block, cfq: fix empty queue crash caused by request merge
authorShaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:00:22 +0000 (14:00 +0100)
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:00:22 +0000 (14:00 +0100)
All requests of a queue could be merged to other requests of other queue.
Such queue will not have request in it, but it's in service tree. This
will cause kernel oops.
I encounter a BUG_ON() in cfq_dispatch_request() with next patch, but the
issue should exist without the patch.

Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
block/cfq-iosched.c

index f3b44c3..163263d 100644 (file)
@@ -1656,6 +1656,8 @@ cfq_merged_requests(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
                    struct request *next)
 {
        struct cfq_queue *cfqq = RQ_CFQQ(rq);
+       struct cfq_data *cfqd = q->elevator->elevator_data;
+
        /*
         * reposition in fifo if next is older than rq
         */
@@ -1670,6 +1672,16 @@ cfq_merged_requests(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
        cfq_remove_request(next);
        cfq_blkiocg_update_io_merged_stats(&(RQ_CFQG(rq))->blkg,
                                        rq_data_dir(next), rq_is_sync(next));
+
+       cfqq = RQ_CFQQ(next);
+       /*
+        * all requests of this queue are merged to other queues, delete it
+        * from the service tree. If it's the active_queue,
+        * cfq_dispatch_requests() will choose to expire it or do idle
+        */
+       if (cfq_cfqq_on_rr(cfqq) && RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&cfqq->sort_list) &&
+           cfqq != cfqd->active_queue)
+               cfq_del_cfqq_rr(cfqd, cfqq);
 }
 
 static int cfq_allow_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,