From: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
To: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>
Cc: Guoqing Jiang <guoqing.jiang@cloud.ionos.com>,
Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>,
Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>,
linux-raid <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>,
dm-devel@redhat.com, Donald Buczek <buczek@molgen.mpg.de>,
it+raid@molgen.mpg.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] md: don't unregister sync_thread with reconfig_mutex held
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 01:09:18 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPhsuW5s6fk3kua=9Z9o3VPCcN1wdUqXybXm9cp4arJW5+oBvQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <36a660ed-b995-839e-ac82-dc4ca25ccb8a@molgen.mpg.de>
On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 3:08 AM Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> wrote:
>
> [+cc Donald]
>
> Am 13.02.21 um 01:49 schrieb Guoqing Jiang:
> > Unregister sync_thread doesn't need to hold reconfig_mutex since it
> > doesn't reconfigure array.
> >
> > And it could cause deadlock problem for raid5 as follows:
> >
> > 1. process A tried to reap sync thread with reconfig_mutex held after echo
> > idle to sync_action.
> > 2. raid5 sync thread was blocked if there were too many active stripes.
> > 3. SB_CHANGE_PENDING was set (because of write IO comes from upper layer)
> > which causes the number of active stripes can't be decreased.
> > 4. SB_CHANGE_PENDING can't be cleared since md_check_recovery was not able
> > to hold reconfig_mutex.
> >
> > More details in the link:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-raid/5ed54ffc-ce82-bf66-4eff-390cb23bc1ac@molgen.mpg.de/T/#t
> >
> > And add one parameter to md_reap_sync_thread since it could be called by
> > dm-raid which doesn't hold reconfig_mutex.
> >
> > Reported-and-tested-by: Donald Buczek <buczek@molgen.mpg.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Guoqing Jiang <guoqing.jiang@cloud.ionos.com>
I don't really like this fix. But I haven't got a better (and not too
complicated)
alternative.
> > ---
> > V2:
> > 1. add one parameter to md_reap_sync_thread per Jack's suggestion.
> >
> > drivers/md/dm-raid.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/md/md.c | 14 +++++++++-----
> > drivers/md/md.h | 2 +-
> > 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
> > index cab12b2..0c4cbba 100644
> > --- a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
> > +++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
> > @@ -3668,7 +3668,7 @@ static int raid_message(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv,
> > if (!strcasecmp(argv[0], "idle") || !strcasecmp(argv[0], "frozen")) {
> > if (mddev->sync_thread) {
> > set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery);
> > - md_reap_sync_thread(mddev);
> > + md_reap_sync_thread(mddev, false);
I think we can add mddev_lock() and mddev_unlock() here and then we don't
need the extra parameter?
Thanks,
Song
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-24 9:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-13 0:49 [PATCH V2] md: don't unregister sync_thread with reconfig_mutex held Guoqing Jiang
2021-02-15 11:07 ` Paul Menzel
2021-02-24 9:09 ` Song Liu [this message]
2021-02-24 9:25 ` Guoqing Jiang
2021-03-19 23:00 ` Song Liu
2021-11-30 17:25 ` Paul Menzel
2021-11-30 17:27 ` Paul Menzel
2021-12-08 14:16 ` Guoqing Jiang
[not found] ` <CAM23VxrYRbWEUsCsez2QOQM9oWKxSv432rc9oZCj5zEPmtND0A@mail.gmail.com>
2021-12-09 0:47 ` Guoqing Jiang
2021-12-09 12:54 ` Donald Buczek
2021-12-09 12:57 ` Donald Buczek
2021-12-10 1:06 ` Guoqing Jiang
2021-12-10 14:16 ` Donald Buczek
2021-12-14 2:34 ` Guoqing Jiang
2021-12-14 9:31 ` Donald Buczek
2021-12-14 10:03 ` Guoqing Jiang
2021-12-14 12:21 ` Donald Buczek
2022-01-11 12:25 ` Mikko Rantalainen
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