Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] virtio-blk: dataplane: release AioContext before blk_set_aio_context

[Sergio Lopez]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 04:50:53PM +0100, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> Am 28.02.2019 um 16:01 hat Sergio Lopez geschrieben:
> > On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 06:37:14PM +0100, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> > > Am 27.02.2019 um 17:52 hat Sergio Lopez geschrieben:
> > > > Stopping the dataplane requires calling to blk_set_aio_context, which
> > > > may need to wait for a running job to be completed or paused.
> > > > 
> > > > As stopping the dataplane is something that can be triggered from a vcpu
> > > > thread (due to the Guest requesting to stop the device), while the job
> > > > itself may be managed by an iothread, holding the AioContext will lead
> > > > to a deadlock, where the first one is waiting for the job to pause or
> > > > finish, while the second can't make any progress as it's waiting for the
> > > > AioContext to be released:
> > > > 
> > > >  Thread 6 (LWP 90472)
> > > >  #0  0x000055a6f8497aee in blk_root_drained_end
> > > >  #1  0x000055a6f84a7926 in bdrv_parent_drained_end
> > > >  #2  0x000055a6f84a799f in bdrv_do_drained_end
> > > >  #3  0x000055a6f84a82ab in bdrv_drained_end
> > > >  #4  0x000055a6f8498be8 in blk_drain
> > > >  #5  0x000055a6f84a22cd in mirror_drain
> > > >  #6  0x000055a6f8457708 in block_job_detach_aio_context
> > > >  #7  0x000055a6f84538f1 in bdrv_detach_aio_context
> > > >  #8  0x000055a6f8453a96 in bdrv_set_aio_context
> > > >  #9  0x000055a6f84999f8 in blk_set_aio_context
> > > >  #10 0x000055a6f81802c8 in virtio_blk_data_plane_stop
> > > >  #11 0x000055a6f83cfc95 in virtio_bus_stop_ioeventfd
> > > >  #12 0x000055a6f83d1f81 in virtio_pci_common_write
> > > >  #13 0x000055a6f83d1f81 in virtio_pci_common_write
> > > >  #14 0x000055a6f8148d62 in memory_region_write_accessor
> > > >  #15 0x000055a6f81459c9 in access_with_adjusted_size
> > > >  #16 0x000055a6f814a608 in memory_region_dispatch_write
> > > >  #17 0x000055a6f80f1f98 in flatview_write_continue
> > > >  #18 0x000055a6f80f214f in flatview_write
> > > >  #19 0x000055a6f80f6a7b in address_space_write
> > > >  #20 0x000055a6f80f6b15 in address_space_rw
> > > >  #21 0x000055a6f815da08 in kvm_cpu_exec
> > > >  #22 0x000055a6f8132fee in qemu_kvm_cpu_thread_fn
> > > >  #23 0x000055a6f8551306 in qemu_thread_start
> > > >  #24 0x00007f9bdf5b9dd5 in start_thread
> > > >  #25 0x00007f9bdf2e2ead in clone
> > > > 
> > > >  Thread 8 (LWP 90467)
> > > >  #0  0x00007f9bdf5c04ed in __lll_lock_wait
> > > >  #1  0x00007f9bdf5bbde6 in _L_lock_941
> > > >  #2  0x00007f9bdf5bbcdf in __GI___pthread_mutex_lock
> > > >  #3  0x000055a6f8551447 in qemu_mutex_lock_impl
> > > >  #4  0x000055a6f854be77 in co_schedule_bh_cb
> > > >  #5  0x000055a6f854b781 in aio_bh_poll
> > > >  #6  0x000055a6f854b781 in aio_bh_poll
> > > >  #7  0x000055a6f854f01b in aio_poll
> > > >  #8  0x000055a6f825a488 in iothread_run
> > > >  #9  0x000055a6f8551306 in qemu_thread_start
> > > >  #10 0x00007f9bdf5b9dd5 in start_thread
> > > >  #11 0x00007f9bdf2e2ead in clone
> > > > 
> > > >  (gdb) thread 8
> > > >  [Switching to thread 8 (Thread 0x7f9bd6dae700 (LWP 90467))]
> > > >  #3  0x000055a6f8551447 in qemu_mutex_lock_impl (mutex=0x55a6fac8fea0,
