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From: Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@wdc.com>
To: "keith.busch@linux.intel.com" <keith.busch@linux.intel.com>
Cc: "hch@lst.de" <hch@lst.de>,
	"keith.busch@intel.com" <keith.busch@intel.com>,
	"linux-block@vger.kernel.org" <linux-block@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org" <linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org>,
	"axboe@kernel.dk" <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	"ming.lei@redhat.com" <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] blk-mq: Remove generation seqeunce
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 21:30:11 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3f0f26c5503bbe3c3222129d758aa2f85c14fb45.camel@wdc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180718211711.GB32160@localhost.localdomain>

On Wed, 2018-07-18 at 15:17 -0600, Keith Busch wrote:
> There are not that many blk-mq drivers, so we can go through them all=
.

I'm not sure that's the right approach. I think it is the responsibility of
the block layer to handle races between completion handling and timeout
handling and that this is not the responsibility of e.g. a block driver. If
you look at e.g. the legacy block layer then you will see that it takes car=
e
of this race and that legacy block drivers do not have to worry about this
race.

Bart.=

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Bart.VanAssche@wdc.com (Bart Van Assche)
Subject: [RFC PATCH 3/3] blk-mq: Remove generation seqeunce
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 21:30:11 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3f0f26c5503bbe3c3222129d758aa2f85c14fb45.camel@wdc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180718211711.GB32160@localhost.localdomain>

On Wed, 2018-07-18@15:17 -0600, Keith Busch wrote:
> There are not that many blk-mq drivers, so we can go through them all.

I'm not sure that's the right approach. I think it is the responsibility of
the block layer to handle races between completion handling and timeout
handling and that this is not the responsibility of e.g. a block driver. If
you look at e.g. the legacy block layer then you will see that it takes care
of this race and that legacy block drivers do not have to worry about this
race.

Bart.

