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    null_blk: Fix locking in zoned mode · aa1c09cb
    Damien Le Moal authored
    When the zoned mode is enabled in null_blk, Serializing read, write
    and zone management operations for each zone is necessary to protect
    device level information for managing zone resources (zone open and
    closed counters) as well as each zone condition and write pointer
    position. Commit 35bc10b2 ("null_blk: synchronization fix for
    zoned device") introduced a spinlock to implement this serialization.
    However, when memory backing is also enabled, GFP_NOIO memory
    allocations are executed under the spinlock, resulting in might_sleep()
    warnings. Furthermore, the zone_lock spinlock is locked/unlocked using
    spin_lock_irq/spin_unlock_irq, similarly to the memory backing code with
    the nullb->lock spinlock. This nested use of irq locks wrecks the irq
    enabled/disabled state.
    
    Fix all this by introducing a bitmap for per-zone lock, with locking
    implemented using wait_on_bit_lock_io() and clear_and_wake_up_bit().
    This locking mechanism allows keeping a zone locked while executing
    null_process_cmd(), serializing all operations to the zone while
    allowing to sleep during memory backing allocation with GFP_NOIO.
    Device level zone resource management information is protected using
    a spinlock which is not held while executing null_process_cmd();
    
    Fixes: 35bc10b2 ("null_blk: synchronization fix for zoned device")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDamien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@wdc.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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