mm/slab/kvfree_rcu: Switch to WQ_MEM_RECLAIM wq

Currently kvfree_rcu() APIs use a system workqueue which is
"system_unbound_wq" to driver RCU machinery to reclaim a memory.

Recently, it has been noted that the following kernel warning can
be observed:

<snip>
workqueue: WQ_MEM_RECLAIM nvme-wq:nvme_scan_work is flushing !WQ_MEM_RECLAIM events_unbound:kfree_rcu_work
  WARNING: CPU: 21 PID: 330 at kernel/workqueue.c:3719 check_flush_dependency+0x112/0x120
  Modules linked in: intel_uncore_frequency(E) intel_uncore_frequency_common(E) skx_edac(E) ...
  CPU: 21 UID: 0 PID: 330 Comm: kworker/u144:6 Tainted: G            E      6.13.2-0_g925d379822da #1
  Hardware name: Wiwynn Twin Lakes MP/Twin Lakes Passive MP, BIOS YMM20 02/01/2023
  Workqueue: nvme-wq nvme_scan_work
  RIP: 0010:check_flush_dependency+0x112/0x120
  Code: 05 9a 40 14 02 01 48 81 c6 c0 00 00 00 48 8b 50 18 48 81 c7 c0 00 00 00 48 89 f9 48 ...
  RSP: 0018:ffffc90000df7bd8 EFLAGS: 00010082
  RAX: 000000000000006a RBX: ffffffff81622390 RCX: 0000000000000027
  RDX: 00000000fffeffff RSI: 000000000057ffa8 RDI: ffff88907f960c88
  RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffffff83068e50 R09: 000000000002fffd
  R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8881001a4400
  R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff88907f420fb8 R15: 0000000000000000
  FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88907f940000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
  CR2: 00007f60c3001000 CR3: 000000107d010005 CR4: 00000000007726f0
  PKRU: 55555554
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   ? __warn+0xa4/0x140
   ? check_flush_dependency+0x112/0x120
   ? report_bug+0xe1/0x140
   ? check_flush_dependency+0x112/0x120
   ? handle_bug+0x5e/0x90
   ? exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x40
   ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20
   ? timer_recalc_next_expiry+0x190/0x190
   ? check_flush_dependency+0x112/0x120
   ? check_flush_dependency+0x112/0x120
   __flush_work.llvm.1643880146586177030+0x174/0x2c0
   flush_rcu_work+0x28/0x30
   kvfree_rcu_barrier+0x12f/0x160
   kmem_cache_destroy+0x18/0x120
   bioset_exit+0x10c/0x150
   disk_release.llvm.6740012984264378178+0x61/0xd0
   device_release+0x4f/0x90
   kobject_put+0x95/0x180
   nvme_put_ns+0x23/0xc0
   nvme_remove_invalid_namespaces+0xb3/0xd0
   nvme_scan_work+0x342/0x490
   process_scheduled_works+0x1a2/0x370
   worker_thread+0x2ff/0x390
   ? pwq_release_workfn+0x1e0/0x1e0
   kthread+0xb1/0xe0
   ? __kthread_parkme+0x70/0x70
   ret_from_fork+0x30/0x40
   ? __kthread_parkme+0x70/0x70
   ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20
   </TASK>
  ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
<snip>

To address this switch to use of independent WQ_MEM_RECLAIM
workqueue, so the rules are not violated from workqueue framework
point of view.

Apart of that, since kvfree_rcu() does reclaim memory it is worth
to go with WQ_MEM_RECLAIM type of wq because it is designed for
this purpose.

Fixes: 6c6c47b063b5 ("mm, slab: call kvfree_rcu_barrier() from kmem_cache_destroy()"),
Reported-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Z7iqJtCjHKfo8Kho@kbusch-mbp/
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>

diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 4030907..4c9f0a8 100644 (file)
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -1304,6 +1304,8 @@ module_param(rcu_min_cached_objs, int, 0444);
 static int rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec = 5000;
 module_param(rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec, int, 0444);
 
+static struct workqueue_struct *rcu_reclaim_wq;
+
 /* Maximum number of jiffies to wait before draining a batch. */
 #define KFREE_DRAIN_JIFFIES (5 * HZ)
 #define KFREE_N_BATCHES 2
@@ -1632,10 +1634,10 @@ __schedule_delayed_monitor_work(struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp)
        if (delayed_work_pending(&krcp->monitor_work)) {
                delay_left = krcp->monitor_work.timer.expires - jiffies;
                if (delay < delay_left)
-                       mod_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq, &krcp->monitor_work, delay);
+                       mod_delayed_work(rcu_reclaim_wq, &krcp->monitor_work, delay);
                return;
        }
-       queue_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq, &krcp->monitor_work, delay);
+       queue_delayed_work(rcu_reclaim_wq, &krcp->monitor_work, delay);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1733,7 +1735,7 @@ kvfree_rcu_queue_batch(struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp)
                        // "free channels", the batch can handle. Break
                        // the loop since it is done with this CPU thus
                        // queuing an RCU work is _always_ success here.
-                       queued = queue_rcu_work(system_unbound_wq, &krwp->rcu_work);
+                       queued = queue_rcu_work(rcu_reclaim_wq, &krwp->rcu_work);
                        WARN_ON_ONCE(!queued);
                        break;
                }
@@ -1883,7 +1885,7 @@ run_page_cache_worker(struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp)
        if (rcu_scheduler_active == RCU_SCHEDULER_RUNNING &&
                        !atomic_xchg(&krcp->work_in_progress, 1)) {
                if (atomic_read(&krcp->backoff_page_cache_fill)) {
-                       queue_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq,
+                       queue_delayed_work(rcu_reclaim_wq,
                                &krcp->page_cache_work,
                                        msecs_to_jiffies(rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec));
                } else {
@@ -2120,6 +2122,10 @@ void __init kvfree_rcu_init(void)
        int i, j;
        struct shrinker *kfree_rcu_shrinker;
 
+       rcu_reclaim_wq = alloc_workqueue("kvfree_rcu_reclaim",
+                       WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+       WARN_ON(!rcu_reclaim_wq);
+
        /* Clamp it to [0:100] seconds interval. */
        if (rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec < 0 ||
                rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec > 100 * MSEC_PER_SEC) {