NBD is using the CoMutex in a way that wasn't anticipated. For example, if there are
N(N=26, MAX_NBD_REQUESTS=16) nbd write requests, so we will invoke nbd_client_co_pwritev
N times.
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time request Actions
1 1 in_flight=1, Coroutine=C1
2 2 in_flight=2, Coroutine=C2
...
15 15 in_flight=15, Coroutine=C15
16 16 in_flight=16, Coroutine=C16, free_sema->holder=C16, mutex->locked=true
17 17 in_flight=16, Coroutine=C17, queue C17 into free_sema->queue
18 18 in_flight=16, Coroutine=C18, queue C18 into free_sema->queue
...
26 N in_flight=16, Coroutine=C26, queue C26 into free_sema->queue
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Once nbd client recieves request No.16' reply, we will re-enter C16. It's ok, because
it's equal to 'free_sema->holder'.
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time request Actions
27 16 in_flight=15, Coroutine=C16, free_sema->holder=C16, mutex->locked=false
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Then nbd_coroutine_end invokes qemu_co_mutex_unlock what will pop coroutines from
free_sema->queue's head and enter C17. More free_sema->holder is C17 now.
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time request Actions
28 17 in_flight=16, Coroutine=C17, free_sema->holder=C17, mutex->locked=true
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In above scenario, we only recieves request No.16' reply. As time goes by, nbd client will
almostly recieves replies from requests 1 to 15 rather than request 17 who owns C17. In this
case, we will encounter assert "mutex->holder == self" failed since Kevin's commit 0e438cdc
"coroutine: Let CoMutex remember who holds it". For example, if nbd client recieves request
No.15' reply, qemu will stop unexpectedly:
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time request Actions
29 15(most case) in_flight=15, Coroutine=C15, free_sema->holder=C17, mutex->locked=false
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Per Paolo's suggestion "The simplest fix is to change it to CoQueue, which is like a condition
variable", this patch replaces CoMutex with CoQueue.
Cc: Wen Congyang <wency@cn.fujitsu.com>
Reported-by: zhanghailiang <zhang.zhanghailiang@huawei.com>
Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Changlong Xie <xiecl.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
Message-Id: <1476267508-19499-1-git-send-email-xiecl.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Changlong Xie
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