* [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 1/3] dm-ploop: factor out ploop_dispatch_md_waiters()
2026-11-09 19:06 [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 0/3] dm-ploop: fix writes to a read-only device hanging the host Denis V. Lunev
@ 2026-11-09 19:06 ` Denis V. Lunev
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2026-11-09 19:06 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 2/3] dm-ploop: fix pios stuck in md->wait_llist after a failed BAT update Denis V. Lunev
2026-11-09 19:06 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 3/3] dm-ploop: fail writes to a read-only device Denis V. Lunev
2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Denis V. Lunev @ 2026-11-09 19:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: khorenko, andrey.zhadchenko; +Cc: devel
From: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
Move the loop that hands the pios parked in md->wait_llist back to the
dispatcher out of ploop_advance_local_after_bat_wb() into a helper of
its own, so that the error paths of the BAT updates can use it too.
No functional change.
https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-154096
Feature: dm-ploop: ploop target driver
Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
---
drivers/md/dm-ploop-map.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ploop-map.c b/drivers/md/dm-ploop-map.c
index ae3e287604b7..f0569263622c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ploop-map.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ploop-map.c
@@ -840,6 +840,23 @@ static void ploop_advance_discarded(struct ploop *ploop, struct md_page *md,
ploop_hole_set_bit(d_clu, ploop);
}
+static void ploop_dispatch_md_waiters(struct ploop *ploop,
+ struct llist_node *waiters)
+{
+ struct llist_node *pos, *t;
+ struct pio *pio;
+ LIST_HEAD(list);
+
+ llist_for_each_safe(pos, t, waiters) {
+ pio = list_entry((struct list_head *)pos, typeof(*pio), list);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pio->list);
+ list_add(&pio->list, &list);
+ }
+
+ if (!list_empty(&list))
+ ploop_dispatch_pios(ploop, NULL, &list);
+}
+
/*
* Apply to the local BAT copy the changes made by the pios attached
* to @piwb, whatever type @piwb was prepared with: allocations and
@@ -856,11 +873,10 @@ static void ploop_advance_local_after_bat_wb(struct ploop *ploop,
struct md_page *md = piwb->md;
map_index_t *dst_clu;
unsigned long flags;
- LIST_HEAD(list);
struct llist_node *wait_llist_pending;
struct ploop_cow *cow;
struct pio *pio;
- struct llist_node *pos, *t;
+ struct llist_node *pos;
BUG_ON(!md);
spin_lock_irqsave(&ploop->bat_lock, flags);
@@ -893,17 +909,7 @@ static void ploop_advance_local_after_bat_wb(struct ploop *ploop,
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ploop->bat_lock, flags);
kunmap_local(dst_clu);
- if (wait_llist_pending) {
- llist_for_each_safe(pos, t, wait_llist_pending) {
- pio = list_entry((struct list_head *)pos, typeof(*pio), list);
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pio->list);
- list_add(&pio->list, &list);
- }
- }
-
- if (!list_empty(&list))
- ploop_dispatch_pios(ploop, NULL, &list);
-
+ ploop_dispatch_md_waiters(ploop, wait_llist_pending);
}
static void ploop_free_piwb(struct ploop_index_wb *piwb)
--
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^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread* [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 2/3] dm-ploop: fix pios stuck in md->wait_llist after a failed BAT update
2026-11-09 19:06 [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 0/3] dm-ploop: fix writes to a read-only device hanging the host Denis V. Lunev
2026-11-09 19:06 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 1/3] dm-ploop: factor out ploop_dispatch_md_waiters() Denis V. Lunev
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2026-11-09 19:06 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 3/3] dm-ploop: fail writes to a read-only device Denis V. Lunev
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From: Denis V. Lunev @ 2026-11-09 19:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: khorenko, andrey.zhadchenko; +Cc: devel
From: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
ploop_locate_new_cluster_and_attach_pio() and
ploop_process_one_discard_pio() set MD_UPDATING on the BAT page while
they prepare its update. A pio that needs the page meanwhile is parked
in md->wait_llist by ploop_delay_if_md_busy(), and only
ploop_advance_local_after_bat_wb(), at the end of a writeback of the
page, gives the parked pios back.
