Re: [PATCH v3] scsi/sd: release scan_mutex during sync_cache and start_stop

[Song Liu]

> On Feb 8, 2017, at 2:58 PM, Bart Van Assche  
> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 2017-02-08 at 14:53 -0800, Song Liu wrote:
>> +try_lock_scan_mutex = mutex_trylock(&shost->scan_mutex);
> 
> This is at least as bad as the approach of your previous patch because
> whether or not this mutex_trylock() call succeeds not only depends on
> whether or not the caller holds the scan_mutex but also on whether any
> other thread accidentally holds that mutex. Please stop hacking and do
> what Christoph proposed, namely address the caller of this method.
> 
> Bart.
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Thanks for the feedback. I will dig more in the caller side. 

Song

Re: [PATCH v3] scsi/sd: release scan_mutex during sync_cache and start_stop

[Bart Van Assche]

On Wed, 2017-02-08 at 14:53 -0800, Song Liu wrote:
> + try_lock_scan_mutex = mutex_trylock(&shost->scan_mutex);

This is at least as bad as the approach of your previous patch because
whether or not this mutex_trylock() call succeeds not only depends on
whether or not the caller holds the scan_mutex but also on whether any
other thread accidentally holds that mutex. Please stop hacking and do
what Christoph proposed, namely address the caller of this method.

Bart.

Re: [PATCH v3] scsi/sd: release scan_mutex during sync_cache and start_stop

[Song Liu]

> On Feb 8, 2017, at 2:53 PM, Song Liu  wrote:
> 
> When a device is deleted through sysfs handle "delete", the code
> locks shost->scan_mutex. If multiple devices are deleted at the
> same time, these deletes will be handled in series.
> 
> On the other hand, sd_shutdown() sometimes issues long latency
> commands: sync cache and start_stop. It is not necessary for these
> commands to run in series.
> 
> To reduce latency of parallel "delete" requests, this patch unlock
> shost->scan_mutex before long latency commands and relock the mutex
> after the command.
> 
> Fixed bug from previous version.
> 
> Reported-by: kernel test robot 
> Signed-off-by: Song Liu 
> ---
> drivers/scsi/sd.c | 14 ++
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> index 9e0783b..14c5815 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> @@ -3304,6 +3304,9 @@ static int sd_start_stop_device(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, 
> int start)
> static void sd_shutdown(struct device *dev)
> {
>   struct scsi_disk *sdkp = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> + struct scsi_device *sdev;
> + struct Scsi_Host *shost;
> + int try_lock_scan_mutex;
> 
>   if (!sdkp)
>   return; /* this can happen */
> @@ -3311,15 +3314,26 @@ static void sd_shutdown(struct device *dev)
>   if (pm_runtime_suspended(dev))
>   return;
> 
> + sdev = sdkp->device;
> + shost = sdev->host;
> + try_lock_scan_mutex = mutex_trylock(&shost->scan_mutex);
> +
>   if (sdkp->WCE && sdkp->media_present) {
> + mutex_unlock(&shost->scan_mutex);
>   sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp, "Synchronizing SCSI cache\n");
>   sd_sync_cache(sdkp);
> + mutex_lock(&shost->scan_mutex);
>   }
> 
>   if (system_state != SYSTEM_RESTART && sdkp->device->manage_start_stop) {
> + mutex_unlock(&shost->scan_mutex);
>   sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp, "Stopping disk\n");
>   sd_start_stop_device(sdkp, 0);
> + mutex_lock(&shost->scan_mutex);
>   }
> +
> + if (try_lock_scan_mutex)
> + mutex_unlock(&shost->scan_mutex);
> }
> 
> static int sd_suspend_common(struct device *dev, bool ignore_stop_errors)
> -- 
> 2.9.3
> 

Forgot to CC Christoph