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block: recalculate segment count for multi-segment discards correctly

PATCH Applied David Jeffery 3 participants 3 messages Feb 11, 2021 – Mar 23, 2021 Block layer

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PATCH v2 1/1 block: recalculate segment count for multi-segment discards correctly

When a stacked block device inserts a request into another block device using blk_insert_cloned_request, the request's nr_phys_segments field gets recalculated by a call to blk_recalc_rq_segments in blk_cloned_rq_check_limits. But blk_recalc_rq_segments does not know how to handle multi-segment discards. For disk types which can handle multi-segment discards like nvme, this results in discard requests which claim a single segment when it should report several, triggering a warning in nvme and causing nvme to fail the discard from the invalid state.

 WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 191 at drivers/nvme/host/core.c:700 nvme_setup_discard+0x170/0x1e0 [nvme_core]
 ...
 nvme_setup_cmd+0x217/0x270 [nvme_core]
 nvme_loop_queue_rq+0x51/0x1b0 [nvme_loop]
 __blk_mq_try_issue_directly+0xe7/0x1b0
 blk_mq_request_issue_directly+0x41/0x70
 ? blk_account_io_start+0x40/0x50
 dm_mq_queue_rq+0x200/0x3e0
 blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list+0x10a/0x7d0
 ? __sbitmap_queue_get+0x25/0x90
 ? elv_rb_del+0x1f/0x30
 ? deadline_remove_request+0x55/0xb0
 ? dd_dispatch_request+0x181/0x210
 __blk_mq_do_dispatch_sched+0x144/0x290
 ? bio_attempt_discard_merge+0x134/0x1f0
 __blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+0x129/0x180
 blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+0x30/0x60
 __blk_mq_run_hw_queue+0x47/0xe0
 __blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue+0x15b/0x170
 blk_mq_sched_insert_requests+0x68/0xe0
 blk_mq_flush_plug_list+0xf0/0x170
 blk_finish_plug+0x36/0x50
 xlog_cil_committed+0x19f/0x290 [xfs]
 xlog_cil_process_committed+0x57/0x80 [xfs]
 xlog_state_do_callback+0x1e0/0x2a0 [xfs]
 xlog_ioend_work+0x2f/0x80 [xfs]
 process_one_work+0x1b6/0x350
 worker_thread+0x53/0x3e0
 ? process_one_work+0x350/0x350
 kthread+0x11b/0x140
 ? __kthread_bind_mask+0x60/0x60
 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

This patch fixes blk_recalc_rq_segments to be aware of devices which can have multi-segment discards. It calculates the correct discard segment count by counting the number of bio as each discard bio is considered its own segment.

Fixes 1e739730c5b9 ("block: optionally merge discontiguous discard bios into a single request")

---
V2 explicitly returns 1 instead of falling through in the no-multi case and handles REQ_OP_SECURE_ERASE like REQ_OP_DISCARD.

 block/blk-merge.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
block/blk-merge.c +8 -0
index 808768f6b174..756473295f19 100644
@@ -383,6 +383,14 @@ unsigned int blk_recalc_rq_segments(struct request *rq)
 	switch (bio_op(rq->bio)) {
 	case REQ_OP_DISCARD:
 	case REQ_OP_SECURE_ERASE:
+		if (queue_max_discard_segments(rq->q) > 1) {
+			struct bio *bio = rq->bio;
+
+			for_each_bio(bio)
+				nr_phys_segs++;
+			return nr_phys_segs;
+		}
+		return 1;
 	case REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES:
 		return 0;
 	case REQ_OP_WRITE_SAME:
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Quoted 70 lines · David Jeffery

When a stacked block device inserts a request into another block device using blk_insert_cloned_request, the request's nr_phys_segments field gets recalculated by a call to blk_recalc_rq_segments in blk_cloned_rq_check_limits. But blk_recalc_rq_segments does not know how to handle multi-segment discards. For disk types which can handle multi-segment discards like nvme, this results in discard requests which claim a single segment when it should report several, triggering a warning in nvme and causing nvme to fail the discard from the invalid state.

 WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 191 at drivers/nvme/host/core.c:700 nvme_setup_discard+0x170/0x1e0 [nvme_core]
 ...
 nvme_setup_cmd+0x217/0x270 [nvme_core]
 nvme_loop_queue_rq+0x51/0x1b0 [nvme_loop]
 __blk_mq_try_issue_directly+0xe7/0x1b0
 blk_mq_request_issue_directly+0x41/0x70
 ? blk_account_io_start+0x40/0x50
 dm_mq_queue_rq+0x200/0x3e0
 blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list+0x10a/0x7d0
 ? __sbitmap_queue_get+0x25/0x90
 ? elv_rb_del+0x1f/0x30
 ? deadline_remove_request+0x55/0xb0
 ? dd_dispatch_request+0x181/0x210
 __blk_mq_do_dispatch_sched+0x144/0x290
 ? bio_attempt_discard_merge+0x134/0x1f0
 __blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+0x129/0x180
 blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+0x30/0x60
 __blk_mq_run_hw_queue+0x47/0xe0
 __blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue+0x15b/0x170
 blk_mq_sched_insert_requests+0x68/0xe0
 blk_mq_flush_plug_list+0xf0/0x170
 blk_finish_plug+0x36/0x50
 xlog_cil_committed+0x19f/0x290 [xfs]
 xlog_cil_process_committed+0x57/0x80 [xfs]
 xlog_state_do_callback+0x1e0/0x2a0 [xfs]
 xlog_ioend_work+0x2f/0x80 [xfs]
 process_one_work+0x1b6/0x350
 worker_thread+0x53/0x3e0
 ? process_one_work+0x350/0x350
 kthread+0x11b/0x140
 ? __kthread_bind_mask+0x60/0x60
 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

This patch fixes blk_recalc_rq_segments to be aware of devices which can have multi-segment discards. It calculates the correct discard segment count by counting the number of bio as each discard bio is considered its own segment.

Fixes 1e739730c5b9 ("block: optionally merge discontiguous discard bios into a single request")

---
V2 explicitly returns 1 instead of falling through in the no-multi case and handles REQ_OP_SECURE_ERASE like REQ_OP_DISCARD.

 block/blk-merge.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
block/blk-merge.c +1 -0
index 808768f6b174..756473295f19 100644
@@ -383,6 +383,14 @@ unsigned int blk_recalc_rq_segments(struct request *rq)
        switch (bio_op(rq->bio)) {
        case REQ_OP_DISCARD:
        case REQ_OP_SECURE_ERASE:
+               if (queue_max_discard_segments(rq->q) > 1) {

block/blk-merge.c unsigned int blk_recalc_rq_segments(struct request *rq) · line 396

Quoted 10 lines
block/blk-merge.c +7 -0
+                       struct bio *bio = rq->bio;
+
+                       for_each_bio(bio)
+                               nr_phys_segs++;
+                       return nr_phys_segs;
+               }
+               return 1;
        case REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES:
                return 0;
        case REQ_OP_WRITE_SAME:

Hello Jens,

Any chance to merge this patch which fixes one regression caused by commit 1e739730c5b9?

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Ming Lei
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In reply to David Jeffery
Quoted 42 lines · David Jeffery

When a stacked block device inserts a request into another block device using blk_insert_cloned_request, the request's nr_phys_segments field gets recalculated by a call to blk_recalc_rq_segments in blk_cloned_rq_check_limits. But blk_recalc_rq_segments does not know how to handle multi-segment discards. For disk types which can handle multi-segment discards like nvme, this results in discard requests which claim a single segment when it should report several, triggering a warning in nvme and causing nvme to fail the discard from the invalid state.

 WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 191 at drivers/nvme/host/core.c:700 nvme_setup_discard+0x170/0x1e0 [nvme_core]
 ...
 nvme_setup_cmd+0x217/0x270 [nvme_core]
 nvme_loop_queue_rq+0x51/0x1b0 [nvme_loop]
 __blk_mq_try_issue_directly+0xe7/0x1b0
 blk_mq_request_issue_directly+0x41/0x70
 ? blk_account_io_start+0x40/0x50
 dm_mq_queue_rq+0x200/0x3e0
 blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list+0x10a/0x7d0
 ? __sbitmap_queue_get+0x25/0x90
 ? elv_rb_del+0x1f/0x30
 ? deadline_remove_request+0x55/0xb0
 ? dd_dispatch_request+0x181/0x210
 __blk_mq_do_dispatch_sched+0x144/0x290
 ? bio_attempt_discard_merge+0x134/0x1f0
 __blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+0x129/0x180
 blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+0x30/0x60
 __blk_mq_run_hw_queue+0x47/0xe0
 __blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue+0x15b/0x170
 blk_mq_sched_insert_requests+0x68/0xe0
 blk_mq_flush_plug_list+0xf0/0x170
 blk_finish_plug+0x36/0x50
 xlog_cil_committed+0x19f/0x290 [xfs]
 xlog_cil_process_committed+0x57/0x80 [xfs]
 xlog_state_do_callback+0x1e0/0x2a0 [xfs]
 xlog_ioend_work+0x2f/0x80 [xfs]
 process_one_work+0x1b6/0x350
 worker_thread+0x53/0x3e0
 ? process_one_work+0x350/0x350
 kthread+0x11b/0x140
 ? __kthread_bind_mask+0x60/0x60
 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
Quoted 4 lines

This patch fixes blk_recalc_rq_segments to be aware of devices which can have multi-segment discards. It calculates the correct discard segment count by counting the number of bio as each discard bio is considered its own segment.

Applied, thanks.

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Jens Axboe