Re: [PATCH v3] blk-mq: fix io hung due to missing commit_rqs

[Yu Kuai]

Hi, Jens

Can you please consider this patch for v5.20?

Thanks,
Kuai

在 2022/07/27 11:08, Ming Lei 写道:
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 08:22:24PM +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
> > From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Currently, in virtio_scsi, if 'bd->last' is not set to true while
> > dispatching request, such io will stay in driver's queue, and driver
> > will wait for block layer to dispatch more rqs. However, if block
> > layer failed to dispatch more rq, it should trigger commit_rqs to
> > inform driver.
> >
> > There is a problem in blk_mq_try_issue_list_directly() that commit_rqs
> > won't be called:
> >
> > // assume that queue_depth is set to 1, list contains two rq
> > blk_mq_try_issue_list_directly
> >   blk_mq_request_issue_directly
> >   // dispatch first rq
> >   // last is false
> >    __blk_mq_try_issue_directly
> >     blk_mq_get_dispatch_budget
> >     // succeed to get first budget
> >     __blk_mq_issue_directly
> >      scsi_queue_rq
> >       cmd->flags |= SCMD_LAST
> >        virtscsi_queuecommand
> >         kick = (sc->flags & SCMD_LAST) != 0
> >         // kick is false, first rq won't issue to disk
> >   queued++
> >
> >   blk_mq_request_issue_directly
> >   // dispatch second rq
> >    __blk_mq_try_issue_directly
> >     blk_mq_get_dispatch_budget
> >     // failed to get second budget
> >   ret == BLK_STS_RESOURCE
> >    blk_mq_request_bypass_insert
> >   // errors is still 0
> >
> >   if (!list_empty(list) || errors && ...)
> >    // won't pass, commit_rqs won't be called
> >
> > In this situation, first rq relied on second rq to dispatch, while
> > second rq relied on first rq to complete, thus they will both hung.
> >
> > Fix the problem by also treat 'BLK_STS_*RESOURCE' as 'errors' since
> > it means that request is not queued successfully.
> >
> > Same problem exists in blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list(), 'BLK_STS_*RESOURCE'
> > can't be treated as 'errors' here, fix the problem by calling
> > commit_rqs if queue_rq return 'BLK_STS_*RESOURCE'.
> >
> > Fixes: d666ba98f849 ("blk-mq: add mq_ops->commit_rqs()")
> > Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks,
> Ming
>
> .