Re: [PATCH V5 1/2] ublk_drv: add io_uring based userspace block driver

[Ziyang Zhang <ZiyangZhang@linux.alibaba.com>]

On 2022/7/14 18:48, Ming Lei wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 06:20:38PM +0800, Ziyang Zhang wrote:
>> On 2022/7/13 22:07, Ming Lei wrote:
>>> This is the driver part of userspace block driver(ublk driver), the other
>>> part is userspace daemon part(ublksrv)[1].
>>>
>>> The two parts communicate by io_uring's IORING_OP_URING_CMD with one
>>> shared cmd buffer for storing io command, and the buffer is read only for
>>> ublksrv, each io command is indexed by io request tag directly, and
>>> is written by ublk driver.
>>>
>>> For example, when one READ io request is submitted to ublk block driver, ublk
>>> driver stores the io command into cmd buffer first, then completes one
>>> IORING_OP_URING_CMD for notifying ublksrv, and the URING_CMD is issued to
>>> ublk driver beforehand by ublksrv for getting notification of any new io request,
>>> and each URING_CMD is associated with one io request by tag.
>>>
>>> After ublksrv gets the io command, it translates and handles the ublk io
>>> request, such as, for the ublk-loop target, ublksrv translates the request
>>> into same request on another file or disk, like the kernel loop block
>>> driver. In ublksrv's implementation, the io is still handled by io_uring,
>>> and share same ring with IORING_OP_URING_CMD command. When the target io
>>> request is done, the same IORING_OP_URING_CMD is issued to ublk driver for
>>> both committing io request result and getting future notification of new
>>> io request.
>>>
>>> Another thing done by ublk driver is to copy data between kernel io
>>> request and ublksrv's io buffer:
>>>
>>> 1) before ubsrv handles WRITE request, copy the request's data into
>>> ublksrv's userspace io buffer, so that ublksrv can handle the write
>>> request
>>>
>>> 2) after ubsrv handles READ request, copy ublksrv's userspace io buffer
>>> into this READ request, then ublk driver can complete the READ request
>>>
>>> Zero copy may be switched if mm is ready to support it.
>>>
>>> ublk driver doesn't handle any logic of the specific user space driver,
>>> so it is small/simple enough.
>>>
>>> [1] ublksrv
>>>
>>> https://github.com/ming1/ubdsrv
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
>>> ---
>>
>>
>> Hi, Ming
>>
>> I find that a big change from v4 to v5 is the simplification of locks.
>>
>> In v5 you remove ubq->abort_lock, and I want to ask why it is OK to remove it?
> 
> Actually V4 and previous version dealt with the issue too complicated.
> 
>>
>> If you have time, could you explain how ublk deals with potential race on:
>> 1)queue_rq 2)ublk_abort_queue 3) ublk_ctrl_stop_dev 4) ublk_rq_task_work.
>> (Lock in ublk really confuses me...)
> 
> One big change is the following code:
> 
> __ublk_rq_task_work():
> 	bool task_exiting = current != ubq->ubq_daemon ||
>                 (current->flags & PF_EXITING);
> 	...
> 	if (unlikely(task_exiting)) {
>                 blk_mq_end_request(req, BLK_STS_IOERR);
>                 mod_delayed_work(system_wq, &ub->monitor_work, 0);
>                 return;
>     }
> 
> Abort is always started after PF_EXITING is set, but if PF_EXITING is
> set, __ublk_rq_task_work fails the request immediately, then io->flags
> won't be touched, then no race with abort. Also PF_EXITING is
> per-task flag, can only be set before calling __ublk_rq_task_work(),
> and setting it actually serialized with calling task work func.
> 
> In ublk_queue_rq(), we don't touch io->flags, so there isn't race
> with abort.
> 
> Wrt. ublk_ctrl_stop_dev(), it isn't related with abort directly, and
> if del_gendisk() waits for inflight IO, abort work will be started
> for making forward progress. After del_gendisk() returns, there can't
> be any inflight io, so it is safe to cancel other pending io command.
> 

Thanks, Ming. I understand the aborting code now. And it looks good to me.

