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[PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection

Started byRoger Pau Monne <roger.pau@citrix.com>
First post2015-09-04 12:10 +0200
Last post2015-09-22 01:20 +0200
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  [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@citrix.com> - 2015-09-04 12:10 +0200
    Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com> - 2015-09-04 16:00 +0200
      Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> - 2015-09-04 19:30 +0200
      Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection Bob Liu <bob.liu@oracle.com> - 2015-09-07 08:10 +0200
        Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com> - 2015-09-07 13:30 +0200
          Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection Bob Liu <bob.liu@oracle.com> - 2015-09-07 13:40 +0200
            Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com> - 2015-09-08 12:50 +0200
              Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> - 2015-09-09 17:10 +0200
                Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com> - 2015-09-22 01:20 +0200

#1218804 — [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection

FromRoger Pau Monne <roger.pau@citrix.com>
Date2015-09-04 12:10 +0200
Subject[PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection
Message-ID<q4W6u-7nE-17@gated-at.bofh.it>
Request allocation has been moved to connect_ring, which is called every
time blkback connects to the frontend (this can happen multiple times during
a blkback instance life cycle). On the other hand, request freeing has not
been moved, so it's only called when destroying the backend instance. Due to
this mismatch, blkback can allocate the request pool multiple times, without
freeing it.

In order to fix it, move the freeing of requests to xen_blkif_disconnect to
restore the symmetry between request allocation and freeing.

Reported-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
Cc: Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
---
This patch should be backported to 4.2.
---
 drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
index deb3f00..7676575 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ static int xen_blkif_map(struct xen_blkif *blkif, grant_ref_t *gref,
 
 static int xen_blkif_disconnect(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
 {
+	struct pending_req *req, *n;
+	int i = 0, j;
+
 	if (blkif->xenblkd) {
 		kthread_stop(blkif->xenblkd);
 		wake_up(&blkif->shutdown_wq);
@@ -238,13 +241,28 @@ static int xen_blkif_disconnect(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
 	/* Remove all persistent grants and the cache of ballooned pages. */
 	xen_blkbk_free_caches(blkif);
 
+	/* Check that there is no request in use */
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, n, &blkif->pending_free, free_list) {
+		list_del(&req->free_list);
+
+		for (j = 0; j < MAX_INDIRECT_SEGMENTS; j++)
+			kfree(req->segments[j]);
+
+		for (j = 0; j < MAX_INDIRECT_PAGES; j++)
+			kfree(req->indirect_pages[j]);
+
+		kfree(req);
+		i++;
+	}
+
+	WARN_ON(i != (XEN_BLKIF_REQS_PER_PAGE * blkif->nr_ring_pages));
+	blkif->nr_ring_pages = 0;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static void xen_blkif_free(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
 {
-	struct pending_req *req, *n;
-	int i = 0, j;
 
 	xen_blkif_disconnect(blkif);
 	xen_vbd_free(&blkif->vbd);
@@ -257,22 +275,6 @@ static void xen_blkif_free(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&blkif->free_pages));
 	BUG_ON(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&blkif->persistent_gnts));
 
-	/* Check that there is no request in use */
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, n, &blkif->pending_free, free_list) {
-		list_del(&req->free_list);
-
-		for (j = 0; j < MAX_INDIRECT_SEGMENTS; j++)
-			kfree(req->segments[j]);
-
-		for (j = 0; j < MAX_INDIRECT_PAGES; j++)
-			kfree(req->indirect_pages[j]);
-
-		kfree(req);
-		i++;
-	}
-
-	WARN_ON(i != (XEN_BLKIF_REQS_PER_PAGE * blkif->nr_ring_pages));
-
 	kmem_cache_free(xen_blkif_cachep, blkif);
 }
 
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#1219058 — Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection

FromJulien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>
Date2015-09-04 16:00 +0200
SubjectRe: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection
Message-ID<q4ZH5-3Ud-43@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1218804
Hi Roger,

On 04/09/15 11:08, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> Request allocation has been moved to connect_ring, which is called every
> time blkback connects to the frontend (this can happen multiple times during
> a blkback instance life cycle). On the other hand, request freeing has not
> been moved, so it's only called when destroying the backend instance. Due to
> this mismatch, blkback can allocate the request pool multiple times, without
> freeing it.
> 
> In order to fix it, move the freeing of requests to xen_blkif_disconnect to
> restore the symmetry between request allocation and freeing.
> 
> Reported-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>
> Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
> Cc: Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>
> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
> Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
> Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org

The patch is fixing my problem when using UEFI in the guest. Thank you!

