Re: [PATCH 1/1] nvme: fix nvme_remove going to uninterruptible sleep for ever

[Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>]

On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 09:29:54AM +0300, Rakesh Pandit wrote:
> Once controller is in DEAD or DELETING state a call to delete_destroy
> from nvme_uninit_ctrl results in setting the latency tolerance via
> nvme_set_latency_tolerance callback even though queues have already
> been killed.  This in turn leads the PID to go into uninterruptible
> sleep and prevents removal of nvme controller from completion.  The
> stack trace is:
> 
> [<ffffffff813c9716>] blk_execute_rq+0x56/0x80
> [<ffffffff815cb6e9>] __nvme_submit_sync_cmd+0x89/0xf0
> [<ffffffff815ce7be>] nvme_set_features+0x5e/0x90
> [<ffffffff815ce9f6>] nvme_configure_apst+0x166/0x200
> [<ffffffff815cef45>] nvme_set_latency_tolerance+0x35/0x50
> [<ffffffff8157bd11>] apply_constraint+0xb1/0xc0
> [<ffffffff8157cbb4>] dev_pm_qos_constraints_destroy+0xf4/0x1f0
> [<ffffffff8157b44a>] dpm_sysfs_remove+0x2a/0x60
> [<ffffffff8156d951>] device_del+0x101/0x320
> [<ffffffff8156db8a>] device_unregister+0x1a/0x60
> [<ffffffff8156dc4c>] device_destroy+0x3c/0x50
> [<ffffffff815cd295>] nvme_uninit_ctrl+0x45/0xa0
> [<ffffffff815d4858>] nvme_remove+0x78/0x110
> [<ffffffff81452b69>] pci_device_remove+0x39/0xb0
> [<ffffffff81572935>] device_release_driver_internal+0x155/0x210
> [<ffffffff81572a02>] device_release_driver+0x12/0x20
> [<ffffffff815d36fb>] nvme_remove_dead_ctrl_work+0x6b/0x70
> [<ffffffff810bf3bc>] process_one_work+0x18c/0x3a0
> [<ffffffff810bf61e>] worker_thread+0x4e/0x3b0
> [<ffffffff810c5ac9>] kthread+0x109/0x140
> [<ffffffff8185800c>] ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x40
> [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
> 
> and PID is in 'D' state.  Attached patch returns from callback when
> controller is either DELETING state or DEAD which can only happen once
> we are in nvme_remove and allows removal to complete and release
> remaining resources after nvme_uninit_ctrl.
> 
> Fixes: c5552fde102fc ("nvme: Enable autonomous power state transitions")
> Signed-off-by: Rakesh Pandit <rakesh@tuxera.com>
> ---
>  drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> index a609264..c1a632c 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> @@ -1456,6 +1456,9 @@ static void nvme_set_latency_tolerance(struct device *dev, s32 val)
>  	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
>  	u64 latency;
>  
> +	if (ctrl->state == NVME_CTRL_DELETING || ctrl->state == NVME_CTRL_DEAD)
> +		return;
> +

What do you think about moving this into the beginning of
nvme_configure_apst instead?  And please add a comment while you're
at it.