linux/drivers/block/xen-blkback
Valentin Priescu 814d04e7df xen-blkback: defer freeing blkif to avoid blocking xenwatch
Currently xenwatch blocks in VBD disconnect, waiting for all pending I/O
requests to finish. If the VBD is attached to a hot-swappable disk, then
xenwatch can hang for a long period of time, stalling other watches.

 INFO: task xenwatch:39 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
 ffff880057f01bd0 0000000000000246 ffff880057f01ac0 ffffffff810b0782
 ffff880057f01ad0 00000000000131c0 0000000000000004 ffff880057edb040
 ffff8800344c6080 0000000000000000 ffff880058c00ba0 ffff880057edb040
 Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff810b0782>] ? irq_to_desc+0x12/0x20
 [<ffffffff8128f761>] ? list_del+0x11/0x40
 [<ffffffff8147a080>] ? wait_for_common+0x60/0x160
 [<ffffffff8147bcef>] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x2f/0x50
 [<ffffffff8147bd49>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x19/0x20
 [<ffffffff8147a26a>] schedule+0x3a/0x60
 [<ffffffffa018fe6a>] xen_blkif_disconnect+0x8a/0x100 [xen_blkback]
 [<ffffffff81079f70>] ? wake_up_bit+0x40/0x40
 [<ffffffffa018ffce>] xen_blkbk_remove+0xae/0x1e0 [xen_blkback]
 [<ffffffff8130b254>] xenbus_dev_remove+0x44/0x90
 [<ffffffff81345cb7>] __device_release_driver+0x77/0xd0
 [<ffffffff81346488>] device_release_driver+0x28/0x40
 [<ffffffff813456e8>] bus_remove_device+0x78/0xe0
 [<ffffffff81342c9f>] device_del+0x12f/0x1a0
 [<ffffffff81342d2d>] device_unregister+0x1d/0x60
 [<ffffffffa0190826>] frontend_changed+0xa6/0x4d0 [xen_blkback]
 [<ffffffffa019c252>] ? frontend_changed+0x192/0x650 [xen_netback]
 [<ffffffff8130ae50>] ? cmp_dev+0x60/0x60
 [<ffffffff81344fe4>] ? bus_for_each_dev+0x94/0xa0
 [<ffffffff8130b06e>] xenbus_otherend_changed+0xbe/0x120
 [<ffffffff8130b4cb>] frontend_changed+0xb/0x10
 [<ffffffff81309c82>] xenwatch_thread+0xf2/0x130
 [<ffffffff81079f70>] ? wake_up_bit+0x40/0x40
 [<ffffffff81309b90>] ? xenbus_directory+0x80/0x80
 [<ffffffff810799d6>] kthread+0x96/0xa0
 [<ffffffff81485934>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
 [<ffffffff814839f3>] ? int_ret_from_sys_call+0x7/0x1b
 [<ffffffff8147c17c>] ? retint_restore_args+0x5/0x6
 [<ffffffff81485930>] ? gs_change+0x13/0x13

With this patch, when there is still pending I/O, the actual disconnect
is done by the last reference holder (last pending I/O request). In this
case, xenwatch doesn't block indefinitely.

Signed-off-by: Valentin Priescu <priescuv@amazon.com>
Reviewed-by: Steven Kady <stevkady@amazon.com>
Reviewed-by: Steven Noonan <snoonan@amazon.com>
Reviewed-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
2014-05-28 14:17:32 -04:00
..
Makefile xen/blkback: Squash vbd.c,interface.c in blkback.c and xenbus.c respectivly. 2011-04-20 11:57:59 -04:00
blkback.c xen-blkback: init persistent_purge_work work_struct 2014-02-11 20:34:03 -07:00
common.h xen-blkback: defer freeing blkif to avoid blocking xenwatch 2014-05-28 14:17:32 -04:00
xenbus.c xen-blkback: defer freeing blkif to avoid blocking xenwatch 2014-05-28 14:17:32 -04:00