Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] nvme-tcp: fix hung issues for deleting

[Ming Lei]

On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 11:11:06AM +0300, Sagi Grimberg wrote:
> 
> > > Hi Ming:
> > > 
> > > Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> 于2023年6月6日周二 23:15写道：
> > > > 
> > > > Hello Chunguang,
> > > > 
> > > > On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 06:59:22PM +0800, brookxu.cn wrote:
> > > > > From: Chunguang Xu <chunguang.xu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > 
> > > > > We found that nvme_remove_namespaces() may hang in flush_work(&ctrl->scan_work)
> > > > > while removing ctrl. The root cause may due to the state of ctrl changed to
> > > > > NVME_CTRL_DELETING while removing ctrl , which intterupt nvme_tcp_error_recovery_work()/
> > > > > nvme_reset_ctrl_work()/nvme_tcp_reconnect_or_remove().  At this time, ctrl is
> > > > 
> > > > I didn't dig into ctrl state check in these error handler yet, but error
> > > > handling is supposed to provide forward progress for any controller state.
> > > > 
> > > > Can you explain a bit how switching to DELETING interrupts the above
> > > > error handling and breaks the forward progress guarantee?
> > > 
> > > Here we freezed ctrl, if ctrl state has changed to DELETING or
> > > DELETING_NIO(by nvme disconnect),  we will break up and lease ctrl
> > > freeze, so nvme_remove_namespaces() hang.
> > > 
> > > static void nvme_tcp_error_recovery_work(struct work_struct *work)
> > > {
> > >          ...
> > >          if (!nvme_change_ctrl_state(ctrl, NVME_CTRL_CONNECTING)) {
> > >                  /* state change failure is ok if we started ctrl delete */
> > >                  WARN_ON_ONCE(ctrl->state != NVME_CTRL_DELETING &&
> > >                               ctrl->state != NVME_CTRL_DELETING_NOIO);
> > >                  return;
> > >          }
> > > 
> > >          nvme_tcp_reconnect_or_remove(ctrl);
> > > }
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Another path, we will check ctrl state while reconnecting, if it changes to
> > > DELETING or DELETING_NIO, we will break up and lease ctrl freeze and
> > > queue quiescing (through reset path), as a result Hang occurs.
> > > 
> > > static void nvme_tcp_reconnect_or_remove(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
> > > {
> > >          /* If we are resetting/deleting then do nothing */
> > >          if (ctrl->state != NVME_CTRL_CONNECTING) {
> > >                  WARN_ON_ONCE(ctrl->state == NVME_CTRL_NEW ||
> > >                          ctrl->state == NVME_CTRL_LIVE);
> > >                  return;
> > >          }
> > >          ...
> > > }
> > > 
> > > > > freezed and queue is quiescing . Since scan_work may continue to issue IOs to
> > > > > load partition table, make it blocked, and lead to nvme_tcp_error_recovery_work()
> > > > > hang in flush_work(&ctrl->scan_work).
> > > > > 
> > > > > After analyzation, we found that there are mainly two case:
> > > > > 1. Since ctrl is freeze, scan_work hang in __bio_queue_enter() while it issue
> > > > >     new IO to load partition table.
> > > > 
> > > > Yeah, nvme freeze usage is fragile, and I suggested to move
> > > > nvme_start_freeze() from nvme_tcp_teardown_io_queues to
> > > > nvme_tcp_configure_io_queues(), such as the posted change on rdma:
> > > > 
> > > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/CAHj4cs-4gQHnp5aiekvJmb6o8qAcb6nLV61uOGFiisCzM49_dg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#ma0d6bbfaa0c8c1be79738ff86a2fdcf7582e06b0
> > > 
> > > While drive reconnecting, I think we should freeze ctrl or quiescing queue,
> > > otherwise nvme_fail_nonready_command()may return BLK_STS_RESOURCE,
> > > and the IOs may retry frequently. So I think we may better freeze ctrl
> > > while entering
> > > error_recovery/reconnect, but need to unfreeze it while exit.
> > 
> > quiescing is always done in error handling, and freeze is actually
> > not a must, and it is easier to cause race by calling freeze & unfreeze
> > from different contexts.
> > 
> > But yes, unquiesce should have been done after exiting error handling, or
> > simply do it in nvme_unquiesce_io_queues().
> > 
> > And the following patch should cover all these hangs:
> > 
> 
> Ming, are you sending a formal patchset for this?

Not yet, will do it.

> 
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> > index 3ec38e2b9173..83d3818fc60b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> > @@ -4692,6 +4692,9 @@ void nvme_remove_namespaces(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
> >   	 */
> >   	nvme_mpath_clear_ctrl_paths(ctrl);
> > +	/* unquiesce io queues so scan work won't hang */
> > +	nvme_unquiesce_io_queues(ctrl);
> 
> What guarantees that the queues won't be quiesced right after this
> by the transport?

Please see nvme_change_ctrl_state(), if controller state is in
DELETING, new NVME_CTRL_RESETTING/NVME_CTRL_CONNECTING can be entered
any more.

> 
> I'm still unclear why this affects the scan_work?

As Chunguang mentioned, if error recover is terminated by nvme deletion,
the controller can be kept in quiesced state, then in-queue IOs can'tu
move on, meantime new error recovery can't be started successfully because
controller state is NVME_CTRL_DELETING, so any pending IOs(include those
from scan context) can't be completed.




Thanks, 
Ming