From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Coly Li To: linux-bcache@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, axboe@kernel.dk Cc: bcache@lists.ewheeler.net, Tang Junhui , stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 09/12] bcache: fix for gc and write-back race Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 14:25:59 +0800 Message-Id: <20170906062602.50497-10-colyli@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <20170906062602.50497-1-colyli@suse.de> References: <20170906062602.50497-1-colyli@suse.de> List-ID: From: Tang Junhui gc and write-back get raced (see the email "bcache get stucked" I sended before): gc thread write-back thread | |bch_writeback_thread() |bch_gc_thread() | | |==>read_dirty() |==>bch_btree_gc() | |==>btree_root() //get btree root | | //node write locker | |==>bch_btree_gc_root() | | |==>read_dirty_submit() | |==>write_dirty() | |==>continue_at(cl, | | write_dirty_finish, | | system_wq); | |==>write_dirty_finish()//excute | | //in system_wq | |==>bch_btree_insert() | |==>bch_btree_map_leaf_nodes() | |==>__bch_btree_map_nodes() | |==>btree_root //try to get btree | | //root node read | | //lock | |-----stuck here |==>bch_btree_set_root() |==>bch_journal_meta() |==>bch_journal() |==>journal_try_write() |==>journal_write_unlocked() //journal_full(&c->journal) | //condition satisfied |==>continue_at(cl, journal_write, system_wq); //try to excute | //journal_write in system_wq | //but work queue is excuting | //write_dirty_finish() |==>closure_sync(); //wait journal_write execute | //over and wake up gc, |-------------stuck here |==>release root node write locker This patch alloc a separate work-queue for write-back thread to avoid such race. (Commit log re-organized by Coly Li to pass checkpatch.pl checking) Signed-off-by: Tang Junhui Acked-by: Coly Li Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org --- drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h | 1 + drivers/md/bcache/super.c | 2 ++ drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c | 9 +++++++-- 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h index dee542fff68e..2ed9bd231d84 100644 --- a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h @@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ struct cached_dev { /* Limit number of writeback bios in flight */ struct semaphore in_flight; struct task_struct *writeback_thread; + struct workqueue_struct *writeback_write_wq; struct keybuf writeback_keys; diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c index 9a2c190745b6..253918972335 100644 --- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c @@ -1059,6 +1059,8 @@ static void cached_dev_free(struct closure *cl) cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dc->writeback_rate_update); if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dc->writeback_thread)) kthread_stop(dc->writeback_thread); + if (dc->writeback_write_wq) + destroy_workqueue(dc->writeback_write_wq); mutex_lock(&bch_register_lock); diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c b/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c index b533c2292ba5..323551f7cb28 100644 --- a/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ static void write_dirty(struct closure *cl) closure_bio_submit(&io->bio, cl); - continue_at(cl, write_dirty_finish, system_wq); + continue_at(cl, write_dirty_finish, io->dc->writeback_write_wq); } static void read_dirty_endio(struct bio *bio) @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static void read_dirty_submit(struct closure *cl) closure_bio_submit(&io->bio, cl); - continue_at(cl, write_dirty, system_wq); + continue_at(cl, write_dirty, io->dc->writeback_write_wq); } static void read_dirty(struct cached_dev *dc) @@ -517,6 +517,11 @@ void bch_cached_dev_writeback_init(struct cached_dev *dc) int bch_cached_dev_writeback_start(struct cached_dev *dc) { + dc->writeback_write_wq = alloc_workqueue("bcache_writeback_wq", + WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0); + if (!dc->writeback_write_wq) + return -ENOMEM; + dc->writeback_thread = kthread_create(bch_writeback_thread, dc, "bcache_writeback"); if (IS_ERR(dc->writeback_thread)) -- 2.13.5