  reply	other threads:[~2018-07-18 21:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 128+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-05-21 23:11 [RFC PATCH 0/3] blk-mq: Timeout rework Keith Busch
2018-05-21 23:11 ` Keith Busch
2018-05-21 23:11 ` [RFC PATCH 1/3] blk-mq: Reference count request usage Keith Busch
2018-05-21 23:11   ` Keith Busch
2018-05-22  2:27   ` Ming Lei
2018-05-22  2:27     ` Ming Lei
2018-05-22 15:19   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-05-22 15:19     ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-05-21 23:11 ` [RFC PATCH 2/3] blk-mq: Fix timeout and state order Keith Busch
2018-05-21 23:11   ` Keith Busch
2018-05-22  2:28   ` Ming Lei
2018-05-22  2:28     ` Ming Lei
2018-05-22 15:24   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-05-22 15:24     ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-05-22 16:27     ` Bart Van Assche
2018-05-22 16:27       ` Bart Van Assche
2018-05-21 23:11 ` [RFC PATCH 3/3] blk-mq: Remove generation seqeunce Keith Busch
2018-05-21 23:11   ` Keith Busch
2018-05-21 23:29   ` Bart Van Assche
2018-05-21 23:29     ` Bart Van Assche
2018-05-22 14:15     ` Keith Busch
2018-05-22 14:15       ` Keith Busch
2018-05-22 16:29       ` Bart Van Assche
2018-05-22 16:29         ` Bart Van Assche
2018-05-22 16:34         ` Keith Busch
2018-05-22 16:34           ` Keith Busch
2018-05-22 16:48           ` Bart Van Assche
2018-05-22 16:48             ` Bart Van Assche
2018-05-22  2:49   ` Ming Lei
2018-05-22  2:49     ` Ming Lei
2018-05-22  3:16     ` Jens Axboe
2018-05-22  3:16       ` Jens Axboe
2018-05-22  3:47       ` Ming Lei
2018-05-22  3:47         ` Ming Lei
2018-05-22  3:51         ` Jens Axboe
2018-05-22  3:51           ` Jens Axboe
2018-05-22  8:51           ` Ming Lei
2018-05-22  8:51             ` Ming Lei
2018-05-22 14:35             ` Jens Axboe
2018-05-22 14:35               ` Jens Axboe
2018-05-22 14:20     ` Keith Busch
2018-05-22 14:20       ` Keith Busch
2018-05-22 14:37       ` Ming Lei
2018-05-22 14:37         ` Ming Lei
2018-05-22 14:46         ` Keith Busch
2018-05-22 14:46           ` Keith Busch
2018-05-22 14:57           ` Ming Lei
2018-05-22 14:57             ` Ming Lei
2018-05-22 15:01             ` Keith Busch
2018-05-22 15:01               ` Keith Busch
2018-05-22 15:07               ` Ming Lei
2018-05-22 15:07                 ` Ming Lei
2018-05-22 15:17                 ` Keith Busch
2018-05-22 15:17                   ` Keith Busch
2018-05-22 15:23                   ` Ming Lei
2018-05-22 15:23                     ` Ming Lei
2018-05-22 16:17   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-05-22 16:17     ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-05-23  0:34     ` Ming Lei
2018-05-23  0:34       ` Ming Lei
2018-05-23 14:35       ` Keith Busch
2018-05-23 14:35         ` Keith Busch
2018-05-24  1:52         ` Ming Lei
2018-05-24  1:52           ` Ming Lei
2018-05-23  5:48     ` Hannes Reinecke
2018-05-23  5:48       ` Hannes Reinecke
2018-07-12 18:16   ` Bart Van Assche
2018-07-12 18:16     ` Bart Van Assche
2018-07-12 19:24     ` Keith Busch
2018-07-12 19:24       ` Keith Busch
2018-07-12 22:24       ` Bart Van Assche
2018-07-12 22:24         ` Bart Van Assche
2018-07-13  1:12         ` jianchao.wang
2018-07-13  1:12           ` jianchao.wang
2018-07-13  2:40         ` jianchao.wang
2018-07-13  2:40           ` jianchao.wang
2018-07-13 15:43         ` Keith Busch
2018-07-13 15:43           ` Keith Busch
2018-07-13 15:52           ` Bart Van Assche
2018-07-13 15:52             ` Bart Van Assche
2018-07-13 18:47             ` Keith Busch
2018-07-13 18:47               ` Keith Busch
2018-07-13 23:03               ` Bart Van Assche
2018-07-13 23:03                 ` Bart Van Assche
2018-07-13 23:58                 ` Keith Busch
2018-07-13 23:58                   ` Keith Busch
2018-07-18 19:56                   ` hch
2018-07-18 19:56                     ` hch
2018-07-18 20:39                     ` hch
2018-07-18 20:39                       ` hch
2018-07-18 21:05                       ` Bart Van Assche
2018-07-18 21:05                         ` Bart Van Assche
2018-07-18 22:53                       ` Keith Busch
2018-07-18 22:53                         ` Keith Busch
2018-07-18 20:53                     ` Keith Busch
2018-07-18 20:53                       ` Keith Busch
2018-07-18 20:58                       ` Bart Van Assche
2018-07-18 20:58                         ` Bart Van Assche
2018-07-18 21:17                         ` Keith Busch
2018-07-18 21:17                           ` Keith Busch
2018-07-18 21:30                           ` Bart Van Assche [this message]
2018-07-18 21:30                             ` Bart Van Assche
2018-07-18 21:33                             ` Keith Busch
2018-07-18 21:33                               ` Keith Busch
2018-07-19 13:19                           ` hch
2018-07-19 13:19                             ` hch
2018-07-19 14:59                             ` Keith Busch
2018-07-19 14:59                               ` Keith Busch
2018-07-19 15:56                               ` Keith Busch
2018-07-19 15:56                                 ` Keith Busch
2018-07-19 16:04                                 ` Bart Van Assche
2018-07-19 16:04                                   ` Bart Van Assche
2018-07-19 16:22                                   ` Keith Busch
2018-07-19 16:22                                     ` Keith Busch
2018-07-19 16:29                                     ` hch
2018-07-19 16:29                                       ` hch
2018-07-19 20:18                                       ` Keith Busch
2018-07-19 20:18                                         ` Keith Busch
2018-07-19 13:22                       ` hch
2018-07-19 13:22                         ` hch
2018-05-21 23:29 ` [RFC PATCH 0/3] blk-mq: Timeout rework Bart Van Assche
2018-05-21 23:29   ` Bart Van Assche
2018-05-22 14:06   ` Keith Busch
2018-05-22 14:06     ` Keith Busch
2018-05-22 16:30     ` Bart Van Assche
2018-05-22 16:30       ` Bart Van Assche
2018-05-22 16:44       ` Keith Busch
2018-05-22 16:44         ` Keith Busch

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