Hi Hebiao,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hebiao (G) [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 5:46 PM
> To: Chao Yu; heyunlei; [email protected];
> [email protected]
> Cc: Wangbintian
> Subject: RE: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: avoid hungtask problem caused by losing
> wake_up
>
> Hi, Chao,
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chao Yu [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 4:05 PM
> > To: heyunlei; [email protected]; [email protected]
> > Cc: Wangbintian; hebiao (G)
> > Subject: RE: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: avoid hungtask problem caused by
> > losing
> > wake_up
> >
> > Hi Yunlei,
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: He YunLei [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 3:32 PM
> > > To: Chao Yu; [email protected];
> > > [email protected]
> > > Cc: [email protected]; 'Biao He'
> > > Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: avoid hungtask problem caused by
> > > losing wake_up
> > >
> > > On 2016/2/24 11:46, Chao Yu wrote:
> > > > Hi Yunlei,
> > > >
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> From: He YunLei [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > >> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 7:36 PM
> > > >> To: Chao Yu; [email protected];
> > > >> [email protected]
> > > >> Cc: [email protected]; 'Biao He'
> > > >> Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: avoid hungtask problem caused
> > > >> by losing wake_up
> > > >>
> > > >> On 2016/2/23 17:15, Chao Yu wrote:
> > > >> Hi Chao,
> > > >>
> > > >>> Hi Yunlei,
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> -----Original Message-----
> > > >>>> From: He YunLei [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 3:03 PM
> > > >>>> To: Chao Yu; [email protected];
> > > >>>> [email protected]
> > > >>>> Cc: [email protected]; 'Biao He'
> > > >>>> Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: avoid hungtask problem
> > > >>>> caused by losing wake_up
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> On 2016/2/23 13:44, Chao Yu wrote:
> > > >>>>> Hi Yunlei,
> > > >>>> Hi Chao,
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> > > >>>>>> From: Yunlei He [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 12:08 PM
> > > >>>>>> To: [email protected]; [email protected];
> > > >>>>>> [email protected]
> > > >>>>>> Cc: [email protected]; Yunlei He; Biao He
> > > >>>>>> Subject: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: avoid hungtask problem caused
> > > >>>>>> by losing wake_up
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> The D state of wait_on_all_pages_writeback should be waken by
> > > >>>>>> function f2fs_write_end_io when all writeback pages have been
> > > >>>>>> succesfully written to device. It's possible that wake_up comes
> > > >>>>>> between get_pages and io_schedule. Maybe in this case it will
> > > >>>>>> lost wake_up and still in D state even if all pages have been
> > > >>>>>> write back to device, and finally, the whole system will be
> > > >>>>>> into the hungtask state.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> I haven't encountered such issue so far, do you suffer this in
> > > >>>>> real world?
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>> yes, I have encounter it, the whole file system is blocked at
> > > >>>> function wait_on_all_pages_writeback beyond 120s when write cp,
> > > >>>> and no error reported by storage device driver.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Could this reproducible? If it could, could you please share the
> > > >>> details.
> > > >>> And did this occur in a huge size f2fs image?
> > > >>>
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> if (!get_pages(sbi, F2FS_WRITEBACK))
> > > >>>>>> break;
> > > >>>>>> <--------- wake_up
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> wake_up will put all tasks linked in sbi->cp_wait on run-queue,
> > > >>>>> so here it should be save to call io_schedule, after being
> > > >>>>> rescheduled, it will get the chance to check above condition to
> > > >>>>> break
> > out.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Thanks,
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Here, we just doubt something weird may cause
> > > >>>> wait_on_all_pages_writeback could not be waken. Wake_up trigger
> > > >>>> only one time by last bio's end_io function, if the thread happen
> > > >>>> to miss it, the thread will be in D state forever. So we change
> > > >>>> the code to make wait_on_all_pages_writeback awaken periodically,
> > then check the condition.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Got it.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> The patch can fix issue that checkpointer will wait forever in
> > > >>> case of write_end_io was failed to call wake_up for some reason.
> > > >
> > > > I found one possible case:
> > > >
> > > > CPU0: CPU1:
> > > > - write_checkpoint
> > > > - do_checkpoint
> > > > - wait_on_all_pages_writeback
> > > > - f2fs_write_end_io
> > > > - wake_up
> > > > this is last writebacked page,
> > > > but
> > > > no sleeper in sbi->cp_wait wait
> > > > queue, wake_up is not been
> > > > called.
> > > > - prepare_to_wait(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)
> > > > Here, current task is been preempted,
> > > > but there will be no waker to wake up
> > > > this task since last write_end_io
> > > > has been called before. So current
> > > > task will sleep forever.
> > > > - io_schedule
> > > >
> > > > How do you think of it?
> > > Hi Chao,
> > >
> > > Here, current task add itself into wait queue at first, and then check
> > > the condition whether write back page is zero. So, in the above
> > > situation, current task is been preempted in -
> > > prepare_to_wait(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE),
> > > current task will not sleep for the write back page is zero.
