[PATCH v2 2/2] ublk: introduce and use ublk_set_canceling helper

From: Uday Shankar
Date: Fri Jul 04 2025 - 01:41:42 EST


For performance reasons (minimizing the number of cache lines accessed
in the hot path), we store the "canceling" state redundantly - there is
one flag in the device, which can be considered the source of truth, and
per-queue copies of that flag. This redundancy can cause confusion, and
opens the door to bugs where the state is set inconsistently. Try to
guard against these bugs by introducing a ublk_set_canceling helper
which is the sole mutator of both the per-device and per-queue canceling
state. This helper always sets the state consistently. Use the helper in
all places where we need to modify the canceling state.

No functional changes are expected.

Signed-off-by: Uday Shankar <ushankar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/ublk_drv.c | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
index 870d57a853a481c2443337717c50d39355804f66..a1a700c7e67a72597e740aaa60f5c3c73f0085e5 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -1563,6 +1563,27 @@ static void ublk_put_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
put_device(disk_to_dev(disk));
}

+/*
+ * Use this function to ensure that ->canceling is consistently set for
+ * the device and all queues. Do not set these flags directly.
+ *
+ * Caller must ensure that:
+ * - cancel_mutex is held. This ensures that there is no concurrent
+ * access to ub->canceling and no concurrent writes to ubq->canceling.
+ * - there are no concurrent reads of ubq->canceling from the queue_rq
+ * path. This can be done by quiescing the queue, or through other
+ * means.
+ */
+static void ublk_set_canceling(struct ublk_device *ub, bool canceling)
+ __must_hold(&ub->cancel_mutex)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ ub->canceling = canceling;
+ for (i = 0; i < ub->dev_info.nr_hw_queues; i++)
+ ublk_get_queue(ub, i)->canceling = canceling;
+}
+
static int ublk_ch_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
{
struct ublk_device *ub = filp->private_data;
@@ -1591,13 +1612,11 @@ static int ublk_ch_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
* All requests may be inflight, so ->canceling may not be set, set
* it now.
*/
- ub->canceling = true;
- for (i = 0; i < ub->dev_info.nr_hw_queues; i++) {
- struct ublk_queue *ubq = ublk_get_queue(ub, i);
-
- ubq->canceling = true;
- ublk_abort_queue(ub, ubq);
- }
+ mutex_lock(&ub->cancel_mutex);
+ ublk_set_canceling(ub, true);
+ for (i = 0; i < ub->dev_info.nr_hw_queues; i++)
+ ublk_abort_queue(ub, ublk_get_queue(ub, i));
+ mutex_unlock(&ub->cancel_mutex);
blk_mq_kick_requeue_list(disk->queue);

/*
@@ -1723,7 +1742,6 @@ static void ublk_abort_queue(struct ublk_device *ub, struct ublk_queue *ubq)
static void ublk_start_cancel(struct ublk_device *ub)
{
struct gendisk *disk = ublk_get_disk(ub);
- int i;

/* Our disk has been dead */
if (!disk)
@@ -1740,9 +1758,7 @@ static void ublk_start_cancel(struct ublk_device *ub)
* touch completed uring_cmd
*/
blk_mq_quiesce_queue(disk->queue);
- ub->canceling = true;
- for (i = 0; i < ub->dev_info.nr_hw_queues; i++)
- ublk_get_queue(ub, i)->canceling = true;
+ ublk_set_canceling(ub, true);
blk_mq_unquiesce_queue(disk->queue);
out:
mutex_unlock(&ub->cancel_mutex);
@@ -1942,10 +1958,11 @@ static void ublk_reset_io_flags(struct ublk_device *ub)
for (j = 0; j < ubq->q_depth; j++)
ubq->ios[j].flags &= ~UBLK_IO_FLAG_CANCELED;
spin_unlock(&ubq->cancel_lock);
- ubq->canceling = false;
ubq->fail_io = false;
}
- ub->canceling = false;
+ mutex_lock(&ub->cancel_mutex);
+ ublk_set_canceling(ub, false);
+ mutex_unlock(&ub->cancel_mutex);
}

/* device can only be started after all IOs are ready */
@@ -3417,7 +3434,7 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_quiesce_dev(struct ublk_device *ub,
/* zero means wait forever */
u64 timeout_ms = header->data[0];
struct gendisk *disk;
- int i, ret = -ENODEV;
+ int ret = -ENODEV;

if (!(ub->dev_info.flags & UBLK_F_QUIESCE))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -3435,14 +3452,11 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_quiesce_dev(struct ublk_device *ub,
goto put_disk;

/* Mark the device as canceling */
+ mutex_lock(&ub->cancel_mutex);
blk_mq_quiesce_queue(disk->queue);
- ub->canceling = true;
- for (i = 0; i < ub->dev_info.nr_hw_queues; i++) {
- struct ublk_queue *ubq = ublk_get_queue(ub, i);
-
- ubq->canceling = true;
- }
+ ublk_set_canceling(ub, true);
blk_mq_unquiesce_queue(disk->queue);
+ mutex_unlock(&ub->cancel_mutex);

if (!timeout_ms)
timeout_ms = UINT_MAX;

--
2.34.1