On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 8:07 AM ChangLimin <chan...@chinatelecom.cn> wrote:

> >On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 4:52 PM Max Reitz <mre...@redhat.com> wrote:
> >On 22.03.21 10:25, ChangLimin wrote:
> >> For Linux 5.10/5.11, qemu write zeros to a multipath device using
> >> ioctl(fd, BLKZEROOUT, range) with cache none or directsync return -EBUSY
> >> permanently.
> >
> >So as far as I can track back the discussion, Kevin asked on v1 why we’d
> >set has_write_zeroes to false, i.e. whether the EBUSY might not go away
> >at some point, and if it did, whether we shouldn’t retry BLKZEROOUT then.
> >You haven’t explicitly replied to that question (as far as I can see),
> >so it kind of still stands.
> >
> >Implicitly, there are two conflicting answers in this patch: On one
> >hand, the commit message says “permanently”, and this is what you told
> >Nir as a realistic case where this can occur.
>
> For Linux 5.10/5.11, the EBUSY is permanently, the reproduce step is
> below.
> For other Linux version, the EBUSY may be temporary.
> Because  Linux 5.10/5.11 is not used widely, so do not set has_write_zeroes
> to false.
>
> >I'm afraid ChangLimin did not answer my question. I'm looking for real
> >world used case when qemu cannot write zeros to multipath device, when
> >nobody else is using the device.
> >
> >I tried to reproduce this on Fedora (kernel 5.10) with qemu-img convert,
> >once with a multipath device, and once with logical volume on a vg created
> >on the multipath device, and I could not reproduce this issue.
>
> The following is steps to reproduct the issue on Fedora 34.
>
> # uname -a
> Linux fedora-34 5.11.3-300.fc34.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Mar 4 19:03:18 UTC 2021
> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>

Is this the most recent kernel? I have 5.11.7 in fedora 32.


>
> # qemu-img -V
> qemu-img version 5.2.0 (qemu-5.2.0-5.fc34.1)
>
> 1.  Login in an ISCSI LUN created using targetcli on ubuntu 20.04
> # iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p 192.169.1.109
> 192.169.1.109:3260,1 iqn.2003-01.org.linux-iscsi:lio-lv100
>
> # iscsiadm -m node -l -T iqn.2003-01.org.linux-iscsi:lio-lv100
> # iscsiadm -m session
> tcp: [1] 192.169.1.109:3260,1 iqn.2003-01.org.linux-iscsi:lio-lv100
> (non-flash)
>
> 2. start multipathd service
> # mpathconf --enable
> # systemctl start multipathd
>
> 3.  add multipath path
> # multipath -a `/lib/udev/scsi_id -g /dev/sdb`   # sdb means the ISCSI LUN
> wwid '36001405b76856e4816b48b99c6a77de3' added
>
> # multipathd add path /dev/sdb
> ok
>
> # multipath -ll     # /dev/dm-1 is the multipath device based on /dev/sdb
> mpatha (36001405bebfc3a0522541cda30220db9) dm-1 LIO-ORG,lv102
> size=1.0G features='0' hwhandler='1 alua' wp=rw
> `-+- policy='service-time 0' prio=50 status=active
>   `- 5:0:0:0  sdd  8:48   active ready running
>

You are using user_friendly_names which is (sadly) the default.
But I don't think it should matter.

4. qemu-img return EBUSY both to dm-1 and sdb
> # wget http://download.cirros-cloud.net/0.4.0/cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk.img
> # qemu-img convert -O raw -t none cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk.img /dev/dm-1
> qemu-img: error while writing at byte 0: Device or resource busy
>
> # qemu-img convert -O raw -t none cirros-0.4.0-x86_64-disk.img /dev/sdb
> qemu-img: error while writing at byte 0: Device or resource busy
>
> 5. blkdiscard also return EBUSY  both to dm-1 and sdb
> # blkdiscard -o 0 -l 4096 /dev/dm-1
> blkdiscard: cannot open /dev/dm-1: Device or resource busy
>
> # blkdiscard -o 0 -l 4096 /dev/sdb
> blkdiscard: cannot open /dev/sdb: No such file or directory
>
> 6. dd write zero is good, because it does not use blkdiscard
> # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/dm-1 bs=1M count=100 oflag=direct
> 100+0 records in
> 100+0 records out
> 104857600 bytes (105 MB, 100 MiB) copied, 2.33623 s, 44.9 MB/s
>
> 7. The LUN should support blkdiscard feature, otherwise it will not write
> zero
> with  ioctl(fd, BLKZEROOUT, range)
>

Thanks!

