On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 11:50:57PM +0100, Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 03:09:10PM -0700, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 02:56:33PM -0700, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> > > commit df7e63cbffa3065fcc4ba2b9a93418d7c7312243
> > > Author: Kent Overstreet <koverstr...@google.com>
> > > Date:   Mon Sep 10 14:33:46 2012 -0700
> > > 
> > >     block: Avoid deadlocks with bio allocation by stacking drivers
> 
> > >     Note that this doesn't do anything for allocation from other mempools.
> 
> Note that dm has several cases of this, so this patch should not be used with
> dm yet.

That just means it won't affect dm one way or the other for those
allocations.

> Mikulas is studying those cases to see whether anything like this
> might be feasible/sensible or not.

I've got a patch that eliminates one of the per bio mempools in dm, and
I'll probably work on the rest after I finish off with immutable biovecs
- which is mostly done, just cleaning up/testing/pushing patches in now.


commit 8754349145edfc791450d3ad54c19f0f3715c86c
Author: Kent Overstreet <koverstr...@google.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 4 06:17:56 2012 -0700

    dm: Use bioset's front_pad for dm_target_io

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index f2eb730..3cf39b0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ struct dm_target_io {
        struct dm_io *io;
        struct dm_target *ti;
        union map_info info;
+       struct bio clone;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ struct mapped_device {
         * io objects are allocated from here.
         */
        mempool_t *io_pool;
-       mempool_t *tio_pool;
+       mempool_t *rq_tio_pool;
 
        struct bio_set *bs;
 
@@ -214,15 +215,8 @@ struct dm_md_mempools {
 
 #define MIN_IOS 256
 static struct kmem_cache *_io_cache;
-static struct kmem_cache *_tio_cache;
 static struct kmem_cache *_rq_tio_cache;
 
-/*
- * Unused now, and needs to be deleted. But since io_pool is overloaded and 
it's
- * still used for _io_cache, I'm leaving this for a later cleanup
- */
-static struct kmem_cache *_rq_bio_info_cache;
-
 static int __init local_init(void)
 {
        int r = -ENOMEM;
@@ -232,22 +226,13 @@ static int __init local_init(void)
        if (!_io_cache)
                return r;
 
-       /* allocate a slab for the target ios */
-       _tio_cache = KMEM_CACHE(dm_target_io, 0);
-       if (!_tio_cache)
-               goto out_free_io_cache;
-
        _rq_tio_cache = KMEM_CACHE(dm_rq_target_io, 0);
        if (!_rq_tio_cache)
-               goto out_free_tio_cache;
-
-       _rq_bio_info_cache = KMEM_CACHE(dm_rq_clone_bio_info, 0);
-       if (!_rq_bio_info_cache)
-               goto out_free_rq_tio_cache;
+               goto out_free_io_cache;
 
        r = dm_uevent_init();
        if (r)
-               goto out_free_rq_bio_info_cache;
+               goto out_free_rq_tio_cache;
 
        _major = major;
        r = register_blkdev(_major, _name);
@@ -261,12 +246,8 @@ static int __init local_init(void)
 
 out_uevent_exit:
        dm_uevent_exit();
-out_free_rq_bio_info_cache:
-       kmem_cache_destroy(_rq_bio_info_cache);
 out_free_rq_tio_cache:
        kmem_cache_destroy(_rq_tio_cache);
-out_free_tio_cache:
-       kmem_cache_destroy(_tio_cache);
 out_free_io_cache:
        kmem_cache_destroy(_io_cache);
 
@@ -275,9 +256,7 @@ out_free_io_cache:
 
 static void local_exit(void)
 {
-       kmem_cache_destroy(_rq_bio_info_cache);
        kmem_cache_destroy(_rq_tio_cache);
-       kmem_cache_destroy(_tio_cache);
        kmem_cache_destroy(_io_cache);
        unregister_blkdev(_major, _name);
        dm_uevent_exit();
@@ -461,20 +440,15 @@ static void free_io(struct mapped_device *md, struct 
dm_io *io)
        mempool_free(io, md->io_pool);
 }
 
