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    md: use a separate bio_set for synchronous IO. · 5a85071c
    NeilBrown authored
    md devices allocate a bio_set and use it for two
    distinct purposes.
    mddev->bio_set is used to clone bios as part of sending
    upper level requests down to lower level devices,
    and it is also use for synchronous IO such as superblock
    and bitmap updates, and for correcting read errors.
    
    This multiple usage can lead to deadlocks.  It is likely
    that cloned bios might be queued for write and to be
    waiting for a metadata update before the write can be permitted.
    If the cloning exhausted mddev->bio_set, the metadata update
    may not be able to proceed.
    
    This scenario has been seen during heavy testing, with lots of IO and
    lots of memory pressure.
    
    Address this by adding a new bio_set specifically for synchronous IO.
    All synchronous IO goes directly to the underlying device and is not
    queued at the md level, so request using entries from the new
    mddev->sync_set will complete in a timely fashion.
    Requests that use mddev->bio_set will sometimes need to wait
    for synchronous IO, but will no longer risk deadlocking that iO.
    
    Also: small simplification in mddev_put(): there is no need to
    wait until the spinlock is released before calling bioset_free().
    Signed-off-by: default avatarNeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarShaohua Li <shli@fb.com>
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