[PATCH v2] nvme: fix deadlock between reset and scan
Guixin Liu
kanie at linux.alibaba.com
Mon Dec 4 00:35:50 PST 2023
Looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Guixin Liu <kanie at linux.alibaba.com>
My thanks for the advise Sagi given.
在 2023/11/30 10:13, Bitao Hu 写道:
> If controller reset occurs when allocating namespace, both
> nvme_reset_work and nvme_scan_work will hang, as shown below.
>
> Test Scripts:
>
> for ((t=1;t<=128;t++))
> do
> nsid=`nvme create-ns /dev/nvme1 -s 14537724 -c 14537724 -f 0 -m 0 \
> -d 0 | awk -F: '{print($NF);}'`
> nvme attach-ns /dev/nvme1 -n $nsid -c 0
> done
> nvme reset /dev/nvme1
>
> We will find that both nvme_reset_work and nvme_scan_work hung:
>
> INFO: task kworker/u249:4:17848 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
> "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this
> message.
> task:kworker/u249:4 state:D stack: 0 pid:17848 ppid: 2
> flags:0x00000028
> Workqueue: nvme-reset-wq nvme_reset_work [nvme]
> Call trace:
> __switch_to+0xb4/0xfc
> __schedule+0x22c/0x670
> schedule+0x4c/0xd0
> blk_mq_freeze_queue_wait+0x84/0xc0
> nvme_wait_freeze+0x40/0x64 [nvme_core]
> nvme_reset_work+0x1c0/0x5cc [nvme]
> process_one_work+0x1d8/0x4b0
> worker_thread+0x230/0x440
> kthread+0x114/0x120
> INFO: task kworker/u249:3:22404 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
> "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this
> message.
> task:kworker/u249:3 state:D stack: 0 pid:22404 ppid: 2
> flags:0x00000028
> Workqueue: nvme-wq nvme_scan_work [nvme_core]
> Call trace:
> __switch_to+0xb4/0xfc
> __schedule+0x22c/0x670
> schedule+0x4c/0xd0
> rwsem_down_write_slowpath+0x32c/0x98c
> down_write+0x70/0x80
> nvme_alloc_ns+0x1ac/0x38c [nvme_core]
> nvme_validate_or_alloc_ns+0xbc/0x150 [nvme_core]
> nvme_scan_ns_list+0xe8/0x2e4 [nvme_core]
> nvme_scan_work+0x60/0x500 [nvme_core]
> process_one_work+0x1d8/0x4b0
> worker_thread+0x260/0x440
> kthread+0x114/0x120
> INFO: task nvme:28428 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
> "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this
> message.
> task:nvme state:D stack: 0 pid:28428 ppid: 27119
> flags:0x00000000
> Call trace:
> __switch_to+0xb4/0xfc
> __schedule+0x22c/0x670
> schedule+0x4c/0xd0
> schedule_timeout+0x160/0x194
> do_wait_for_common+0xac/0x1d0
> __wait_for_common+0x78/0x100
> wait_for_completion+0x24/0x30
> __flush_work.isra.0+0x74/0x90
> flush_work+0x14/0x20
> nvme_reset_ctrl_sync+0x50/0x74 [nvme_core]
> nvme_dev_ioctl+0x1b0/0x250 [nvme_core]
> __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xa8/0xf0
> el0_svc_common+0x88/0x234
> do_el0_svc+0x7c/0x90
> el0_svc+0x1c/0x30
> el0_sync_handler+0xa8/0xb0
> el0_sync+0x148/0x180
>
> The reason for the hang is that nvme_reset_work occurs while nvme_scan_work
> is still running. nvme_scan_work may add new ns into ctrl->namespaces
> list after nvme_reset_work frozen all ns->q in ctrl->namespaces list.
> The newly added ns is not frozen, so nvme_wait_freeze will wait forever.
> Unfortunately, ctrl->namespaces_rwsem is held by nvme_reset_work, so
> nvme_scan_work will also wait forever. Now we are deadlocked!
>
> PROCESS1 PROCESS2
> ============== ==============
> nvme_scan_work
> ... nvme_reset_work
> nvme_validate_or_alloc_ns nvme_dev_disable
> nvme_alloc_ns nvme_start_freeze
> down_write ...
> nvme_ns_add_to_ctrl_list ...
> up_write nvme_wait_freeze
> ... down_read
> nvme_alloc_ns blk_mq_freeze_queue_wait
> down_write
>
> Fix by marking the ctrl with say NVME_CTRL_FROZEN flag set in
> nvme_start_freeze and cleared in nvme_unfreeze. Then the scan can check
> it before adding the new namespace (under the namespaces_rwsem).
>
> Signed-off-by: Bitao Hu <yaoma at linux.alibaba.com>
> ---
> v1 -> v2:
> As per the review comments given by Sagi Grimberg and Keith Busch,
> did below changes in v2,
> - Add NVME_CTRL_FROZEN nvme_ctrl_flags
> - Check ctrl->flags before adding the new namespace (under the namespaces_rwsem), rather than rely on ctrl->state
> ---
> drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 10 ++++++++++
> drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> index 62612f8..89181c7 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> @@ -3631,6 +3631,14 @@ static void nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_ns_info *info)
> goto out_unlink_ns;
>
> down_write(&ctrl->namespaces_rwsem);
> + /*
> + * Ensure that no namespaces are added to the ctrl list after the queues
> + * are frozen, thereby avoiding a deadlock between scan and reset.
> + */
> + if (test_bit(NVME_CTRL_FROZEN, &ctrl->flags)) {
> + up_write(&ctrl->namespaces_rwsem);
> + goto out_unlink_ns;
> + }
> nvme_ns_add_to_ctrl_list(ns);
> up_write(&ctrl->namespaces_rwsem);
> nvme_get_ctrl(ctrl);
> @@ -4540,6 +4548,7 @@ void nvme_unfreeze(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
> list_for_each_entry(ns, &ctrl->namespaces, list)
> blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(ns->queue);
> up_read(&ctrl->namespaces_rwsem);
> + clear_bit(NVME_CTRL_FROZEN, &ctrl->flags);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_unfreeze);
>
> @@ -4573,6 +4582,7 @@ void nvme_start_freeze(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
> {
> struct nvme_ns *ns;
>
> + set_bit(NVME_CTRL_FROZEN, &ctrl->flags);
> down_read(&ctrl->namespaces_rwsem);
> list_for_each_entry(ns, &ctrl->namespaces, list)
> blk_freeze_queue_start(ns->queue);
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
> index 39a90b7..07b57df 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
> @@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ enum nvme_ctrl_flags {
> NVME_CTRL_STOPPED = 3,
> NVME_CTRL_SKIP_ID_CNS_CS = 4,
> NVME_CTRL_DIRTY_CAPABILITY = 5,
> + NVME_CTRL_FROZEN = 6,
> };
>
> struct nvme_ctrl {
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