From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Heinz Graalfs Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 RFC 3/4] virtio_blk: avoid calling blk_cleanup_queue() on device loss Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 12:37:02 +0100 Message-ID: <5295D95E.4070305@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <1385548360-31943-1-git-send-email-graalfs@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1385548360-31943-4-git-send-email-graalfs@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20131127104740.GB29702@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20131127104740.GB29702@redhat.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Cc: borntraeger@de.ibm.com, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org List-Id: virtualization@lists.linuxfoundation.org On 27/11/13 11:47, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 11:32:39AM +0100, Heinz Graalfs wrote: >> Code is added to avoid calling blk_cleanup_queue() when the surprize_removal >> flag is set due to a disappeared device. It avoid hangs due to incomplete >> requests (e.g. in-flight requests). Such requests must be considered as lost. > > Ugh. Can't we complete these immediately using detach_unused_buf? If not why? OK, I will try > >> If the current remove callback was triggered due to an unregister driver, >> and the surprize_removal is not already set (although the actual device >> is already gone, e.g. virsh detach), blk_cleanup_queue() would be triggered >> resulting in a possible hang. This hang is caused by e.g. 'in-flight' requests >> that will never complete. This is a weird situation, and most likely not >> 'serializable'. > > Hmm interesting. Implement some timeout and probe device to make sure > it's still alive? but there is always some race, isn't it? > >> Signed-off-by: Heinz Graalfs >> --- >> drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 3 ++- >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c >> index 0f64282..8c05001 100644 >> --- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c >> +++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c >> @@ -892,7 +892,8 @@ static void virtblk_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev) >> } >> >> del_gendisk(vblk->disk); >> - blk_cleanup_queue(vblk->disk->queue); >> + if (!vdev->surprize_removal) >> + blk_cleanup_queue(vblk->disk->queue); >> >> /* Stop all the virtqueues. */ >> vdev->config->reset(vdev); >> -- >> 1.8.3.1 >