[PATCH] nvme-core: fix deadlock when reconnect failed due to nvme_set_queue_count timeout

Sagi Grimberg sagi at grimberg.me
Wed Aug 5 03:10:03 EDT 2020


> A deadlock happens When we test nvme over roce with link blink. The
> reason: link blink will cause error recovery, and then reconnect.If
> reconnect fail due to nvme_set_queue_count timeout, the reconnect
> process will set the queue count as 0 and continue , and then
> nvme_start_ctrl will call nvme_enable_aen, and deadlock happens
> because the admin queue is quiesced.

Why is the admin queue quiesced? if we are calling set_queue_count
it was already unquiesced?

> log:
> Aug  3 22:47:24 localhost kernel: nvme nvme2: I/O 22 QID 0 timeout
> Aug  3 22:47:24 localhost kernel: nvme nvme2: Could not set queue count
> (881)
> stack:
> root     23848  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        D    Aug03   0:00
> [kworker/u12:4+nvme-wq]
> [<0>] blk_execute_rq+0x69/0xa0
> [<0>] __nvme_submit_sync_cmd+0xaf/0x1b0 [nvme_core]
> [<0>] nvme_features+0x73/0xb0 [nvme_core]
> [<0>] nvme_start_ctrl+0xa4/0x100 [nvme_core]
> [<0>] nvme_rdma_setup_ctrl+0x438/0x700 [nvme_rdma]
> [<0>] nvme_rdma_reconnect_ctrl_work+0x22/0x30 [nvme_rdma]
> [<0>] process_one_work+0x1a7/0x370
> [<0>] worker_thread+0x30/0x380
> [<0>] kthread+0x112/0x130
> [<0>] ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40
> 
> Many functions which call __nvme_submit_sync_cmd treat error code in two
> modes: If error code less than 0, treat as command failed. If erroe code
> more than 0, treat as target not support or other.

We rely in a lot of places on the nvme status being returned from
nvme_submit_sync_cmd (especially in nvme_revalidate_disk and for
path/aborted cancellations), and this patch breaks it. You need to find
a solution that does not hide the nvme status code from propagating
back.



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