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From: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
To: Shaohua Li <shli@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, axboe@kernel.dk,
	dan.j.williams@intel.com, shli@fusionio.com
Subject: Re: [patch 02/10 v3] raid5: delayed stripe fix
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 10:46:48 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120702104648.758e56d9@notabene.brown> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120625072606.544356632@kernel.org>

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On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:24:49 +0800 Shaohua Li <shli@kernel.org> wrote:

> There isn't locking setting STRIPE_DELAYED and STRIPE_PREREAD_ACTIVE bits, but
> the two bits have relationship. A delayed stripe can be moved to hold list only
> when preread active stripe count is below IO_THRESHOLD. If a stripe has both
> the bits set, such stripe will be in delayed list and preread count not 0,
> which will make such stripe never leave delayed list.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@fusionio.com>
> ---
>  drivers/md/raid5.c |    4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Index: linux/drivers/md/raid5.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/drivers/md/raid5.c	2012-06-25 14:36:15.964613183 +0800
> +++ linux/drivers/md/raid5.c	2012-06-25 14:36:57.280096788 +0800
> @@ -196,12 +196,14 @@ static void __release_stripe(struct r5co
>  		BUG_ON(!list_empty(&sh->lru));
>  		BUG_ON(atomic_read(&conf->active_stripes)==0);
>  		if (test_bit(STRIPE_HANDLE, &sh->state)) {
> -			if (test_bit(STRIPE_DELAYED, &sh->state))
> +			if (test_bit(STRIPE_DELAYED, &sh->state) &&
> +			    !test_bit(STRIPE_PREREAD_ACTIVE, &sh->state))
>  				list_add_tail(&sh->lru, &conf->delayed_list);
>  			else if (test_bit(STRIPE_BIT_DELAY, &sh->state) &&
>  				   sh->bm_seq - conf->seq_write > 0)
>  				list_add_tail(&sh->lru, &conf->bitmap_list);
>  			else {
> +				clear_bit(STRIPE_DELAYED, &sh->state);
>  				clear_bit(STRIPE_BIT_DELAY, &sh->state);
>  				list_add_tail(&sh->lru, &conf->handle_list);
>  			}

Thanks.  I've applied this patch and will submit it upstream shortly.

Have you actually seen a stripe get trapped with both bits set, or is this
just a theoretical problem discovered by code inspection?

Thanks,
NeilBrown

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  reply	other threads:[~2012-07-02  0:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-25  7:24 [patch 00/10 v3] raid5: improve write performance for fast storage Shaohua Li
2012-06-25  7:24 ` [patch 01/10 v3] raid5: use wake_up_all for overlap waking Shaohua Li
2012-06-28  7:26   ` NeilBrown
2012-06-28  8:53     ` Shaohua Li
2012-06-25  7:24 ` [patch 02/10 v3] raid5: delayed stripe fix Shaohua Li
2012-07-02  0:46   ` NeilBrown [this message]
2012-07-02  0:49     ` Shaohua Li
2012-07-02  0:55       ` NeilBrown
2012-06-25  7:24 ` [patch 03/10 v3] raid5: add a per-stripe lock Shaohua Li
2012-07-02  0:50   ` NeilBrown
2012-07-02  3:16     ` Shaohua Li
2012-07-02  7:39       ` NeilBrown
2012-07-03  1:27         ` Shaohua Li
2012-07-03 12:16         ` majianpeng
2012-07-03 23:56           ` NeilBrown
2012-07-04  1:09             ` majianpeng
2012-06-25  7:24 ` [patch 04/10 v3] raid5: lockless access raid5 overrided bi_phys_segments Shaohua Li
2012-06-25  7:24 ` [patch 05/10 v3] raid5: remove some device_lock locking places Shaohua Li
2012-06-25  7:24 ` [patch 06/10 v3] raid5: reduce chance release_stripe() taking device_lock Shaohua Li
2012-07-02  0:57   ` NeilBrown
2012-06-25  7:24 ` [patch 07/10 v3] md: personality can provide unplug private data Shaohua Li
2012-07-02  1:06   ` NeilBrown
2012-06-25  7:24 ` [patch 08/10 v3] raid5: make_request use batch stripe release Shaohua Li
2012-07-02  2:31   ` NeilBrown
2012-07-02  2:59     ` Shaohua Li
2012-07-02  5:07       ` NeilBrown
2012-06-25  7:24 ` [patch 09/10 v3] raid5: raid5d handle stripe in batch way Shaohua Li
2012-07-02  2:32   ` NeilBrown
2012-06-25  7:24 ` [patch 10/10 v3] raid5: create multiple threads to handle stripes Shaohua Li
2012-07-02  2:39   ` NeilBrown
2012-07-02 20:03   ` Dan Williams
2012-07-03  8:04     ` Shaohua Li

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