| Message ID | 20211014043216.10325-1-raphael.norwitz@nutanix.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
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| Series | [v6] Work around vhost-user-blk-test hang | expand |
On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 04:32:23AM +0000, Raphael Norwitz wrote: > The vhost-user-blk-test qtest has been hanging intermittently for a > while. The root cause is not yet fully understood, but the hang is > impacting enough users that it is important to merge a workaround for > it. > > The race which causes the hang occurs early on in vhost-user setup, > where a vhost-user message is never received by the backend. Forcing > QEMU to wait until the storage-daemon has had some time to initialize > prevents the hang. Thus the existing storage-daemon pidfile option can > be used to implement a workaround cleanly and effectively, since it > creates a file only once the storage-daemon initialization is complete. > > This change implements a workaround for the vhost-user-blk-test hang by > making QEMU wait until the storage-daemon has written out a pidfile > before attempting to connect and send messages over the vhost-user > socket. > > Some relevent mailing list discussions: > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/CAFEAcA8kYpz9LiPNxnWJAPSjc=nv532bEdyfynaBeMeohqBp3A@mail.gmail.com/ > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/YWaky%2FKVbS%2FKZjlV@stefanha-x1.localdomain/ > > Signed-off-by: Raphael Norwitz <raphael.norwitz@nutanix.com> > Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> Um. Does not seem to make things better for me: ** ERROR:../tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c:950:start_vhost_user_blk: assertion failed (retries < PIDFILE_RETRIES): (5 < 5) ERROR qtest-x86_64/qos-test - Bail out! ERROR:../tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c:950:start_vhost_user_blk: assertion failed (retries < PIDFILE_RETRIES): (5 < 5) At this point I just disabled the test in meson. No need to make everyone suffer. > --- > tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c b/tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c > index 6f108a1b62..c6626a286b 100644 > --- a/tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c > +++ b/tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c > @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ > #define TEST_IMAGE_SIZE (64 * 1024 * 1024) > #define QVIRTIO_BLK_TIMEOUT_US (30 * 1000 * 1000) > #define PCI_SLOT_HP 0x06 > +#define PIDFILE_RETRIES 5 > > typedef struct { > pid_t pid; Don't like the arbitrary retries counter. Let's warn maybe, but on a busy machine we might not complete this in time ... > @@ -885,7 +886,8 @@ static void start_vhost_user_blk(GString *cmd_line, int vus_instances, > int num_queues) > { > const char *vhost_user_blk_bin = qtest_qemu_storage_daemon_binary(); > - int i; > + int i, retries; > + char *daemon_pidfile_path; > gchar *img_path; > GString *storage_daemon_command = g_string_new(NULL); > QemuStorageDaemonState *qsd; > @@ -898,6 +900,8 @@ static void start_vhost_user_blk(GString *cmd_line, int vus_instances, > " -object memory-backend-memfd,id=mem,size=256M,share=on " > " -M memory-backend=mem -m 256M "); > > + daemon_pidfile_path = g_strdup_printf("/tmp/daemon-%d", getpid()); > + Ugh. Predictable paths directly in /tmp are problematic .. mktemp? > for (i = 0; i < vus_instances; i++) { > int fd; > char *sock_path = create_listen_socket(&fd); > @@ -914,6 +918,9 @@ static void start_vhost_user_blk(GString *cmd_line, int vus_instances, > i + 1, sock_path); > } > > + g_string_append_printf(storage_daemon_command, "--pidfile %s ", > + daemon_pidfile_path); > + > g_test_message("starting vhost-user backend: %s", > storage_daemon_command->str); > pid_t pid = fork(); > @@ -930,7 +937,27 @@ static void start_vhost_user_blk(GString *cmd_line, int vus_instances, > execlp("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", storage_daemon_command->str, NULL); > exit(1); > } > + > + /* > + * FIXME: The loop here ensures the storage-daemon has come up properly > + * before allowing the test to proceed. This is a workaround for > + * a race which used to cause the vhost-user-blk-test to hang. It > + * should be deleted once the root cause is fully understood and > + * fixed. > + */ > + retries = 0; > + while (access(daemon_pidfile_path, F_OK) != 0) { > + g_assert_cmpint(retries, <, PIDFILE_RETRIES); > + > + retries++; > + g_usleep(1000); > + } > + > g_string_free(storage_daemon_command, true); > + if (access(daemon_pidfile_path, F_OK) == 0) { > + unlink(daemon_pidfile_path); > + } > + g_free(daemon_pidfile_path); > > qsd = g_new(QemuStorageDaemonState, 1); > qsd->pid = pid; > -- > 2.20.1
