dm thin: fix set_pool_mode exposed pool operation races
authorMike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Fri, 20 Dec 2013 19:27:28 +0000 (14:27 -0500)
committerMike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Tue, 7 Jan 2014 15:14:31 +0000 (10:14 -0500)
commit8b64e881eb40ac8b9bfcbce068a97eef819044ee
tree5340508878a1babeed49b841c84c061c847a719a
parent6d16202be7bca169771e2cec140a6c6c53ce9df5
dm thin: fix set_pool_mode exposed pool operation races

The pool mode must not be switched until after the corresponding pool
process_* methods have been established.  Otherwise, because
set_pool_mode() isn't interlocked with the IO path for performance
reasons, the IO path can end up executing process_* operations that
don't match the mode.  This patch eliminates problems like the following
(as seen on really fast PCIe SSD storage when transitioning the pool's
mode from PM_READ_ONLY to PM_WRITE):

kernel: device-mapper: thin: 253:2: reached low water mark for data device: sending event.
kernel: device-mapper: thin: 253:2: no free data space available.
kernel: device-mapper: thin: 253:2: switching pool to read-only mode
kernel: device-mapper: thin: 253:2: switching pool to write mode
kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel: WARNING: CPU: 11 PID: 7564 at drivers/md/dm-thin.c:995 handle_unserviceable_bio+0x146/0x160 [dm_thin_pool]()
...
kernel: Workqueue: dm-thin do_worker [dm_thin_pool]
kernel: 00000000000003e3 ffff880308831cc8 ffffffff8152ebcb 00000000000003e3
kernel: 0000000000000000 ffff880308831d08 ffffffff8104c46c ffff88032502a800
kernel: ffff880036409000 ffff88030ec7ce00 0000000000000001 00000000ffffffc3
kernel: Call Trace:
kernel: [<ffffffff8152ebcb>] dump_stack+0x49/0x5e
kernel: [<ffffffff8104c46c>] warn_slowpath_common+0x8c/0xc0
kernel: [<ffffffff8104c4ba>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20
kernel: [<ffffffffa001e2c6>] handle_unserviceable_bio+0x146/0x160 [dm_thin_pool]
kernel: [<ffffffffa001f276>] process_bio_read_only+0x136/0x180 [dm_thin_pool]
kernel: [<ffffffffa0020b75>] process_deferred_bios+0xc5/0x230 [dm_thin_pool]
kernel: [<ffffffffa0020d31>] do_worker+0x51/0x60 [dm_thin_pool]
kernel: [<ffffffff81067823>] process_one_work+0x183/0x490
kernel: [<ffffffff81068c70>] worker_thread+0x120/0x3a0
kernel: [<ffffffff81068b50>] ? manage_workers+0x160/0x160
kernel: [<ffffffff8106e86e>] kthread+0xce/0xf0
kernel: [<ffffffff8106e7a0>] ? kthread_freezable_should_stop+0x70/0x70
kernel: [<ffffffff8153b3ec>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
kernel: [<ffffffff8106e7a0>] ? kthread_freezable_should_stop+0x70/0x70
kernel: ---[ end trace 3f00528e08ffa55c ]---
kernel: device-mapper: thin: pool mode is PM_WRITE not PM_READ_ONLY like expected!?

dm-thin.c:995 was the WARN_ON_ONCE(get_pool_mode(pool) != PM_READ_ONLY);
at the top of handle_unserviceable_bio().  And as the additional
debugging I had conveys: the pool mode was _not_ PM_READ_ONLY like
expected, it was already PM_WRITE, yet pool->process_bio was still set
to process_bio_read_only().

Also, while fixing this up, reduce logging of redundant pool mode
transitions by checking new_mode is different from old_mode.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
drivers/md/dm-thin.c