[dm-devel] [PATCH 1/5] blk-mq: introduce BLK_STS_DEV_RESOURCE

[Bart Van Assche]

On Wed, 2018-01-24 at 00:49 +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 04:47:11PM +0000, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> > On Wed, 2018-01-24 at 00:41 +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> > > Could you explain where to call call_rcu()?  call_rcu() can't be used in
> > > IO path at all.
> > 
> > Can you explain what makes you think that call_rcu() can't be used in the
> > I/O path? As you know call_rcu() invokes a function asynchronously. From
> > Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html:
> > 
> >   The <tt>call_rcu()</tt> function may be used in a number of
> >   situations where neither <tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt> nor
> >   <tt>synchronize_rcu_expedited()</tt> would be legal,
> >   including within preempt-disable code, <tt>local_bh_disable()</tt> code,
> >   interrupt-disable code, and interrupt handlers.
> 
> OK, suppose it is true, do you want to change most of STS_RESOURCE in
> all drivers to this way? Why can't we use the generic and simple approach
> in this patch?

Please reread my proposal. I did not propose to change any block drivers.
What I proposed is to change the blk_mq_delay_run_hw_queue() implementation
such that it uses call_rcu() instead of kblockd_mod_delayed_work_on().
That's a generic and simple approach.

Bart.