Just like aio/io_uring, we need to grab 2 refcount for queuing one
request, one is for submission, another is for completion.
If the request isn't queued from plug code path, the refcount grabbed
in generic_make_request() serves for submission. In theroy, this
refcount should have been released after the sumission(async run queue)
is done. blk_freeze_queue() works with blk_sync_queue() together
for avoiding race between cleanup queue and IO submission, given async
run queue activities are canceled because hctx->run_work is scheduled with
the refcount held, so it is fine to not hold the refcount when
running the run queue work function for dispatch IO.
However, if request is staggered into plug list, and finally queued
from plug code path, the refcount in submission side is actually missed.
And we may start to run queue after queue is removed because the queue's
kobject refcount isn't guaranteed to be grabbed in flushing plug list
context, then kernel oops is triggered, see the following race:
blk_mq_flush_plug_list():
blk_mq_sched_insert_requests()
insert requests to sw queue or scheduler queue
blk_mq_run_hw_queue
Because of concurrent run queue, all requests inserted above may be
completed before calling the above blk_mq_run_hw_queue. Then queue can
be freed during the above blk_mq_run_hw_queue().
Fixes the issue by grab .q_usage_counter before calling
blk_mq_sched_insert_requests() in blk_mq_flush_plug_list(). This way is
safe because the queue is absolutely alive before inserting request.
Cc: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zh...@oracle.com>
Cc: James Smart <james.sm...@broadcom.com>
Cc: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanass...@wdc.com>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org,
Cc: Martin K . Petersen <martin.peter...@oracle.com>,
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <h...@lst.de>,
Cc: James E . J . Bottomley <j...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanass...@acm.org>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumsh...@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <h...@suse.com>
Tested-by: James Smart <james.sm...@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming....@redhat.com>
---
block/blk-mq-sched.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sched.c b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
index aa6bc5c02643..dfe83e7935d6 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sched.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
@@ -414,6 +414,13 @@ void blk_mq_sched_insert_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx
*hctx,
{
struct elevator_queue *e;
+ /*
+ * blk_mq_sched_insert_requests() is called from flush plug
+ * context only, and hold one usage counter to prevent queue
+ * from being released.
+ */
+ percpu_ref_get(&hctx->queue->q_usage_counter);
+
e = hctx->queue->elevator;
if (e && e->type->ops.insert_requests)
e->type->ops.insert_requests(hctx, list, false);
@@ -432,6 +439,8 @@ void blk_mq_sched_insert_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx
*hctx,
}
blk_mq_run_hw_queue(hctx, run_queue_async);
+
+ percpu_ref_put(&hctx->queue->q_usage_counter);
}
static void blk_mq_sched_free_tags(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
--
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