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 05:50:41PM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 04:32:23AM +0000, Raphael Norwitz wrote: > > The vhost-user-blk-test qtest has been hanging intermittently for a > > while. The root cause is not yet fully understood, but the hang is > > impacting enough users that it is important to merge a workaround for > > it. > > > > The race which causes the hang occurs early on in vhost-user setup, > > where a vhost-user message is never received by the backend. Forcing > > QEMU to wait until the storage-daemon has had some time to initialize > > prevents the hang. Thus the existing storage-daemon pidfile option can > > be used to implement a workaround cleanly and effectively, since it > > creates a file only once the storage-daemon initialization is complete. > > > > This change implements a workaround for the vhost-user-blk-test hang by > > making QEMU wait until the storage-daemon has written out a pidfile > > before attempting to connect and send messages over the vhost-user > > socket. > > > > Some relevent mailing list discussions: > > > > [1] https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lore.kernel.org_qemu-2Ddevel_CAFEAcA8kYpz9LiPNxnWJAPSjc-3Dnv532bEdyfynaBeMeohqBp3A-40mail.gmail.com_&d=DwIBAg&c=s883GpUCOChKOHiocYtGcg&r=In4gmR1pGzKB8G5p6LUrWqkSMec2L5EtXZow_FZNJZk&m=eDRDFhe3H61BSSpDvy3PKzwQIa2grX5hNMhigtjMCJ8&s=c6OKIl0NMsDqP0-ZNnVjHhDq2psXIVszz-uBKw_8pEo&e= > > [2] https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lore.kernel.org_qemu-2Ddevel_YWaky-252FKVbS-252FKZjlV-40stefanha-2Dx1.localdomain_&d=DwIBAg&c=s883GpUCOChKOHiocYtGcg&r=In4gmR1pGzKB8G5p6LUrWqkSMec2L5EtXZow_FZNJZk&m=eDRDFhe3H61BSSpDvy3PKzwQIa2grX5hNMhigtjMCJ8&s=B4EM_0f7TXqsh18YEKOg-cFHabUjsVA5Ie1riDXaB7A&e= > > > > Signed-off-by: Raphael Norwitz <raphael.norwitz@nutanix.com> > > Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> > > > Um. Does not seem to make things better for me: > > ** > ERROR:../tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c:950:start_vhost_user_blk: assertion failed (retries < PIDFILE_RETRIES): (5 < 5) > ERROR qtest-x86_64/qos-test - Bail out! ERROR:../tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c:950:start_vhost_user_blk: assertion failed (retries < PIDFILE_RETRIES): (5 < 5) > > At this point I just disabled the test in meson. No need to make > everyone suffer. Makes sense. Do you still want to persue the workaround? If so, can you share some details on how you're running the test? I've gone through 1000+ iterations using the script I posted here: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20210827165253.GA14291@raphael-debian-dev/ without hitting a failure. > > > > --- > > tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > > 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c b/tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c > > index 6f108a1b62..c6626a286b 100644 > > --- a/tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c > > +++ b/tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c > > @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ > > #define TEST_IMAGE_SIZE (64 * 1024 * 1024) > > #define QVIRTIO_BLK_TIMEOUT_US (30 * 1000 * 1000) > > #define PCI_SLOT_HP 0x06 > > +#define PIDFILE_RETRIES 5 > > > > typedef struct { > > pid_t pid; > > > Don't like the arbitrary retries counter. > > Let's warn maybe, but on a busy machine we might not complete this > in time ... So you would like it to warn and keep trying forever? Or would you rather set a much more lenient deadline? (1 min? 5 min?) > > > > @@ -885,7 +886,8 @@ static void start_vhost_user_blk(GString *cmd_line, int vus_instances, > > int num_queues) > > { > > const char *vhost_user_blk_bin = qtest_qemu_storage_daemon_binary(); > > - int i; > > + int i, retries; > > + char *daemon_pidfile_path; > > gchar *img_path; > > GString *storage_daemon_command = g_string_new(NULL); > > QemuStorageDaemonState *qsd; > > @@ -898,6 +900,8 @@ static void start_vhost_user_blk(GString *cmd_line, int vus_instances, > > " -object memory-backend-memfd,id=mem,size=256M,share=on " > > " -M