linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PM: hibernate: Do not get block device exclusively in test

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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0j5PWsF6zCCVMRW59WevYLvWiBk82U4MpxqWdFnAcrqrQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 6 Apr 2023 12:02:01 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, Ye Bin <yebin10@...wei.com>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Yifan Li <yifan2.li@...el.com>,
        Pavan Kondeti <quic_pkondeti@...cinc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PM: hibernate: Do not get block device exclusively in
 test_resume mode

On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 4:49 AM Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Rafael,
> On 2023-04-05 at 20:37:32 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 1, 2023 at 10:59 AM Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > The system refused to do a test_resume because it found that the
> > > swap device has already been taken by someone else. Specificly,
> > > the swsusp_check()->blkdev_get_by_dev(FMODE_EXCL) is supposed to
> > > do this check.
> > >
> > > Steps to reproduce:
> > >  dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=$(cat /proc/meminfo |
> > >        awk '/MemTotal/ {print $2}') count=1024 conv=notrunc
> > >  mkswap /swapfile
> > >  swapon /swapfile
> > >  swap-offset /swapfile
> > >  echo 34816 > /sys/power/resume_offset
> > >  echo test_resume > /sys/power/disk
> > >  echo disk > /sys/power/state
> > >
> > >  PM: Using 3 thread(s) for compression
> > >  PM: Compressing and saving image data (293150 pages)...
> > >  PM: Image saving progress:   0%
> > >  PM: Image saving progress:  10%
> > >  ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
> > >  ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
> > >  ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
> > >  ata5: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
> > >  ata6: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
> > >  ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
> > >  ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
> > >  PM: Image saving progress:  20%
> > >  PM: Image saving progress:  30%
> > >  PM: Image saving progress:  40%
> > >  PM: Image saving progress:  50%
> > >  pcieport 0000:00:02.5: pciehp: Slot(0-5): No device found
> > >  PM: Image saving progress:  60%
> > >  PM: Image saving progress:  70%
> > >  PM: Image saving progress:  80%
> > >  PM: Image saving progress:  90%
> > >  PM: Image saving done
> > >  PM: hibernation: Wrote 1172600 kbytes in 2.70 seconds (434.29 MB/s)
> > >  PM: S|
> > >  PM: hibernation: Basic memory bitmaps freed
> > >  PM: Image not found (code -16)
> > >
> > > This is because when using the swapfile as the hibernation storage,
> > > the block device where the swapfile is located has already been mounted
> > > by the OS distribution(usually been mounted as the rootfs). This is not
> > > an issue for normal hibernation, because software_resume()->swsusp_check()
> > > happens before the block device(rootfs) mount. But it is a problem for the
> > > test_resume mode. Because when test_resume happens, the block device has
> > > been mounted already.
> > >
> > > Thus remove the FMODE_EXCL for test_resume mode. This would not be a
> > > problem because in test_resume stage, the processes have already been
> > > frozen, and the race condition described in
> > > Commit 39fbef4b0f77 ("PM: hibernate: Get block device exclusively in swsusp_check()")
> > > is unlikely to happen.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 39fbef4b0f77 ("PM: hibernate: Get block device exclusively in swsusp_check()")
> > > Reported-by: Yifan Li <yifan2.li@...el.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com>
> > > ---
> > >  kernel/power/hibernate.c | 18 +++++++++++-------
> > >  kernel/power/power.h     |  2 +-
> > >  kernel/power/swap.c      | 10 +++++++---
> > >  3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/kernel/power/hibernate.c b/kernel/power/hibernate.c
> > > index 793c55a2becb..f50456e72f0a 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/power/hibernate.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/power/hibernate.c
> > > @@ -683,22 +683,26 @@ static void power_down(void)
> > >                 cpu_relax();
> > >  }
> > >
> > > -static int load_image_and_restore(void)
> > > +static int load_image_and_restore(bool safe)
> >
> > It is not very clear why the argument is called "safe".
> >
> > Either this needs to be explained in a comment, or I would just call
> > it "exclusive" and rework the checks accordingly.
> >
> OK, I can change it to "exclusive". Pavan proposed to add a global
> variable snapshot_testing to indicate that the system is in test_resume mode,
> and we can check this flag to decide whether to open the block device
> exclusively or not. Then we don't have to add parameter for load_image_and_restore()
> nor swsusp_check(). Could you please give advice whether this is applicable?

Well, in that case, why don't you simply check pm_test_level?

> If yes I can change the code accordingly, otherwise I can change the "safe"
> to "exclusive" and add some comments.