Re: [PATCH] md/raid10: free r10_bio on write NOWAIT exits

"yu kuai" <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:53:43 +0800
Newsgroups gmane.linux.raid,gmane.linux.kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

在 2026/7/8 16:47, Guangshuo Li 写道:
> The change referenced by the Fixes tag made a NOWAIT early exit in
> raid10_write_request() free the r10_bio directly instead of using
> raid_end_bio_io(), avoiding an unmatched allow_barrier() while still
> returning the r10_bio object to the mempool.
>
> The same function has two other NOWAIT early exits. One is before
> regular_request_wait(), where the request has not taken a barrier
> reference. The other is in the reshape metadata path, where the barrier
> reference is released explicitly with allow_barrier(). Both paths end the
> bio and return false, but neither returns the r10_bio object to the
> mempool.
>
> Free the r10_bio on both NOWAIT exits. Keep the existing barrier handling
> unchanged, since only the reshape path has taken a barrier reference.
>
> Fixes: 7d96f3120a7f ("md/raid10: fix deadlock with check operation and nowait requests")
> Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <[email protected]>
> ---
>   drivers/md/raid10.c | 2 ++
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
> index 0a3cfdd3f5df..d480344c5b8f 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
> @@ -1364,6 +1364,7 @@ static bool raid10_write_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio,
>   		DEFINE_WAIT(w);
>   		/* Bail out if REQ_NOWAIT is set for the bio */
>   		if (bio->bi_opf & REQ_NOWAIT) {
> +			free_r10bio(r10_bio);
>   			bio_wouldblock_error(bio);
>   			return false;
>   		}
> @@ -1397,6 +1398,7 @@ static bool raid10_write_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio,
>   		md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
>   		if (bio->bi_opf & REQ_NOWAIT) {
>   			allow_barrier(conf);
> +			free_r10bio(r10_bio);
>   			bio_wouldblock_error(bio);
>   			return false;
>   		}
This patch is not needed as nowait will be removed for raid10.

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Thanks,
Kuai