linux-stable.git/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c, branch v4.12.2

md: Make flush bios explicitely sync

2017-05-31T16:25:53+00:00

Commit b685d3d65ac7 "block: treat REQ_FUA and REQ_PREFLUSH as
synchronous" removed REQ_SYNC flag from WRITE_{FUA|PREFLUSH|...}
definitions.  generic_make_request_checks() however strips REQ_FUA and
REQ_PREFLUSH flags from a bio when the storage doesn't report volatile
write cache and thus write effectively becomes asynchronous which can
lead to performance regressions

Fix the problem by making sure all bios which are synchronous are
properly marked with REQ_SYNC.

CC: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
CC: Shaohua Li 
Fixes: b685d3d65ac791406e0dfd8779cc9b3707fea5a3
CC: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara 
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li

md/r5cache: handle sync with data in write back cache

2017-05-12T05:14:40+00:00

Currently, sync of raid456 array cannot make progress when hitting
data in writeback r5cache.

This patch fixes this issue by flushing cached data of the stripe
before processing the sync request. This is achived by:

1. In handle_stripe(), do not set STRIPE_SYNCING if the stripe is
   in write back cache;
2. In r5c_try_caching_write(), handle the stripe in sync with write
   through;
3. In do_release_stripe(), make stripe in sync write out and send
   it to the state machine.

Shaohua: explictly set STRIPE_HANDLE after write out completed

Signed-off-by: Song Liu 
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li

md/r5cache: gracefully handle journal device errors for writeback mode

2017-05-12T05:11:11+00:00

For the raid456 with writeback cache, when journal device failed during
normal operation, it is still possible to persist all data, as all
pending data is still in stripe cache. However, it is necessary to handle
journal failure gracefully.

During journal failures, the following logic handles the graceful shutdown
of journal:
1. raid5_error() marks the device as Faulty and schedules async work
   log->disable_writeback_work;
2. In disable_writeback_work (r5c_disable_writeback_async), the mddev is
   suspended, set to write through, and then resumed. mddev_suspend()
   flushes all cached stripes;
3. All cached stripes need to be flushed carefully to the RAID array.

This patch fixes issues within the process above:
1. In r5c_update_on_rdev_error() schedule disable_writeback_work for
   journal failures;
2. In r5c_disable_writeback_async(), wait for MD_SB_CHANGE_PENDING,
   since raid5_error() updates superblock.
3. In handle_stripe(), allow stripes with data in journal (s.injournal > 0)
   to make progress during log_failed;
4. In delay_towrite(), if log failed only process data in the cache (skip
   new writes in dev->towrite);
5. In __get_priority_stripe(), process loprio_list during journal device
   failures.
6. In raid5_remove_disk(), wait for all cached stripes are flushed before
   calling log_exit().

Signed-off-by: Song Liu 
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li

md/raid5-cache: in r5l_do_submit_io(), submit io->split_bio first

2017-05-10T17:07:55+00:00

In r5l_do_submit_io(), it is necessary to check io->split_bio before
submit io->current_bio. This is because, endio of current_bio may
free the whole IO unit, and thus change io->split_bio.

Signed-off-by: Song Liu 
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li

Merge tag 'for-4.12/dm-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm

2017-05-03T17:31:20+00:00

Pull device mapper updates from Mike Snitzer:

 - A major update for DM cache that reduces the latency for deciding
   whether blocks should migrate to/from the cache. The bio-prison-v2
   interface supports this improvement by enabling direct dispatch of
   work to workqueues rather than having to delay the actual work
   dispatch to the DM cache core. So the dm-cache policies are much more
   nimble by being able to drive IO as they see fit. One immediate
   benefit from the improved latency is a cache that should be much more
   adaptive to changing workloads.

 - Add a new DM integrity target that emulates a block device that has
   additional per-sector tags that can be used for storing integrity
   information.

 - Add a new authenticated encryption feature to the DM crypt target
   that builds on the capabilities provided by the DM integrity target.

 - Add MD interface for switching the raid4/5/6 journal mode and update
   the DM raid target to use it to enable aid4/5/6 journal write-back
   support.

 - Switch the DM verity target over to using the asynchronous hash
   crypto API (this helps work better with architectures that have
   access to off-CPU algorithm providers, which should reduce CPU
   utilization).

 - Various request-based DM and DM multipath fixes and improvements from
   Bart and Christoph.

 - A DM thinp target fix for a bio structure leak that occurs for each
   discard IFF discard passdown is enabled.

 - A fix for a possible deadlock in DM bufio and a fix to re-check the
   new buffer allocation watermark in the face of competing admin
   changes to the 'max_cache_size_bytes' tunable.

 - A couple DM core cleanups.

