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2012-03-20Merge branch 'for-3.4' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup Pull cgroup changes from Tejun Heo: "Out of the 8 commits, one fixes a long-standing locking issue around tasklist walking and others are cleanups." * 'for-3.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup: cgroup: Walk task list under tasklist_lock in cgroup_enable_task_cg_list cgroup: Remove wrong comment on cgroup_enable_task_cg_list() cgroup: remove cgroup_subsys argument from callbacks cgroup: remove extra calls to find_existing_css_set cgroup: replace tasklist_lock with rcu_read_lock cgroup: simplify double-check locking in cgroup_attach_proc cgroup: move struct cgroup_pidlist out from the header file cgroup: remove cgroup_attach_task_current_cg()
2012-03-20Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull scheduler changes for v3.4 from Ingo Molnar * 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (27 commits) printk: Make it compile with !CONFIG_PRINTK sched/x86: Fix overflow in cyc2ns_offset sched: Fix nohz load accounting -- again! sched: Update yield() docs printk/sched: Introduce special printk_sched() for those awkward moments sched/nohz: Correctly initialize 'next_balance' in 'nohz' idle balancer sched: Cleanup cpu_active madness sched: Fix load-balance wreckage sched: Clean up parameter passing of proc_sched_autogroup_set_nice() sched: Ditch per cgroup task lists for load-balancing sched: Rename load-balancing fields sched: Move load-balancing arguments into helper struct sched/rt: Do not submit new work when PI-blocked sched/rt: Prevent idle task boosting sched/wait: Add __wake_up_all_locked() API sched/rt: Document scheduler related skip-resched-check sites sched/rt: Use schedule_preempt_disabled() sched/rt: Add schedule_preempt_disabled() sched/rt: Do not throttle when PI boosting sched/rt: Keep period timer ticking when rt throttling is active ...
2012-03-14Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-blockLinus Torvalds
Pull block fixes from Jens Axboe: "Been sitting on this for a while, but lets get this out the door. This fixes various important bugs for 3.3 final, along with a few more trivial ones. Please pull!" * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: block: fix ioc leak in put_io_context block, sx8: fix pointer math issue getting fw version Block: use a freezable workqueue for disk-event polling drivers/block/DAC960: fix -Wuninitialized warning drivers/block/DAC960: fix DAC960_V2_IOCTL_Opcode_T -Wenum-compare warning block: fix __blkdev_get and add_disk race condition block: Fix setting bio flags in drivers (sd_dif/floppy) block: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sd_revalidate_disk block: exit_io_context() should call elevator_exit_icq_fn() block: simplify ioc_release_fn() block: replace icq->changed with icq->flags
2012-03-14block: fix ioc leak in put_io_contextXiaotian Feng
When put_io_context is called, if ioc->icq_list is empty and refcount is 1, kernel will not free the ioc. This is caught by following kmemleak: unreferenced object 0xffff880036349fe0 (size 216): comm "sh", pid 2137, jiffies 4294931140 (age 290579.412s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 01 00 01 00 ad 4e ad de ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 .....N.......... backtrace: [<ffffffff8169f926>] kmemleak_alloc+0x26/0x50 [<ffffffff81195a9c>] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1cc/0x2a0 [<ffffffff81356b67>] create_io_context_slowpath+0x27/0x130 [<ffffffff81356d2b>] get_task_io_context+0xbb/0xf0 [<ffffffff81055f0e>] copy_process+0x188e/0x18b0 [<ffffffff8105609b>] do_fork+0x11b/0x420 [<ffffffff810247f8>] sys_clone+0x28/0x30 [<ffffffff816d3373>] stub_clone+0x13/0x20 [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff ioc should be freed if ioc->icq_list is empty. Signed-off-by: Xiaotian Feng <dannyfeng@tencent.com> Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-02Block: use a freezable workqueue for disk-event pollingAlan Stern
This patch (as1519) fixes a bug in the block layer's disk-events polling. The polling is done by a work routine queued on the system_nrt_wq workqueue. Since that workqueue isn't freezable, the polling continues even in the middle of a system sleep transition. Obviously, polling a suspended drive for media changes and such isn't a good thing to do; in the case of USB mass-storage devices it can lead to real problems requiring device resets and even re-enumeration. The patch fixes things by creating a new system-wide, non-reentrant, freezable workqueue and using it for disk-events polling. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> CC: <stable@kernel.org> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-02block: fix __blkdev_get and add_disk race conditionStanislaw Gruszka
The following situation might occur: __blkdev_get: add_disk: register_disk() get_gendisk() disk_block_events() disk->ev == NULL disk_add_events() __disk_unblock_events() disk->ev != NULL --ev->block Then we unblock events, when they are suppose to be blocked. This can trigger events related block/genhd.c warnings, but also can crash in sd_check_events() or other places. I'm able to reproduce crashes with the following scripts (with connected usb dongle as sdb disk). <snip> DEV=/dev/sdb ENABLE=/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-2/bConfigurationValue function stop_me() { for i in `jobs -p` ; do kill $i 2> /dev/null ; done exit } trap stop_me SIGHUP SIGINT SIGTERM for ((i = 0; i < 10; i++)) ; do while true; do fdisk -l $DEV 2>&1 > /dev/null ; done & done while true ; do echo 1 > $ENABLE sleep 1 echo 0 > $ENABLE done </snip> I use the script to verify patch fixing oops in sd_revalidate_disk http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=132935572512352&w=2 Without Jun'ichi Nomura patch titled "Fix NULL pointer dereference in sd_revalidate_disk" or this one, script easily crash kernel