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From: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Caleb Sander Mateos <csander@purestorage.com>,
	Uday Shankar <ushankar@purestorage.com>,
	Alexander Atanasov <alex@zazolabs.com>,
	linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
	Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 9/9] selftests: ublk: improve I/O ordering test with bpftrace
Date: Sun,  1 Feb 2026 00:23:40 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260131162342.13872-10-ming.lei@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260131162342.13872-1-ming.lei@redhat.com>

Remove test_generic_01.sh since block layer may reorder I/O, making
the test prone to false positives. Apply the improvements to
test_generic_02.sh instead, which supposes for covering ublk dispatch
io order.

Rework test_generic_02 to verify that ublk dispatch doesn't reorder I/O
by comparing request start order with completion order using bpftrace.

The bpftrace script now:
- Tracks each request's start sequence number in a map keyed by sector
- On completion, verifies the request's start order matches expected
  completion order
- Reports any out-of-order completions detected

The test script:
- Wait bpftrace BEGIN code block is run
- Pins fio to CPU 0 for deterministic behavior
- Uses block_io_start and block_rq_complete tracepoints
- Checks bpftrace output for reordering errors

Reported-and-tested-by: Alexander Atanasov <alex@zazolabs.com>
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/ublk/Makefile         |  3 +-
 .../testing/selftests/ublk/test_generic_01.sh | 47 -------------------
 .../testing/selftests/ublk/test_generic_02.sh | 22 ++++++---
 tools/testing/selftests/ublk/trace/seq_io.bt  | 47 +++++++++++++++----
 4 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_generic_01.sh

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/Makefile
index a62a06e13006..8ac2d4a682a1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/Makefile
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ endif
 
 LDLIBS += -lpthread -lm -luring
 
-TEST_PROGS := test_generic_01.sh
-TEST_PROGS += test_generic_02.sh
+TEST_PROGS := test_generic_02.sh
 TEST_PROGS += test_generic_03.sh
 TEST_PROGS += test_generic_06.sh
 TEST_PROGS += test_generic_07.sh
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_generic_01.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_generic_01.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 26cf3c7ceeb5..000000000000
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_generic_01.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-
-. "$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"/test_common.sh
-
-ERR_CODE=0
-
-if ! _have_program bpftrace; then
-	exit "$UBLK_SKIP_CODE"
-fi
-
-if ! _have_program fio; then
-	exit "$UBLK_SKIP_CODE"
-fi
-
-_prep_test "null" "sequential io order"
-
-dev_id=$(_add_ublk_dev -t null)
-_check_add_dev $TID $?
-
-dev_t=$(_get_disk_dev_t "$dev_id")
-bpftrace trace/seq_io.bt "$dev_t" "W" 1 > "$UBLK_TMP" 2>&1 &
-btrace_pid=$!
-sleep 2
-
-if ! kill -0 "$btrace_pid" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-	_cleanup_test "null"
-	exit "$UBLK_SKIP_CODE"
-fi
-
-# run fio over this ublk disk
-fio --name=write_seq \
-    --filename=/dev/ublkb"${dev_id}" \
-    --ioengine=libaio --iodepth=16 \
-    --rw=write \
-    --size=512M \
-    --direct=1 \
-    --bs=4k > /dev/null 2>&1
-ERR_CODE=$?
-kill "$btrace_pid"
-wait
-if grep -q "io_out_of_order" "$UBLK_TMP"; then
-	cat "$UBLK_TMP"
-	ERR_CODE=255
-fi
-_cleanup_test "null"
-_show_result $TID $ERR_CODE
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_generic_02.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_generic_02.sh
index 1d4b1d6e059c..46b657143fd6 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_generic_02.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_generic_02.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if ! _have_program fio; then
 	exit "$UBLK_SKIP_CODE"
 fi
 
-_prep_test "null" "sequential io order for MQ"
+_prep_test "null" "ublk dispatch won't reorder IO for MQ"
 
 dev_id=$(_add_ublk_dev -t null -q 2)
 _check_add_dev $TID $?
@@ -21,15 +21,20 @@ _check_add_dev $TID $?
 dev_t=$(_get_disk_dev_t "$dev_id")
 bpftrace trace/seq_io.bt "$dev_t" "W" 1 > "$UBLK_TMP" 2>&1 &
 btrace_pid=$!
-sleep 2
 
-if ! kill -0 "$btrace_pid" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+# Wait for bpftrace probes to be attached (BEGIN block prints BPFTRACE_READY)
+for _ in $(seq 100); do
+	grep -q "BPFTRACE_READY" "$UBLK_TMP" 2>/dev/null && break
+	sleep 0.1
+done
+
+if ! kill -0 "$btrace_pid" 2>/dev/null; then
 	_cleanup_test "null"
 	exit "$UBLK_SKIP_CODE"
 fi
 