When the update fails, the error path breaks it, clears MD_DIRTY and
MD_UPDATING and leaves the parked pios where they are. No writeback of
the page is queued, so they are never resubmitted: the writers hang in
D state, and after a buffered write every later sync on the host hangs
behind them until a reboot. An allocation fails this way when
ploop_prepare_bat_update() runs out of memory, when no free cluster is
left, or when the punch, zero or preallocation of the new cluster in
the top delta fails, e.g. on a write to a read-only device that needs
a new cluster.
Take the parked pios together with clearing MD_UPDATING, under
bat_lock, which every caller of ploop_delay_if_md_busy() holds, and
resubmit them with ploop_dispatch_md_waiters(), as the writeback
completion does. The error paths of ploop_prepare_reloc_index_wb() and
ploop_grow_relocate_cluster() clear MD_UPDATING without a drain too,
but they run with pio submission stopped, so nothing is parked there.
https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-154096
Fixes: ddf38fa44df4 ("dm-ploop: fix and rework md updates")
Reported-by: Denis Genov <denis.genov@virtuozzo.com>
Feature: dm-ploop: ploop target driver
Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
---
drivers/md/dm-ploop-map.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ploop-map.c b/drivers/md/dm-ploop-map.c
index f0569263622c..b49281691a01 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ploop-map.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ploop-map.c
@@ -1750,6 +1750,7 @@ static bool ploop_locate_new_cluster_and_attach_pio(struct ploop *ploop,
struct pio *pio)
{
bool bat_update_prepared = false;
+ struct llist_node *waiters;
struct ploop_index_wb *piwb;
bool attached = false;
u32 page_id;
@@ -1818,7 +1819,9 @@ static bool ploop_locate_new_cluster_and_attach_pio(struct ploop *ploop,
if (add_to_wblist)
clear_bit(MD_DIRTY, &md->status);
clear_bit(MD_UPDATING, &md->status);
+ waiters = llist_del_all(&md->wait_llist);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ploop->bat_lock, flags);
+ ploop_dispatch_md_waiters(ploop, waiters);
return false;
}
@@ -2026,6 +2029,7 @@ static void ploop_process_one_discard_pio(struct ploop *ploop, struct pio *pio)
{
bool bat_update_prepared = false;
u32 page_id, clu = pio->clu;
+ struct llist_node *waiters;
struct ploop_index_wb *piwb;
struct md_page *md;
map_index_t *to;
@@ -2092,7 +2096,9 @@ static void ploop_process_one_discard_pio(struct ploop *ploop, struct pio *pio)
if (add_to_wblist)
clear_bit(MD_DIRTY, &md->status);
clear_bit(MD_UPDATING, &md->status);
+ waiters = llist_del_all(&md->wait_llist);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ploop->bat_lock, flags);
+ ploop_dispatch_md_waiters(ploop, waiters);
}
static inline int ploop_runners_have_pending(struct ploop *ploop)
--
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From: no-reply @ 2026-11-09 19:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: andrey.zhadchenko, Denis V. Lunev, khorenko; +Cc: devel
> From: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
>
> ploop_locate_new_cluster_and_attach_pio() and
> ploop_process_one_discard_pio() set MD_UPDATING on the BAT page while
> they prepare its update. A pio that needs the page meanwhile is parked
> in md->wait_llist by ploop_delay_if_md_busy(), and only
> ploop_advance_local_after_bat_wb(), at the end of a writeback of the
> page, gives the parked pios back.