Previously I think maybe monitor_work and task_work
may be scheduled at the same time while task is exiting
and blk_mq_end_request() on the same tag could be called twice.

But I find there is a check on ublk_io's flag(UBLK_IO_FLAG_ACTIVE)
in ublk_daemon_monitor_work() and ublk_io is aborted in task_work
immediately(with UBLK_IO_FLAG_ACTIVE set, not cleared yet)

So there is no chance to call a send blk_mq_end_request() on the same tag.

Besides, for ublk_ios with UBLK_IO_FLAG_ACTIVE unset, 
stop_work scheduled in monitor work will call ublk_cancel_queue() by sending
cqes with UBLK_IO_RES_ABORT.

Put it together:

When daemon is PF_EXITING:

1) current ublk_io: aborted immediately in task_work

2) UBLK_IO_FLAG_ACTIVE set: aborted in ublk_daemon_monitor_work

3) UBLK_IO_FLAG_ACTIVE unset: send cqe with UBLK_IO_RES_ABORT


Hope I'm correct this time. :)

>>
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> +
>>> +/*
>>> + * __ublk_fail_req() may be called from abort context or ->ubq_daemon
>>> + * context during exiting, so lock is required.
>>> + *
>>> + * Also aborting may not be started yet, keep in mind that one failed
>>> + * request may be issued by block layer again.
>>> + */
>>> +static void __ublk_fail_req(struct ublk_io *io, struct request *req)
>>> +{
>>> +	WARN_ON_ONCE(io->flags & UBLK_IO_FLAG_ACTIVE);
>>> +
>>> +	if (!(io->flags & UBLK_IO_FLAG_ABORTED)) {
>>> +		io->flags |= UBLK_IO_FLAG_ABORTED;
>>> +		blk_mq_end_request(req, BLK_STS_IOERR);
>>> +	}
>>> +}
>>> +
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> +
>>> +/*
>>> + * When ->ubq_daemon is exiting, either new request is ended immediately,
>>> + * or any queued io command is drained, so it is safe to abort queue
>>> + * lockless
>>> + */
>>> +static void ublk_abort_queue(struct ublk_device *ub, struct ublk_queue *ubq)
>>> +{
>>> +	int i;
>>> +
>>> +	if (!ublk_get_device(ub))
>>> +		return;
>>> +
>>> +	for (i = 0; i < ubq->q_depth; i++) {
>>> +		struct ublk_io *io = &ubq->ios[i];
>>> +
>>> +		if (!(io->flags & UBLK_IO_FLAG_ACTIVE)) {
>>> +			struct request *rq;
>>> +
>>> +			/*
>>> +			 * Either we fail the request or ublk_rq_task_work_fn
>>> +			 * will do it
>>> +			 */
>>> +			rq = blk_mq_tag_to_rq(ub->tag_set.tags[ubq->q_id], i);
>>> +			if (rq)
>>> +				__ublk_fail_req(io, rq);
>>> +		}
>>> +	}
>>> +	ublk_put_device(ub);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>
>>
>> Another problem: 
>>
>> 1) comment of __ublk_fail_req():  "so lock is required"
> 
> Yeah, now __ublk_fail_req is only called in abort context, and no race
> with task work any more, so lock isn't needed.

Ok, I see.

> 
>>
>> 2) comment of ublk_abort_queue(): "so it is safe to abort queue lockless"
> 
> This comment is updated in v5, and it is correct.
> 
>>
>> 3) ublk_abort_queue() calls _ublk_fail_req() on all ubqs.
> 
> No, ublk_abort_queue() only aborts the passed ubq, so if one ubq daemon
> is aborted, other ubqs can still handle IO during deleting disk.

Ok, I see.

I think if one ubq daemon is killed(and blk-mq requests related to it are aborted), 
stop work should call del_gendisk() and other ubq daemons can still complete blk-mq requests
but no new blk-mq requests will be issued. 
After that, these unkilled ubq daemons will get UBLK_IO_RES_ABORT cqes
and exit by themselves.


> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ming