* tag 'for-4.12/dm-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm: (50 commits)
  dm bufio: check new buffer allocation watermark every 30 seconds
  dm bufio: avoid a possible ABBA deadlock
  dm mpath: make it easier to detect unintended I/O request flushes
  dm mpath: cleanup QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH bit manipulation by introducing assign_bit()
  dm mpath: micro-optimize the hot path relative to MPATHF_QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH
  dm: introduce enum dm_queue_mode to cleanup related code
  dm mpath: verify __pg_init_all_paths locking assumptions at runtime
  dm: verify suspend_locking assumptions at runtime
  dm block manager: remove an unused argument from dm_block_manager_create()
  dm rq: check blk_mq_register_dev() return value in dm_mq_init_request_queue()
  dm mpath: delay requeuing while path initialization is in progress
  dm mpath: avoid that path removal can trigger an infinite loop
  dm mpath: split and rename activate_path() to prepare for its expanded use
  dm ioctl: prevent stack leak in dm ioctl call
  dm integrity: use previously calculated log2 of sectors_per_block
  dm integrity: use hex2bin instead of open-coded variant
  dm crypt: replace custom implementation of hex2bin()
  dm crypt: remove obsolete references to per-CPU state
  dm verity: switch to using asynchronous hash crypto API
  dm crypt: use WQ_HIGHPRI for the IO and crypt workqueues
  ...

md: add raid4/5/6 journal mode switching API

2017-03-27T15:13:47+00:00

Commit 2ded370373a4 ("md/r5cache: State machine for raid5-cache write
back mode") added support for "write-back" caching on the raid journal
device.

In order to allow the dm-raid target to switch between the available
"write-through" and "write-back" modes, provide a new
r5c_journal_mode_set() API.

Use the new API in existing r5c_journal_mode_store()

Signed-off-by: Heinz Mauelshagen 
Acked-by: Shaohua Li 
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer

md/raid5-cache: fix payload endianness problem in raid5-cache

2017-03-25T16:38:22+00:00

The payload->header.type and payload->size are little-endian, so just
convert them to the right byte order.

Signed-off-by: Jason Yan 
Cc:  #v4.10+
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li

md/raid5: use bio_inc_remaining() instead of repurposing bi_phys_segments as a counter

2017-03-23T02:16:30+00:00

md/raid5 needs to keep track of how many stripe_heads are processing a
bio so that it can delay calling bio_endio() until all stripe_heads
have completed.  It currently uses 16 bits of ->bi_phys_segments for
this purpose.

16 bits is only enough for 256M requests, and it is possible for a
single bio to be larger than this, which causes problems.  Also, the
bio struct contains a larger counter, __bi_remaining, which has a
purpose very similar to the purpose of our counter.  So stop using
->bi_phys_segments, and instead use __bi_remaining.

This means we don't need to initialize the counter, as our caller
initializes it to '1'.  It also means we can call bio_endio() directly
as it tests this counter internally.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown 
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li

md/raid5: call bio_endio() directly rather than queueing for later.

2017-03-23T02:16:12+00:00

We currently gather bios that need to be returned into a bio_list
and call bio_endio() on them all together.
The original reason for this was to avoid making the calls while
holding a spinlock.
Locking has changed a lot since then, and that reason is no longer
valid.

So discard return_io() and various return_bi lists, and just call
bio_endio() directly as needed.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown 
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li

md/raid5: use md_write_start to count stripes, not bios

2017-03-23T02:15:42+00:00

We use md_write_start() to increase the count of pending writes, and
md_write_end() to decrement the count.  We currently count bios
submitted to md/raid5.  Change it count stripe_heads that a WRITE bio
has been attached to.

So now, raid5_make_request() calls md_write_start() and then
md_write_end() to keep the count elevated during the setup of the
request.

add_stripe_bio() calls md_write_start() for each stripe_head, and the
completion routines always call md_write_end(), instead of only
calling it when raid5_dec_bi_active_stripes() returns 0.
make_discard_request also calls md_write_start/end().

The parallel between md_write_{start,end} and use of bi_phys_segments
can be seen in that:
 Whenever we set bi_phys_segments to 1, we now call md_write_start.
 Whenever we increment it on non-read requests with
   raid5_inc_bi_active_stripes(), we now call md_write_start().
 Whenever we decrement bi_phys_segments on non-read requsts with
    raid5_dec_bi_active_stripes(), we now call md_write_end().

This reduces our dependence on keeping a per-bio count of active
stripes in bi_phys_segments.

md_write_inc() is added which parallels md_write_start(), but requires
that a write has already been started, and is certain never to sleep.
This can be used inside a spinlocked region when adding to a write
request.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown 
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li