> > > >      file=0x55a6f8730c3f "util/async.c", line=511) at 
> > > > util/qemu-thread-posix.c:66
> > > >  66         err = pthread_mutex_lock(&mutex->lock);
> > > >  (gdb) up 3
> > > >  #3  0x000055a6f8551447 in qemu_mutex_lock_impl (mutex=0x55a6fac8fea0,
> > > >      file=0x55a6f8730c3f "util/async.c", line=511) at 
> > > > util/qemu-thread-posix.c:66
> > > >  66         err = pthread_mutex_lock(&mutex->lock);
> > > >  (gdb) p mutex.lock.__data.__owner
> > > >  $6 = 90472
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Sergio Lopez <address@hidden>
> > > > ---
> > > >  hw/block/dataplane/virtio-blk.c | 3 +--
> > > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/hw/block/dataplane/virtio-blk.c 
> > > > b/hw/block/dataplane/virtio-blk.c
> > > > index 8c37bd314a..358e6ae89b 100644
> > > > --- a/hw/block/dataplane/virtio-blk.c
> > > > +++ b/hw/block/dataplane/virtio-blk.c
> > > > @@ -280,12 +280,11 @@ void virtio_blk_data_plane_stop(VirtIODevice 
> > > > *vdev)
> > > >  
> > > >      aio_context_acquire(s->ctx);
> > > >      aio_wait_bh_oneshot(s->ctx, virtio_blk_data_plane_stop_bh, s);
> > > > +    aio_context_release(s->ctx);
> > > >  
> > > >      /* Drain and switch bs back to the QEMU main loop */
> > > >      blk_set_aio_context(s->conf->conf.blk, qemu_get_aio_context());
> > > >  
> > > > -    aio_context_release(s->ctx);
> > > > -
> > > 
> > > blk_set_aio_context() requires that the caller hold the lock for the
> > > source context, so I'm afraid this is wrong.
> > 
> > TBH, I was quite sure this patch was wrong myself, but I thought it was
> > still a good way to illustrate the issue.
> > 
> > > However, I think the problem might already be fixed with my "block: Use
> > > normal drain for bdrv_set_aio_context()" (contained in a pull request,
> > > which isn't merged yet), which makes bdrv_set_aio_context() use a real
> > > drain operation. This way, the requests of the mirror jobs should be
> > > already drained before we even call into block_job_detach_aio_context().
> > > 
> > > Can you give this a try and see whether it fixes your problem?
> > 
> > I've applied your patchset to my local copy, but it doesn't fix the
> > issue.
> > 
> > The problem is the coroutine is already scheduled to be run in the
> > iothread context, which means job->busy == true, so we can't switch to
> > it from any other place.
> 
> I still don't understand this because with job->paused == true the
> hanging loop wouldn't even be started. And after bdrv_drained_begin()
> returns, all jobs that use the node in question should be paused (see
> child_job_drained_begin/poll).
> 
> So somehow that drain (called in bdrv_set_aio_context()) doesn't seem to
> fully do what it is supposed to do?

IIUC, child_job_drained_begin() requests the job to be paused (something
that block_job_detach_aio_context() also does), but we don't get to
child_job_drained_poll() as bdrv_parent_drained_begin_single() is called
with "poll == false" by bdrv_parent_drained_begin().

But even if we did, that probably won't help in some scenarios, as
mirror's drained_poll implementation just checks if there are in_flight
requests, so it might happen that BDRV_POLL_WHILE returns without having
called aio_wait() a single time.

In other words, I think the drain code makes sure there aren't any
in_flight requests in the chain, but doesn't provide by itself a
guarantee that the jobs have been paused.

Thanks,
Sergio (slp).