within a few seconds. With both patches applied I do not observe crash. Unfortunately after some time (dozen of minutes), script will hung in: [ 1563.906432] [<c08354f5>] schedule_timeout_uninterruptible+0x15/0x20 [ 1563.906437] [<c04532d5>] msleep+0x15/0x20 [ 1563.906443] [<c05d60b2>] blk_drain_queue+0x32/0xd0 [ 1563.906447] [<c05d6e00>] blk_cleanup_queue+0xd0/0x170 [ 1563.906454] [<c06d278f>] scsi_free_queue+0x3f/0x60 [ 1563.906459] [<c06d7e6e>] __scsi_remove_device+0x6e/0xb0 [ 1563.906463] [<c06d4aff>] scsi_forget_host+0x4f/0x60 [ 1563.906468] [<c06cd84a>] scsi_remove_host+0x5a/0xf0 [ 1563.906482] [<f7f030fb>] quiesce_and_remove_host+0x5b/0xa0 [usb_storage] [ 1563.906490] [<f7f03203>] usb_stor_disconnect+0x13/0x20 [usb_storage] Anyway I think this patch is some step forward. As drawback, I do not teardown on sysfs file create error, because I do not know how to nullify disk->ev (since it can be used). However add_disk error handling practically does not exist too, and things will work without this sysfs file, except events will not be exported to user space. Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-02block: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sd_revalidate_diskJun'ichi Nomura
Since 2.6.39 (1196f8b), when a driver returns -ENOMEDIUM for open(), __blkdev_get() calls rescan_partitions() to remove in-kernel partition structures and raise KOBJ_CHANGE uevent. However it ends up calling driver's revalidate_disk without open and could cause oops. In the case of SCSI: process A process B ---------------------------------------------- sys_open __blkdev_get sd_open returns -ENOMEDIUM scsi_remove_device <scsi_device torn down> rescan_partitions sd_revalidate_disk <oops> Oopses are reported here: http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=132388619710052 This patch separates the partition invalidation from rescan_partitions() and use it for -ENOMEDIUM case. Reported-by: Huajun Li <huajun.li.lee@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-01Merge branch 'linus' into sched/coreIngo Molnar
Merge reason: we'll queue up dependent patches. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2012-02-24LDM: Fix reassembly of extended VBLKs.Anton Altaparmakov
From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> Extended VBLKs (those larger than the preset VBLK size) are divided into fragments, each with its own VBLK header. Our LDM implementation generally assumes that each VBLK is contiguous in memory, so these fragments must be assembled before further processing. Currently the reassembly seems to be done quite wrongly - no VBLK header is copied into the contiguous buffer, and the length of the header is subtracted twice from each fragment. Also the total length of the reassembled VBLK is calculated incorrectly. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Anton Altaparmakov <anton@tuxera.com>
2012-02-15block: exit_io_context() should call elevator_exit_icq_fn()Tejun Heo
While updating locking, b2efa05265 "block, cfq: unlink cfq_io_context's immediately" moved elevator_exit_icq_fn() invocation from exit_io_context() to the final ioc put. While this doesn't cause catastrophic failure, it effectively removes task exit notification to elevator and cause noticeable IO performance degradation with CFQ. On task exit, CFQ used to immediately expire the slice if it was being used by the exiting task as no more IO would be issued by the task; however, after b2efa05265, the notification is lost and disk could sit idle needlessly, leading to noticeable IO performance degradation for certain workloads. This patch renames ioc_exit_icq() to ioc_destroy_icq(), separates elevator_exit_icq_fn() invocation into ioc_exit_icq() and invokes it from exit_io_context(). ICQ_EXITED flag is added to avoid invoking the callback more than once for the same icq. Walking icq_list from ioc side and invoking elevator callback requires reverse double locking. This may be better implemented using RCU; unfortunately, using RCU isn't trivial. e.g. RCU protection would need to cover request_queue and queue_lock switch on cleanup makes grabbing queue_lock from RCU unsafe. Reverse double locking should do, at least for now. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-and-bisected-by: Shaohua Li <shli@kernel.org> LKML-Reference: <CANejiEVzs=pUhQSTvUppkDcc2TNZyfohBRLygW5zFmXyk5A-xQ@mail.gmail.com> Tested-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-02-15block: simplify ioc_release_fn()Tejun Heo
Reverse double lock dancing in ioc_release_fn() can be simplified by just using trylock on the queue_lock and back out from ioc lock on trylock failure. Simplify it. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Tested-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-02-15block: replace icq->changed with icq->flagsTejun Heo
icq->changed was used for ICQ_*_CHANGED bits. Rename it to flags and access it under ioc->lock instead of using atomic bitops. ioc_get_changed() is added so that the changed part can be fetched and cleared as before. icq->flags will be used to carry other flags. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Tested-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-02-11block: fix lockdep warning on io_context release put_io_context()Tejun Heo
11a3122f6c "block: strip out locking optimization in put_io_context()" removed ioc_lock depth lockdep annoation along with locking optimization; however, while recursing from put_io_context() is no longer possible, ioc_release_fn() may still end up putting the last reference of another ioc through elevator, which wlil grab ioc->lock triggering spurious (as the ioc is always different one) A-A deadlock warning. As this can only happen one time from ioc_release_fn(), using non-zero subclass from ioc_release_fn() is enough. Use subclass 1. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-02-08bsg: fix sysfs link remove warningStanislaw Gruszka