Tested-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>

Regards,

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#1219220 — Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection

FromKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Date2015-09-04 19:30 +0200
SubjectRe: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection
Message-ID<q52Yi-g4-17@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1219058
On Fri, Sep 04, 2015 at 02:51:10PM +0100, Julien Grall wrote:
> Hi Roger,
> 
> On 04/09/15 11:08, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> > Request allocation has been moved to connect_ring, which is called every
> > time blkback connects to the frontend (this can happen multiple times during
> > a blkback instance life cycle). On the other hand, request freeing has not
> > been moved, so it's only called when destroying the backend instance. Due to
> > this mismatch, blkback can allocate the request pool multiple times, without
> > freeing it.
> > 
> > In order to fix it, move the freeing of requests to xen_blkif_disconnect to
> > restore the symmetry between request allocation and freeing.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
> > Cc: Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>
> > Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
> > Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
> > Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
> > Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
> 
> The patch is fixing my problem when using UEFI in the guest. Thank you!
> 
> Tested-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>

Testing it now for regressions and should be sending an git pull next week
for it.

Thanks!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
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> 
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#1219942 — Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection

FromBob Liu <bob.liu@oracle.com>
Date2015-09-07 08:10 +0200
SubjectRe: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection
Message-ID<q5XMR-5wH-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1219058
Hi Julien,

On 09/04/2015 09:51 PM, Julien Grall wrote:
> Hi Roger,
> 
> On 04/09/15 11:08, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
>> Request allocation has been moved to connect_ring, which is called every
>> time blkback connects to the frontend (this can happen multiple times during
>> a blkback instance life cycle). On the other hand, request freeing has not
>> been moved, so it's only called when destroying the backend instance. Due to
>> this mismatch, blkback can allocate the request pool multiple times, without
>> freeing it.
>>
>> In order to fix it, move the freeing of requests to xen_blkif_disconnect to
>> restore the symmetry between request allocation and freeing.
>>
>> Reported-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
>> Cc: Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>
>> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
>> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
>> Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
>> Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
> 
> The patch is fixing my problem when using UEFI in the guest. Thank you!
> 

Could you please explain the problem you met a bit more?
So that I can know back port this patch if met similar issue.

Thanks,
-Bob
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#1220078 — Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection

FromJulien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>
Date2015-09-07 13:30 +0200
SubjectRe: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection
Message-ID<q62Mz-47x-35@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1219942
On 07/09/15 07:07, Bob Liu wrote:
> Hi Julien,

Hi Bob,

> On 09/04/2015 09:51 PM, Julien Grall wrote:
>> Hi Roger,
>>
>> On 04/09/15 11:08, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
>>> Request allocation has been moved to connect_ring, which is called every
>>> time blkback connects to the frontend (this can happen multiple times during
>>> a blkback instance life cycle). On the other hand, request freeing has not
>>> been moved, so it's only called when destroying the backend instance. Due to
>>> this mismatch, blkback can allocate the request pool multiple times, without
>>> freeing it.
>>>
>>> In order to fix it, move the freeing of requests to xen_blkif_disconnect to
>>> restore the symmetry between request allocation and freeing.
>>>
>>> Reported-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
>>> Cc: Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>
>>> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
>>> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
>>> Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
>>> Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
>>
>> The patch is fixing my problem when using UEFI in the guest. Thank you!
>>
> 
> Could you please explain the problem you met a bit more?
> So that I can know back port this patch if met similar issue.

This is related to commit 86839c56dee28c315a4c19b7bfee450ccd84cd25
"xen/block: add multi-page ring support" (Roger, it may be worth to
indicate the offending commit in you commit message).

