Hi! > [ Upstream commit 3b4b19721ec652ad2c4fe51dfbe5124212b5f581 ] > > Revert fab7772bfbcf ("nvme-multipath: revalidate nvme_ns_head gendisk > in nvme_validate_ns") > > When adding a new namespace to the head disk (via nvme_mpath_set_live) > we will see partition scan which triggers I/O on the mpath device node. > This process will usually be triggered from the scan_work which holds > the scan_lock. If I/O blocks (if we got ana change currently have only > available paths but none are accessible) this can deadlock on the head > disk bd_mutex as both partition scan I/O takes it, and head disk revalidation > takes it to check for resize (also triggered from scan_work on a different > path). See trace [1]. > > The mpath disk revalidation was originally added to detect online disk > size change, but this is no longer needed since commit cb224c3af4df > ("nvme: Convert to use set_capacity_revalidate_and_notify") which already > updates resize info without unnecessarily revalidating the disk (the > mpath disk doesn't even implement .revalidate_disk fop). Commit cb224c3af4df ("nvme: Convert to use set_capacity_revalidate_and_notify") is not in 4.19-stable. Does that mean we'll no longer detect disk size changes after this? Best regards, Pavel > index faa7feebb6095..84fcfcdb8ba5f 100644 > --- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c > +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c > @@ -1599,7 +1599,6 @@ static void __nvme_revalidate_disk(struct gendisk *disk, struct nvme_id_ns *id) > if (ns->head->disk) { > nvme_update_disk_info(ns->head->disk, ns, id); > blk_queue_stack_limits(ns->head->disk->queue, ns->queue); > - revalidate_disk(ns->head->disk); > } > #endif > -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c index faa7feebb6095..84fcfcdb8ba5f 100644 --- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c @@ -1599,7 +1599,6 @@ static void __nvme_revalidate_disk(struct gendisk *disk, struct nvme_id_ns *id) if (ns->head->disk) { nvme_update_disk_info(ns->head->disk, ns, id); blk_queue_stack_limits(ns->head->disk->queue, ns->queue); - revalidate_disk(ns->head->disk); } #endif }