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From: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@openvz.org>
To: khorenko@virtuozzo.com, andrey.zhadchenko@virtuozzo.com
Cc: devel@openvz.org
Subject: [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 2/3] dm-ploop: fix pios stuck in md->wait_llist after a failed BAT update
Date: Mon,  9 Nov 2026 20:06:03 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261109190604.1850504-3-den@openvz.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261109190604.1850504-1-den@openvz.org>

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)
-- 
2.53.0

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-09 19:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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 19:15   ` no-reply
2026-11-09 19:06 ` Denis V. Lunev [this message]
2026-11-09 19:18   ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 2/3] dm-ploop: fix pios stuck in md->wait_llist after a failed BAT update no-reply
2026-11-09 19:06 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 3/3] dm-ploop: fail writes to a read-only device Denis V. Lunev
2026-11-09 19:19   ` no-reply

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