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From: "tj@kernel.org" <tj@kernel.org>
To: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Cc: Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@wdc.com>,
	"linux-block@vger.kernel.org" <linux-block@vger.kernel.org>,
	"israelr@mellanox.com" <israelr@mellanox.com>,
	"sagi@grimberg.me" <sagi@grimberg.me>, "hch@lst.de" <hch@lst.de>,
	"stable@vger.kernel.org" <stable@vger.kernel.org>,
	"axboe@kernel.dk" <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	"maxg@mellanox.com" <maxg@mellanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] blk-mq: Fix race conditions in request timeout handling
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 08:30:31 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180410153031.GO3126663@devbig577.frc2.facebook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180410152553.GC22340@ming.t460p>

Hello, Ming.

On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 11:25:54PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> +   if (time_after_eq(jiffies, deadline) &&
> +       blk_mq_change_rq_state(rq, MQ_RQ_IN_FLIGHT, MQ_RQ_COMPLETE)) {
> +       blk_mq_rq_timed_out(rq, reserved);
> 
> Normal completion still can happen between blk_mq_change_rq_state()
> and blk_mq_rq_timed_out().
> 
> In tj's approach, there is synchronize_rcu() between writing aborted_gstate
> and blk_mq_rq_timed_out, it is easier for normal completion to happen during
> the big window.

I don't think plugging this hole is all that difficult, but this
shouldn't lead to any critical failures.  If so, that'd be a driver
bug.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

  reply	other threads:[~2018-04-10 15:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-04-10  1:34 [PATCH v4] blk-mq: Fix race conditions in request timeout handling Bart Van Assche
2018-04-10  7:59 ` jianchao.wang
2018-04-10 10:04   ` Ming Lei
2018-04-10 12:04     ` Shan Hai
2018-04-10 13:01   ` Bart Van Assche
2018-04-10 14:32     ` jianchao.wang
2018-04-10  8:41 ` Ming Lei
2018-04-10 12:58   ` Bart Van Assche
2018-04-10 13:55     ` Ming Lei
2018-04-10 14:09       ` Bart Van Assche
2018-04-10 14:30         ` Ming Lei
2018-04-10 15:02           ` Bart Van Assche
2018-04-10 15:25             ` Ming Lei
2018-04-10 15:30               ` tj [this message]
2018-04-10 15:38                 ` Ming Lei
2018-04-10 15:40                   ` tj
2018-04-10 21:33                     ` tj
2018-04-10 21:46                       ` Bart Van Assche
2018-04-10 21:54                         ` tj
2018-04-11 12:50                           ` Bart Van Assche
2018-04-11 14:16                             ` tj
2018-04-11 18:38                             ` Martin Steigerwald
2018-04-11 14:24                           ` Sagi Grimberg
2018-04-11 14:43                             ` tj
2018-04-11 16:16                             ` Israel Rukshin
2018-04-11 17:07                               ` tj
2018-04-11 21:31                                 ` tj
2018-04-12  8:59                                   ` Israel Rukshin
2018-04-12 13:35                                     ` tj
2018-04-15 12:28                                       ` Israel Rukshin
2018-04-18 16:34                           ` Bart Van Assche
2018-04-10  9:55 ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-04-10 13:26   ` Bart Van Assche
2018-04-10 14:50     ` hch
2018-04-10 14:41   ` Jens Axboe
2018-04-10 14:20 ` Tejun Heo
2018-04-10 14:30   ` Bart Van Assche
2018-04-10 14:33     ` tj

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