-static void free_tio(struct mapped_device *md, struct dm_target_io *tio)
-{
-       mempool_free(tio, md->tio_pool);
-}
-
 static struct dm_rq_target_io *alloc_rq_tio(struct mapped_device *md,
                                            gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
-       return mempool_alloc(md->tio_pool, gfp_mask);
+       return mempool_alloc(md->rq_tio_pool, gfp_mask);
 }
 
 static void free_rq_tio(struct dm_rq_target_io *tio)
 {
-       mempool_free(tio, tio->md->tio_pool);
+       mempool_free(tio, tio->md->rq_tio_pool);
 }
 
 static int md_in_flight(struct mapped_device *md)
@@ -658,7 +632,6 @@ static void clone_endio(struct bio *bio, int error)
        int r = 0;
        struct dm_target_io *tio = bio->bi_private;
        struct dm_io *io = tio->io;
-       struct mapped_device *md = tio->io->md;
        dm_endio_fn endio = tio->ti->type->end_io;
 
        if (!bio_flagged(bio, BIO_UPTODATE) && !error)
@@ -681,7 +654,6 @@ static void clone_endio(struct bio *bio, int error)
                }
        }
 
-       free_tio(md, tio);
        bio_put(bio);
        dec_pending(io, error);
 }
@@ -998,13 +970,16 @@ int dm_set_target_max_io_len(struct dm_target *ti, 
sector_t len)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_set_target_max_io_len);
 
-static void __map_bio(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *clone,
-                     struct dm_target_io *tio)
+static void __map_bio(struct dm_io *io, struct dm_target *ti, struct bio 
*clone)
 {
+       struct dm_target_io *tio = container_of(clone, struct dm_target_io, 
clone);
        int r;
        sector_t sector;
        struct mapped_device *md;
 
+       tio->io = io;
+       tio->ti = ti;
+
        clone->bi_end_io = clone_endio;
        clone->bi_private = tio;
 
@@ -1028,7 +1003,6 @@ static void __map_bio(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio 
*clone,
                md = tio->io->md;
                dec_pending(tio->io, r);
                bio_put(clone);
-               free_tio(md, tio);
        } else if (r) {
                DMWARN("unimplemented target map return value: %d", r);
                BUG();
@@ -1104,26 +1078,18 @@ static struct bio *clone_bio(struct bio *bio, sector_t 
sector,
        return clone;
 }
 
-static struct dm_target_io *alloc_tio(struct clone_info *ci,
-                                     struct dm_target *ti)
+static void init_tio(struct bio *bio)
 {
-       struct dm_target_io *tio = mempool_alloc(ci->md->tio_pool, GFP_NOIO);
-
-       tio->io = ci->io;
-       tio->ti = ti;
+       struct dm_target_io *tio = container_of(bio, struct dm_target_io, 
clone);
        memset(&tio->info, 0, sizeof(tio->info));
-
-       return tio;
 }
 
 static void __issue_target_request(struct clone_info *ci, struct dm_target *ti,
                                   unsigned request_nr, sector_t len)
 {
-       struct dm_target_io *tio = alloc_tio(ci, ti);
+       struct dm_target_io *tio;
        struct bio *clone;
 
-       tio->info.target_request_nr = request_nr;
-
        /*
         * Discard requests require the bio's inline iovecs be initialized.
         * ci->bio->bi_max_vecs is BIO_INLINE_VECS anyway, for both flush
@@ -1136,7 +1102,10 @@ static void __issue_target_request(struct clone_info 
*ci, struct dm_target *ti,
                clone->bi_size = to_bytes(len);
        }
 
-       __map_bio(ti, clone, tio);
+       tio = container_of(clone, struct dm_target_io, clone);
+       tio->info.target_request_nr = request_nr;
+
+       __map_bio(ci->io, ti, clone);
 }
 
 static void __issue_target_requests(struct clone_info *ci, struct dm_target 
*ti,
@@ -1166,13 +1135,13 @@ static int __clone_and_map_empty_flush(struct 
clone_info *ci)
 static void __clone_and_map_simple(struct clone_info *ci, struct dm_target *ti)
 {
        struct bio *clone, *bio = ci->bio;
-       struct dm_target_io *tio;
 
-       tio = alloc_tio(ci, ti);
        clone = clone_bio(bio, ci->sector, ci->idx,
                          bio->bi_vcnt - ci->idx, ci->sector_count,
                          ci->md->bs);
-       __map_bio(ti, clone, tio);
+
+       init_tio(clone);
+       __map_bio(ci->io, ti, clone);
        ci->sector_count = 0;
 }
 
