linux-kernel - [PATCH] UML: UBD: Fix for processes stuck in D state forever in UserModeLinux

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Message-ID: <53F89B7A.1040406@thorsten-knabe.de>
Date:	Sat, 23 Aug 2014 15:47:38 +0200
From:	Thorsten Knabe <linux@...rsten-knabe.de>
To:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>,
	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, linux@...rsten-knabe.de
Subject: [PATCH] UML: UBD: Fix for processes stuck in D state forever in UserModeLinux

From: Thorsten Knabe <linux@...rsten-knabe.de>

UML: UBD: Fix for processes stuck in D state forever in UserModeLinux.

Starting with Linux 3.12 processes get stuck in D state forever in
UserModeLinux under sync heavy workloads. This bug was introduced by
commit 805f11a0d5 (um: ubd: Add REQ_FLUSH suppport).
Fix bug by adding a check if FLUSH request was successfully submitted to
the I/O thread and keeping the FLUSH request on the request queue on
submission failures.

Fixes: 805f11a0d5 (um: ubd: Add REQ_FLUSH suppport)
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Knabe <linux@...rsten-knabe.de>
---
Patch applies to 3.16.1.

diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
index 3716e69..b7d2840 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ static void do_ubd_request(struct request_queue *q)

 	while(1){
 		struct ubd *dev = q->queuedata;
-		if(dev->end_sg == 0){
+		if(dev->request == NULL){
 			struct request *req = blk_fetch_request(q);
 			if(req == NULL)
 				return;
@@ -1299,7 +1299,8 @@ static void do_ubd_request(struct request_queue *q)
 				return;
 			}
 			prepare_flush_request(req, io_req);
-			submit_request(io_req, dev);
+			if (submit_request(io_req, dev) == false)
+				return;
 		}

 		while(dev->start_sg < dev->end_sg){




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