Re: [PATCH v3] bcache: fix deadlock in bcache_allocator

From: Coly Li
Date: Wed Aug 07 2019 - 09:53:58 EST


On 2019/8/7 6:38 äå, Andrea Righi wrote:
> bcache_allocator can call the following:
>
> bch_allocator_thread()
> -> bch_prio_write()
> -> bch_bucket_alloc()
> -> wait on &ca->set->bucket_wait
>
> But the wake up event on bucket_wait is supposed to come from
> bch_allocator_thread() itself => deadlock:
>
> [ 1158.490744] INFO: task bcache_allocato:15861 blocked for more than 10 seconds.
> [ 1158.495929] Not tainted 5.3.0-050300rc3-generic #201908042232
> [ 1158.500653] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
> [ 1158.504413] bcache_allocato D 0 15861 2 0x80004000
> [ 1158.504419] Call Trace:
> [ 1158.504429] __schedule+0x2a8/0x670
> [ 1158.504432] schedule+0x2d/0x90
> [ 1158.504448] bch_bucket_alloc+0xe5/0x370 [bcache]
> [ 1158.504453] ? wait_woken+0x80/0x80
> [ 1158.504466] bch_prio_write+0x1dc/0x390 [bcache]
> [ 1158.504476] bch_allocator_thread+0x233/0x490 [bcache]
> [ 1158.504491] kthread+0x121/0x140
> [ 1158.504503] ? invalidate_buckets+0x890/0x890 [bcache]
> [ 1158.504506] ? kthread_park+0xb0/0xb0
> [ 1158.504510] ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40
>
> Fix by making the call to bch_prio_write() non-blocking, so that
> bch_allocator_thread() never waits on itself.
>
> Moreover, make sure to wake up the garbage collector thread when
> bch_prio_write() is failing to allocate buckets.
>
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1784665
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1796292
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <andrea.righi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

OK, I add this version into my for-test directory. Once you have a new
version, I will update it. Thanks.

Coly Li

> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - prevent buckets leak in bch_prio_write()
>
> drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c | 5 ++++-
> drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h | 2 +-
> drivers/md/bcache/super.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------
> 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c b/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c
> index 6f776823b9ba..a1df0d95151c 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c
> @@ -377,7 +377,10 @@ static int bch_allocator_thread(void *arg)
> if (!fifo_full(&ca->free_inc))
> goto retry_invalidate;
>
> - bch_prio_write(ca);
> + if (bch_prio_write(ca, false) < 0) {
> + ca->invalidate_needs_gc = 1;
> + wake_up_gc(ca->set);
> + }
> }
> }
> out:
> diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
> index 013e35a9e317..deb924e1d790 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
> +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
> @@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ bool bch_cached_dev_error(struct cached_dev *dc);
> __printf(2, 3)
> bool bch_cache_set_error(struct cache_set *c, const char *fmt, ...);
>
> -void bch_prio_write(struct cache *ca);
> +int bch_prio_write(struct cache *ca, bool wait);
> void bch_write_bdev_super(struct cached_dev *dc, struct closure *parent);
>
> extern struct workqueue_struct *bcache_wq;
> diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
> index 20ed838e9413..bd153234290d 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
> @@ -529,12 +529,29 @@ static void prio_io(struct cache *ca, uint64_t bucket, int op,
> closure_sync(cl);
> }
>
> -void bch_prio_write(struct cache *ca)
> +int bch_prio_write(struct cache *ca, bool wait)
> {
> int i;
> struct bucket *b;
> struct closure cl;
>
> + pr_debug("free_prio=%zu, free_none=%zu, free_inc=%zu",
> + fifo_used(&ca->free[RESERVE_PRIO]),
> + fifo_used(&ca->free[RESERVE_NONE]),
> + fifo_used(&ca->free_inc));
> +
> + /*
> + * Pre-check if there are enough free buckets. In the non-blocking
> + * scenario it's better to fail early rather than starting to allocate
> + * buckets and do a cleanup later in case of failure.
> + */
> + if (!wait) {
> + size_t avail = fifo_used(&ca->free[RESERVE_PRIO]) +
> + fifo_used(&ca->free[RESERVE_NONE]);
> + if (prio_buckets(ca) > avail)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> + }
> +
> closure_init_stack(&cl);
>
> lockdep_assert_held(&ca->set->bucket_lock);
> @@ -544,9 +561,6 @@ void bch_prio_write(struct cache *ca)
> atomic_long_add(ca->sb.bucket_size * prio_buckets(ca),
> &ca->meta_sectors_written);
>
> - //pr_debug("free %zu, free_inc %zu, unused %zu", fifo_used(&ca->free),
> - // fifo_used(&ca->free_inc), fifo_used(&ca->unused));
> -
> for (i = prio_buckets(ca) - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
> long bucket;
> struct prio_set *p = ca->disk_buckets;
> @@ -564,7 +578,7 @@ void bch_prio_write(struct cache *ca)
> p->magic = pset_magic(&ca->sb);
> p->csum = bch_crc64(&p->magic, bucket_bytes(ca) - 8);
>
> - bucket = bch_bucket_alloc(ca, RESERVE_PRIO, true);
> + bucket = bch_bucket_alloc(ca, RESERVE_PRIO, wait);
> BUG_ON(bucket == -1);
>
> mutex_unlock(&ca->set->bucket_lock);
> @@ -593,6 +607,7 @@ void bch_prio_write(struct cache *ca)
>
> ca->prio_last_buckets[i] = ca->prio_buckets[i];
> }
> + return 0;
> }
>
> static void prio_read(struct cache *ca, uint64_t bucket)
> @@ -1954,7 +1969,7 @@ static int run_cache_set(struct cache_set *c)
>
> mutex_lock(&c->bucket_lock);
> for_each_cache(ca, c, i)
> - bch_prio_write(ca);
> + bch_prio_write(ca, true);
> mutex_unlock(&c->bucket_lock);
>
> err = "cannot allocate new UUID bucket";
>


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Coly Li