When starting a guest using UEFI. After the domain is destroyed I get
the following warning from blkback:


------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 95 at
/home/julien/works/linux/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c:274
xen_blkif_deferred_free+0x1f4/0x1f8()
Modules linked in:
CPU: 2 PID: 95 Comm: kworker/2:1 Tainted: G        W       4.2.0 #85
Hardware name: APM X-Gene Mustang board (DT)
Workqueue: events xen_blkif_deferred_free
Call trace:
[<ffff8000000890a8>] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x124
[<ffff8000000891dc>] show_stack+0x10/0x1c
[<ffff8000007653bc>] dump_stack+0x78/0x98
[<ffff800000097e88>] warn_slowpath_common+0x9c/0xd4
[<ffff800000097f80>] warn_slowpath_null+0x14/0x20
[<ffff800000557a0c>] xen_blkif_deferred_free+0x1f0/0x1f8
[<ffff8000000ad020>] process_one_work+0x160/0x3b4
[<ffff8000000ad3b4>] worker_thread+0x140/0x494
[<ffff8000000b2e34>] kthread+0xd8/0xf0
---[ end trace 6f859b7883c88cdd ]---

This is because the allocation of the requests are done during the
connection but the free is done when the domain is destroyed. Therefore
if the domain is re-initializing the connection (because UEFI or PV Grub
is used), the request won't be free and kept until the end.

So I think this should be backported in Linux 4.2 where the patch has
been introduced.

Regards,

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#1220087 — Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection

FromBob Liu <bob.liu@oracle.com>
Date2015-09-07 13:40 +0200
SubjectRe: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection
Message-ID<q62We-4iH-27@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1220078
On 09/07/2015 07:10 PM, Julien Grall wrote:
> On 07/09/15 07:07, Bob Liu wrote:
>> Hi Julien,
> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
>> On 09/04/2015 09:51 PM, Julien Grall wrote:
>>> Hi Roger,
>>>
>>> On 04/09/15 11:08, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
>>>> Request allocation has been moved to connect_ring, which is called every
>>>> time blkback connects to the frontend (this can happen multiple times during
>>>> a blkback instance life cycle). On the other hand, request freeing has not
>>>> been moved, so it's only called when destroying the backend instance. Due to
>>>> this mismatch, blkback can allocate the request pool multiple times, without
>>>> freeing it.
>>>>
>>>> In order to fix it, move the freeing of requests to xen_blkif_disconnect to
>>>> restore the symmetry between request allocation and freeing.
>>>>
>>>> Reported-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
>>>> Cc: Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>
>>>> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
>>>> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
>>>> Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
>>>> Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
>>>
>>> The patch is fixing my problem when using UEFI in the guest. Thank you!
>>>
>>
>> Could you please explain the problem you met a bit more?
>> So that I can know back port this patch if met similar issue.
> 
> This is related to commit 86839c56dee28c315a4c19b7bfee450ccd84cd25
> "xen/block: add multi-page ring support" (Roger, it may be worth to
> indicate the offending commit in you commit message).
> 
> When starting a guest using UEFI. After the domain is destroyed I get
> the following warning from blkback:
> 
> 
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 95 at
> /home/julien/works/linux/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c:274
> xen_blkif_deferred_free+0x1f4/0x1f8()
> Modules linked in:
> CPU: 2 PID: 95 Comm: kworker/2:1 Tainted: G        W       4.2.0 #85
> Hardware name: APM X-Gene Mustang board (DT)
> Workqueue: events xen_blkif_deferred_free
> Call trace:
> [<ffff8000000890a8>] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x124
> [<ffff8000000891dc>] show_stack+0x10/0x1c
> [<ffff8000007653bc>] dump_stack+0x78/0x98
> [<ffff800000097e88>] warn_slowpath_common+0x9c/0xd4
> [<ffff800000097f80>] warn_slowpath_null+0x14/0x20
> [<ffff800000557a0c>] xen_blkif_deferred_free+0x1f0/0x1f8
> [<ffff8000000ad020>] process_one_work+0x160/0x3b4
> [<ffff8000000ad3b4>] worker_thread+0x140/0x494
> [<ffff8000000b2e34>] kthread+0xd8/0xf0
> ---[ end trace 6f859b7883c88cdd ]---
> 
> This is because the allocation of the requests are done during the
> connection but the free is done when the domain is destroyed. Therefore
> if the domain is re-initializing the connection (because UEFI or PV Grub
> is used), the request won't be free and kept until the end.
> 

Thank you!
Roger, I think it's better to have this information in your commit message too.

