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iSCSI: let session recovery_tmo sysfs writes persist across recovery

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Chris Leech June 16, 2015, 11:07 p.m. UTC
The iSCSI session recovery_tmo setting is writeable in sysfs, but it's
also set every time a connection is established when parameters are set
from iscsid over netlink.  That results in the timeout being reset to
the default value after every recovery.

The DM multipath tools want to use the sysfs interface to lower the
default timeout when there are multiple paths to fail over.  It has
caused confusion that we have a writeable sysfs value that seem to keep
resetting itself.

This patch adds an in-kernel flag that gets set once a sysfs write
occurs, and then ignores netlink parameter setting once it's been
modified via the sysfs interface.  My thinking here is that the sysfs
interface is much simpler for external tools to influence the session
timeout, but if we're going to allow it to be modified directly we
should ensure that setting is maintained.

Signed-off-by: Chris Leech <cleech@redhat.com>
---
 drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c | 11 ++++++++---
 include/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Comments

Mike Christie June 17, 2015, 2:33 p.m. UTC | #1
On 06/16/2015 06:07 PM, Chris Leech wrote:
> The iSCSI session recovery_tmo setting is writeable in sysfs, but it's
> also set every time a connection is established when parameters are set
> from iscsid over netlink.  That results in the timeout being reset to
> the default value after every recovery.
> 
> The DM multipath tools want to use the sysfs interface to lower the
> default timeout when there are multiple paths to fail over.  It has
> caused confusion that we have a writeable sysfs value that seem to keep
> resetting itself.
> 
> This patch adds an in-kernel flag that gets set once a sysfs write
> occurs, and then ignores netlink parameter setting once it's been
> modified via the sysfs interface.  My thinking here is that the sysfs
> interface is much simpler for external tools to influence the session
> timeout, but if we're going to allow it to be modified directly we
> should ensure that setting is maintained.
> 

What happened? Why didn't you make it more generic so all future iscsi
sysfs settings work the same way like when I reviewed it in the bz? Did
it get too messy when we only have the one writeable attr?

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Chris Leech June 17, 2015, 3:31 p.m. UTC | #2
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 09:33:04AM -0500, Mike Christie wrote:
> On 06/16/2015 06:07 PM, Chris Leech wrote:
> > The iSCSI session recovery_tmo setting is writeable in sysfs, but it's
> > also set every time a connection is established when parameters are set
> > from iscsid over netlink.  That results in the timeout being reset to
> > the default value after every recovery.
> > 
> > The DM multipath tools want to use the sysfs interface to lower the
> > default timeout when there are multiple paths to fail over.  It has
> > caused confusion that we have a writeable sysfs value that seem to keep
> > resetting itself.
> > 
> > This patch adds an in-kernel flag that gets set once a sysfs write
> > occurs, and then ignores netlink parameter setting once it's been
> > modified via the sysfs interface.  My thinking here is that the sysfs
> > interface is much simpler for external tools to influence the session
> > timeout, but if we're going to allow it to be modified directly we
> > should ensure that setting is maintained.
> > 
> 
> What happened? Why didn't you make it more generic so all future iscsi
> sysfs settings work the same way like when I reviewed it in the bz? Did
> it get too messy when we only have the one writeable attr?

I kept the macro declaration, previous revision had that removed, and
modified it so that it could be used for future rw attrs in the same
manner.  It's possible something could be done for the override check in
iscsi_set_param, but there's not a lot of code to share here.

