2017-04-04 13:51:00

by Michael Wang

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Subject: [RFC PATCH] raid1: reset 'bi_next' before reuse the bio


During the testing we found the sync read bio can go through
path:

md_do_sync()
sync_request()
generic_make_request()
blk_queue_bio()
blk_attempt_plug_merge()
bio->bi_next CHAINED HERE

...

raid1d()
sync_request_write()
fix_sync_read_error()
if FailFast && Faulty
bio->bi_end_io = end_sync_write
generic_make_request()
BUG_ON(bio->bi_next)

This need to meet the conditions:
* bio once merged
* read disk have FailFast enabled
* read disk is Faulty

And since the block layer won't reset the 'bi_next' after bio
is done inside request, we hit the BUG like that.

This patch simply reset the bi_next before we reuse it.

Signed-off-by: Michael Wang <[email protected]>
---
drivers/md/raid1.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 7d67235..0554110 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -1986,11 +1986,13 @@ static int fix_sync_read_error(struct r1bio *r1_bio)
/* Don't try recovering from here - just fail it
* ... unless it is the last working device of course */
md_error(mddev, rdev);
- if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
+ if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
/* Don't try to read from here, but make sure
* put_buf does it's thing
*/
bio->bi_end_io = end_sync_write;
+ bio->bi_next = NULL;
+ }
}

while(sectors) {
--
2.5.0


2017-04-04 22:18:35

by NeilBrown

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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] raid1: reset 'bi_next' before reuse the bio

On Tue, Apr 04 2017, Michael Wang wrote:

> During the testing we found the sync read bio can go through
> path:
>
> md_do_sync()
> sync_request()
> generic_make_request()
> blk_queue_bio()
> blk_attempt_plug_merge()
> bio->bi_next CHAINED HERE
>
> ...
>
> raid1d()
> sync_request_write()
> fix_sync_read_error()
> if FailFast && Faulty
> bio->bi_end_io = end_sync_write
> generic_make_request()
> BUG_ON(bio->bi_next)
>
> This need to meet the conditions:
> * bio once merged
> * read disk have FailFast enabled
> * read disk is Faulty
>
> And since the block layer won't reset the 'bi_next' after bio
> is done inside request, we hit the BUG like that.
>
> This patch simply reset the bi_next before we reuse it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Wang <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/md/raid1.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
> index 7d67235..0554110 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
> @@ -1986,11 +1986,13 @@ static int fix_sync_read_error(struct r1bio *r1_bio)
> /* Don't try recovering from here - just fail it
> * ... unless it is the last working device of course */
> md_error(mddev, rdev);
> - if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
> + if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
> /* Don't try to read from here, but make sure
> * put_buf does it's thing
> */
> bio->bi_end_io = end_sync_write;
> + bio->bi_next = NULL;
> + }
> }
>
> while(sectors) {


Ah - I see what is happening now. I was looking at the vanilla 4.4
code, which doesn't have the failfast changes.

I don't think your patch is correct though. We really shouldn't be
re-using that bio, and setting bi_next to NULL just hides the bug. It
doesn't fix it.
As the rdev is now Faulty, it doesn't make sense for
sync_request_write() to submit a write request to it.

Can you confirm that this works please.

diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index d2d8b8a5bd56..219f1e1f1d1d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -2180,6 +2180,8 @@ static void sync_request_write(struct mddev *mddev, struct r1bio *r1_bio)
(i == r1_bio->read_disk ||
!test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_SYNC, &mddev->recovery))))
continue;
+ if (test_bit(Faulty, &conf->mirrors[i].rdev->flags))
+ continue;

bio_set_op_attrs(wbio, REQ_OP_WRITE, 0);
if (test_bit(FailFast, &conf->mirrors[i].rdev->flags))


Thanks,
NeilBrown


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2017-04-05 07:40:15

by Michael Wang

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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] raid1: reset 'bi_next' before reuse the bio



On 04/05/2017 12:17 AM, NeilBrown wrote:
[snip]
>> diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
>> index 7d67235..0554110 100644
>> --- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
>> +++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
>> @@ -1986,11 +1986,13 @@ static int fix_sync_read_error(struct r1bio *r1_bio)
>> /* Don't try recovering from here - just fail it
>> * ... unless it is the last working device of course */
>> md_error(mddev, rdev);
>> - if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
>> + if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
>> /* Don't try to read from here, but make sure
>> * put_buf does it's thing
>> */
>> bio->bi_end_io = end_sync_write;
>> + bio->bi_next = NULL;
>> + }
>> }
>>
>> while(sectors) {
>
>
> Ah - I see what is happening now. I was looking at the vanilla 4.4
> code, which doesn't have the failfast changes.

