Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] block: loop: don't hold lo_ctl_mutex in lo_open

From: Ming Lei
Date: Thu Apr 23 2015 - 22:21:14 EST


On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 7:30 PM, Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The lo_ctl_mutex is held for running all ioctl handlers, and
> in some ioctl handlers, ioctl_by_bdev(BLKRRPART) is called for
> rereading partitions, which requires bd_mutex.
>
> So it is easy to cause failure because trylock(bd_mutex) may
> fail inside blkdev_reread_part(), and follows the lock context:
>
> blkid or other application:
> ->open()
> ->mutex_lock(bd_mutex)
> ->lo_open()
> ->mutex_lock(lo_ctl_mutex)
>
> losetup(set fd ioctl):
> ->mutex_lock(lo_ctl_mutex)
> ->ioctl_by_bdev(BLKRRPART)
> ->trylock(bd_mutex)
>
> This patch trys to eliminate the ABBA lock dependency by removing
> lo_ctl_mutext in lo_open() with the following approach:
>
> 1) make lo_refcnt as atomic_t and avoid acquiring lo_ctl_mutex in lo_open():
> - for open vs. add/del loop, no any problem because of loop_index_mutex
> - freeze request queue during clr_fd, so I/O can't come until
> clearing fd is completed, like the effect of holding lo_ctl_mutex
> in lo_open
> - both open() and release() have been serialized by bd_mutex already
>
> 2) don't hold lo_ctl_mutex for decreasing/checking lo_refcnt in
> lo_release(), then lo_ctl_mutex is only required for the last release.
>
> Tested-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/block/loop.c | 19 +++++++++++--------
> drivers/block/loop.h | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
> index c4fd1e4..0d9f014 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/loop.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
> @@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo)
> * <dev>/do something like mkfs/losetup -d <dev> causing the losetup -d
> * command to fail with EBUSY.
> */
> - if (lo->lo_refcnt > 1) {
> + if (atomic_read(&lo->lo_refcnt) > 1) {
> lo->lo_flags |= LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR;
> mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
> return 0;
> @@ -890,6 +890,9 @@ static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo)
> if (filp == NULL)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> + /* freeze request queue during the transition */
> + blk_mq_freeze_queue(lo->lo_queue);
> +
> spin_lock_irq(&lo->lo_lock);
> lo->lo_state = Lo_rundown;
> lo->lo_backing_file = NULL;
> @@ -921,6 +924,8 @@ static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo)
> lo->lo_state = Lo_unbound;
> /* This is safe: open() is still holding a reference. */
> module_put(THIS_MODULE);
> + blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(lo->lo_queue);
> +
> if (lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN && bdev)
> ioctl_by_bdev(bdev, BLKRRPART, 0);
> lo->lo_flags = 0;
> @@ -1378,9 +1383,7 @@ static int lo_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
> goto out;
> }
>
> - mutex_lock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
> - lo->lo_refcnt++;
> - mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
> + atomic_inc(&lo->lo_refcnt);
> out:
> mutex_unlock(&loop_index_mutex);
> return err;
> @@ -1391,11 +1394,10 @@ static void lo_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
> struct loop_device *lo = disk->private_data;
> int err;
>
> - mutex_lock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
> -
> - if (--lo->lo_refcnt)
> + if (atomic_dec_return(&lo->lo_refcnt))
> goto out;

Sorry, the above 'goto out' should be changed to 'return', I will post out
v3 after running more tests.

>
> + mutex_lock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
> if (lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR) {
> /*
> * In autoclear mode, stop the loop thread
> @@ -1648,6 +1650,7 @@ static int loop_add(struct loop_device **l, int i)
> disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN;
> disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT;
> mutex_init(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
> + atomic_set(&lo->lo_refcnt, 0);
> lo->lo_number = i;
> spin_lock_init(&lo->lo_lock);
> disk->major = LOOP_MAJOR;
> @@ -1765,7 +1768,7 @@ static long loop_control_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
> mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
> break;
> }
> - if (lo->lo_refcnt > 0) {
> + if (atomic_read(&lo->lo_refcnt) > 0) {
> ret = -EBUSY;
> mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
> break;
> diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.h b/drivers/block/loop.h
> index 301c27f..ffb6dd6 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/loop.h
> +++ b/drivers/block/loop.h
> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ struct loop_func_table;
>
> struct loop_device {
> int lo_number;
> - int lo_refcnt;
> + atomic_t lo_refcnt;
> loff_t lo_offset;
> loff_t lo_sizelimit;
> int lo_flags;
> --
> 1.7.9.5
>
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