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#1220691 — Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection

FromRoger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
Date2015-09-08 12:50 +0200
SubjectRe: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection
Message-ID<q6oDn-1OS-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1220087
El 07/09/15 a les 13.35, Bob Liu ha escrit:
> 
> On 09/07/2015 07:10 PM, Julien Grall wrote:
>> On 07/09/15 07:07, Bob Liu wrote:
>>> Hi Julien,
>>
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>>> On 09/04/2015 09:51 PM, Julien Grall wrote:
>>>> Hi Roger,
>>>>
>>>> On 04/09/15 11:08, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
>>>>> Request allocation has been moved to connect_ring, which is called every
>>>>> time blkback connects to the frontend (this can happen multiple times during
>>>>> a blkback instance life cycle). On the other hand, request freeing has not
>>>>> been moved, so it's only called when destroying the backend instance. Due to
>>>>> this mismatch, blkback can allocate the request pool multiple times, without
>>>>> freeing it.
>>>>>
>>>>> In order to fix it, move the freeing of requests to xen_blkif_disconnect to
>>>>> restore the symmetry between request allocation and freeing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Reported-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
>>>>> Cc: Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>
>>>>> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
>>>>> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
>>>>> Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
>>>>> Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
>>>>
>>>> The patch is fixing my problem when using UEFI in the guest. Thank you!
>>>>
>>>
>>> Could you please explain the problem you met a bit more?
>>> So that I can know back port this patch if met similar issue.
>>
>> This is related to commit 86839c56dee28c315a4c19b7bfee450ccd84cd25
>> "xen/block: add multi-page ring support" (Roger, it may be worth to
>> indicate the offending commit in you commit message).
>>
>> When starting a guest using UEFI. After the domain is destroyed I get
>> the following warning from blkback:
>>
>>
>> ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 95 at
>> /home/julien/works/linux/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c:274
>> xen_blkif_deferred_free+0x1f4/0x1f8()
>> Modules linked in:
>> CPU: 2 PID: 95 Comm: kworker/2:1 Tainted: G        W       4.2.0 #85
>> Hardware name: APM X-Gene Mustang board (DT)
>> Workqueue: events xen_blkif_deferred_free
>> Call trace:
>> [<ffff8000000890a8>] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x124
>> [<ffff8000000891dc>] show_stack+0x10/0x1c
>> [<ffff8000007653bc>] dump_stack+0x78/0x98
>> [<ffff800000097e88>] warn_slowpath_common+0x9c/0xd4
>> [<ffff800000097f80>] warn_slowpath_null+0x14/0x20
>> [<ffff800000557a0c>] xen_blkif_deferred_free+0x1f0/0x1f8
>> [<ffff8000000ad020>] process_one_work+0x160/0x3b4
>> [<ffff8000000ad3b4>] worker_thread+0x140/0x494
>> [<ffff8000000b2e34>] kthread+0xd8/0xf0
>> ---[ end trace 6f859b7883c88cdd ]---
>>
>> This is because the allocation of the requests are done during the
>> connection but the free is done when the domain is destroyed. Therefore
>> if the domain is re-initializing the connection (because UEFI or PV Grub
>> is used), the request won't be free and kept until the end.
>>
> 
> Thank you!
> Roger, I think it's better to have this information in your commit message too.

Konrad, would you like me to resend the patch with the modified commit
message, or do you plan to amend it yourself while committing?

Roger.

