Re: [REGRESSION] lxc-stop hang on 5.17.x kernels

[Jens Axboe]

On 5/16/22 12:17 PM, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>>> Pavel, I had actually just started a draft email with the same theory
>>> (although you stated it much more clearly than I could have).  I'm
>>> working on debugging the LXC side, but I'm pretty sure the issue is
>>> due to LXC using blocking reads and getting stuck exactly as you
>>> describe.  If I can confirm this, I'll go ahead and mark this
>>> regression as invalid and file an issue with LXC. Thanks for your help
>>> and patience.
>>
>> Yes, it does appear that was the problem.  The attach POC patch against
>> LXC fixes the hang.  The kernel is working as intended.
>>
>> #regzbot invalid:  userspace programming error
> 
> Hmmm, not sure if I like this. So yes, this might be a bug in LXC, but
> afaics it's a bug that was exposed by kernel change in 5.17 (correct me
> if I'm wrong!). The problem thus still qualifies as a kernel regression
> that normally needs to be fixed, as can be seen my some of the quotes
> from Linus in this file:
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/handling-regressions.html

Sorry, but that's really BS in this particularly case. This could always
have triggered, it's the way multishot works. Will we count eg timing
changes as potential regressions, because an application relied on
something there? That does not make it ABI.

In general I agree with Linus on this, a change in behavior breaking
something should be investigated and figured out (and reverted, if need
be). This is not that.

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Jens Axboe
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