linux/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkback
Maximilian Heyne e94c6101e1 xen-blkback: Apply 'feature_persistent' parameter when connect
In some use cases[1], the backend is created while the frontend doesn't
support the persistent grants feature, but later the frontend can be
changed to support the feature and reconnect.  In the past, 'blkback'
enabled the persistent grants feature since it unconditionally checked
if frontend supports the persistent grants feature for every connect
('connect_ring()') and decided whether it should use persistent grans or
not.

However, commit aac8a70db2 ("xen-blkback: add a parameter for
disabling of persistent grants") has mistakenly changed the behavior.
It made the frontend feature support check to not be repeated once it
shown the 'feature_persistent' as 'false', or the frontend doesn't
support persistent grants.

This commit changes the behavior of the parameter to make effect for
every connect, so that the previous workflow can work again as expected.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/CAJwUmVB6H3iTs-C+U=v-pwJB7-_ZRHPxHzKRJZ22xEPW7z8a=g@mail.gmail.com/

Reported-by: Andrii Chepurnyi <andrii.chepurnyi82@gmail.com>
Fixes: aac8a70db2 ("xen-blkback: add a parameter for disabling of persistent grants")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.10.x
Signed-off-by: Maximilian Heyne <mheyne@amazon.de>
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Maximilian Heyne <mheyne@amazon.de>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220715225108.193398-3-sj@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
2022-08-12 12:13:51 +02:00

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What: /sys/module/xen_blkback/parameters/max_buffer_pages
Date: March 2013
KernelVersion: 3.11
Contact: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
Description:
Maximum number of free pages to keep in each block
backend buffer.
What: /sys/module/xen_blkback/parameters/max_persistent_grants
Date: March 2013
KernelVersion: 3.11
Contact: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
Description:
Maximum number of grants to map persistently in
blkback. If the frontend tries to use more than
max_persistent_grants, the LRU kicks in and starts
removing 5% of max_persistent_grants every 100ms.
What: /sys/module/xen_blkback/parameters/persistent_grant_unused_seconds
Date: August 2018
KernelVersion: 4.19
Contact: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
Description:
How long a persistent grant is allowed to remain
allocated without being in use. The time is in
seconds, 0 means indefinitely long.
The default is 60 seconds.
What: /sys/module/xen_blkback/parameters/buffer_squeeze_duration_ms
Date: December 2019
KernelVersion: 5.6
Contact: Maximilian Heyne <mheyne@amazon.de>
Description:
When memory pressure is reported to blkback this option
controls the duration in milliseconds that blkback will not
cache any page not backed by a grant mapping.
The default is 10ms.
What: /sys/module/xen_blkback/parameters/feature_persistent
Date: September 2020
KernelVersion: 5.10
Contact: Maximilian Heyne <mheyne@amazon.de>
Description:
Whether to enable the persistent grants feature or not. Note
that this option only takes effect on newly connected backends.
The default is Y (enable).