
> }
>
> memcpy_flushcache(nsio->addr + offset, buf, size);
> - ret = nvdimm_flush(to_nd_region(ndns->dev.parent), NULL);
> + ret = nvdimm_flush(to_nd_region(ndns->dev.parent));
> if (ret)
> rc = ret;
>
> diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h b/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h
> index ee5c04070ef9..77d8b9f0c34a 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h
> +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h
> @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ struct nd_region {
> struct badblocks bb;
> struct nd_interleave_set *nd_set;
> struct nd_percpu_lane __percpu *lane;
> - int (*flush)(struct nd_region *nd_region, struct bio *bio);
> + int (*flush)(struct nd_region *nd_region);
> struct nd_mapping mapping[0];
> };
>
> diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c b/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c
> index 10351d5b49fa..9604ba08a68a 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c
> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ void virtio_pmem_host_ack(struct virtqueue *vq)
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_pmem_host_ack);
>
> /* The request submission function */
> -static int virtio_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region)
> +int virtio_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region)
> {
> struct virtio_device *vdev = nd_region->provider_data;
> struct virtio_pmem *vpmem = vdev->priv;
> @@ -96,30 +96,5 @@ static int virtio_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region)
> kfree(req_data);
> return err;
> };
> -
> -/* The asynchronous flush callback function */
> -int async_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region, struct bio *bio)
> -{
> - /*
> - * Create child bio for asynchronous flush and chain with
> - * parent bio. Otherwise directly call nd_region flush.
> - */
> - if (bio && bio->bi_iter.bi_sector != -1) {
> - struct bio *child = bio_alloc(GFP_ATOMIC, 0);
> -
> - if (!child)
> - return -ENOMEM;
> - bio_copy_dev(child, bio);
> - child->bi_opf = REQ_PREFLUSH;
> - child->bi_iter.bi_sector = -1;
> - bio_chain(child, bio);
> - submit_bio(child);
> - return 0;
> - }
> - if (virtio_pmem_flush(nd_region))
> - return -EIO;
> -
> - return 0;
> -};
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_pmem_flush);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_pmem_flush);
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
> index f9f76f6ba07b..b3ca641668a2 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
> @@ -194,7 +194,13 @@ static blk_qc_t pmem_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
> struct nd_region *nd_region = to_region(pmem);
>
> if (bio->bi_opf & REQ_PREFLUSH)
> - ret = nvdimm_flush(nd_region, bio);
> + ret = nvdimm_flush(nd_region);
> +
> + if (ret) {
> + bio->bi_status = errno_to_blk_status(ret);
> + bio_endio(bio);
> + return BLK_QC_T_NONE;
> + }
>
> do_acct = nd_iostat_start(bio, &start);
> bio_for_each_segment(bvec, bio, iter) {
> @@ -209,7 +215,7 @@ static blk_qc_t pmem_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
> nd_iostat_end(bio, start);
>
> if (bio->bi_opf & REQ_FUA)
> - ret = nvdimm_flush(nd_region, bio);
> + ret = nvdimm_flush(nd_region);
>
> if (ret)
> bio->bi_status = errno_to_blk_status(ret);
> @@ -549,14 +555,14 @@ static int nd_pmem_remove(struct device *dev)
> sysfs_put(pmem->bb_state);
> pmem->bb_state = NULL;
> }
> - nvdimm_flush(to_nd_region(dev->parent), NULL);
> + nvdimm_flush(to_nd_region(dev->parent));
>
> return 0;
> }
>
> static void nd_pmem_shutdown(struct device *dev)
> {
> - nvdimm_flush(to_nd_region(dev->parent), NULL);
> + nvdimm_flush(to_nd_region(dev->parent));
> }
>
> static void nd_pmem_notify(struct device *dev, enum nvdimm_event event)
> diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
> index ef423ba1a711..cfd96a0d52f2 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
> @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static ssize_t deep_flush_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *att
> return rc;
> if (!flush)
> return -EINVAL;
> - rc = nvdimm_flush(nd_region, NULL);
> + rc = nvdimm_flush(nd_region);
> if (rc)
> return rc;
>
> @@ -1079,14 +1079,14 @@ struct nd_region *nvdimm_volatile_region_create(struct nvdimm_bus *nvdimm_bus,
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvdimm_volatile_region_create);
>
> -int nvdimm_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region, struct bio *bio)
> +int nvdimm_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region)
> {
> int rc = 0;
>
> if (!nd_region->flush)
> rc = generic_nvdimm_flush(nd_region);
> else {
> - if (nd_region->flush(nd_region, bio))
> + if (nd_region->flush(nd_region))
> rc = -EIO;
> }
>
> diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.c
> index 5e3d07b47e0c..a6234466674d 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.c
> @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int virtio_pmem_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>
> ndr_desc.res = &res;
> ndr_desc.numa_node = nid;
> - ndr_desc.flush = async_pmem_flush;
> + ndr_desc.flush = virtio_pmem_flush;
> set_bit(ND_REGION_PAGEMAP, &ndr_desc.flags);
> set_bit(ND_REGION_ASYNC, &ndr_desc.flags);
> nd_region = nvdimm_pmem_region_create(vpmem->nvdimm_bus, &ndr_desc);
> diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.h b/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.h
> index 0dddefe594c4..4f9ee19aad90 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.h
> +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.h
> @@ -51,5 +51,5 @@ struct virtio_pmem {
> };
>
> void virtio_pmem_host_ack(struct virtqueue *vq);
> -int async_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region, struct bio *bio);
> +int virtio_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region);
> #endif
> diff --git a/include/linux/libnvdimm.h b/include/linux/libnvdimm.h
> index b6eddf912568..211c87edb4eb 100644
> --- a/include/linux/libnvdimm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/libnvdimm.h
> @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ struct nd_region_desc {
> int target_node;
> unsigned long flags;
> struct device_node *of_node;
> - int (*flush)(struct nd_region *nd_region, struct bio *bio);
> + int (*flush)(struct nd_region *nd_region);
> };
>
> struct device;
> @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ unsigned long nd_blk_memremap_flags(struct nd_blk_region *ndbr);
> unsigned int nd_region_acquire_lane(struct nd_region *nd_region);
> void nd_region_release_lane(struct nd_region *nd_region, unsigned int lane);
> u64 nd_fletcher64(void *addr, size_t len, bool le);
> -int nvdimm_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region, struct bio *bio);
> +int nvdimm_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region);
> int generic_nvdimm_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region);
> int nvdimm_has_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region);
> int nvdimm_has_cache(struct nd_region *nd_region);