linux-kernel - Re: [patch|rfc] block: fix race between request completion and timeout handling

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Date:	Wed, 28 Aug 2013 08:58:41 -0400
From:	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
To:	Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
Cc:	axboe@...nel.dk, JBottomley@...allels.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	Ewan Milne <emilne@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [patch|rfc] block: fix race between request completion and timeout handling

Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de> writes:

>> So, looked into things a bit more.
>> It looks as if you're on the right track, although I doubt your
>> patch will fix the issue for me :-(
>> 
>> Thing is, you're right there is a race window between requeuing
>> and softirq triggering, which could well be fixed by your patch.
>> So for that reason alone I would like to take it.
>> 
>> However, including your patch will end up opening another can of
>> worms: the softirq might now be triggering _while the request is
>> queued on the request queue_.
>> blk_requeue_request will be putting the request back on the request
>> queue, where it'll be stuck until being pulled off from
>> scsi_request_fn().
>> So if the softirq triggers during that condition we'll end up
>> calling the BUG_ON((!list_empty(&req->queuelist)) in
>> __blk_put_request().
>> 
>> Guess we'd need to fix that one, too ...
>> 
> Ah. Now I see it.
>
> We're requeuing from the softirq context, ie after the completion
> has triggered. So the above scenario can't actually happen and the
> patch is valid.

Do you still think it won't solve the issue you're seeing?  What issue
is that, btw?

>
> So:
>
> Acked-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>

Thanks, I guess I'll have to send a properly signed-off patch, now.  ;-)

Cheers,
Jeff
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