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    scsi: core: replace GFP_ATOMIC with GFP_KERNEL in scsi_scan.c · 1749ef00
    Benjamin Block authored
    We had a test-report where, under memory pressure, adding LUNs to the
    systems would fail (the tests add LUNs strictly in sequence):
    
    [ 5525.853432] scsi 0:0:1:1088045124: Direct-Access     IBM      2107900          .148 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
    [ 5525.853826] scsi 0:0:1:1088045124: alua: supports implicit TPGS
    [ 5525.853830] scsi 0:0:1:1088045124: alua: device naa.6005076303ffd32700000000000044da port group 0 rel port 43
    [ 5525.853931] sd 0:0:1:1088045124: Attached scsi generic sg10 type 0
    [ 5525.854075] sd 0:0:1:1088045124: [sdk] Disabling DIF Type 1 protection
    [ 5525.855495] sd 0:0:1:1088045124: [sdk] 2097152 512-byte logical blocks: (1.07 GB/1.00 GiB)
    [ 5525.855606] sd 0:0:1:1088045124: [sdk] Write Protect is off
    [ 5525.855609] sd 0:0:1:1088045124: [sdk] Mode Sense: ed 00 00 08
    [ 5525.855795] sd 0:0:1:1088045124: [sdk] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
    [ 5525.857838]  sdk: sdk1
    [ 5525.859468] sd 0:0:1:1088045124: [sdk] Attached SCSI disk
    [ 5525.865073] sd 0:0:1:1088045124: alua: transition timeout set to 60 seconds
    [ 5525.865078] sd 0:0:1:1088045124: alua: port group 00 state A preferred supports tolusnA
    [ 5526.015070] sd 0:0:1:1088045124: alua: port group 00 state A preferred supports tolusnA
    [ 5526.015213] sd 0:0:1:1088045124: alua: port group 00 state A preferred supports tolusnA
    [ 5526.587439] scsi_alloc_sdev: Allocation failure during SCSI scanning, some SCSI devices might not be configured
    [ 5526.588562] scsi_alloc_sdev: Allocation failure during SCSI scanning, some SCSI devices might not be configured
    
    Looking at the code of scsi_alloc_sdev(), and all the calling contexts,
    there seems to be no reason to use GFP_ATMOIC here. All the different
    call-contexts use a mutex at some point, and nothing in between that
    requires no sleeping, as far as I could see. Additionally, the code that
    later allocates the block queue for the device (scsi_mq_alloc_queue())
    already uses GFP_KERNEL.
    
    There are similar allocations in two other functions:
    scsi_probe_and_add_lun(), and scsi_add_lun(),; that can also be done with
    GFP_KERNEL.
    
    Here is the contexts for the three functions so far:
    
        scsi_alloc_sdev()
            scsi_probe_and_add_lun()
                scsi_sequential_lun_scan()
                    __scsi_scan_target()
                        scsi_scan_target()
                            mutex_lock()
                        scsi_scan_channel()
                            scsi_scan_host_selected()
                                mutex_lock()
                scsi_report_lun_scan()
                    __scsi_scan_target()
        	            ...
                __scsi_add_device()
                    mutex_lock()
                __scsi_scan_target()
                    ...
            scsi_report_lun_scan()
                ...
            scsi_get_host_dev()
                mutex_lock()
    
        scsi_probe_and_add_lun()
            ...
    
        scsi_add_lun()
            scsi_probe_and_add_lun()
                ...
    
    So replace all these, and give them a bit of a better chance to succeed,
    with more chances of reclaim.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBenjamin Block <bblock@linux.ibm.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarBart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMartin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
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