Re: [PATCH] scsi: storvsc: Cap scsi_driver.can_queue to fix a hang issue during boot

From: John Garry
Date: Wed Oct 06 2021 - 04:14:42 EST


On 06/10/2021 08:03, Dexuan Cui wrote:
After commit ea2f0f77538c, a 416-CPU VM running on Hyper-V hangs during
boot because scsi_add_host_with_dma() sets shost->cmd_per_lun to a
negative number:
'max_outstanding_req_per_channel' is 352,
'max_sub_channels' is (416 - 1) / 4 = 103, so in storvsc_probe(),
scsi_driver.can_queue = 352 * (103 + 1) * (100 - 10) / 100 = 32947, which
is bigger than SHRT_MAX (i.e. 32767).

Out of curiosity, are these values realistic? You're capping can_queue just because of a data size issue, so, if these values are realistic, seems a weak reason.


Fix the hang issue by capping scsi_driver.can_queue.

Add the below Fixed tag though ea2f0f77538c itself is good.

Fixes: ea2f0f77538c ("scsi: core: Cap scsi_host cmd_per_lun at can_queue")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c b/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c
index ebbbc1299c62..ba374908aec2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c
@@ -1976,6 +1976,16 @@ static int storvsc_probe(struct hv_device *device,
(max_sub_channels + 1) *
(100 - ring_avail_percent_lowater) / 100;
+ /*
+ * v5.14 (see commit ea2f0f77538c) implicitly requires that
+ * scsi_driver.can_queue should not exceed SHRT_MAX, otherwise
+ * scsi_add_host_with_dma() sets shost->cmd_per_lun to a negative
+ * number (note: the type of the "cmd_per_lun" field is "short"), and
+ * the system may hang during early boot.
+ */

The different data sizes for cmd_per_lun and can_queue are problematic here.

I'd be more inclined to set cmd_per_lun to the same data size as can_queue. We did discuss this when ea2f0f77538c was upstreamed (actually it was the other way around - setting can_queue to 16b).

Thanks,
John


+ if (scsi_driver.can_queue > SHRT_MAX)
+ scsi_driver.can_queue = SHRT_MAX;
+
host = scsi_host_alloc(&scsi_driver,
sizeof(struct hv_host_device));
if (!host)