Re: [PATCH v5 3/8] nbd: reset write cache on disconnect
yangerkun <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 09:44:44 +0800
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-block |
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在 2026/8/2 20:02, yu kuai 写道: > Hi, > > 在 2026/8/2 19:51, yu kuai 写道: >> Hi, >> >> 在 2026/7/30 16:20, Yang Erkun 写道: >>> An inactive nbd device may refuse any I/O operations. The nbd_config_put >>> function calls invalidate_disk, which sets the device capacity to zero >>> to reject all read and write I/O. For zero-sector flush I/O requests >>> from blkdev_issue_flush, if the write cache is disabled, the zero-sector >>> flush I/O immediately returns 0 in submit_bio_noacct. However, since >>> nbd_config_put does not clear the write cache state, an inactive nbd >>> device might still have the write cache enabled. In this situation, >>> zero-sector flush I/O will return -EIO because there is no active socket. >>> Although this does not cause any bugs, resetting the write cache state >>> would make the behavior consistent. >> I don't think this make sense, at this point nbd->config_refs is 0, which means >> there is no opener for the device, so how can there still be outstanding read/write >> or flush IO? > > I see what you want to do after checking the next patch. However, since a disconnected > nbd device can be reused later, the stale BLK_FEAT flags from the last connection looks > like a real problem. So, I think it's better to reset queue_limits to default, the same > as add_disk(). Yeah, I prefer this way! Thanks for your advise. > >> >>> Signed-off-by: Yang Erkun <[email protected]> >>> --- >>> drivers/block/nbd.c | 5 +++++ >>> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) >>> >>> diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c >>> index 7ec85f94f742..da4b48ef3c79 100644 >>> --- a/drivers/block/nbd.c >>> +++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c >>> @@ -1469,8 +1469,13 @@ static void nbd_config_put(struct nbd_device *nbd) >>> if (refcount_dec_and_mutex_lock(&nbd->config_refs, >>> &nbd->config_lock)) { >>> struct nbd_config *config = nbd->config; >>> + struct queue_limits lim; >>> nbd_dev_dbg_close(nbd); >>> invalidate_disk(nbd->disk); >>> + /* reset write cache */ >>> + lim = queue_limits_start_update(nbd->disk->queue); >>> + lim.features &= ~(BLK_FEAT_WRITE_CACHE | BLK_FEAT_FUA); >>> + queue_limits_commit_update(nbd->disk->queue, &lim); >>> if (nbd->config->bytesize) >>> kobject_uevent(&nbd_to_dev(nbd)->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE); >>> if (test_and_clear_bit(NBD_RT_HAS_PID_FILE, >