We create "bsg" link if q->kobj.sd is not NULL, so remove it only when the same condition is true. Fixes: WARNING: at fs/sysfs/inode.c:323 sysfs_hash_and_remove+0x2b/0x77() sysfs: can not remove 'bsg', no directory Call Trace: [<c0429683>] warn_slowpath_common+0x6a/0x7f [<c0537a68>] ? sysfs_hash_and_remove+0x2b/0x77 [<c042970b>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x2b/0x2f [<c0537a68>] sysfs_hash_and_remove+0x2b/0x77 [<c053969a>] sysfs_remove_link+0x20/0x23 [<c05d88f1>] bsg_unregister_queue+0x40/0x6d [<c0692263>] __scsi_remove_device+0x31/0x9d [<c069149f>] scsi_forget_host+0x41/0x52 [<c0689fa9>] scsi_remove_host+0x71/0xe0 [<f7de5945>] quiesce_and_remove_host+0x51/0x83 [usb_storage] [<f7de5a1e>] usb_stor_disconnect+0x18/0x22 [usb_storage] [<c06c29de>] usb_unbind_interface+0x4e/0x109 [<c067a80f>] __device_release_driver+0x6b/0xa6 [<c067a861>] device_release_driver+0x17/0x22 [<c067a46a>] bus_remove_device+0xd6/0xe6 [<c06785e2>] device_del+0xf2/0x137 [<c06c101f>] usb_disable_device+0x94/0x1a0 Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-02-08block: don't call elevator callbacks for plug mergesTejun Heo
Plug merge calls two elevator callbacks outside queue lock - elevator_allow_merge_fn() and elevator_bio_merged_fn(). Although attempt_plug_merge() suggests that elevator is guaranteed to be there through the existing request on the plug list, nothing prevents plug merge from calling into dying or initializing elevator. For regular merges, bypass ensures elvpriv count to reach zero, which in turn prevents merges as all !ELVPRIV requests get REQ_SOFTBARRIER from forced back insertion. Plug merge doesn't check ELVPRIV, and, as the requests haven't gone through elevator insertion yet, it doesn't have SOFTBARRIER set allowing merges on a bypassed queue. This, for example, leads to the following crash during elevator switch. BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000008 IP: [<ffffffff813b34e9>] cfq_allow_merge+0x49/0xa0 PGD 112cbc067 PUD 115d5c067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP CPU 1 Modules linked in: deadline_iosched Pid: 819, comm: dd Not tainted 3.3.0-rc2-work+ #76 Bochs Bochs RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff813b34e9>] [<ffffffff813b34e9>] cfq_allow_merge+0x49/0xa0 RSP: 0018:ffff8801143a38f8 EFLAGS: 00010297 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88011817ce28 RCX: ffff880116eb6cc0 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff880118056e20 RDI: ffff8801199512f8 RBP: ffff8801143a3908 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff880118195708 R13: ffff880118052aa0 R14: ffff8801143a3d50 R15: ffff880118195708 FS: 00007f19f82cb700(0000) GS:ffff88011fc80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 0000000000000008 CR3: 0000000112c6a000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process dd (pid: 819, threadinfo ffff8801143a2000, task ffff880116eb6cc0) Stack: ffff88011817ce28 ffff880118195708 ffff8801143a3928 ffffffff81391bba ffff88011817ce28 ffff880118195708 ffff8801143a3948 ffffffff81391bf1 ffff88011817ce28 0000000000000000 ffff8801143a39a8 ffffffff81398e3e Call Trace: [<ffffffff81391bba>] elv_rq_merge_ok+0x4a/0x60 [<ffffffff81391bf1>] elv_try_merge+0x21/0x40 [<ffffffff81398e3e>] blk_queue_bio+0x8e/0x390 [<ffffffff81396a5a>] generic_make_request+0xca/0x100 [<ffffffff81396b04>] submit_bio+0x74/0x100 [<ffffffff811d45c2>] __blockdev_direct_IO+0x1ce2/0x3450 [<ffffffff811d0dc7>] blkdev_direct_IO+0x57/0x60 [<ffffffff811460b5>] generic_file_aio_read+0x6d5/0x760 [<ffffffff811986b2>] do_sync_read+0xe2/0x120 [<ffffffff81199345>] vfs_read+0xc5/0x180 [<ffffffff81199501>] sys_read+0x51/0x90 [<ffffffff81aeac12>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b There are multiple ways to fix this including making plug merge check ELVPRIV; however, * Calling into elevator outside queue lock is confusing and error-prone. * Requests on plug list aren't known to the elevator. They aren't on the elevator yet, so there's no elevator specific state to update. * Given the nature of plug merges - collecting bio's for the same purpose from the same issuer - elevator specific restrictions aren't applicable. So, simply don't call into elevator methods from plug merge by moving elv_bio_merged() from bio_attempt_*_merge() to blk_queue_bio(), and using blk_try_merge() in attempt_plug_merge(). This is based on Jens' patch to skip elevator_allow_merge_fn() from plug merge. Note that this makes per-cgroup merged stats skip plug merging. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> LKML-Reference: <4F16F3CA.90904@kernel.dk> Original-patch-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-02-08block: separate out blk_rq_merge_ok() and blk_try_merge() from elevator ↵Tejun Heo
functions blk_rq_merge_ok() is the elevator-neutral part of merge eligibility test. blk_try_merge() determines merge direction and expects the caller to have tested elv_rq_merge_ok() previously. elv_rq_merge_ok() now wraps blk_rq_merge_ok() and then calls elv_iosched_allow_merge(). elv_try_merge() is removed and the two callers are updated to call elv_rq_merge_ok() explicitly followed by blk_try_merge(). While at it, make rq_merge_ok() functions return bool. This is to prepare for plug merge update and doesn't introduce any behavior change. This is based on Jens' patch to skip elevator_allow_merge_fn() from plug merge. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> LKML-Reference: <4F16F3CA.90904@kernel.dk> Original-patch-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-02-07block: strip out locking optimization in put_io_context()Tejun Heo
