linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 069/268] bcache: fix a livelock when we cause a huge number of cache misses

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Message-Id: <1453926929-17663-70-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com>
Date:	Wed, 27 Jan 2016 12:32:10 -0800
From:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@...bao.com>,
	Joshua Schmid <jschmid@...e.com>,
	Zhu Yanhai <zhu.yanhai@...il.com>,
	Kent Overstreet <kmo@...erainc.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 069/268] bcache: fix a livelock when we cause a huge number of cache misses

4.2.8-ckt3 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Zheng Liu <gnehzuil.liu@...il.com>

commit 2ef9ccbfcb90cf84bdba320a571b18b05c41101b upstream.

Subject :	[PATCH v2] bcache: fix a livelock in btree lock
Date :	Wed, 25 Feb 2015 20:32:09 +0800 (02/25/2015 04:32:09 AM)

This commit tries to fix a livelock in bcache.  This livelock might
happen when we causes a huge number of cache misses simultaneously.

When we get a cache miss, bcache will execute the following path.

->cached_dev_make_request()
  ->cached_dev_read()
    ->cached_lookup()
      ->bch->btree_map_keys()
        ->btree_root()  <------------------------
          ->bch_btree_map_keys_recurse()        |
            ->cache_lookup_fn()                 |
              ->cached_dev_cache_miss()         |
                ->bch_btree_insert_check_key() -|
                  [If btree->seq is not equal to seq + 1, we should return
                   EINTR and traverse btree again.]

In bch_btree_insert_check_key() function we first need to check upgrade
flag (op->lock == -1), and when this flag is true we need to release
read btree->lock and try to take write btree->lock.  During taking and
releasing this write lock, btree->seq will be monotone increased in
order to prevent other threads modify this in cache miss (see btree.h:74).
But if there are some cache misses caused by some requested, we could
meet a livelock because btree->seq is always changed by others.  Thus no
one can make progress.

This commit will try to take write btree->lock if it encounters a race
when we traverse btree.  Although it sacrifice the scalability but we
can ensure that only one can modify the btree.

Signed-off-by: Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@...bao.com>
Tested-by: Joshua Schmid <jschmid@...e.com>
Tested-by: Eric Wheeler <bcache@...ux.ewheeler.net>
Cc: Joshua Schmid <jschmid@...e.com>
Cc: Zhu Yanhai <zhu.yanhai@...il.com>
Cc: Kent Overstreet <kmo@...erainc.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/md/bcache/btree.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
index 00cde40..9aaa8f8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
@@ -2162,8 +2162,10 @@ int bch_btree_insert_check_key(struct btree *b, struct btree_op *op,
 		rw_lock(true, b, b->level);

 		if (b->key.ptr[0] != btree_ptr ||
-		    b->seq != seq + 1)
+                   b->seq != seq + 1) {
+                       op->lock = b->level;
 			goto out;
+               }
 	}

 	SET_KEY_PTRS(check_key, 1);
-- 
1.9.1