[PATCH v2] nvme-multipath: Early exit if no path is available

[Chao Leng]

On 2021/1/29 9:42, Sagi Grimberg wrote:
> 
>>> You can't see exactly where it dies but I followed the assembly to
>>> nvme_round_robin_path(). Maybe it's not the initial nvme_next_ns(head,
>>> old) which returns NULL but nvme_next_ns() is returning NULL eventually
>>> (list_next_or_null_rcu()).
>> So there is other bug cause nvme_next_ns abormal.
>> I review the code about head->list and head->current_path, I find 2 bugs
>> may cause the bug:
>> First, I already send the patch. see:
>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nvme/20210128033351.22116-1-lengchao@huawei.com/
>> Second, in nvme_ns_remove, list_del_rcu is before
>> nvme_mpath_clear_current_path. This may cause "old" is deleted from the
>> "head", but still use "old". I'm not sure there's any other
>> consideration here, I will check it and try to fix it.
> 
> The reason why we first remove from head->list and only then clear
> current_path is because the other way around there is no way
> to guarantee that that the ns won't be assigned as current_path
> again (because it is in head->list).
ok, I see.
> 
> nvme_ns_remove fences continue of deletion of the ns by synchronizing
> the srcu such that for sure the current_path clearance is visible.
The list will be like this:
head->next = ns1;
ns1->next = head;
old->next = ns1;
This may cause infinite loop in nvme_round_robin_path.
for (ns = nvme_next_ns(head, old);
	ns != old;
	ns = nvme_next_ns(head, ns))
The ns will always be ns1, and then infinite loop.
> .