memory-backend=mem -m 256M "); > > > > + daemon_pidfile_path = g_strdup_printf("/tmp/daemon-%d", getpid()); > > + > > Ugh. Predictable paths directly in /tmp are problematic .. mktemp? > Ack > > for (i = 0; i < vus_instances; i++) { > > int fd; > > char *sock_path = create_listen_socket(&fd); > > @@ -914,6 +918,9 @@ static void start_vhost_user_blk(GString *cmd_line, int vus_instances, > > i + 1, sock_path); > > } > > > > + g_string_append_printf(storage_daemon_command, "--pidfile %s ", > > + daemon_pidfile_path); > > + > > g_test_message("starting vhost-user backend: %s", > > storage_daemon_command->str); > > pid_t pid = fork(); > > @@ -930,7 +937,27 @@ static void start_vhost_user_blk(GString *cmd_line, int vus_instances, > > execlp("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", storage_daemon_command->str, NULL); > > exit(1); > > } > > + > > + /* > > + * FIXME: The loop here ensures the storage-daemon has come up properly > > + * before allowing the test to proceed. This is a workaround for > > + * a race which used to cause the vhost-user-blk-test to hang. It > > + * should be deleted once the root cause is fully understood and > > + * fixed. > > + */ > > + retries = 0; > > + while (access(daemon_pidfile_path, F_OK) != 0) { > > + g_assert_cmpint(retries, <, PIDFILE_RETRIES); > > + > > + retries++; > > + g_usleep(1000); > > + } > > + > > g_string_free(storage_daemon_command, true); > > + if (access(daemon_pidfile_path, F_OK) == 0) { > > + unlink(daemon_pidfile_path); > > + } > > + g_free(daemon_pidfile_path); > > > > qsd = g_new(QemuStorageDaemonState, 1); > > qsd->pid = pid; > > -- > > 2.20.1 >
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 10:33:02PM +0000, Raphael Norwitz wrote: > On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 05:50:41PM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 04:32:23AM +0000, Raphael Norwitz wrote: > > > The vhost-user-blk-test qtest has been hanging intermittently for a > > > while. The root cause is not yet fully understood, but the hang is > > > impacting enough users that it is important to merge a workaround for > > > it. > > > > > > The race which causes the hang occurs early on in vhost-user setup, > > > where a vhost-user message is never received by the backend. Forcing > > > QEMU to wait until the storage-daemon has had some time to initialize > > > prevents the hang. Thus the existing storage-daemon pidfile option can > > > be used to implement a workaround cleanly and effectively, since it > > > creates a file only once the storage-daemon initialization is complete. > > > > > > This change implements a workaround for the vhost-user-blk-test hang by > > > making QEMU wait until the storage-daemon has written out a pidfile > > > before attempting to connect and send messages over the vhost-user > > > socket. > > > > > > Some relevent mailing list discussions: > > > > > > [1] https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lore.kernel.org_qemu-2Ddevel_CAFEAcA8kYpz9LiPNxnWJAPSjc-3Dnv532bEdyfynaBeMeohqBp3A-40mail.gmail.com_&d=DwIBAg&c=s883GpUCOChKOHiocYtGcg&r=In4gmR1pGzKB8G5p6LUrWqkSMec2L5EtXZow_FZNJZk&m=eDRDFhe3H61BSSpDvy3PKzwQIa2grX5hNMhigtjMCJ8&s=c6OKIl0NMsDqP0-ZNnVjHhDq2psXIVszz-uBKw_8pEo&e= > > > [2] https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lore.kernel.org_qemu-2Ddevel_YWaky-252FKVbS-252FKZjlV-40stefanha-2Dx1.localdomain_&d=DwIBAg&c=s883GpUCOChKOHiocYtGcg&r=In4gmR1pGzKB8G5p6LUrWqkSMec2L5EtXZow_FZNJZk&m=eDRDFhe3H61BSSpDvy3PKzwQIa2grX5hNMhigtjMCJ8&s=B4EM_0f7TXqsh18YEKOg-cFHabUjsVA5Ie1riDXaB7A&e= > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Raphael Norwitz <raphael.norwitz@nutanix.com> > > > Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> > > > > > > Um. Does not seem to make things better for me: > > > > ** > > ERROR:../tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c:950:start_vhost_user_blk: assertion failed (retries < PIDFILE_RETRIES): (5 < 5) > > ERROR qtest-x86_64/qos-test - Bail out! ERROR:../tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c:950:start_vhost_user_blk: assertion failed (retries < PIDFILE_RETRIES): (5 < 5) > > > > At this point I just disabled the test in meson. No need to make > > everyone suffer. > > Makes sense. Do you still want to persue the workaround? > > If so, can you share some details on how you're running the test? > > I've gone through 1000+ iterations using the script I posted here: > https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20210827165253.GA14291@raphael-debian-dev/ > without hitting a failure. Hmm my box was busy... now that it's idle I can't repro the failure. > > > > > > > --- > > > tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > > > 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c b/tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c > > > index 6f108a1b62..c6626a286b 100644 > > > --- a/tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c > > > +++ b/tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c > > > @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ > > > #define TEST_IMAGE_SIZE (64 * 1024 * 1024) > > > #define QVIRTIO_BLK_TIMEOUT_US (30 * 1000 * 1000) > > > #define PCI_SLOT_HP 0x06 > > > +#define PIDFILE_RETRIES 5 > > > > > > typedef struct { > > > pid_t pid; > > > > > > Don't like the arbitrary retries counter. > > > > Let's warn maybe, but on a busy machine we might not complete this > > in time ... > > So you would like it to warn and keep trying forever? Or would you > rather set a much more lenient deadline? (1 min? 5 min?) I'm not entirely sure ... Maybe 1 min is enough. But we want to check that daemon is alive. And maybe print something about still waiting for it to come up every X seconds? > > > > > > > @@ -885,7 +886,8 @@ static void start_vhost_user_blk(GString *cmd_line, int vus_instances, > > > int num_queues) > > > { > > > const char *vhost_user_blk_bin = qtest_qemu_storage_daemon_binary(); > > > - int i; > > > + int i, retries; > > > + char *daemon_pidfile_path; > > > gchar *img_path; > > > GString *storage_daemon_command = g_string_new(NULL); > > > QemuStorageDaemonState *qsd; > > > @@ -898,6 +900,8 @@ static void start_vhost_user_blk(GString *cmd_line, int vus_instances, > > > " -object memory-backend-memfd,id=mem,size=256M,share=on " > > > " -M memory-backend=mem -m 256M "); > > > > > > + daemon_pidfile_path = g_strdup_printf("/tmp/daemon-%d", getpid()); > > > + > > > > Ugh. Predictable paths directly in /tmp are problematic .. mktemp? > > > > Ack > > > > for (i = 0; i < vus_instances; i++) { > > > int fd; > > > char *sock_path = create_listen_socket(&fd); > > > @@ -914,6 +918,9 @@ static void start_vhost_user_blk(GString *cmd_line, int vus_instances, > > > i + 1, sock_path); > > > } > > > > > > + g_string_append_printf(storage_daemon_command, "--pidfile %s ", > > > + daemon_pidfile_path); > > > + > > > g_test_message("starting vhost-user backend: %s", > > > storage_daemon_command->str); > > > pid_t pid = fork(); > > > @@ -930,7 +937,27 @@ static void start_vhost_user_blk(GString *cmd_line, int vus_instances, > > > execlp("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", storage_daemon_command->str, NULL); > > > exit(1); > > > } > > > + > > > + /* > > > + * FIXME: The loop here ensures the storage-daemon has come up properly > > > + * before allowing the test to proceed. This is a workaround for > > > + * a race which used to cause the vhost-user-blk-test to hang. It > > > + * should be deleted once the root cause is fully understood and > > > + * fixed. > > > + */ > > > + retries = 0; > > > + while (access(daemon_pidfile_path, F_OK) != 0) { > > > + g_assert_cmpint(retries, <, PIDFILE_RETRIES); > > > + > > > + retries++; > > > + g_usleep(1000); > > > + } > > > + > > > g_string_free(storage_daemon_command, true); > > > + if (access(daemon_pidfile_path, F_OK) == 0) { > > > + unlink(daemon_pidfile_path); > > > + } > > > + g_free(daemon_pidfile_path); > > > > > > qsd = g_new(QemuStorageDaemonState, 1); > > > qsd->pid = pid; > > > -- > > > 2.20.1 > >
On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 04:32:23AM +0000, Raphael Norwitz wrote: > The vhost-user-blk-test qtest has been hanging intermittently for a > while. The root cause is not yet fully understood, but the hang is > impacting enough users that it is important to merge a workaround for > it. > > The race which causes the hang occurs early on in vhost-user setup, > where a vhost-user message is never received by the backend. Forcing > QEMU to wait until the storage-daemon has had some time to initialize > prevents the hang. Thus the existing storage-daemon pidfile option can > be used to implement a workaround cleanly and effectively, since it > creates a file only once the storage-daemon initialization is complete. > > This change implements a workaround for the vhost-user-blk-test hang by > making QEMU wait until the storage-daemon has written out a pidfile > before attempting to connect and send messages over the vhost-user > socket. > > Some relevent mailing list discussions: > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/CAFEAcA8kYpz9LiPNxnWJAPSjc=nv532bEdyfynaBeMeohqBp3A@mail.gmail.com/ > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/YWaky%2FKVbS%2FKZjlV@stefanha-x1.localdomain/ I sent a fix for the hang so the workaround is no longer needed: "[PATCH] vhost-user-blk-test: pass vhost-user socket fds to QSD" Stefan