>
> When the update fails, the error path breaks it, clears MD_DIRTY and
> MD_UPDATING and leaves the parked pios where they are. No writeback of
> the page is queued, so they are never resubmitted: the writers hang in
> D state, and after a buffered write every later sync on the host hangs
> behind them until a reboot. An allocation fails this way when
> ploop_prepare_bat_update() runs out of memory, when no free cluster is
> [ ... ]
>
> Fixes: ddf38fa44df4 ("dm-ploop: fix and rework md updates")
> Reported-by: Denis Genov <denis.genov@virtuozzo.com>
> Feature: dm-ploop: ploop target driver
> Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues. It looks great!
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* [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 3/3] dm-ploop: fail writes to a read-only device
2026-11-09 19:06 [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 0/3] dm-ploop: fix writes to a read-only device hanging the host Denis V. Lunev
2026-11-09 19:06 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 1/3] dm-ploop: factor out ploop_dispatch_md_waiters() Denis V. Lunev
2026-11-09 19:06 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 2/3] dm-ploop: fix pios stuck in md->wait_llist after a failed BAT update Denis V. Lunev
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From: Denis V. Lunev @ 2026-11-09 19:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: khorenko, andrey.zhadchenko; +Cc: devel
From: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
bio_check_ro() only warns about a write to a read-only disk and lets it
through, and ploop_clone_and_map() passes it on into the mapping code
as on a writable device. Such a write comes from a device stacked on
top, e.g. the partition device that partprobe creates over a ploop
device; a userspace write to the ploop device itself gets EPERM.
Userspace opens the deltas of a read-only table read-only, but the data
of a pio goes to the file through f_op->write_iter() directly, which
does not check FMODE_WRITE, so it reaches the image. Allocating a cluster
punches or zeroes it with vfs_fallocate(), which does, and fails with
EBADF, so part of such a write fails with an I/O error and the rest
changes the read-only image.
Kill write requests of a read-only table in ploop_clone_and_map(), as
dm-qcow2 does since commit 409d7e697578
("drivers/md/dm-qcow2: fail writes to a read-only table"). The write
fails at once with an I/O error and the image stays untouched. Flushes
still pass.
https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-154096
Reported-by: Denis Genov <denis.genov@virtuozzo.com>
Feature: dm-ploop: ploop target driver
Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
---
drivers/md/dm-ploop-map.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ploop-map.c b/drivers/md/dm-ploop-map.c
index b49281691a01..f4b6606127b4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ploop-map.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ploop-map.c
@@ -2653,6 +2653,9 @@ int ploop_clone_and_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct request *rq,
return DM_MAPIO_KILL;
}
+ if (op_is_write(req_op(rq)) && ploop_is_ro(ploop))
+ return DM_MAPIO_KILL;
+
if (blk_rq_bytes(rq) && ploop_rq_valid(ploop, rq) < 0)
return DM_MAPIO_KILL;
--
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From: no-reply @ 2026-11-09 19:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: khorenko, Denis V. Lunev, andrey.zhadchenko; +Cc: devel
> From: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
>
> bio_check_ro() only warns about a write to a read-only disk and lets it
> through, and ploop_clone_and_map() passes it on into the mapping code
> as on a writable device. Such a write comes from a device stacked on
> top, e.g. the partition device that partprobe creates over a ploop
> device; a userspace write to the ploop device itself gets EPERM.
>
> Userspace opens the deltas of a read-only table read-only, but the data
> of a pio goes to the file through f_op->write_iter() directly, which
> does not check FMODE_WRITE, so it reaches the image. Allocating a cluster
> punches or zeroes it with vfs_fallocate(), which does, and fails with
> EBADF, so part of such a write fails with an I/O error and the rest
> changes the read-only image.
>
> Kill write requests of a read-only table in ploop_clone_and_map(), as
> dm-qcow2 does since commit 409d7e697578
> ("drivers/md/dm-qcow2: fail writes to a read-only table"). The write
> fails at once with an I/O error and the image stays untouched. Flushes
> still pass.
>
> https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-154096
>
> Reported-by: Denis Genov <denis.genov@virtuozzo.com>
> Feature: dm-ploop: ploop target driver
> Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues. It looks great!
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