Messages in this thread | | | From | Chaitanya Kulkarni <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] null_blk: allow teardown on request timeout | Date | Mon, 17 Oct 2022 10:04:26 +0000 |
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On 10/17/22 02:50, Ming Lei wrote: > On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 09:30:47AM +0000, Chaitanya Kulkarni wrote: >> >>>> + /* >>>> + * Unblock any pending dispatch I/Os before we destroy the device. >>>> + * From null_destroy_dev()->del_gendisk() will set GD_DEAD flag >>>> + * causing any new I/O from __bio_queue_enter() to fail with -ENODEV. >>>> + */ >>>> + blk_mq_unquiesce_queue(nullb->q); >>>> + >>>> + null_destroy_dev(nullb); >>> >>> destroying device is never good cleanup for handling timeout/abort, and it >>> should have been the last straw any time. >>> >> >> That is exactly why I've added the rq_abort_limit, so until the limit >> is not reached null_abort_work() will not get scheduled and device is >> not destroyed. > > I meant destroying device should only be done iff the normal abort handler > can't recover the device, however, your patch simply destroys device > without running any abort handling. >
I did not understand your comment, can you please elaborate on exactly where and which abort handlers needs to be called in this patch before null_destroy_nullb() ?
the objective of this patch it to simulate the teardown scenario from timeout handler so it can get tested on regular basis with null_blk ...
-ck
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