My bad to forgot mention... yes our md stuff is very much close to the
upstream.

>
> I don't think your patch is correct though. We really shouldn't be
> re-using that bio, and setting bi_next to NULL just hides the bug. It
> doesn't fix it.
> As the rdev is now Faulty, it doesn't make sense for
> sync_request_write() to submit a write request to it.

Make sense, while still have concerns regarding the design:
* in this case since the read_disk already abandoned, is it fine to
keep r1_bio->read_disk recording the faulty device index?
* we assign the 'end_sync_write' to the original read bio in this
case, but when is this supposed to be called?

>
> Can you confirm that this works please.

Yes, it works.

Tested-by: Michael Wang <[email protected]>

Regards,
Michael Wang

>
> diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
> index d2d8b8a5bd56..219f1e1f1d1d 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
> @@ -2180,6 +2180,8 @@ static void sync_request_write(struct mddev *mddev, struct r1bio *r1_bio)
> (i == r1_bio->read_disk ||
> !test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_SYNC, &mddev->recovery))))
> continue;
> + if (test_bit(Faulty, &conf->mirrors[i].rdev->flags))
> + continue;
>
> bio_set_op_attrs(wbio, REQ_OP_WRITE, 0);
> if (test_bit(FailFast, &conf->mirrors[i].rdev->flags))
>
>
> Thanks,
> NeilBrown
>

2017-04-06 02:04:39

by NeilBrown

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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] raid1: reset 'bi_next' before reuse the bio

On Wed, Apr 05 2017, Michael Wang wrote:

> On 04/05/2017 12:17 AM, NeilBrown wrote:
> [snip]
>>> diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
>>> index 7d67235..0554110 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
>>> @@ -1986,11 +1986,13 @@ static int fix_sync_read_error(struct r1bio *r1_bio)
>>> /* Don't try recovering from here - just fail it
>>> * ... unless it is the last working device of course */
>>> md_error(mddev, rdev);
>>> - if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
>>> + if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
>>> /* Don't try to read from here, but make sure
>>> * put_buf does it's thing
>>> */
>>> bio->bi_end_io = end_sync_write;
>>> + bio->bi_next = NULL;
>>> + }
>>> }
>>>
>>> while(sectors) {
>>
>>
>> Ah - I see what is happening now. I was looking at the vanilla 4.4
>> code, which doesn't have the failfast changes.
>
> My bad to forgot mention... yes our md stuff is very much close to the
> upstream.
>
>>
>> I don't think your patch is correct though. We really shouldn't be
>> re-using that bio, and setting bi_next to NULL just hides the bug. It
>> doesn't fix it.
>> As the rdev is now Faulty, it doesn't make sense for
>> sync_request_write() to submit a write request to it.
>
> Make sense, while still have concerns regarding the design:
> * in this case since the read_disk already abandoned, is it fine to
> keep r1_bio->read_disk recording the faulty device index?

I guess we could set it to -1. I'm not sure that would help at all.


> * we assign the 'end_sync_write' to the original read bio in this
> case, but when is this supposed to be called?

It isn't called. But the value of ->bi_end_io is tests a couple of
times. Particularly in put_buf(), but also a little further down in
fix_sync_read_errors().

>
>>
>> Can you confirm that this works please.
>
> Yes, it works.
>
> Tested-by: Michael Wang <[email protected]>

Thanks. I'll add that and submit the patch.

Thanks,
NeilBrown

>
> Regards,
> Michael Wang
>
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
>> index d2d8b8a5bd56..219f1e1f1d1d 100644
>> --- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
>> +++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
>> @@ -2180,6 +2180,8 @@ static void sync_request_write(struct mddev *mddev, struct r1bio *r1_bio)
>> (i == r1_bio->read_disk ||
>> !test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_SYNC, &mddev->recovery))))
>> continue;
>> + if (test_bit(Faulty, &conf->mirrors[i].rdev->flags))
>> + continue;
>>
>> bio_set_op_attrs(wbio, REQ_OP_WRITE, 0);
>> if (test_bit(FailFast, &conf->mirrors[i].rdev->flags))
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> NeilBrown
>>


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