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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Qu Wenruo <quwenruo.btrfs@gmx.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, Chris Mason <clm@fb.com>,
	Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>,
	David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>,
	Johannes Thumshirn <jth@kernel.org>,
	linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/10] btrfs: offload all write I/O completions to a workqueue
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 02:11:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230324011138.GC12152@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6b1d2d63-ef00-3c6c-8bea-481e46b6fcef@gmx.com>

On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 04:20:45PM +0800, Qu Wenruo wrote:
> I'm just wondering if we all know that we should avoid cross-workqueue 
> dependency to avoid deadlock, then why no one is trying to expose any such 
> deadlocks by simply limiting max_active to 1 for all workqueues?

Cross workqueue dependencies are not a problem per se, and a lot of
places in the kernel rely on them.  Dependencies on another work_struct
on the same workqueue on the other hand are a problem.

> Especially with lockdep, once we got a reproduce, it should not be that 
> hard to fix.

lockdep helps you to find them without requiring to limit the max_active.

  reply	other threads:[~2023-03-24  1:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-03-14 16:59 defer all write I/O completions to process context Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-14 16:59 ` [PATCH 01/10] btrfs: use a plain workqueue for ordered_extent processing Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-16 17:10   ` Johannes Thumshirn
2023-03-16 17:31   ` David Sterba
2023-03-20  6:12     ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-20 11:08   ` Qu Wenruo
2023-03-20 11:35     ` Qu Wenruo
2023-03-20 12:24       ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-20 23:19         ` Qu Wenruo
2023-03-21 12:48           ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-14 16:59 ` [PATCH 02/10] btrfs: refactor btrfs_end_io_wq Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-16 17:12   ` Johannes Thumshirn
2023-03-20 11:09   ` Qu Wenruo
2023-03-14 16:59 ` [PATCH 03/10] btrfs: offload all write I/O completions to a workqueue Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-16 17:14   ` Johannes Thumshirn
2023-03-20 11:29   ` Qu Wenruo
2023-03-20 12:30     ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-20 23:37       ` Qu Wenruo
2023-03-21 12:55         ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-21 23:37           ` Qu Wenruo
2023-03-22  8:32             ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-23  8:07               ` Qu Wenruo
2023-03-23  8:12                 ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-23  8:20                   ` Qu Wenruo
2023-03-24  1:11                     ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2023-03-23 14:53               ` Chris Mason
2023-03-24  1:09                 ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-24 13:25                   ` Chris Mason
2023-03-24 19:20                     ` Chris Mason
2023-03-25  8:13                       ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-25 17:16                         ` Chris Mason
2023-03-25  8:15                     ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-25  8:42                       ` Qu Wenruo
2023-03-14 16:59 ` [PATCH 04/10] btrfs: remove the compressed_write_workers workqueue Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-14 16:59 ` [PATCH 05/10] btrfs: remove irq disabling for btrfs_workqueue.list_lock Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-17 10:34   ` Johannes Thumshirn
2023-03-14 16:59 ` [PATCH 06/10] btrfs: remove irq disabling for subpage.list_lock Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-14 16:59 ` [PATCH 07/10] btrfs: remove irq disabling for leak_lock Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-17 10:35   ` Johannes Thumshirn
2023-03-14 16:59 ` [PATCH 08/10] btrfs: remove irq disabling for fs_info.ebleak_lock Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-17 10:35   ` Johannes Thumshirn
2023-03-14 16:59 ` [PATCH 09/10] btrfs: remove irq_disabling for ordered_tree.lock Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-17 10:36   ` Johannes Thumshirn
2023-03-20  6:12     ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-14 16:59 ` [PATCH 10/10] btrfs: remove confusing comments Christoph Hellwig
2023-03-17 10:37   ` Johannes Thumshirn
2023-03-17 10:39 ` defer all write I/O completions to process context Johannes Thumshirn
2023-03-20  6:14   ` Christoph Hellwig

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