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#1221519 — Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection

FromKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Date2015-09-09 17:10 +0200
SubjectRe: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection
Message-ID<q6Paz-6Er-17@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1220691
On Tue, Sep 08, 2015 at 12:43:41PM +0200, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> El 07/09/15 a les 13.35, Bob Liu ha escrit:
> > 
> > On 09/07/2015 07:10 PM, Julien Grall wrote:
> >> On 07/09/15 07:07, Bob Liu wrote:
> >>> Hi Julien,
> >>
> >> Hi Bob,
> >>
> >>> On 09/04/2015 09:51 PM, Julien Grall wrote:
> >>>> Hi Roger,
> >>>>
> >>>> On 04/09/15 11:08, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> >>>>> Request allocation has been moved to connect_ring, which is called every
> >>>>> time blkback connects to the frontend (this can happen multiple times during
> >>>>> a blkback instance life cycle). On the other hand, request freeing has not
> >>>>> been moved, so it's only called when destroying the backend instance. Due to
> >>>>> this mismatch, blkback can allocate the request pool multiple times, without
> >>>>> freeing it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> In order to fix it, move the freeing of requests to xen_blkif_disconnect to
> >>>>> restore the symmetry between request allocation and freeing.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Reported-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
> >>>>> Cc: Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>
> >>>>> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
> >>>>> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
> >>>>> Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
> >>>>> Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
> >>>>
> >>>> The patch is fixing my problem when using UEFI in the guest. Thank you!
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Could you please explain the problem you met a bit more?
> >>> So that I can know back port this patch if met similar issue.
> >>
> >> This is related to commit 86839c56dee28c315a4c19b7bfee450ccd84cd25
> >> "xen/block: add multi-page ring support" (Roger, it may be worth to
> >> indicate the offending commit in you commit message).
> >>
> >> When starting a guest using UEFI. After the domain is destroyed I get
> >> the following warning from blkback:
> >>
> >>
> >> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> >> WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 95 at
> >> /home/julien/works/linux/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c:274
> >> xen_blkif_deferred_free+0x1f4/0x1f8()
> >> Modules linked in:
> >> CPU: 2 PID: 95 Comm: kworker/2:1 Tainted: G        W       4.2.0 #85
> >> Hardware name: APM X-Gene Mustang board (DT)
> >> Workqueue: events xen_blkif_deferred_free
> >> Call trace:
> >> [<ffff8000000890a8>] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x124
> >> [<ffff8000000891dc>] show_stack+0x10/0x1c
> >> [<ffff8000007653bc>] dump_stack+0x78/0x98
> >> [<ffff800000097e88>] warn_slowpath_common+0x9c/0xd4
> >> [<ffff800000097f80>] warn_slowpath_null+0x14/0x20
> >> [<ffff800000557a0c>] xen_blkif_deferred_free+0x1f0/0x1f8
> >> [<ffff8000000ad020>] process_one_work+0x160/0x3b4
> >> [<ffff8000000ad3b4>] worker_thread+0x140/0x494
> >> [<ffff8000000b2e34>] kthread+0xd8/0xf0
> >> ---[ end trace 6f859b7883c88cdd ]---
> >>
> >> This is because the allocation of the requests are done during the
> >> connection but the free is done when the domain is destroyed. Therefore
> >> if the domain is re-initializing the connection (because UEFI or PV Grub
> >> is used), the request won't be free and kept until the end.
> >>
> > 
> > Thank you!
> > Roger, I think it's better to have this information in your commit message too.
> 
> Konrad, would you like me to resend the patch with the modified commit
> message, or do you plan to amend it yourself while committing?

I will amend it. Thanks!
> 
> Roger.
> 
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#1229824 — Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection

FromJulien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>
Date2015-09-22 01:20 +0200
SubjectRe: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-blkback: free requests on disconnection
Message-ID<qbixk-4oB-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1221519
Hi Konrad,

On 09/09/2015 16:02, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
>> Konrad, would you like me to resend the patch with the modified commit
>> message, or do you plan to amend it yourself while committing?
>
> I will amend it. Thanks!

What the status for this patch?

Regards,

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