Re: Strange block/scsi/workqueue issue

[Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>]

Hi,

On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 02:18 +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> (cc'ing James.  The original message is http://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/11/175 )
> 
> Please read from the bottom up.
> 
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 03:56:03PM +0100, Steven Whitehouse wrote:
> >  [<ffffffff8167b8e5>] schedule_timeout+0x295/0x310
> >  [<ffffffff8167a650>] wait_for_common+0x120/0x170
> >  [<ffffffff8167a748>] wait_for_completion+0x18/0x20
> >  [<ffffffff810aba4c>] wait_on_cpu_work+0xec/0x100
> >  [<ffffffff810abb3b>] wait_on_work+0xdb/0x150
> >  [<ffffffff810abc33>] __cancel_work_timer+0x83/0x130
> >  [<ffffffff810abced>] cancel_delayed_work_sync+0xd/0x10
> 
> 4. which in turn tries to sync cancel q->delay_work.  Oops, deadlock.
> 
> >  [<ffffffff813b24b4>] blk_sync_queue+0x24/0x50
> 
> 3. and calls into blk_sync_queue()
> 
> >  [<ffffffff813b24ef>] blk_cleanup_queue+0xf/0x60
> >  [<ffffffff81479a89>] scsi_free_queue+0x9/0x10
> >  [<ffffffff8147d30b>] scsi_device_dev_release_usercontext+0xeb/0x140
> >  [<ffffffff810ac826>] execute_in_process_context+0x86/0xa0
> 
> 2. It triggers SCSI device release
> 
> >  [<ffffffff8147d1f7>] scsi_device_dev_release+0x17/0x20
> >  [<ffffffff814609f2>] device_release+0x22/0x90
> >  [<ffffffff813c8165>] kobject_release+0x45/0x90
> >  [<ffffffff813c9767>] kref_put+0x37/0x70
> >  [<ffffffff813c8027>] kobject_put+0x27/0x60
> >  [<ffffffff81460822>] put_device+0x12/0x20
> >  [<ffffffff81478bd9>] scsi_request_fn+0xb9/0x4a0
> >  [<ffffffff813aff2a>] __blk_run_queue+0x6a/0x110
> >  [<ffffffff813b1f66>] blk_delay_work+0x26/0x40
> 
> 1. Workqueue starting execution of q->delay_work and scsi_request_fn()
>    is run from there.
> 
> >  [<ffffffff810aa9c7>] process_one_work+0x197/0x520
> >  [<ffffffff810acfec>] worker_thread+0x15c/0x330
> >  [<ffffffff810b1f16>] kthread+0xa6/0xb0
> >  [<ffffffff81687064>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
> 
> So, q->delay_work ends up waiting for itself.  I'd like to blame SCSI
> (as it also fits my agenda to kill execute_in_process_context ;-) for
> diving all the way into blk_cleanup_queue() directly from request_fn.
> 
> Does the following patch fix the problem?
> 
Unfortunately not:

scsi 0:0:32:0: Enclosure         DP       BACKPLANE        1.07 PQ: 0
ANSI: 5
scsi 0:2:0:0: Direct-Access     DELL     PERC 6/i         1.22 PQ: 0
ANSI: 5
scsi 0:2:1:0: Direct-Access     DELL     PERC 6/i         1.22 PQ: 0
ANSI: 5
------------[ cut here ]------------
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WARNING: at lib/kref.c:34 kref_get+0x2d/0x30()
Hardware name: PowerEdge R710
Modules linked in:
Pid: 12, comm: kworker/2:0 Not tainted 2.6.39-rc2+ #188
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff8108fa9a>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7a/0xb0
 [<ffffffff8108fae5>] warn_slowpath_null+0x15/0x20
 [<ffffffff813c97cd>] kref_get+0x2d/0x30
 [<ffffffff813c81ca>] kobject_get+0x1a/0x30
 [<ffffffff814607f4>] get_device+0x14/0x20
 [<ffffffff81478b57>] scsi_request_fn+0x37/0x4a0
 [<ffffffff813aff2a>] __blk_run_queue+0x6a/0x110
 [<ffffffff813b1f66>] blk_delay_work+0x26/0x40
 [<ffffffff810aa9c7>] process_one_work+0x197/0x520
 [<ffffffff810aa961>] ? process_one_work+0x131/0x520
 [<ffffffff813b1f40>] ? blk_make_request+0x90/0x90
 [<ffffffff810acfec>] worker_thread+0x15c/0x330
 [<ffffffff810ace90>] ? manage_workers.clone.20+0x240/0x240
 [<ffffffff810ace90>] ? manage_workers.clone.20+0x240/0x240
 [<ffffffff810b1f16>] kthread+0xa6/0xb0
 [<ffffffff816870e4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
 [<ffffffff8107fe1f>] ? finish_task_switch+0x6f/0x110
 [<ffffffff8167ec66>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x46/0x70
 [<ffffffff8167f018>] ? retint_restore_args+0x13/0x13
 [<ffffffff810b1e70>] ? __init_kthread_worker+0x70/0x70
 [<ffffffff816870e0>] ? gs_change+0x13/0x13
---[ end trace 3681e9da2630a94b ]---

Steve.