Re: [PATCH 1/2] blk-mq: not deactivate hctx if the device doesn't use managed irq

[Damien Le Moal <Damien.LeMoal@wdc.com>]

On 2021/06/29 16:50, Ming Lei wrote:
> hctx is deactivated when all CPU in hctx->cpumask become offline by
> draining all requests originated from this hctx and moving new
> allocation to active hctx. This way is for avoiding inflight IO when
> the managed irq is shutdown.
> 
> Some drivers(nvme fc, rdma, tcp, loop) doesn't use managed irq, so
> they needn't to deactivate hctx. Also, they are the only user of
> blk_mq_alloc_request_hctx() which is used for connecting io queue.
> And their requirement is that the connect request can be submitted
> via one specified hctx on which all CPU in its hctx->cpumask may have
> become offline.
> 
> Address the requirement for nvme fc/rdma/loop, so the reported kernel
> panic on the following line in blk_mq_alloc_request_hctx() can be fixed.
> 
> 	data.ctx = __blk_mq_get_ctx(q, cpu)
> 
> Cc: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>
> Cc: Daniel Wagner <dwagner@suse.de>
> Cc: Wen Xiong <wenxiong@us.ibm.com>
> Cc: John Garry <john.garry@huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
> ---
>  block/blk-mq.c         | 6 +++++-
>  include/linux/blk-mq.h | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
> index df5dc3b756f5..74632f50d969 100644
> --- a/block/blk-mq.c
> +++ b/block/blk-mq.c
> @@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ struct request *blk_mq_alloc_request_hctx(struct request_queue *q,
>  	data.hctx = q->queue_hw_ctx[hctx_idx];
>  	if (!blk_mq_hw_queue_mapped(data.hctx))
>  		goto out_queue_exit;
> -	cpu = cpumask_first_and(data.hctx->cpumask, cpu_online_mask);
> +	cpu = cpumask_first(data.hctx->cpumask);
>  	data.ctx = __blk_mq_get_ctx(q, cpu);
>  
>  	if (!q->elevator)
> @@ -2570,6 +2570,10 @@ static int blk_mq_hctx_notify_offline(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *node)
>  	    !blk_mq_last_cpu_in_hctx(cpu, hctx))
>  		return 0;
>  
> +	/* Controller doesn't use managed IRQ, no need to deactivate hctx */
> +	if (hctx->flags & BLK_MQ_F_NOT_USE_MANAGED_IRQ)
> +		return 0;
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Prevent new request from being allocated on the current hctx.
>  	 *
> diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
> index 21140132a30d..600c5dd1a069 100644
> --- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
> +++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
> @@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ enum {
>  	 */
>  	BLK_MQ_F_STACKING	= 1 << 2,
>  	BLK_MQ_F_TAG_HCTX_SHARED = 1 << 3,
> +	BLK_MQ_F_NOT_USE_MANAGED_IRQ = 1 << 4,

My 2 cents: BLK_MQ_F_NO_MANAGED_IRQ may be a better/shorter name.

>  	BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING	= 1 << 5,
>  	BLK_MQ_F_NO_SCHED	= 1 << 6,
>  	BLK_MQ_F_ALLOC_POLICY_START_BIT = 8,
> 


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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research