@@ -1213,7 +1182,6 @@ static int __clone_and_map(struct clone_info *ci)
        struct bio *clone, *bio = ci->bio;
        struct dm_target *ti;
        sector_t len = 0, max;
-       struct dm_target_io *tio;
 
        if (unlikely(bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD))
                return __clone_and_map_discard(ci);
@@ -1250,10 +1218,11 @@ static int __clone_and_map(struct clone_info *ci)
                        len += bv_len;
                }
 
-               tio = alloc_tio(ci, ti);
                clone = clone_bio(bio, ci->sector, ci->idx, i - ci->idx, len,
                                  ci->md->bs);
-               __map_bio(ti, clone, tio);
+
+               init_tio(clone);
+               __map_bio(ci->io, ti, clone);
 
                ci->sector += len;
                ci->sector_count -= len;
@@ -1278,12 +1247,12 @@ static int __clone_and_map(struct clone_info *ci)
 
                        len = min(remaining, max);
 
-                       tio = alloc_tio(ci, ti);
                        clone = split_bvec(bio, ci->sector, ci->idx,
                                           bv->bv_offset + offset, len,
                                           ci->md->bs);
 
-                       __map_bio(ti, clone, tio);
+                       init_tio(clone);
+                       __map_bio(ci->io, ti, clone);
 
                        ci->sector += len;
                        ci->sector_count -= len;
@@ -1911,8 +1880,8 @@ static void free_dev(struct mapped_device *md)
        unlock_fs(md);
        bdput(md->bdev);
        destroy_workqueue(md->wq);
-       if (md->tio_pool)
-               mempool_destroy(md->tio_pool);
+       if (md->rq_tio_pool)
+               mempool_destroy(md->rq_tio_pool);
        if (md->io_pool)
                mempool_destroy(md->io_pool);
        if (md->bs)
@@ -1935,16 +1904,16 @@ static void __bind_mempools(struct mapped_device *md, 
struct dm_table *t)
 {
        struct dm_md_mempools *p;
 
-       if (md->io_pool && md->tio_pool && md->bs)
+       if ((md->io_pool || md->rq_tio_pool) && md->bs)
                /* the md already has necessary mempools */
                goto out;
 
        p = dm_table_get_md_mempools(t);
-       BUG_ON(!p || md->io_pool || md->tio_pool || md->bs);
+       BUG_ON(!p || md->io_pool || md->rq_tio_pool || md->bs);
 
        md->io_pool = p->io_pool;
        p->io_pool = NULL;
-       md->tio_pool = p->tio_pool;
+       md->rq_tio_pool = p->tio_pool;
        p->tio_pool = NULL;
        md->bs = p->bs;
        p->bs = NULL;
@@ -2693,40 +2662,29 @@ struct dm_md_mempools *dm_alloc_md_mempools(unsigned 
type, unsigned integrity)
        if (!pools)
                return NULL;
 
-       pools->io_pool = (type == DM_TYPE_BIO_BASED) ?
-                        mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_IOS, _io_cache) :
-                        mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_IOS, _rq_bio_info_cache);
+       if (type == DM_TYPE_BIO_BASED)
+               pools->io_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_IOS, _io_cache);
        if (!pools->io_pool)
-               goto free_pools_and_out;
+               goto err;
 
-       pools->tio_pool = (type == DM_TYPE_BIO_BASED) ?
-                         mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_IOS, _tio_cache) :
-                         mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_IOS, _rq_tio_cache);
+       if (type == DM_TYPE_REQUEST_BASED)
+               pools->tio_pool =
+                       mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_IOS, _rq_tio_cache);
        if (!pools->tio_pool)
-               goto free_io_pool_and_out;
+               goto err;
 
        pools->bs = bioset_create(pool_size,
-                                 offsetof(struct dm_rq_clone_bio_info, clone));
+                                 max(offsetof(struct dm_target_io, clone),
+                                     offsetof(struct dm_rq_clone_bio_info, 
clone)));
        if (!pools->bs)
-               goto free_tio_pool_and_out;
+               goto err;
 
        if (integrity && bioset_integrity_create(pools->bs, pool_size))
-               goto free_bioset_and_out;
+               goto err;
 
        return pools;
-
-free_bioset_and_out:
-       bioset_free(pools->bs);
-
-free_tio_pool_and_out:
-       mempool_destroy(pools->tio_pool);
-
-free_io_pool_and_out:
-       mempool_destroy(pools->io_pool);
-
-free_pools_and_out:
-       kfree(pools);
-
+err:
+       dm_free_md_mempools(pools);
        return NULL;
 }
 
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