Re: [PATCH 4/5] block: move queue enter logic into blk_mq_submit_bio()

From: Michael Schmitz
Date: Mon Nov 15 2021 - 19:04:37 EST


On 12/11/21 20:51, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
[...]
BTW, today I just found that hang in blk_mq_freeze_queue_wait() is
caused by commit 900e080752025f00, and the following patch can fix it:

- blk-mq: don't grab ->q_usage_counter in blk_mq_sched_bio_merge

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20211111085650.GA476@xxxxxx/T/#m759b88fda094a65ebf29bc81b780967cdaf9cf28

Maybe you can try the above patch.

Thanks! I have applied both patches, but it doesn't make a difference.

Thanks for your test!

Can you try the following patch?

[...]

That's definitely a real fix, akin to the other pre-enter variants, this
one just post checks. Geert, can you give this a whirl?

With both of

blk-mq: don't grab ->q_usage_counter in blk_mq_sched_bio_merge
blk-mq: rename blk_attempt_bio_merge

applied, and the version above, I no longer saw the error, but the
boot sometimes hangs after:

ext3 filesystem being remounted at / supports timestamps until
2038 (0x7fffffff)

I don't know how easy that is to trigger: it hung on my first try, but
the second and third tries it booted fully into old Debian userspace.

Ming, would you mind sending this as a real patch?

The above patch may not be enough, since submit_bio_checks() is done in
case of using cached request, so how about the following patch(un-tested)?

Worked fine in five subsequent boots. Thanks!
Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

For good measure: block-5.16-2021-11-13 tested fine running IO stress tests on a mix of IDE and SCSI disks, only one of those supporting DPO/FUA.

Using

WARN_ON(rq->cmd_flags & REQ_FUA && !sdkp->DPOFUA);

in sd.c:sd_setup_read_write_cmnd(), nothing seen in the logs.

Cheers,

Michael



Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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