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From: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
To: Jackie Liu <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [PATCH] io_uring: fix race with shadow drain deferrals
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 18:40:42 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

On 11/20/19 6:35 PM, Jackie Liu wrote:
> 
> 
>> 2019年11月21日 09:32,Jackie Liu <[email protected]> 写道:
>>
>> 2019年11月21日 07:58,Jens Axboe <[email protected]> 写道:
>>
>>>
>>> On 11/20/19 4:07 PM, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>>> When we go and queue requests with drain, we check if we need to defer
>>>> based on sequence. This is done safely under the lock, but then we drop
>>>> the lock before actually inserting the shadow. If the original request
>>>> is found on the deferred list by another completion in the mean time,
>>>> it could have been started AND completed by the time we insert the
>>>> shadow, which will stall the queue.
>>>>
>>>> After re-grabbing the completion lock, check if the original request is
>>>> still in the deferred list. If it isn't, then we know that someone else
>>>> already found and issued it. If that happened, then our job is done, we
>>>> can simply free the shadow.
>>>>
>>>> Cc: Jackie Liu <[email protected]>
>>>> Fixes: 4fe2c963154c ("io_uring: add support for link with drain")
>>>> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
>>>
>>> BTW, the other solution here is to not release the completion_lock if
>>> we're going to return -EIOCBQUEUED, and let the caller do what it needs
>>> before releasing it. That'd look something like this, with some sparse
>>> annotations to keep things happy.
>>>
>>> I think the original I posted here is easier to follow, and the
>>> deferral list is going to be tiny in general so it won't really add
>>> any extra overhead.
>>>
>>> Let me know what you think and prefer.
>>>
>>> diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
>>> index 6175e2e195c0..0d1f33bcedc0 100644
>>> --- a/fs/io_uring.c
>>> +++ b/fs/io_uring.c
>>> @@ -2552,6 +2552,11 @@ static int io_async_cancel(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe,
>>> 	return 0;
>>> }
>>>
>>> +/*
>>> + * Returns with ctx->completion_lock held if -EIOCBQUEUED is returned, so
>>> + * the caller can make decisions based on the deferral without worrying about
>>> + * the request being found and issued in the mean time.
>>> + */
>>> static int io_req_defer(struct io_kiocb *req)
>>> {
>>> 	const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe = req->submit.sqe;
>>> @@ -2579,7 +2584,7 @@ static int io_req_defer(struct io_kiocb *req)
>>>
>>> 	trace_io_uring_defer(ctx, req, false);
>>> 	list_add_tail(&req->list, &ctx->defer_list);
>>> -	spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->completion_lock);
>>> +	__release(&ctx->completion_lock);
>>> 	return -EIOCBQUEUED;
>>> }
>>>
>>> @@ -2954,6 +2959,7 @@ static void __io_queue_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req)
>>>
>>> static void io_queue_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req)
>>> {
>>> +	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
>>> 	int ret;
>>>
>>> 	ret = io_req_defer(req);
>>> @@ -2963,6 +2969,9 @@ static void io_queue_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req)
>>> 			if (req->flags & REQ_F_LINK)
>>> 				req->flags |= REQ_F_FAIL_LINK;
>>> 			io_double_put_req(req);
>>> +		} else {
>>> +			__acquire(&ctx->completion_lock);
>>> +			spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->completion_lock);
>>> 		}
>>> 	} else
>>> 		__io_queue_sqe(req);
>>> @@ -3001,16 +3010,17 @@ static void io_queue_link_head(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_kiocb *shadow)
>>> 				__io_free_req(shadow);
>>> 			return;
>>> 		}
>>> +		__acquire(&ctx->completion_lock);
>>> 	} else {
>>> 		/*
>>> 		 * If ret == 0 means that all IOs in front of link io are
>>> 		 * running done. let's queue link head.
>>> 		 */
>>> 		need_submit = true;
>>> +		spin_lock_irq(&ctx->completion_lock);
>>> 	}
>>>
>>> 	/* Insert shadow req to defer_list, blocking next IOs */
>>> -	spin_lock_irq(&ctx->completion_lock);
>>> 	trace_io_uring_defer(ctx, shadow, true);
>>> 	list_add_tail(&shadow->list, &ctx->defer_list);
>>> 	spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->completion_lock);
>>
>> This is indeed a potential lock issue, thanks, I am prefer this solution, clearer than first one.
>> But It may be a bit difficult for other people who read the code, use 'io_req_defer_may_lock'?
>>
>> who about this?
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
>> index 5ad652f..6fdaeb1 100644
>> --- a/fs/io_uring.c
>> +++ b/fs/io_uring.c
>> @@ -2469,7 +2469,7 @@ static int io_async_cancel(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe,
>>         return 0;
>> }
>>
>> -static int io_req_defer(struct io_kiocb *req)
>> +static int __io_req_defer(struct io_kiocb *req)
>> {
>>         const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe = req->submit.sqe;
>>         struct io_uring_sqe *sqe_copy;
>> @@ -2495,8 +2495,21 @@ static int io_req_defer(struct io_kiocb *req)
>>
>>         trace_io_uring_defer(ctx, req, false);
>>         list_add_tail(&req->list, &ctx->defer_list);
>> +
>> +       return -EIOCBQUEUED;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int io_req_defer(struct io_kiocb *req)
>> +{
>> +       int ret = __io_req_defer(req);
> 
> There have an problem, need fix.
> 
> static int io_req_defer(struct io_kiocb *req)
> {
> 	int ret = __io_req_defer(req);
> 	if (ret == -EIOCBQUEUED)
> 		spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->completion_lock);
> 	return ret;
> }

Mid-air collision, indeed.

But as I wrote in the previous email, I don't think this one improves on
the situation... And fwiw, I did test both of mine, both are verified to
fix the issue.

-- 
Jens Axboe


  reply	other threads:[~2019-11-21  1:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-11-20 23:07 [PATCH] io_uring: fix race with shadow drain deferrals Jens Axboe
2019-11-20 23:58 ` Jens Axboe
2019-11-21  1:32   ` Jackie Liu
2019-11-21  1:35     ` Jackie Liu
2019-11-21  1:40       ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2019-11-21  1:49         ` Jens Axboe
2019-11-21  1:57           ` Jackie Liu
2019-11-20 23:14             ` Jens Axboe
     [not found]               ` <[email protected]>
2019-11-20 23:03                 ` Jens Axboe
2019-11-21  8:54           ` [PATCH] io_uring: drain next sqe instead of shadowing Pavel Begunkov
     [not found]             ` <[email protected]>
2019-11-21  9:43               ` Pavel Begunkov
     [not found]                 ` <[email protected]>
2019-11-21 12:40                   ` Pavel Begunkov
     [not found]                     ` <[email protected]>
2019-11-21 13:47                       ` Jens Axboe
     [not found]                         ` <[email protected]>
2019-11-21 13:54                           ` Jens Axboe
     [not found]                         ` <[email protected]>
2019-11-21 14:28                           ` Pavel Begunkov
2019-11-21 13:53                             ` Jens Axboe
2019-11-21 15:23                               ` Pavel Begunkov
2019-11-21 13:50                                 ` Jens Axboe
2019-11-21  1:39     ` [PATCH] io_uring: fix race with shadow drain deferrals Jens Axboe

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