I could not reproduce this with kernel 5.10, but now I'm no 5.11:
# uname -r
5.11.7-100.fc32.x86_64

# qemu-img --version
qemu-img version 5.2.0 (qemu-5.2.0-6.fc32.1)
Copyright (c) 2003-2020 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers

# cat /etc/multipath.conf
defaults {
user_friendly_names no
find_multipaths no
}

blacklist_exceptions {
        property "(SCSI_IDENT_|ID_WWN)"
}

blacklist {
}

# multipath -ll 36001405e884ab8ff4b44fdba6901099c
36001405e884ab8ff4b44fdba6901099c dm-8 LIO-ORG,3-09
size=6.0G features='0' hwhandler='1 alua' wp=rw
`-+- policy='service-time 0' prio=50 status=active
  `- 1:0:0:9 sdk     8:160 active ready running

$ lsblk /dev/sdk
NAME                                MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE  MOUNTPOINT
sdk                                   8:160  0   6G  0 disk
└─36001405e884ab8ff4b44fdba6901099c 253:13   0   6G  0 mpath

$ virt-builder fedora-32 -o disk.img
[   2.9] Downloading: http://builder.libguestfs.org/fedora-32.xz
[   3.8] Planning how to build this image
[   3.8] Uncompressing
[  11.1] Opening the new disk
[  16.1] Setting a random seed
[  16.1] Setting passwords
virt-builder: Setting random password of root to TcikQqRxAaIqS1kF
[  17.0] Finishing off
                   Output file: disk.img
                   Output size: 6.0G
                 Output format: raw
            Total usable space: 5.4G
                    Free space: 4.0G (74%)

$ qemu-img info disk.img
image: disk.img
file format: raw
virtual size: 6 GiB (6442450944 bytes)
disk size: 1.29 GiB

# qemu-img convert -p -f raw -O raw -t none -T none disk.img
/dev/mapper/36001405e884ab8ff4b44fdba6901099c
    (100.00/100%)

Works.

# lsblk /dev/sdk
NAME                                   MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE  MOUNTPOINT
sdk                                      8:160  0    6G  0 disk
└─36001405e884ab8ff4b44fdba6901099c    253:13   0    6G  0 mpath
  ├─36001405e884ab8ff4b44fdba6901099c1 253:14   0    1M  0 part
  ├─36001405e884ab8ff4b44fdba6901099c2 253:15   0    1G  0 part
  ├─36001405e884ab8ff4b44fdba6901099c3 253:16   0  615M  0 part
  └─36001405e884ab8ff4b44fdba6901099c4 253:17   0  4.4G  0 part

# qemu-img convert -p -f raw -O raw -t none -T none disk.img
/dev/mapper/36001405e884ab8ff4b44fdba6901099c
    (100.00/100%)

Works, wiping the partitions.

# mount /dev/mapper/36001405e884ab8ff4b44fdba6901099c4 /tmp/mnt

# mount | grep /dev/mapper/36001405e884ab8ff4b44fdba6901099c4
/dev/mapper/36001405e884ab8ff4b44fdba6901099c4 on /tmp/mnt type xfs
(rw,relatime,seclabel,attr2,inode64,logbufs=8,logbsize=32k,noquota)

This is invalid use, converting to device with mounted file system, but
let's try:

# qemu-img convert -p -f raw -O raw -t none -T none disk.img
/dev/mapper/36001405e884ab8ff4b44fdba6901099c
    (100.00/100%)

Still works?!

# wipefs -a /dev/mapper/36001405e884ab8ff4b44fdba6901099c
wipefs: error: /dev/mapper/36001405e884ab8ff4b44fdba6901099c: probing
initialization failed: Device or resource busy

# blkdiscard /dev/mapper/36001405e884ab8ff4b44fdba6901099c

Works.

