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

Ming Lei
2024-06-04T03:25:43Z

On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 11:12 AM Yang Yang <yang.yang@vivo.com> 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.

Thanks,