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authorChaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com>2026-02-25 20:30:03 -0800
committerKeith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>2026-03-10 08:20:28 -0700
commit2922e3507f6d5caa7f1d07f145e186fc6f317a4e (patch)
tree881cbbd99fc94359f79c1698bf2bc85219646042 /drivers/nvme/target
parentb4e78f1427c7d6859229ae9616df54e1fc05a516 (diff)
nvmet: move async event work off nvmet-wq
For target nvmet_ctrl_free() flushes ctrl->async_event_work. If nvmet_ctrl_free() runs on nvmet-wq, the flush re-enters workqueue completion for the same worker:- A. Async event work queued on nvmet-wq (prior to disconnect): nvmet_execute_async_event() queue_work(nvmet_wq, &ctrl->async_event_work) nvmet_add_async_event() queue_work(nvmet_wq, &ctrl->async_event_work) B. Full pre-work chain (RDMA CM path): nvmet_rdma_cm_handler() nvmet_rdma_queue_disconnect() __nvmet_rdma_queue_disconnect() queue_work(nvmet_wq, &queue->release_work) process_one_work() lock((wq_completion)nvmet-wq) <--------- 1st nvmet_rdma_release_queue_work() C. Recursive path (same worker): nvmet_rdma_release_queue_work() nvmet_rdma_free_queue() nvmet_sq_destroy() nvmet_ctrl_put() nvmet_ctrl_free() flush_work(&ctrl->async_event_work) __flush_work() touch_wq_lockdep_map() lock((wq_completion)nvmet-wq) <--------- 2nd Lockdep splat: ============================================ WARNING: possible recursive locking detected 6.19.0-rc3nvme+ #14 Tainted: G N -------------------------------------------- kworker/u192:42/44933 is trying to acquire lock: ffff888118a00948 ((wq_completion)nvmet-wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: touch_wq_lockdep_map+0x26/0x90 but task is already holding lock: ffff888118a00948 ((wq_completion)nvmet-wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x53e/0x660 3 locks held by kworker/u192:42/44933: #0: ffff888118a00948 ((wq_completion)nvmet-wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x53e/0x660 #1: ffffc9000e6cbe28 ((work_completion)(&queue->release_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1c5/0x660 #2: ffffffff82d4db60 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: __flush_work+0x62/0x530 Workqueue: nvmet-wq nvmet_rdma_release_queue_work [nvmet_rdma] Call Trace: __flush_work+0x268/0x530 nvmet_ctrl_free+0x140/0x310 [nvmet] nvmet_cq_put+0x74/0x90 [nvmet] nvmet_rdma_free_queue+0x23/0xe0 [nvmet_rdma] nvmet_rdma_release_queue_work+0x19/0x50 [nvmet_rdma] process_one_work+0x206/0x660 worker_thread+0x184/0x320 kthread+0x10c/0x240 ret_from_fork+0x319/0x390 Move async event work to a dedicated nvmet-aen-wq to avoid reentrant flush on nvmet-wq. Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/nvme/target')
-rw-r--r--drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/nvme/target/core.c14
-rw-r--r--drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h1
-rw-r--r--drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c1
4 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c b/drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c
index 5e366502fb75..66fc8d2a7fe3 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c
@@ -1586,7 +1586,7 @@ void nvmet_execute_async_event(struct nvmet_req *req)
ctrl->async_event_cmds[ctrl->nr_async_event_cmds++] = req;
mutex_unlock(&ctrl->lock);
- queue_work(nvmet_wq, &ctrl->async_event_work);
+ queue_work(nvmet_aen_wq, &ctrl->async_event_work);
}
void nvmet_execute_keep_alive(struct nvmet_req *req)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
index eab3e4fc0f74..a25ac4bf9972 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ static DEFINE_IDA(cntlid_ida);
struct workqueue_struct *nvmet_wq;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmet_wq);
+struct workqueue_struct *nvmet_aen_wq;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmet_aen_wq);
/*
* This read/write semaphore is used to synchronize access to configuration
@@ -206,7 +208,7 @@ void nvmet_add_async_event(struct nvmet_ctrl *ctrl, u8 event_type,
list_add_tail(&aen->entry, &ctrl->async_events);
mutex_unlock(&ctrl->lock);
- queue_work(nvmet_wq, &ctrl->async_event_work);
+ queue_work(nvmet_aen_wq, &ctrl->async_event_work);
}
static void nvmet_add_to_changed_ns_log(struct nvmet_ctrl *ctrl, __le32 nsid)
@@ -1959,9 +1961,14 @@ static int __init nvmet_init(void)
if (!nvmet_wq)
goto out_free_buffered_work_queue;
+ nvmet_aen_wq = alloc_workqueue("nvmet-aen-wq",
+ WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_UNBOUND, 0);
+ if (!nvmet_aen_wq)
+ goto out_free_nvmet_work_queue;
+
error = nvmet_init_debugfs();
if (error)
- goto out_free_nvmet_work_queue;
+ goto out_free_nvmet_aen_work_queue;
error = nvmet_init_discovery();
if (error)
@@ -1977,6 +1984,8 @@ out_exit_discovery:
nvmet_exit_discovery();
out_exit_debugfs:
nvmet_exit_debugfs();
+out_free_nvmet_aen_work_queue:
+ destroy_workqueue(nvmet_aen_wq);
out_free_nvmet_work_queue:
destroy_workqueue(nvmet_wq);
out_free_buffered_work_queue:
@@ -1994,6 +2003,7 @@ static void __exit nvmet_exit(void)
nvmet_exit_discovery();
nvmet_exit_debugfs();
ida_destroy(&cntlid_ida);
+ destroy_workqueue(nvmet_aen_wq);
destroy_workqueue(nvmet_wq);
destroy_workqueue(buffered_io_wq);
destroy_workqueue(zbd_wq);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h b/drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h
index b664b584fdc8..319d6a5e9cf0 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ extern struct kmem_cache *nvmet_bvec_cache;
extern struct workqueue_struct *buffered_io_wq;
extern struct workqueue_struct *zbd_wq;
extern struct workqueue_struct *nvmet_wq;
+extern struct workqueue_struct *nvmet_aen_wq;
static inline void nvmet_set_result(struct nvmet_req *req, u32 result)
{
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c
index 9c12b2361a6d..038432364967 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c
@@ -2088,6 +2088,7 @@ static void nvmet_rdma_remove_one(struct ib_device *ib_device, void *client_data
mutex_unlock(&nvmet_rdma_queue_mutex);
flush_workqueue(nvmet_wq);
+ flush_workqueue(nvmet_aen_wq);
}
static struct ib_client nvmet_rdma_ib_client = {