put_io_context() performed a complex trylock dancing to avoid deferring ioc release to workqueue. It was also broken on UP because trylock was always assumed to succeed which resulted in unbalanced preemption count. While there are ways to fix the UP breakage, even the most pathological microbench (forced ioc allocation and tight fork/exit loop) fails to show any appreciable performance benefit of the optimization. Strip it out. If there turns out to be workloads which are affected by this change, simpler optimization from the discussion thread can be applied later. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> LKML-Reference: <1328514611.21268.66.camel@sli10-conroe> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-02-06block: fix ioc locking warningShaohua Li
Meelis reported a warning: WARNING: at kernel/timer.c:1122 run_timer_softirq+0x199/0x1ec() Hardware name: 939Dual-SATA2 timer: cfq_idle_slice_timer+0x0/0xaa preempt leak: 00000102 -> 00000103 Modules linked in: sr_mod cdrom videodev media drm_kms_helper ohci_hcd ehci_hcd v4l2_compat_ioctl32 usbcore i2c_ali15x3 snd_seq drm snd_timer snd_seq Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 3.3.0-rc2-00110-gd125666 #176 Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff81022aaa>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7e/0x96 [<ffffffff8114c485>] ? cfq_slice_expired+0x1d/0x1d [<ffffffff81022b56>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x41/0x43 [<ffffffff8114c526>] ? cfq_idle_slice_timer+0xa1/0xaa [<ffffffff8114c485>] ? cfq_slice_expired+0x1d/0x1d [<ffffffff8102c124>] run_timer_softirq+0x199/0x1ec [<ffffffff81047a53>] ? timekeeping_get_ns+0x12/0x31 [<ffffffff810145fd>] ? apic_write+0x11/0x13 [<ffffffff81027475>] __do_softirq+0x74/0xfa [<ffffffff812f337a>] call_softirq+0x1a/0x30 [<ffffffff81002ff9>] do_softirq+0x31/0x68 [<ffffffff810276cf>] irq_exit+0x3d/0xa3 [<ffffffff81014aca>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6b/0x77 [<ffffffff812f2de9>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x69/0x70 <EOI> [<ffffffff81040136>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0x73/0x7d [<ffffffff81040136>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0x73/0x7d [<ffffffff8100801f>] ? default_idle+0x1e/0x32 [<ffffffff81008019>] ? default_idle+0x18/0x32 [<ffffffff810008b1>] cpu_idle+0x87/0xd1 [<ffffffff812de861>] rest_init+0x85/0x89 [<ffffffff81659a4d>] start_kernel+0x2eb/0x2f8 [<ffffffff8165926e>] x86_64_start_reservations+0x7e/0x82 [<ffffffff81659362>] x86_64_start_kernel+0xf0/0xf7 this_q == locked_q is possible. There are two problems here: 1. In UP case, there is preemption counter issue as spin_trylock always successes. 2. In SMP case, the loop breaks too earlier. Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Reported-by: Meelis Roos <mroos@linux.ee> Reported-by: Knut Petersen <Knut_Petersen@t-online.de> Tested-by: Knut Petersen <Knut_Petersen@t-online.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-02-02cgroup: remove cgroup_subsys argument from callbacksLi Zefan
The argument is not used at all, and it's not necessary, because a specific callback handler of course knows which subsys it belongs to. Now only ->pupulate() takes this argument, because the handlers of this callback always call cgroup_add_file()/cgroup_add_files(). So we reduce a few lines of code, though the shrinking of object size is minimal. 16 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 162 deletions(-) text data bss dec hex filename 5486240 656987 7039960 13183187 c928d3 vmlinux.o.orig 5486170 656987 7039960 13183117 c9288d vmlinux.o Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2012-01-27sched, block: Unify cache detectionPeter Zijlstra
The block layer has some code trying to determine if two CPUs share a cache, the scheduler has a similar function. Expose the function used by the scheduler and make the block layer use it, thereby removing the block layers usage of CONFIG_SCHED* and topology bits. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Acked-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1327579450.2446.95.camel@twins
2012-01-19block: fix NULL icq_cache referenceShaohua Li
Vivek reported a kernel crash: [ 94.217015] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000001c [ 94.218004] IP: [<ffffffff81142fae>] kmem_cache_free+0x5e/0x200 [ 94.218004] PGD 13abda067 PUD 137d52067 PMD 0 [ 94.218004] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC [ 94.218004] CPU 0 [ 94.218004] Modules linked in: [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan] [ 94.218004] [ 94.218004] Pid: 0, comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.2.0+ #16 Hewlett-Packard HP xw6600 Workstation/0A9Ch [ 94.218004] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81142fae>] [<ffffffff81142fae>] kmem_cache_free+0x5e/0x200 [ 94.218004] RSP: 0018:ffff88013fc03de0 EFLAGS: 00010006 [ 94.218004] RAX: ffffffff81e0d020 RBX: ffff880138b3c680 RCX: 00000001801c001b [ 94.218004] RDX: 00000000003aac1d RSI: ffff880138b3c680 RDI: ffffffff81142fae [ 94.218004] RBP: ffff88013fc03e10 R08: ffff880137830238 R09: 0000000000000001 [ 94.218004] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 94.218004] R13: ffffea0004e2cf00 R14: ffffffff812f6eb6 R15: 0000000000000246 [ 94.218004] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88013fc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 94.218004] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b [ 94.218004] CR2: 000000000000001c CR3: 00000001395ab000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 [ 94.218004] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 94.218004] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 94.218004] Process swapper/0 (pid: 0, threadinfo ffffffff81e00000, task ffffffff81e0d020) [ 94.218004] Stack: [ 94.218004] 0000000000000102 ffff88013fc0db20 ffffffff81e22700 ffff880139500f00 [ 94.218004] 0000000000000001 000000000000000a ffff88013fc03e20 ffffffff812f6eb6 [ 94.218004] ffff88013fc03e90 ffffffff810c8da2 ffffffff81e01fd8 ffff880137830240 [ 94.218004] Call Trace: [ 94.218004] <IRQ> [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff812f6eb6>] icq_free_icq_rcu+0x16/0x20 [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff810c8da2>] __rcu_process_callbacks+0x1c2/0x420 [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff810c9038>] rcu_process_callbacks+0x38/0x250 [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff810405ee>] __do_softirq+0xce/0x3e0 [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff8108ed04>] ? clockevents_program_event+0x74/0x100 [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff81090104>] ? tick_program_event+0x24/0x30 [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff8183ed1c>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30 [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff8100422d>] do_softirq+0x8d/0xc0 [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff81040c3e>] irq_exit+0xae/0xe0 [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff8183f4be>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6e/0x99 [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff8183e330>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x70/0x80 Once a queue is quiesced, it's not supposed to have any elvpriv data or icq's, and elevator switching depends on that. Request alloc path followed the rule for elvpriv data but forgot apply it to icq's leading to the following crash during elevator switch. Fix it by not allocating icq's if ELVPRIV is not set for the request. Reported-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Tested-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-01-19block,cfq: change code orderShaohua Li
cfq_slice_expired will change saved_workload_slice. It should be called first so saved_workload_slice is correctly set to 0 after workload type is changed. This fixes the code order changed by 54b466e44b1c7. Tested-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-01-17cfq-iosched: fix use-after-free of cfqqJens Axboe
With the changes in life time management between the cfq IO contexts and the cfq queues, we now risk having cfqd->active_queue being freed when cfq_slice_expired() is being called. cfq_preempt_queue() caches this queue and uses it after calling said function, causing a use-after-free condition. This triggers the following oops, when cfqq_type() attempts to dereference it: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff8800746c4f0c IP: [<ffffffff81266d59>] cfqq_type+0xb/0x20 PGD 18d4063 PUD 1fe15067 PMD 1ffb9067 PTE 80000000746c4160 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC CPU 3 Modules linked in: Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 3.2.0-josef+ #367 Bochs Bochs RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81266d59>] [<ffffffff81266d59>] cfqq_type+0xb/0x20 RSP: 0018:ffff880079c11778 EFLAGS: 00010046 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff880076f3df08 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000006 RSI: ffff880074271888 RDI: ffff8800746c4f08 RBP: ffff880079c11778 R08: 0000000000000078 R09: 0000000000000001 R10: 09f911029d74e35b R11: 09f911029d74e35b R12: ffff880076f337f0 R13: ffff8800746c4f08 R14: ffff8800746c4f08 R15: 0000000000000002 FS: 00007f62fd44f700(0000) GS:ffff88007cd80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: ffff8800746c4f0c CR3: 0000000076c21000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process init (pid: 1, threadinfo ffff880079c10000, task ffff880079c0a040) Stack: ffff880079c117c8 ffffffff812683d8 ffff880079c117a8 ffffffff8125de43 ffff8800744fcf48 ffff880074b43e98 ffff8800770c8828 ffff880074b43e98 0000000000000003 0000000000000000 ffff880079c117f8 ffffffff81254149 Call Trace: [<ffffffff812683d8>] cfq_insert_request+0x3f5/0x47c [<ffffffff8125de43>] ? blk_recount_segments+0x20/0x31 [<ffffffff81254149>] __elv_add_request+0x1ca/0x200 [<ffffffff8125aa99>] blk_queue_bio+0x2ef/0x312 [<ffffffff81258f7b>] generic_make_request+0x9f/0xe0 [<ffffffff8125907b>] submit_bio+0xbf/0xca [<ffffffff81136ec7>] submit_bh+0xdf/0xfe [<ffffffff81176d04>] ext3_bread+0x50/0x99 [<ffffffff811785b3>] dx_probe+0x38/0x291 [<ffffffff81178864>] ext3_dx_find_entry+0x58/0x219 [<ffffffff81178ad5>] ext3_find_entry+0xb0/0x406 [<ffffffff8110c4d5>] ? cache_alloc_debugcheck_after.isra.46+0x14d/0x1a0 [<ffffffff8110cfbd>] ? kmem_cache_alloc+0xef/0x191 [<ffffffff8117a330>] ext3_lookup+0x39/0xe1 [<ffffffff81119461>] d_alloc_and_lookup+0x45/0x6c [<ffffffff8111ac41>] do_lookup+0x1e4/0x2f5 [<ffffffff8111aef6>] link_path_walk+0x1a4/0x6ef [<ffffffff8111b557>] path_lookupat+0x59/0x5ea [<ffffffff8127406c>] ? __strncpy_from_user+0x30/0x5a [<ffffffff8111bce0>] do_path_lookup+0x23/0x59 [<ffffffff8111cfd6>] user_path_at_empty+0x53/0x99 [<ffffffff8107b37b>] ? remove_wait_queue+0x51/0x56 [<ffffffff8111d02d>] user_path_at+0x11/0x13 [<ffffffff811141f5>] vfs_fstatat+0x3a/0x64 [<ffffffff8111425a>] vfs_stat+0x1b/0x1d [<ffffffff81114359>] sys_newstat+0x1a/0x33 [<ffffffff81060e12>] ? task_stopped_code+0x42/0x42 [<ffffffff815d6712>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Code: 89 e6 48 89 c7 e8 fa ca fe ff 85 c0 74 06 4c 89 2b 41 b6 01 5b 44 89 f0 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 5d c3 55 48 89 e5 66 66 66 66 90 31 c0 <8b> 57 04 f6 c6 01 74 0b 83 e2 20 83 fa 01 19 c0 83 c0 02 5d c3 RIP [<ffffffff81266d59>] cfqq_type+0xb/0x20 RSP <ffff880079c11778> CR2: ffff8800746c4f0c Get rid of the caching of cfqd->active_queue, and reorder the check so that it happens before we expire the active queue. Thanks to Tejun for pin pointing the error location. Reported-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com> Tested-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-01-15Merge branch 'for-3.3/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-3.3/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (37 commits) Revert "block: recursive merge requests" block: Stop using macro stubs for the bio data integrity calls blockdev: convert some macros to static inlines fs: remove unneeded plug in mpage_readpages() block: Add BLKROTATIONAL ioctl block: Introduce blk_set_stacking_limits function block: remove WARN_ON_ONCE() in exit_io_context() block: an exiting task should be allowed to create io_context block: ioc_cgroup_changed() needs to be exported block: recursive merge requests block, cfq: fix empty queue crash caused by request merge block, cfq: move icq creation and rq->elv.icq association to block core block, cfq: restructure io_cq creation path for io_context interface cleanup block, cfq: move io_cq exit/release to blk-ioc.c block, cfq: move icq cache management to block core block, cfq: move io_cq lookup to blk-ioc.c block, cfq: move cfqd->icq_list to request_queue and add request->elv.icq block, cfq: reorganize cfq_io_context into generic and cfq specific parts block: remove elevator_queue->ops block: reorder elevator switch sequence ... Fix up conflicts in: - block/blk-cgroup.c Switch from can_attach_task to can_attach - block/cfq-iosched.c conflict with now removed cic index changes (we now use q->id instead)
