Re: [patch]blk-mq: blk_mq_tag_to_rq should handle flush request

Jens Axboe
2014-06-05T02:40:33Z

On 2014-06-04 20:27, Shaohua Li wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 04, 2014 at 08:05:33PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> On 2014-06-04 19:27, Shaohua Li wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jun 04, 2014 at 10:25:22AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>>> On 06/04/2014 09:47 AM, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>>>> On 06/04/2014 09:39 AM, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>>>>> On 06/04/2014 09:31 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 04, 2014 at 09:02:19AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>>>>>>>> scsi_mq_find_tag only gets the scsi host, which may have multiple
>>>>>>>>> queues. When called from scsi_find_tag we actually have a scsi device,
>>>>>>>>> so that's not an issue, but when called from scsi_host_find_tag the
>>>>>>>>> driver only provides the host.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Only solution I see right now is to have the flush_rq in the shared
>>>>>>>> tags, but that would potentially be a regression for multiple
>>>>>>>> devices and heavy flush uses cases. I'll see if I can come up with
>>>>>>>> something better, or maybe Shaohua has an idea.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What about something like the following (untest, uncompiled, maybe
>>>>>>> pseudo-code):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> struct request *blk_mq_tag_to_rq(struct blk_mq_tags *tags, unsigned int tag)
>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>> struct request *rq = tags->rqs[tag];
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> if ((rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FLUSH_SEQ) && rq->q->flush_rq->tag == tag)
>>>>>>> return rq->q->flush_rq;
>>>>>>> return rq;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ah yes, that'll work, the queue is always assigned. I'll make that change.
>>>>>
>>>>> Something like this in complete form. Compile tested only, I'll test it
>>>>> on dev box. Probably doesn't matter too much, but I prefer to
>>>>> potentially have the faster path (non-flush) just fall inline.
>>>>
>>>> Works for me, committed.
>>>
>>> Sounds there is a small race here. FUA request has REQ_FLUSH_SEQ set too.
>>> Assume its tag is 0. we initialize flush_rq.
>>> blk_mq_rq_init->blk_rq_init->memset could set flush_rq tag to 0 in a short
>>> time. In that short time, blk_mq_tag_to_rq will return wrong request for the
>>> FUA request.
>>>
>>> we can do (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FLUSH_SEQ) && !(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FUA) in
>>> is_flush_request to avoid this issue.
>>
>> We don't memset the entire request anymore from the rq alloc path.
>
> blk_kick_flush() still calls blk_rq_init()?

OK, I see what you mean now. I was thinking about the normal uses cases
of blk_mq_tag_to_rq(), which would be completion or issue time. If you
are concerned about the "any point in time" validity, then yes, it could
be an issue.

Might be better to fixup flush init, though.

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Jens Axboe