- Chris
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Mike Christie June 17, 2015, 3:40 p.m. UTC | #3
On 06/16/2015 06:07 PM, Chris Leech wrote:
> The iSCSI session recovery_tmo setting is writeable in sysfs, but it's
> also set every time a connection is established when parameters are set
> from iscsid over netlink.  That results in the timeout being reset to
> the default value after every recovery.
> 
> The DM multipath tools want to use the sysfs interface to lower the
> default timeout when there are multiple paths to fail over.  It has
> caused confusion that we have a writeable sysfs value that seem to keep
> resetting itself.
> 
> This patch adds an in-kernel flag that gets set once a sysfs write
> occurs, and then ignores netlink parameter setting once it's been
> modified via the sysfs interface.  My thinking here is that the sysfs
> interface is much simpler for external tools to influence the session
> timeout, but if we're going to allow it to be modified directly we
> should ensure that setting is maintained.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Leech <cleech@redhat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c | 11 ++++++++---
>  include/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.h |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
> index 67d43e3..35ef55f 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
> @@ -2040,6 +2040,7 @@ iscsi_alloc_session(struct Scsi_Host *shost, struct iscsi_transport *transport,
>  	session->transport = transport;
>  	session->creator = -1;
>  	session->recovery_tmo = 120;
> +	session->recovery_tmo_sysfs_override = false;
>  	session->state = ISCSI_SESSION_FREE;
>  	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&session->recovery_work, session_recovery_timedout);
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&session->sess_list);
> @@ -2784,7 +2785,8 @@ iscsi_set_param(struct iscsi_transport *transport, struct iscsi_uevent *ev)
>  	switch (ev->u.set_param.param) {
>  	case ISCSI_PARAM_SESS_RECOVERY_TMO:
>  		sscanf(data, "%d", &value);
> -		session->recovery_tmo = value;
> +		if (!session->recovery_tmo_sysfs_override)
> +			session->recovery_tmo = value;
>  		break;
>  	default:
>  		err = transport->set_param(conn, ev->u.set_param.param,
> @@ -4047,13 +4049,15 @@ store_priv_session_##field(struct device *dev,				\
>  	if ((session->state == ISCSI_SESSION_FREE) ||			\
>  	    (session->state == ISCSI_SESSION_FAILED))			\
>  		return -EBUSY;						\
> -	if (strncmp(buf, "off", 3) == 0)				\
> +	if (strncmp(buf, "off", 3) == 0) {				\
>  		session->field = -1;					\
> -	else {								\
> +		session->field##_sysfs_override = true;			\
> +	} else {							\
>  		val = simple_strtoul(buf, &cp, 0);			\
>  		if (*cp != '\0' && *cp != '\n')				\
>  			return -EINVAL;					\
>  		session->field = val;					\
> +		session->field##_sysfs_override = true;			\
>  	}								\
>  	return count;							\
>  }
> @@ -4064,6 +4068,7 @@ store_priv_session_##field(struct device *dev,				\
>  static ISCSI_CLASS_ATTR(priv_sess, field, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,		\
>  			show_priv_session_##field,			\
>  			store_priv_session_##field)
> +
>  iscsi_priv_session_rw_attr(recovery_tmo, "%d");
>  
>  static struct attribute *iscsi_session_attrs[] = {
> diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.h b/include/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.h
> index 2555ee5..6183d20 100644
> --- a/include/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.h
> +++ b/include/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.h
> @@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ struct iscsi_cls_session {
>  
>  	/* recovery fields */
>  	int recovery_tmo;
> +	bool recovery_tmo_sysfs_override;
>  	struct delayed_work recovery_work;
>  
>  	unsigned int target_id;
> 

Looks ok to me.

Reviewed-by: Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu>

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diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
index 67d43e3..35ef55f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
@@ -2040,6 +2040,7 @@  iscsi_alloc_session(struct Scsi_Host *shost, struct iscsi_transport *transport,
 	session->transport = transport;
 	session->creator = -1;
 	session->recovery_tmo = 120;
+	session->recovery_tmo_sysfs_override = false;
 	session->state = ISCSI_SESSION_FREE;
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&session->recovery_work, session_recovery_timedout);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&session->sess_list);
@@ -2784,7 +2785,8 @@  iscsi_set_param(struct iscsi_transport *transport, struct iscsi_uevent *ev)
 	switch (ev->u.set_param.param) {
 	case ISCSI_PARAM_SESS_RECOVERY_TMO:
 		sscanf(data, "%d", &value);
-		session->recovery_tmo = value;
+		if (!session->recovery_tmo_sysfs_override)
+			session->recovery_tmo = value;
 		break;
 	default:
 		err = transport->set_param(conn, ev->u.set_param.param,
@@ -4047,13 +4049,15 @@  store_priv_session_##field(struct device *dev,				\
 	if ((session->state == ISCSI_SESSION_FREE) ||			\
 	    (session->state == ISCSI_SESSION_FAILED))			\
 		return -EBUSY;						\
-	if (strncmp(buf, "off", 3) == 0)				\
+	if (strncmp(buf, "off", 3) == 0) {				\
 		session->field = -1;					\
-	else {								\
+		session->field##_sysfs_override = true;			\
+	} else {							\
 		val = simple_strtoul(buf, &cp, 0);			\
 		if (*cp != '\0' && *cp != '\n')				\
 			return -EINVAL;					\
 		session->field = val;					\
+		session->field##_sysfs_override = true;			\
 	}								\
 	return count;							\
 }
@@ -4064,6 +4068,7 @@  store_priv_session_##field(struct device *dev,				\
 static ISCSI_CLASS_ATTR(priv_sess, field, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,		\
 			show_priv_session_##field,			\
 			store_priv_session_##field)
+
 iscsi_priv_session_rw_attr(recovery_tmo, "%d");
 
 static struct attribute *iscsi_session_attrs[] = {
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.h b/include/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.h
index 2555ee5..6183d20 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.h
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@  struct iscsi_cls_session {
 
 	/* recovery fields */
 	int recovery_tmo;
+	bool recovery_tmo_sysfs_override;
 	struct delayed_work recovery_work;
 
 	unsigned int target_id;