2012-01-15Revert "block: recursive merge requests"Jens Axboe
This reverts commit 274193224cdabd687d804a26e0150bb20f2dd52c. We have some problems related to selection of empty queues that need to be resolved, evidence so far points to the recursive merge logic making either being the cause or at least the accelerator for this. So revert it for now, until we figure this out. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-01-14block: fail SCSI passthrough ioctls on partition devicesPaolo Bonzini
Linux allows executing the SG_IO ioctl on a partition or LVM volume, and will pass the command to the underlying block device. This is well-known, but it is also a large security problem when (via Unix permissions, ACLs, SELinux or a combination thereof) a program or user needs to be granted access only to part of the disk. This patch lets partitions forward a small set of harmless ioctls; others are logged with printk so that we can see which ioctls are actually sent. In my tests only CDROM_GET_CAPABILITY actually occurred. Of course it was being sent to a (partition on a) hard disk, so it would have failed with ENOTTY and the patch isn't changing anything in practice. Still, I'm treating it specially to avoid spamming the logs. In principle, this restriction should include programs running with CAP_SYS_RAWIO. If for example I let a program access /dev/sda2 and /dev/sdb, it still should not be able to read/write outside the boundaries of /dev/sda2 independent of the capabilities. However, for now programs with CAP_SYS_RAWIO will still be allowed to send the ioctls. Their actions will still be logged. This patch does not affect the non-libata IDE driver. That driver however already tests for bd != bd->bd_contains before issuing some ioctl; it could be restricted further to forbid these ioctls even for programs running with CAP_SYS_ADMIN/CAP_SYS_RAWIO. Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: James Bottomley <JBottomley@parallels.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> [ Make it also print the command name when warning - Linus ] Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-14block: add and use scsi_blk_cmd_ioctlPaolo Bonzini
Introduce a wrapper around scsi_cmd_ioctl that takes a block device. The function will then be enhanced to detect partition block devices and, in that case, subject the ioctls to whitelisting. Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: James Bottomley <JBottomley@parallels.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-11block: Add BLKROTATIONAL ioctlMartin K. Petersen
Introduce an ioctl which permits applications to query whether a block device is rotational. Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-01-11block: Introduce blk_set_stacking_limits functionMartin K. Petersen
Stacking driver queue limits are typically bounded exclusively by the capabilities of the low level devices, not by the stacking driver itself. This patch introduces blk_set_stacking_limits() which has more liberal metrics than the default queue limits function. This allows us to inherit topology parameters from bottom devices without manually tweaking the default limits in each driver prior to calling the stacking function. Since there is now a clear distinction between stacking and low-level devices, blk_set_default_limits() has been modified to carry the more conservative values that we used to manually set in blk_queue_make_request(). Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Acked-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-01-09Merge branch 'for-3.3' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup * 'for-3.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup: (21 commits) cgroup: fix to allow mounting a hierarchy by name cgroup: move assignement out of condition in cgroup_attach_proc() cgroup: Remove task_lock() from cgroup_post_fork() cgroup: add sparse annotation to cgroup_iter_start() and cgroup_iter_end() cgroup: mark cgroup_rmdir_waitq and cgroup_attach_proc() as static cgroup: only need to check oldcgrp==newgrp once cgroup: remove redundant get/put of task struct cgroup: remove redundant get/put of old css_set from migrate cgroup: Remove unnecessary task_lock before fetching css_set on migration cgroup: Drop task_lock(parent) on cgroup_fork() cgroups: remove redundant get/put of css_set from css_set_check_fetched() resource cgroups: remove bogus cast cgroup: kill subsys->can_attach_task(), pre_attach() and attach_task() cgroup, cpuset: don't use ss->pre_attach() cgroup: don't use subsys->can_attach_task() or ->attach_task() cgroup: introduce cgroup_taskset and use it in subsys->can_attach(), cancel_attach() and attach() cgroup: improve old cgroup handling in cgroup_attach_proc() cgroup: always lock threadgroup during migration threadgroup: extend threadgroup_lock() to cover exit and exec threadgroup: rename signal->threadgroup_fork_lock to ->group_rwsem ... Fix up conflict in kernel/cgroup.c due to commit e0197aae59e5: "cgroups: fix a css_set not found bug in cgroup_attach_proc" that already mentioned that the bug is fixed (differently) in Tejun's cgroup patchset. This one, in other words.
