linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] sbitmap: fix io hung due to race on sbitmap

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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 14:38:01 +0800
From: YangYang <yang.yang@...o.com>
To: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] sbitmap: fix io hung due to race on
 sbitmap_word::cleared

On 2024/6/4 11:25, Ming Lei wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 11:12 AM Yang Yang <yang.yang@...o.com> wrote:
>>
>> Configuration for sbq:
>>    depth=64, wake_batch=6, shift=6, map_nr=1
>>
>> 1. There are 64 requests in progress:
>>    map->word = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
>> 2. After all the 64 requests complete, and no more requests come:
>>    map->word = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, map->cleared = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
>> 3. Now two tasks try to allocate requests:
>>    T1:                                       T2:
>>    __blk_mq_get_tag                          .
>>    __sbitmap_queue_get                       .
>>    sbitmap_get                               .
>>    sbitmap_find_bit                          .
>>    sbitmap_find_bit_in_word                  .
>>    __sbitmap_get_word  -> nr=-1              __blk_mq_get_tag
>>    sbitmap_deferred_clear                    __sbitmap_queue_get
>>    /* map->cleared=0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF */     sbitmap_find_bit
>>      if (!READ_ONCE(map->cleared))           sbitmap_find_bit_in_word
>>        return false;                         __sbitmap_get_word -> nr=-1
>>      mask = xchg(&map->cleared, 0)           sbitmap_deferred_clear
>>      atomic_long_andnot()                    /* map->cleared=0 */
>>                                                if (!(map->cleared))
>>                                                  return false;
>>                                       /*
>>                                        * map->cleared is cleared by T1
>>                                        * T2 fail to acquire the tag
>>                                        */
>>
>> 4. T2 is the sole tag waiter. When T1 puts the tag, T2 cannot be woken
>> up due to the wake_batch being set at 6. If no more requests come, T1
>> will wait here indefinitely.
>>
>> To fix this issue, simply revert commit 661d4f55a794 ("sbitmap:
>> remove swap_lock"), which causes this issue.
> 
> I'd suggest to add the following words in commit log:
> 
> Check on ->cleared and update on both ->cleared and ->word need to be
> done atomically, and using spinlock could be the simplest solution.

Thank you. I will handle this in V3.

> 
> Otherwise, the patch looks fine for me.
> 
> Thanks,
>