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charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20251118034405.GB2376676-mkhalfella@purestorage.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.30.177.111 On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 07:44:05PM -0800, Mohamed Khalfella wrote: > On Tue 2025-11-18 10:30:52 +0800, Ming Lei wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 06:15:04PM -0800, Mohamed Khalfella wrote: > > > On Tue 2025-11-18 10:00:19 +0800, Ming Lei wrote: > > > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 12:23:53PM -0800, Mohamed Khalfella wrote: > > > > > static void blk_mq_add_queue_tag_set(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set, > > > > > struct request_queue *q) > > > > > { > > > > > - mutex_lock(&set->tag_list_lock); > > > > > + struct request_queue *firstq; > > > > > + unsigned int memflags; > > > > > > > > > > - /* > > > > > - * Check to see if we're transitioning to shared (from 1 to 2 queues). > > > > > - */ > > > > > - if (!list_empty(&set->tag_list) && > > > > > - !(set->flags & BLK_MQ_F_TAG_QUEUE_SHARED)) { > > > > > - set->flags |= BLK_MQ_F_TAG_QUEUE_SHARED; > > > > > - /* update existing queue */ > > > > > - blk_mq_update_tag_set_shared(set, true); > > > > > - } > > > > > - if (set->flags & BLK_MQ_F_TAG_QUEUE_SHARED) > > > > > - queue_set_hctx_shared(q, true); > > > > > - list_add_tail(&q->tag_set_list, &set->tag_list); > > > > > + down_write(&set->tag_list_rwsem); > > > > > + if (!list_is_singular(&set->tag_list)) { > > > > > + if (set->flags & BLK_MQ_F_TAG_QUEUE_SHARED) > > > > > + queue_set_hctx_shared(q, true); > > > > > + list_add_tail(&q->tag_set_list, &set->tag_list); > > > > > + up_write(&set->tag_list_rwsem); > > > > > + return; > > > > > + } > > > > > > > > > > - mutex_unlock(&set->tag_list_lock); > > > > > + /* Transitioning firstq and q to shared. */ > > > > > + set->flags |= BLK_MQ_F_TAG_QUEUE_SHARED; > > > > > + list_add_tail(&q->tag_set_list, &set->tag_list); > > > > > + downgrade_write(&set->tag_list_rwsem); > > > > > + queue_set_hctx_shared(q, true); > > > > > > > > queue_set_hctx_shared(q, true) should be moved into write critical area > > > > because this queue has been added to the list. > > > > > > > > > > I failed to see why that is the case. What can go wrong by running > > > queue_set_hctx_shared(q, true) after downgrade_write()? > > > > > > After the semaphore is downgraded we promise not to change the list > > > set->tag_list because now we have read-only access. Marking the "q" as > > > shared should be fine because it is new and we know there will be no > > > users of the queue yet (that is why we skipped freezing it). > > > > I think it is read/write lock's use practice. The protected data shouldn't be > > written any more when you downgrade to read lock. > > > > In this case, it may not make a difference, because it is one new queue and > > the other readers don't use the `shared` flag, but still better to do > > correct things from beginning and make code less fragile. > > > > set->tag_list_rwsem protects set->tag_list. It does not protect > hctx->flags. hctx->flags is protected by the context. In the case of "q" > it is new and we are not expecting request allocation. In case of > "firstq" the queue is frozen which makes it safe to update hctx->flags. > I prefer to keep the code as it is unless there is a reason to change > it. Fair enough, given it is done for `firstrq`. Thanks, Ming