2012-01-08Merge branch 'for-linus2' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs * 'for-linus2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (165 commits) reiserfs: Properly display mount options in /proc/mounts vfs: prevent remount read-only if pending removes vfs: count unlinked inodes vfs: protect remounting superblock read-only vfs: keep list of mounts for each superblock vfs: switch ->show_options() to struct dentry * vfs: switch ->show_path() to struct dentry * vfs: switch ->show_devname() to struct dentry * vfs: switch ->show_stats to struct dentry * switch security_path_chmod() to struct path * vfs: prefer ->dentry->d_sb to ->mnt->mnt_sb vfs: trim includes a bit switch mnt_namespace ->root to struct mount vfs: take /proc/*/mounts and friends to fs/proc_namespace.c vfs: opencode mntget() mnt_set_mountpoint() vfs: spread struct mount - remaining argument of next_mnt() vfs: move fsnotify junk to struct mount vfs: move mnt_devname vfs: move mnt_list to struct mount vfs: switch pnode.h macros to struct mount * ...
2012-01-06Merge branches 'vfsmount-guts', 'umode_t' and 'partitions' into ZAl Viro
2012-01-05vfs: fix up ENOIOCTLCMD error handlingLinus Torvalds
We're doing some odd things there, which already messes up various users (see the net/socket.c code that this removes), and it was going to add yet more crud to the block layer because of the incorrect error code translation. ENOIOCTLCMD is not an error return that should be returned to user mode from the "ioctl()" system call, but it should *not* be translated as EINVAL ("Invalid argument"). It should be translated as ENOTTY ("Inappropriate ioctl for device"). That EINVAL confusion has apparently so permeated some code that the block layer actually checks for it, which is sad. We continue to do so for now, but add a big comment about how wrong that is, and we should remove it entirely eventually. In the meantime, this tries to keep the changes localized to just the EINVAL -> ENOTTY fix, and removing code that makes it harder to do the right thing. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-03switch device_get_devnode() and ->devnode() to umode_t *Al Viro
both callers of device_get_devnode() are only interested in lower 16bits and nobody tries to return anything wider than 16bit anyway. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2012-01-03fs: move code out of buffer.cAl Viro
Move invalidate_bdev, block_sync_page into fs/block_dev.c. Export kill_bdev as well, so brd doesn't have to open code it. Reduce buffer_head.h requirement accordingly. Removed a rather large comment from invalidate_bdev, as it looked a bit obsolete to bother moving. The small comment replacing it says enough. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2012-01-03separate partition format handling from generic codeAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2012-01-03move fs/partitions to block/Al Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2012-01-03make register_disk() staticAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-12-29block: fix blk_queue_end_tag()Dan Williams
Commit 5e081591 "block: warn if tag is greater than real_max_depth" cleaned up blk_queue_end_tag() to warn when the tag is truly invalid (greater than real_max_depth). However, it changed behavior in the tag < max_depth case to not end the request. Leading to triggering of BUG_ON(blk_queued_rq(rq)) in the request completion path: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=132204370518629&w=2 In order to allow blk_queue_resize_tags() to shrink the tag space blk_queue_end_tag() must always complete tags with a value less than real_max_depth regardless of the current max_depth. The comment about "handling the shrink case" seems to be what prompted changes in this space, so remove it and BUG on all invalid tags (made even simpler by Matthew's suggestion to use an unsigned compare). Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Cc: Tao Ma <boyu.mt@taobao.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> Reported-by: Meelis Roos <mroos@ut.ee> Reported-by: Ed Nadolski <edmund.nadolski@intel.com> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-27block: remove WARN_ON_ONCE() in exit_io_context()Tejun Heo
6e736be7 "block: make ioc get/put interface more conventional and fix race on alloction" added WARN_ON_ONCE() in exit_io_context() which triggers if !PF_EXITING. All tasks hitting exit_io_context() from task exit should have PF_EXITING set but task struct tearing down after fork failure calls into the function without PF_EXITING, triggering the condition. WARNING: at block/blk-ioc.c:234 exit_io_context+0x40/0x92() Pid: 17090, comm: trinity Not tainted 3.2.0-rc6-next-20111222-sasha-dirty #77 Call Trace: [<ffffffff810b69a3>] warn_slowpath_common+0x8f/0xb2 [<ffffffff810b6a77>] warn_slowpath_null+0x18/0x1a [<ffffffff8181a7a2>] exit_io_context+0x40/0x92 [<ffffffff810b58c9>] copy_process+0x126f/0x1453 [<ffffffff810b5c1b>] do_fork+0x120/0x3e9 [<ffffffff8106242f>] sys_clone+0x26/0x28 [<ffffffff82425803>] stub_clone+0x13/0x20 ---[ end trace a2e4eb670b375238 ]--- Reported-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-25block: an exiting task should be allowed to create io_contextTejun Heo
While fixing io_context creation / task exit race condition, 6e736be7f2 "block: make ioc get/put interface more conventional and fix race on alloction" also prevented an exiting (%PF_EXITING) task from creating its own io_context. This is incorrect as exit path may issue IOs, e.g. from exit_files(), and if those IOs are the first ones issued by the task, io_context needs to be created to process the IOs. Combined with the existing problem of io_context / io_cq creation failure having the possibility of stalling IO, this problem results in deterministic full IO lockup with certain workloads. Fix it by allowing io_context creation regardless of %PF_EXITING for %current. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Reported-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-21block: re-use existing 'reading' variable instead of checking direction againmajianpeng
Signed-off-by: majianpeng <majianpeng@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-19block: ioc_cgroup_changed() needs to be exportedJens Axboe
