[Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/blkfront: restart request queue when there is enough persistent_gnts_c

[Bob Liu <bob.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>]

When there is no enough free grants, gnttab_alloc_grant_references()
will fail and block request queue will stop.
If the system is always lack of grants, blkif_restart_queue_callback() can't be
scheduled and block request queue can't be restart(block I/O hang).

But when there are former requests complete, some grants may free to
persistent_gnts_c, we can give the request queue another chance to restart and
avoid block hang.

Reported-by: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Bob Liu <bob.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c |   11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 2236c6f..dd30f99 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -1125,6 +1125,17 @@ static void blkif_completion(struct blk_shadow *s, 
struct blkfront_info *info,
                        }
                }
        }
+
+       /*
+        * Request queue would be stopped if failed to alloc enough grants and
+        * won't be restarted until gnttab_free_count >= info->callback->count.
+        *
+        * But there is another case, once we have enough persistent grants we
+        * can try to restart the request queue instead of continue to wait for
+        * 'gnttab_free_count'.
+        */
+       if (info->persistent_gnts_c >= info->callback.count)
+               schedule_work(&info->work);
 }
 
 static irqreturn_t blkif_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
-- 
1.7.10.4


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