[PATCH v1 1/4] virtio-mem: remove unsafe unplug in Big Block Mode (BBM)

[David Hildenbrand]

When "unsafe unplug" is enabled, we don't fake-offline all memory ahead of
actual memory offlining using alloc_contig_range(). Instead, we rely on
offline_pages() to also perform actual page migration, which might fail
or take a very long time.

In that case, it's possible to easily run into endless loops that cannot be
aborted anymore (as offlining is triggered by a workqueue then): For
example, a single (accidentally) permanently unmovable page in
ZONE_MOVABLE results in an endless loop. For ZONE_NORMAL, races between
isolating the pageblock (and checking for unmovable pages) and
concurrent page allocation are possible and similarly result in endless
loops.

The idea of the unsafe unplug mode was to make it possible to more
reliably unplug large memory blocks. However, (a) we really should be
tackling that differently, by extending the alloc_contig_range()-based
mechanism; and (b) this mode is not the default and as far as I know,
it's unused either way.

So let's simply get rid of it.

Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c | 51 +++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c
index 835f6cc2fb66..ed15d2a4bd96 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ module_param(bbm_block_size, ulong, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(bbm_block_size,
 		 "Big Block size in bytes. Default is 0 (auto-detection).");
 
-static bool bbm_safe_unplug = true;
-module_param(bbm_safe_unplug, bool, 0444);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(bbm_safe_unplug,
-	     "Use a safe unplug mechanism in BBM, avoiding long/endless loops");
-
 /*
  * virtio-mem currently supports the following modes of operation:
  *
@@ -2111,38 +2106,32 @@ static int virtio_mem_bbm_offline_remove_and_unplug_bb(struct virtio_mem *vm,
 			 VIRTIO_MEM_BBM_BB_ADDED))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (bbm_safe_unplug) {
-		/*
-		 * Start by fake-offlining all memory. Once we marked the device
-		 * block as fake-offline, all newly onlined memory will
-		 * automatically be kept fake-offline. Protect from concurrent
-		 * onlining/offlining until we have a consistent state.
-		 */
-		mutex_lock(&vm->hotplug_mutex);
-		virtio_mem_bbm_set_bb_state(vm, bb_id,
-					    VIRTIO_MEM_BBM_BB_FAKE_OFFLINE);
+	/*
+	 * Start by fake-offlining all memory. Once we marked the device
+	 * block as fake-offline, all newly onlined memory will
+	 * automatically be kept fake-offline. Protect from concurrent
+	 * onlining/offlining until we have a consistent state.
+	 */
+	mutex_lock(&vm->hotplug_mutex);
+	virtio_mem_bbm_set_bb_state(vm, bb_id, VIRTIO_MEM_BBM_BB_FAKE_OFFLINE);
 
-		for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION) {
-			page = pfn_to_online_page(pfn);
-			if (!page)
-				continue;
+	for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION) {
+		page = pfn_to_online_page(pfn);
+		if (!page)
+			continue;
 
-			rc = virtio_mem_fake_offline(pfn, PAGES_PER_SECTION);
-			if (rc) {
-				end_pfn = pfn;
-				goto rollback_safe_unplug;
-			}
+		rc = virtio_mem_fake_offline(pfn, PAGES_PER_SECTION);
+		if (rc) {
+			end_pfn = pfn;
+			goto rollback;
 		}
-		mutex_unlock(&vm->hotplug_mutex);
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&vm->hotplug_mutex);
 
 	rc = virtio_mem_bbm_offline_and_remove_bb(vm, bb_id);
 	if (rc) {
-		if (bbm_safe_unplug) {
-			mutex_lock(&vm->hotplug_mutex);
-			goto rollback_safe_unplug;
-		}
-		return rc;
+		mutex_lock(&vm->hotplug_mutex);
+		goto rollback;
 	}
 
 	rc = virtio_mem_bbm_unplug_bb(vm, bb_id);
@@ -2154,7 +2143,7 @@ static int virtio_mem_bbm_offline_remove_and_unplug_bb(struct virtio_mem *vm,
 					    VIRTIO_MEM_BBM_BB_UNUSED);
 	return rc;
 
-rollback_safe_unplug:
+rollback:
 	for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION) {
 		page = pfn_to_online_page(pfn);
 		if (!page)
-- 
2.41.0