With the ioc changed, ioc_cgroup_changed() can be used by modular code. So ensure that it is exported. Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-16block, cfq: fix empty queue crash caused by request mergeShaohua Li
All requests of a queue could be merged to other requests of other queue. Such queue will not have request in it, but it's in service tree. This will cause kernel oops. I encounter a BUG_ON() in cfq_dispatch_request() with next patch, but the issue should exist without the patch. Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-16block: recursive merge requestsShaohua Li
In my workload, thread 1 accesses a, a+2, ..., thread 2 accesses a+1, a+3,.... When the requests are flushed to queue, a and a+1 are merged to (a, a+1), a+2 and a+3 too to (a+2, a+3), but (a, a+1) and (a+2, a+3) aren't merged. With recursive merge below, the workload throughput gets improved 20% and context switch drops 60%. Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-16block, cfq: fix empty queue crash caused by request mergeShaohua Li
All requests of a queue could be merged to other requests of other queue. Such queue will not have request in it, but it's in service tree. This will cause kernel oops. I encounter a BUG_ON() in cfq_dispatch_request() with next patch, but the issue should exist without the patch. Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-15block: don't kick empty queue in blk_drain_queue()Tejun Heo
While probing, fd sets up queue, probes hardware and tears down the queue if probing fails. In the process, blk_drain_queue() kicks the queue which failed to finish initialization and fd is unhappy about that. floppy0: no floppy controllers found ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: at drivers/block/floppy.c:2929 do_fd_request+0xbf/0xd0() Hardware name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. VFS: do_fd_request called on non-open device Modules linked in: Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 3.2.0-rc4-00077-g5983fe2 #2 Call Trace: [<ffffffff81039a6a>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7a/0xb0 [<ffffffff81039b41>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x41/0x50 [<ffffffff813d657f>] do_fd_request+0xbf/0xd0 [<ffffffff81322b95>] blk_drain_queue+0x65/0x80 [<ffffffff81322c93>] blk_cleanup_queue+0xe3/0x1a0 [<ffffffff818a809d>] floppy_init+0xdeb/0xe28 [<ffffffff818a72b2>] ? daring+0x6b/0x6b [<ffffffff810002af>] do_one_initcall+0x3f/0x170 [<ffffffff81884b34>] kernel_init+0x9d/0x11e [<ffffffff810317c2>] ? schedule_tail+0x22/0xa0 [<ffffffff815dbb14>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [<ffffffff81884a97>] ? start_kernel+0x2be/0x2be [<ffffffff815dbb10>] ? gs_change+0xb/0xb Avoid it by making blk_drain_queue() kick queue iff dispatch queue has something on it. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de> Reported-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Tested-by: Sergei Trofimovich <slyich@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block, cfq: move icq creation and rq->elv.icq association to block coreTejun Heo
Now block layer knows everything necessary to create and associate icq's with requests. Move ioc_create_icq() to blk-ioc.c and update get_request() such that, if elevator_type->icq_size is set, requests are automatically associated with their matching icq's before elv_set_request(). io_context reference is also managed by block core on request alloc/free. * Only ioprio/cgroup changed handling remains from cfq_get_cic(). Collapsed into cfq_set_request(). * This removes queue kicking on icq allocation failure (for now). As icq allocation failure is rare and the only effect of queue kicking achieved was possibily accelerating queue processing, this change shouldn't be noticeable. There is a larger underlying problem. Unlike request allocation, icq allocation is not guaranteed to succeed eventually after retries. The number of icq is unbound and thus mempool can't be the solution either. This effectively adds allocation dependency on memory free path and thus possibility of deadlock. This usually wouldn't happen because icq allocation is not a hot path and, even when the condition triggers, it's highly unlikely that none of the writeback workers already has icq. However, this is still possible especially if elevator is being switched under high memory pressure, so we better get it fixed. Probably the only solution is just bypassing elevator and appending to dispatch queue on any elevator allocation failure. * Comment added to explain how icq's are managed and synchronized. This completes cleanup of io_context interface. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block, cfq: restructure io_cq creation path for io_context interface cleanupTejun Heo
Add elevator_ops->elevator_init_icq_fn() and restructure cfq_create_cic() and rename it to ioc_create_icq(). The new function expects its caller to pass in io_context, uses elevator_type->icq_cache, handles generic init, calls the new elevator operation for elevator specific initialization, and returns pointer to created or looked up icq. This leaves cfq_icq_pool variable without any user. Removed. This prepares for io_context interface cleanup and doesn't introduce any functional difference. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block, cfq: move io_cq exit/release to blk-ioc.cTejun Heo
With kmem_cache managed by blk-ioc, io_cq exit/release can be moved to blk-ioc too. The odd ->io_cq->exit/release() callbacks are replaced with elevator_ops->elevator_exit_icq_fn() with unlinking from both ioc and q, and freeing automatically handled by blk-ioc. The elevator operation only need to perform exit operation specific to the elevator - in cfq's case, exiting the cfqq's. Also, clearing of io_cq's on q detach is moved to block core and automatically performed on elevator switch and q release. Because the q io_cq points to might be freed before RCU callback for the io_cq runs, blk-ioc code should remember to which cache the io_cq needs to be freed when the io_cq is released. New field io_cq->__rcu_icq_cache is added for this purpose. As both the new field and rcu_head are used only after io_cq is released and the q/ioc_node fields aren't, they are put into unions. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>