On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 02:57:46PM +0100, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 04:32:23AM +0000, Raphael Norwitz wrote: > > The vhost-user-blk-test qtest has been hanging intermittently for a > > while. The root cause is not yet fully understood, but the hang is > > impacting enough users that it is important to merge a workaround for > > it. > > > > The race which causes the hang occurs early on in vhost-user setup, > > where a vhost-user message is never received by the backend. Forcing > > QEMU to wait until the storage-daemon has had some time to initialize > > prevents the hang. Thus the existing storage-daemon pidfile option can > > be used to implement a workaround cleanly and effectively, since it > > creates a file only once the storage-daemon initialization is complete. > > > > This change implements a workaround for the vhost-user-blk-test hang by > > making QEMU wait until the storage-daemon has written out a pidfile > > before attempting to connect and send messages over the vhost-user > > socket. > > > > Some relevent mailing list discussions: > > > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/CAFEAcA8kYpz9LiPNxnWJAPSjc=nv532bEdyfynaBeMeohqBp3A@mail.gmail.com/ > > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/YWaky%2FKVbS%2FKZjlV@stefanha-x1.localdomain/ > > I sent a fix for the hang so the workaround is no longer needed: > "[PATCH] vhost-user-blk-test: pass vhost-user socket fds to QSD" > > Stefan Woot! Thanks a bunch Stefan! Great job debugging this!
diff --git a/tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c b/tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c index 6f108a1b62..c6626a286b 100644 --- a/tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c +++ b/tests/qtest/vhost-user-blk-test.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #define TEST_IMAGE_SIZE (64 * 1024 * 1024) #define QVIRTIO_BLK_TIMEOUT_US (30 * 1000 * 1000) #define PCI_SLOT_HP 0x06 +#define PIDFILE_RETRIES 5 typedef struct { pid_t pid; @@ -885,7 +886,8 @@ static void start_vhost_user_blk(GString *cmd_line, int vus_instances, int num_queues) { const char *vhost_user_blk_bin = qtest_qemu_storage_daemon_binary(); - int i; + int i, retries; + char *daemon_pidfile_path; gchar *img_path; GString *storage_daemon_command = g_string_new(NULL); QemuStorageDaemonState *qsd; @@ -898,6 +900,8 @@ static void start_vhost_user_blk(GString *cmd_line, int vus_instances, " -object memory-backend-memfd,id=mem,size=256M,share=on " " -M memory-backend=mem -m 256M "); + daemon_pidfile_path = g_strdup_printf("/tmp/daemon-%d", getpid()); + for (i = 0; i < vus_instances; i++) { int fd; char *sock_path = create_listen_socket(&fd); @@ -914,6 +918,9 @@ static void start_vhost_user_blk(GString *cmd_line, int vus_instances, i + 1, sock_path); } + g_string_append_printf(storage_daemon_command, "--pidfile %s ", + daemon_pidfile_path); + g_test_message("starting vhost-user backend: %s", storage_daemon_command->str); pid_t pid = fork(); @@ -930,7 +937,27 @@ static void start_vhost_user_blk(GString *cmd_line, int vus_instances, execlp("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", storage_daemon_command->str, NULL); exit(1); } + + /* + * FIXME: The loop here ensures the storage-daemon has come up properly + * before allowing the test to proceed. This is a workaround for + * a race which used to cause the vhost-user-blk-test to hang. It + * should be deleted once the root cause is fully understood and + * fixed. + */ + retries = 0; + while (access(daemon_pidfile_path, F_OK) != 0) { + g_assert_cmpint(retries, <, PIDFILE_RETRIES); + + retries++; + g_usleep(1000); + } + g_string_free(storage_daemon_command, true); + if (access(daemon_pidfile_path, F_OK) == 0) { + unlink(daemon_pidfile_path); + } + g_free(daemon_pidfile_path); qsd = g_new(QemuStorageDaemonState, 1); qsd->pid = pid;