-# run fio over this ublk disk
-fio --name=write_seq \
+# run fio over this ublk disk (pinned to CPU 0)
+taskset -c 0 fio --name=write_seq \
     --filename=/dev/ublkb"${dev_id}" \
     --ioengine=libaio --iodepth=16 \
     --rw=write \
@@ -39,8 +44,11 @@ fio --name=write_seq \
 ERR_CODE=$?
 kill "$btrace_pid"
 wait
-if grep -q "io_out_of_order" "$UBLK_TMP"; then
-	cat "$UBLK_TMP"
+
+# Check for out-of-order completions detected by bpftrace
+if grep -q "^out_of_order:" "$UBLK_TMP"; then
+	echo "I/O reordering detected:"
+	grep "^out_of_order:" "$UBLK_TMP"
 	ERR_CODE=255
 fi
 _cleanup_test "null"
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/trace/seq_io.bt b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/trace/seq_io.bt
index b2f60a92b118..9d36ba35468f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/trace/seq_io.bt
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/trace/seq_io.bt
@@ -2,23 +2,52 @@
 	$1: 	dev_t
 	$2: 	RWBS
 	$3:     strlen($2)
+
+	Track request order between block_io_start and block_rq_complete.
+	Sequence starts at 1 so 0 means "never seen". On first valid
+	completion, sync complete_seq to handle probe attachment races.
+	block_rq_complete listed first to reduce missed completion window.
 */
+
 BEGIN {
-	@last_rw[$1, str($2)] = (uint64)0;
+	@start_seq = (uint64)1;
+	@complete_seq = (uint64)0;
+	@out_of_order = (uint64)0;
+	@start_order[0] = (uint64)0;
+	delete(@start_order[0]);
+	printf("BPFTRACE_READY\n");
 }
+
 tracepoint:block:block_rq_complete
+/(int64)args.dev == $1 && !strncmp(args.rwbs, str($2), $3)/
 {
-	$dev = $1;
-	if ((int64)args.dev == $1 && !strncmp(args.rwbs, str($2), $3)) {
-		$last = @last_rw[$dev, str($2)];
-		if ((uint64)args.sector != $last) {
-			printf("io_out_of_order: exp %llu actual %llu\n",
-				args.sector, $last);
+	$expected = @start_order[args.sector];
+	if ($expected > 0) {
+		if (@complete_seq == 0) {
+			@complete_seq = $expected;
+		}
+		if ($expected != @complete_seq) {
+			printf("out_of_order: sector %llu started at seq %llu but completed at seq %llu\n",
+				args.sector, $expected, @complete_seq);
+			@out_of_order = @out_of_order + 1;
 		}
-		@last_rw[$dev, str($2)] = (args.sector + args.nr_sector);
+		delete(@start_order[args.sector]);
+		@complete_seq = @complete_seq + 1;
 	}
 }
 
+tracepoint:block:block_io_start
+/(int64)args.dev == $1 && !strncmp(args.rwbs, str($2), $3)/
+{
+	@start_order[args.sector] = @start_seq;
+	@start_seq = @start_seq + 1;
+}
+
 END {
-	clear(@last_rw);
+	printf("total_start: %llu total_complete: %llu out_of_order: %llu\n",
+		@start_seq - 1, @complete_seq, @out_of_order);
+	clear(@start_order);
+	clear(@start_seq);
+	clear(@complete_seq);
+	clear(@out_of_order);
 }
-- 
2.47.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-01-31 16:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-31 16:23 [PATCH 0/9] selftests: ublk: test infrastructure improvements Ming Lei
2026-01-31 16:23 ` [PATCH 1/9] selftests: ublk: simplify UBLK_TEST_DIR handling Ming Lei
2026-01-31 16:23 ` [PATCH 2/9] selftests: ublk: refactor test_loop_08 into separate functions Ming Lei
2026-01-31 16:23 ` [PATCH 3/9] selftests: ublk: add _ublk_del_dev helper function Ming Lei
2026-01-31 16:23 ` [PATCH 4/9] selftests: ublk: track created devices for per-test cleanup Ming Lei
2026-01-31 16:23 ` [PATCH 5/9] selftests: ublk: add group-based test targets Ming Lei
2026-01-31 16:23 ` [PATCH 6/9] selftests: ublk: add _ublk_sleep helper for parallel execution Ming Lei
2026-01-31 16:23 ` [PATCH 7/9] selftests: ublk: increase timeouts for parallel test execution Ming Lei
2026-01-31 16:23 ` [PATCH 8/9] selftests: ublk: reorganize tests into integrity and recover groups Ming Lei
2026-01-31 16:23 ` Ming Lei [this message]
2026-01-31 21:56 ` [PATCH 0/9] selftests: ublk: test infrastructure improvements Jens Axboe

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