> >
> > Oh, I meant:
> >
> > - prepare_to_wait(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)
> > - Preempt
> > - if (!get_pages(sbi, F2FS_WRITEBACK)) break; or maybe preempt here
> > - io_schedule
> > - finish_wait
> >
> > Even there is no more writeback state page, also preemption can happen
> > before finish_wait, after that, once the task was been switched out, as it
> > was
> > set as TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, there is no chance to schedule it again.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> First, according to our hungtask stack, we can confirm we are in io_schedule.
Oh, IMO, it can prove that we actually arrive there, not being preempted, thanks
for your information.
>
> Secondly, from my point of view, it is safe to preempt regardless of the
> task's state. It will
> eventually reschedule. You can see kernel\sched\core.c :: __schedule. If
> PREEMPT_ACTIVE
> is set, the current task will be put back to the run queue.
OK, I will have a look at it.
Thanks,
>
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > And if this is right, following patch can fix this issue.
> > > >
> > > > ---
> > > > fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c | 14 +++++++++-----
> > > > fs/f2fs/data.c | 9 +++++++--
> > > > fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 3 ++-
> > > > fs/f2fs/super.c | 1 +
> > > > 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c index
> > > > 9d277f8..9446c3d 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> > > > @@ -914,15 +914,19 @@ static void wait_on_all_pages_writeback(struct
> > f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
> > > > {
> > > > DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
> > > >
> > > > - for (;;) {
> > > > - prepare_to_wait(&sbi->cp_wait, &wait,
> > > > TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
> > > > + spin_lock(&sbi->cp_wb_lock);
> > > >
> > > > - if (!get_pages(sbi, F2FS_WRITEBACK))
> > > > - break;
> > > > + while (get_pages(sbi, F2FS_WRITEBACK)) {
> > > > + prepare_to_wait(&sbi->cp_wait, &wait,
> > TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
> > > >
> > > > + spin_unlock(&sbi->cp_wb_lock);
> > > > io_schedule();
> > > > + spin_lock(&sbi->cp_wb_lock);
> > > > +
> > > > + finish_wait(&sbi->cp_wait, &wait);
> > > > }
> > > > - finish_wait(&sbi->cp_wait, &wait);
> > > > +
> > > > + spin_unlock(&sbi->cp_wb_lock);
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > static int do_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct
> > > > cp_control *cpc) diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c index
> > > > e5c762b..e31deb97 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> > > > @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ static void f2fs_write_end_io(struct bio *bio)
> > > > {
> > > > struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = bio->bi_private;
> > > > struct bio_vec *bvec;
> > > > + unsigned long flags;
> > > > int i;
> > > >
> > > > bio_for_each_segment_all(bvec, bio, i) { @@ -74,8 +75,12 @@
> > > > static void f2fs_write_end_io(struct bio *bio)
> > > > dec_page_count(sbi, F2FS_WRITEBACK);
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > - if (!get_pages(sbi, F2FS_WRITEBACK) &&
> > > > wq_has_sleeper(&sbi->cp_wait))
> > > > - wake_up(&sbi->cp_wait);
> > > > + if (!get_pages(sbi, F2FS_WRITEBACK)) {
> > > > + spin_lock_irqsave(&sbi->cp_wb_lock, flags);
> > > > + if (wq_has_sleeper(&sbi->cp_wait))
> > > > + wake_up(&sbi->cp_wait);
> > > > + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sbi->cp_wb_lock, flags);
> > > > + }
> > > >
> > > > bio_put(bio);
> > > > }
> > > > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h index 0d25430..fd47984
> > > > 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> > > > +++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> > > > @@ -727,7 +727,8 @@ struct f2fs_sb_info {
> > > > struct rw_semaphore cp_rwsem; /* blocking FS
> > > > operations */
> > > > struct rw_semaphore node_write; /* locking node writes
> > > > */
> > > > struct mutex writepages; /* mutex for
> > > > writepages() */
> > > > - wait_queue_head_t cp_wait;
> > > > + wait_queue_head_t cp_wait; /* for wait pages
> > > > writeback */
> > > > + spinlock_t cp_wb_lock; /* for protect cp_wait
> > > > */
> > > > unsigned long last_time[MAX_TIME]; /* to store time in
> > > > jiffies */
> > > > long interval_time[MAX_TIME]; /* to store thresholds
> > > > */
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c index
> > > > 7b62016..5316c7a 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
> > > > @@ -1374,6 +1374,7 @@ try_onemore:
> > > >
> > > > init_rwsem(&sbi->cp_rwsem);
> > > > init_waitqueue_head(&sbi->cp_wait);
> > > > + spin_lock_init(&sbi->cp_wb_lock);
> > > > init_sb_info(sbi);
> > > >
> > > > /* get an inode for meta space */
> > > >
> >
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