linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] xen-blkfront: allow discard-* nodes to be optional

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Date:   Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:36:22 +0100
From:   Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>
To:     <stable@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arthur Borsboom <arthurborsboom@...il.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
        <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] xen-blkfront: allow discard-* nodes to be optional

Forgot to Cc stable for the Fixes tag. Doing it now.

On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 11:57:27AM +0100, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> This is inline with the specification described in blkif.h:
> 
>  * discard-granularity: should be set to the physical block size if
>    node is not present.
>  * discard-alignment, discard-secure: should be set to 0 if node not
>    present.
> 
> This was detected as QEMU would only create the discard-granularity
> node but not discard-alignment, and thus the setup done in
> blkfront_setup_discard would fail.
> 
> Fix blkfront_setup_discard to not fail on missing nodes, and also fix
> blkif_set_queue_limits to set the discard granularity to the physical
> block size if none is specified in xenbus.
> 
> Fixes: ed30bf317c5ce ('xen-blkfront: Handle discard requests.')
> Reported-by: Arthur Borsboom <arthurborsboom@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>
> ---
> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
> Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
> Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>
> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
> Cc: "Roger Pau Monné" <roger.pau@...rix.com>
> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
> Cc: xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
> Cc: linux-block@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: Arthur Borsboom <arthurborsboom@...il.com>
> ---
> Changes since v2:
>  - Allow all discard-* nodes to be optional.
> ---
>  drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c | 20 +++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
> index 5265975b3fba..e1c6798889f4 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
> @@ -945,7 +945,8 @@ static void blkif_set_queue_limits(struct blkfront_info *info)
>  	if (info->feature_discard) {
>  		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD, rq);
>  		blk_queue_max_discard_sectors(rq, get_capacity(gd));
> -		rq->limits.discard_granularity = info->discard_granularity;
> +		rq->limits.discard_granularity = info->discard_granularity ?:
> +						 info->physical_sector_size;
>  		rq->limits.discard_alignment = info->discard_alignment;
>  		if (info->feature_secdiscard)
>  			blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_SECERASE, rq);
> @@ -2179,19 +2180,12 @@ static void blkfront_closing(struct blkfront_info *info)
>  
>  static void blkfront_setup_discard(struct blkfront_info *info)
>  {
> -	int err;
> -	unsigned int discard_granularity;
> -	unsigned int discard_alignment;
> -
>  	info->feature_discard = 1;
> -	err = xenbus_gather(XBT_NIL, info->xbdev->otherend,
> -		"discard-granularity", "%u", &discard_granularity,
> -		"discard-alignment", "%u", &discard_alignment,
> -		NULL);
> -	if (!err) {
> -		info->discard_granularity = discard_granularity;
> -		info->discard_alignment = discard_alignment;
> -	}
> +	info->discard_granularity = xenbus_read_unsigned(info->xbdev->otherend,
> +							 "discard-granularity",
> +							 0);
> +	info->discard_alignment = xenbus_read_unsigned(info->xbdev->otherend,
> +						       "discard-alignment", 0);
>  	info->feature_secdiscard =
>  		!!xenbus_read_unsigned(info->xbdev->otherend, "discard-secure",
>  				       0);
> -- 
> 2.29.2
>