Calling block ops when !TASK_RUNNING warning in raid1

[Dennis Yang <shinrairis@gmail.com>]

Hi,

We recently see the following kernel dump on raid1 with some kernel
debug option on.

<4>[   40.501369] ------------[ cut here ]------------
<4>[   40.501375] WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 7477 at
kernel/sched/core.c:7404 __might_sleep+0xa2/0xb0()
<4>[   40.501378] do not call blocking ops when !TASK_RUNNING; state=2
set at [<ffffffff810c28d8>] prepare_to_wait_event+0x58/0x100
<4>[   40.501379] Modules linked in: dm_c2f(O) pl2303 usbserial
qm2_i2c(O) intel_ips drbd(O) flashcache(O) dm_tier_hro_algo
dm_thin_pool dm_bio_prison dm_persistent_data hal_netlink(O) k10temp
coretemp mlx4_en(O) mlx4_core(O) mlx_compat(O) igb e1000e(O)
mpt3sas(O) mpt2sas scsi_transport_sas raid_class usb_storage xhci_pci
xhci_hcd usblp uhci_hcd ehci_pci ehci_hcd
<4>[   40.501395] CPU: 7 PID: 7477 Comm: md321_resync Tainted: G
    O    4.2.8 #1
<4>[   40.501396] Hardware name: INSYDE QV96/Type2 - Board Product
Name1, BIOS QV96IR23 10/21/2015
<4>[   40.501397]  ffffffff8219aff7 ffff880092f7b868 ffffffff81c86c4b
ffffffff810dfb59
<4>[   40.501399]  ffff880092f7b8b8 ffff880092f7b8a8 ffffffff81079fa5
ffff880092f7b8e8
<4>[   40.501401]  ffffffff821a4f6d 0000000000000140 0000000000000000
0000000000000001
<4>[   40.501403] Call Trace:
<4>[   40.501407]  [<ffffffff81c86c4b>] dump_stack+0x4c/0x65
<4>[   40.501409]  [<ffffffff810dfb59>] ? console_unlock+0x279/0x4f0
<4>[   40.501411]  [<ffffffff81079fa5>] warn_slowpath_common+0x85/0xc0
<4>[   40.501412]  [<ffffffff8107a021>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x41/0x50
<4>[   40.501414]  [<ffffffff810c28d8>] ? prepare_to_wait_event+0x58/0x100
<4>[   40.501415]  [<ffffffff810c28d8>] ? prepare_to_wait_event+0x58/0x100
<4>[   40.501416]  [<ffffffff810a4f72>] __might_sleep+0xa2/0xb0
<4>[   40.501419]  [<ffffffff8117bb7c>] mempool_alloc+0x7c/0x150
<4>[   40.501422]  [<ffffffff8101442a>] ? save_stack_trace+0x2a/0x50
<4>[   40.501425]  [<ffffffff8145b589>] bio_alloc_bioset+0xb9/0x260
<4>[   40.501428]  [<ffffffff816cb6da>] bio_alloc_mddev+0x1a/0x30
<4>[   40.501429]  [<ffffffff816d22a2>] md_super_write+0x32/0x90
<4>[   40.501431]  [<ffffffff816db9b2>] write_page+0x2d2/0x480
<4>[   40.501432]  [<ffffffff816db808>] ? write_page+0x128/0x480
<4>[   40.501434]  [<ffffffff816a45cc>] ? flush_pending_writes+0x1c/0xe0
<4>[   40.501435]  [<ffffffff816dc2a6>] bitmap_unplug+0x156/0x170
<4>[   40.501437]  [<ffffffff810caa2d>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0x10
<4>[   40.501439]  [<ffffffff81c94b4b>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x2b/0x40
<4>[   40.501440]  [<ffffffff816a4613>] flush_pending_writes+0x63/0xe0
<4>[   40.501442]  [<ffffffff816a4aff>] freeze_array+0x6f/0xc0
<4>[   40.501443]  [<ffffffff810c27e0>] ? wait_woken+0xb0/0xb0
<4>[   40.501444]  [<ffffffff816a4b8f>] raid1_quiesce+0x3f/0x50
<4>[   40.501446]  [<ffffffff816d2254>] md_do_sync+0x1394/0x13b0
<4>[   40.501447]  [<ffffffff816d1531>] ? md_do_sync+0x671/0x13b0
<4>[   40.501449]  [<ffffffff810cb680>] ? __lock_acquire+0x990/0x23a0
<4>[   40.501451]  [<ffffffff810bade7>] ? pick_next_task_fair+0x707/0xc30
<4>[   40.501453]  [<ffffffff8108783c>] ? kernel_sigaction+0x2c/0xc0
<4>[   40.501455]  [<ffffffff81c94b4b>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x2b/0x40
<4>[   40.501456]  [<ffffffff816cac80>] ? find_pers+0x80/0x80
<4>[   40.501457]  [<ffffffff816cadbe>] md_thread+0x13e/0x150
<4>[   40.501458]  [<ffffffff816cac80>] ? find_pers+0x80/0x80
<4>[   40.501460]  [<ffffffff816cac80>] ? find_pers+0x80/0x80
<4>[   40.501462]  [<ffffffff8109ded5>] kthread+0x105/0x120
<4>[   40.501463]  [<ffffffff81c94b4b>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x2b/0x40
<4>[   40.501465]  [<ffffffff8109ddd0>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x220/0x220
<4>[   40.501467]  [<ffffffff81c956cf>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70
<4>[   40.501468]  [<ffffffff8109ddd0>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x220/0x220
<4>[   40.501469] ---[ end trace bd085fb137be2a87 ]---

It looks like raid1_quiesce() creates a nested sleeping primitives by
calling wait_event_lock_irq_cmd()
first to change the state to TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE and
flush_pending_writes() could eventually try
to allocate bio for bitmap update with GFP_NOIO which might sleep and
triggers this warning.
I am not sure if this warning is just a false-positive or should we
change the bio allocation
gfp flag to GFP_NOWAIT to prevent it from blocking?

Thank you for your patience.
Dennis