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Supposing the following scenario.
CPU0 CPU1
blk_mq_insert_request() 1) store
blk_mq_unquiesce_queue()
blk_queue_flag_clear() 3) store
blk_mq_run_hw_queues()
blk_mq_run_hw_queue()
if (!blk_mq_hctx_has_pending()) 4) load
return
blk_mq_run_hw_queue()
if (blk_queue_quiesced()) 2) load
return
blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests()
The full memory barrier should be inserted between 1) and 2), as well as
between 3) and 4) to make sure that either CPU0 sees QUEUE_FLAG_QUIESCED
is cleared or CPU1 sees dispatch list or setting of bitmap of software
queue. Otherwise, either CPU will not rerun the hardware queue causing
starvation.
So the first solution is to 1) add a pair of memory barrier to fix the
problem, another solution is to 2) use hctx->queue->queue_lock to
synchronize QUEUE_FLAG_QUIESCED. Here, we chose 2) to fix it since
memory barrier is not easy to be maintained.
Fixes: f4560ffe8c ("blk-mq: use QUEUE_FLAG_QUIESCED to quiesce queue")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241014092934.53630-3-songmuchun@bytedance.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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