Re: [PATCH v2] sbitmap: fix io hung due to race on sbitmap_word::cleared

From: YangYang
Date: Tue Jun 04 2024 - 03:03:55 EST


On 2024/6/4 14:12, Yu Kuai wrote:
Hi,

在 2024/06/04 11:25, Ming Lei 写道:
On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 11:12 AM Yang Yang <yang.yang@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Configuration for sbq:
   depth=64, wake_batch=6, shift=6, map_nr=1

1. There are 64 requests in progress:
   map->word = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
2. After all the 64 requests complete, and no more requests come:
   map->word = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, map->cleared = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
3. Now two tasks try to allocate requests:
   T1:                                       T2:
   __blk_mq_get_tag                          .
   __sbitmap_queue_get                       .
   sbitmap_get                               .
   sbitmap_find_bit                          .
   sbitmap_find_bit_in_word                  .
   __sbitmap_get_word  -> nr=-1              __blk_mq_get_tag
   sbitmap_deferred_clear                    __sbitmap_queue_get
   /* map->cleared=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF */     sbitmap_find_bit
     if (!READ_ONCE(map->cleared))           sbitmap_find_bit_in_word
       return false;                         __sbitmap_get_word -> nr=-1
     mask = xchg(&map->cleared, 0)           sbitmap_deferred_clear
     atomic_long_andnot()                    /* map->cleared=0 */
                                               if (!(map->cleared))
                                                 return false;
                                      /*
                                       * map->cleared is cleared by T1
                                       * T2 fail to acquire the tag
                                       */

4. T2 is the sole tag waiter. When T1 puts the tag, T2 cannot be woken
up due to the wake_batch being set at 6. If no more requests come, T1
will wait here indefinitely.

To fix this issue, simply revert commit 661d4f55a794 ("sbitmap:
remove swap_lock"), which causes this issue.

I'd suggest to add the following words in commit log:

Check on ->cleared and update on both ->cleared and ->word need to be
done atomically, and using spinlock could be the simplest solution.

Otherwise, the patch looks fine for me.

Maybe I'm noob, but I'm confused how can this fix the problem, looks
like the race condition doesn't change.

In sbitmap_find_bit_in_word:

1) __sbitmap_get_word read word;
2) sbitmap_deferred_clear clear cleared;
3) sbitmap_deferred_clear update word;

2) and 3) are done atomically while 1) can still concurrent with 3):

t1:
sbitmap_find_bit_in_word
 __sbitmap_get_word
 -> read old word, return -1 >         t2:
        sbitmap_find_bit_in_word
         __sbitmap_get_word
         -> read old word, return -1
 sbitmap_deferred_clear
 -> clear cleared and update word
        sbitmap_deferred_clear
        -> cleared is cleared, fail

Yes, you are right, this patch cannot fix this issue.


BYW, I still think it's fine to fix this problem by trying the
__sbitmap_get_word() at least one more time if __sbitmap_get_word()
failed.

Err, after trying one more time __sbitmap_get_word() may still fail.


Thanks,
Kuai


Thanks,


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