md/raid1: honor REQ_NOWAIT when waiting for behind writes

raid1 supports REQ_NOWAIT reads by avoiding waits in the barrier path
through wait_read_barrier(). However, a read can still block on a
WriteMostly device when the array uses a bitmap and there are
outstanding behind writes.

In that case raid1 unconditionally calls wait_behind_writes(), which
may sleep until all behind writes complete. As a result, a REQ_NOWAIT
read can block despite the caller explicitly requesting non-blocking
behavior.

This ensures that raid1 consistently honors REQ_NOWAIT reads across all
paths that may otherwise wait for behind writes.

Fixes: 5aa705039c4f ("md: raid1 add nowait support")
Signed-off-by: Abd-Alrhman Masalkhi <abd.masalkhi@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260611083514.754922-1-abd.masalkhi@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai@fygo.io>

5 files changed, 24 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c b/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c
index 7d778fe1c47c..0f02e2956398 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c
@@ -2064,18 +2064,23 @@ static void bitmap_end_behind_write(struct mddev *mddev)
 		 bitmap->mddev->bitmap_info.max_write_behind);
 }
 
-static void bitmap_wait_behind_writes(struct mddev *mddev)
+static bool bitmap_wait_behind_writes(struct mddev *mddev, bool nowait)
 {
 	struct bitmap *bitmap = mddev->bitmap;
 
 	/* wait for behind writes to complete */
 	if (bitmap && atomic_read(&bitmap->behind_writes) > 0) {
+		if (nowait)
+			return false;
+
 		pr_debug("md:%s: behind writes in progress - waiting to stop.\n",
 			 mdname(mddev));
 		/* need to kick something here to make sure I/O goes? */
 		wait_event(bitmap->behind_wait,
 			   atomic_read(&bitmap->behind_writes) == 0);
 	}
+
+	return true;
 }
 
 static void bitmap_destroy(struct mddev *mddev)
@@ -2085,7 +2090,7 @@ static void bitmap_destroy(struct mddev *mddev)
 	if (!bitmap) /* there was no bitmap */
 		return;
 
-	bitmap_wait_behind_writes(mddev);
+	bitmap_wait_behind_writes(mddev, false);
 	if (!test_bit(MD_SERIALIZE_POLICY, &mddev->flags))
 		mddev_destroy_serial_pool(mddev, NULL);
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/md-bitmap.h b/drivers/md/md-bitmap.h
index 214f623c7e79..f46674bdfeb9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-bitmap.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md-bitmap.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ struct bitmap_operations {
 
 	void (*start_behind_write)(struct mddev *mddev);
 	void (*end_behind_write)(struct mddev *mddev);
-	void (*wait_behind_writes)(struct mddev *mddev);
+	bool (*wait_behind_writes)(struct mddev *mddev, bool nowait);
 
 	md_bitmap_fn *start_write;
 	md_bitmap_fn *end_write;
diff --git a/drivers/md/md-llbitmap.c b/drivers/md/md-llbitmap.c
index 1adc5b117821..5a4e2abaa757 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-llbitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md-llbitmap.c
@@ -1574,16 +1574,19 @@ static void llbitmap_end_behind_write(struct mddev *mddev)
 		wake_up(&llbitmap->behind_wait);
 }
 
-static void llbitmap_wait_behind_writes(struct mddev *mddev)
+static bool llbitmap_wait_behind_writes(struct mddev *mddev, bool nowait)
 {
 	struct llbitmap *llbitmap = mddev->bitmap;
 
-	if (!llbitmap)
-		return;
+	if (llbitmap && atomic_read(&llbitmap->behind_writes) > 0) {
+		if (nowait)
+			return false;
 
-	wait_event(llbitmap->behind_wait,
-		   atomic_read(&llbitmap->behind_writes) == 0);
+		wait_event(llbitmap->behind_wait,
+			   atomic_read(&llbitmap->behind_writes) == 0);
+	}
 
+	return true;
 }
 
 static ssize_t bits_show(struct mddev *mddev, char *page)
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 096bb64e87bd..d1465bcd86c8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -7050,7 +7050,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(md_stop_writes);
 static void mddev_detach(struct mddev *mddev)
 {
 	if (md_bitmap_enabled(mddev, false))
-		mddev->bitmap_ops->wait_behind_writes(mddev);
+		mddev->bitmap_ops->wait_behind_writes(mddev, false);
 	if (mddev->pers && mddev->pers->quiesce && !is_md_suspended(mddev)) {
 		mddev->pers->quiesce(mddev, 1);
 		mddev->pers->quiesce(mddev, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 86d4f224ffb1..e2a50816e5a0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -1341,6 +1341,7 @@ static void raid1_read_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio,
 	int max_sectors;
 	int rdisk;
 	bool r1bio_existed = !!r1_bio;
+	bool nowait = bio->bi_opf & REQ_NOWAIT;
 
 	/*
 	 * An md cloned bio indicates we are in the error path.
@@ -1360,8 +1361,7 @@ static void raid1_read_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio,
 	 * Still need barrier for READ in case that whole
 	 * array is frozen.
 	 */
-	if (!wait_read_barrier(conf, bio->bi_iter.bi_sector,
-				bio->bi_opf & REQ_NOWAIT)) {
+	if (!wait_read_barrier(conf, bio->bi_iter.bi_sector, nowait)) {
 		bio_wouldblock_error(bio);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1402,7 +1402,11 @@ static void raid1_read_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio,
 		 * over-take any writes that are 'behind'
 		 */
 		mddev_add_trace_msg(mddev, "raid1 wait behind writes");
-		mddev->bitmap_ops->wait_behind_writes(mddev);
+		if (!mddev->bitmap_ops->wait_behind_writes(mddev, nowait)) {
+			bio_wouldblock_error(bio);
+			set_bit(R1BIO_Returned, &r1_bio->state);
+			goto err_handle;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (max_sectors < bio_sectors(bio)) {