linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: fix blk_queue_end

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Message-ID: <4EF17DC4.5010008@tao.ma>
Date:	Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:33:40 +0800
From:	Tao Ma <tm@....ma>
To:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
CC:	axboe@...nel.dk, Tao Ma <boyu.mt@...bao.com>,
	Meelis Roos <mroos@...ee>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, Ed Nadolski <edmund.nadolski@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: fix blk_queue_end_tag()

On 12/21/2011 07:33 AM, Dan Williams wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Cc: Tao Ma <boyu.mt@...bao.com>
> Reported-by: Meelis Roos <mroos@...ee>
> Reported-by: Ed Nadolski <edmund.nadolski@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> ---
> Functionally the same as Tao Ma's fix [1], but just moves the warn into the
> if() directly.
> 
> [1]: http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=132439698602441&w=2
> 
> --
> Dan
> 
>  block/blk-tag.c |    5 +++--
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/blk-tag.c b/block/blk-tag.c
> index e74d6d1..6e61262 100644
> --- a/block/blk-tag.c
> +++ b/block/blk-tag.c
> @@ -286,12 +286,13 @@ void blk_queue_end_tag(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
>  
>  	BUG_ON(tag == -1);
>  
> -	if (unlikely(tag >= bqt->max_depth)) {
> +	if (WARN_ONCE(tag >= bqt->real_max_depth,
> +		      "%s: tag %d greater than tag map size: %d\n",
> +		      __func__, tag, bqt->real_max_depth)) {
>  		/*
>  		 * This can happen after tag depth has been reduced.
Please also change the comments here since it should never happen in the
right workload.

Thanks
Tao
>  		 * But tag shouldn't be larger than real_max_depth.
>  		 */
> -		WARN_ON(tag >= bqt->real_max_depth);
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> 
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