This the configuration of the LUN on the server side:

   {

      "aio": false,

      "alua_tpgs": [

        {

          "alua_access_state": 0,

          "alua_access_status": 0,

          "alua_access_type": 3,

          "alua_support_active_nonoptimized": 1,

          "alua_support_active_optimized": 1,

          "alua_support_offline": 1,

          "alua_support_standby": 1,

          "alua_support_transitioning": 1,

          "alua_support_unavailable": 1,

          "alua_write_metadata": 0,

          "implicit_trans_secs": 0,

          "name": "default_tg_pt_gp",

          "nonop_delay_msecs": 100,

          "preferred": 0,

          "tg_pt_gp_id": 0,

          "trans_delay_msecs": 0

        }

      ],

      "attributes": {

        "block_size": 512,

        "emulate_3pc": 1,

        "emulate_caw": 1,

        "emulate_dpo": 1,

        "emulate_fua_read": 1,

        "emulate_fua_write": 1,

        "emulate_model_alias": 1,

        "emulate_pr": 1,

        "emulate_rest_reord": 0,

        "emulate_tas": 1,

        "emulate_tpu": 1,

        "emulate_tpws": 1,

        "emulate_ua_intlck_ctrl": 0,

        "emulate_write_cache": 1,

        "enforce_pr_isids": 1,

        "force_pr_aptpl": 0,

        "is_nonrot": 0,

        "max_unmap_block_desc_count": 1,

        "max_unmap_lba_count": 8192,

        "max_write_same_len": 65335,

        "optimal_sectors": 16384,

        "pi_prot_format": 0,

        "pi_prot_type": 0,

        "pi_prot_verify": 0,

        "queue_depth": 128,

        "unmap_granularity": 1,

        "unmap_granularity_alignment": 0,

        "unmap_zeroes_data": 0

      },

      "dev": "/target/3/09",

      "name": "3-09",

      "plugin": "fileio",

      "size": 6442450944,

      "write_back": true,

      "wwn": "e884ab8f-f4b4-4fdb-a690-1099c072c86d"

    },


Maybe this upstream change is not in all downstream 5.11 kernels, or 5.11.7
already includes the fix?

Adding Ben, maybe he had more insight on the multipath side.

>If I understand the kernel change correctly, this can happen when there is
> >a mounted file system on top of the multipath device. I don't think we
> have
> >a use case when qemu accesses a multipath device when the device is used
> >by a file system, but maybe I missed something.
> >
> >So that to me implies
> >that we actually should not retry BLKZEROOUT, because the EBUSY will
> >remain, and that condition won’t change while the block device is in use
> >by qemu.
> >
> >On the other hand, in the code, you have decided not to reset
> >has_write_zeroes to false, so the implementation will retry.
> >
> >EBUSY is usually a temporary error, so retrying makes sense. The question
> >is if we really can write zeroes manually in this case?
> >
> >So I don’t quite understand.  Should we keep trying BLKZEROOUT or is
> >there no chance of it working after it has at one point failed with
> >EBUSY?  (Are there other cases besides what’s described in this commit
> >message where EBUSY might be returned and it is only temporary?)
> >
> >> Fallback to pwritev instead of exit for -EBUSY error.
> >>
> >> The issue was introduced in Linux 5.10:
> >>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=384d87ef2c954fc58e6c5fd8253e4a1984f5fe02
> >>
> >> Fixed in Linux 5.12:
> >>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=56887cffe946bb0a90c74429fa94d6110a73119d
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: ChangLimin <chan...@chinatelecom.cn>
> >> ---
> >>   block/file-posix.c | 8 ++++++--
> >>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/block/file-posix.c b/block/file-posix.c
> >> index 20e14f8e96..d4054ac9cb 100644
> >> --- a/block/file-posix.c
> >> +++ b/block/file-posix.c
> >> @@ -1624,8 +1624,12 @@ static ssize_t
> >> handle_aiocb_write_zeroes_block(RawPosixAIOData *aiocb)
> >>           } while (errno == EINTR);
> >>
> >>           ret = translate_err(-errno);
> >> -        if (ret == -ENOTSUP) {
> >> -            s->has_write_zeroes = false;
> >> +        switch (ret) {
> >> +        case -ENOTSUP:
> >> +            s->has_write_zeroes = false; /* fall through */
> >> +        case -EBUSY: /* Linux 5.10/5.11 may return -EBUSY for
> multipath
> >> devices */
> >> +            return -ENOTSUP;
> >> +            break;
> >
> >(Not sure why this break is here.)
> >
> >Max
> >
> >>           }
> >>       }
> >>   #endif
> >> --
> >> 2.27.0
> >>
>
>

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