linux-kernel - [PATCH BUGFIX V2 2/7] block, bfq: do not insert oom queue into position tree

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Date:   Mon,  3 Feb 2020 11:40:55 +0100
From:   Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@...aro.org>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        bfq-iosched@...glegroups.com, oleksandr@...alenko.name,
        patdung100@...il.com, cevich@...hat.com,
        Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH BUGFIX V2 2/7] block, bfq: do not insert oom queue into position tree

BFQ maintains an ordered list, implemented with an RB tree, of
head-request positions of non-empty bfq_queues. This position tree,
inherited from CFQ, is used to find bfq_queues that contain I/O close
to each other. BFQ merges these bfq_queues into a single shared queue,
if this boosts throughput on the device at hand.

There is however a special-purpose bfq_queue that does not participate
in queue merging, the oom bfq_queue. Yet, also this bfq_queue could be
wrongly added to the position tree. So bfqq_find_close() could return
the oom bfq_queue, which is a source of further troubles in an
out-of-memory situation. This commit prevents the oom bfq_queue from
being inserted into the position tree.

Tested-by: Patrick Dung <patdung100@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@...aro.org>
---
 block/bfq-iosched.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 55d4328e7c12..15dfb0844644 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -613,6 +613,10 @@ bfq_pos_tree_add_move(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
 		bfqq->pos_root = NULL;
 	}

+	/* oom_bfqq does not participate in queue merging */
+	if (bfqq == &bfqd->oom_bfqq)
+		return;
+
 	/*
 	 * bfqq cannot be merged any longer (see comments in
 	 * bfq_setup_cooperator): no point in adding bfqq into the
-- 
2.20.1