dm: fix IO splitting

Commit 882ec4e609c1 ("dm table: stack 'chunk_sectors' limit to account
for target-specific splitting") caused a couple regressions:
1) Using lcm_not_zero() when stacking chunk_sectors was a bug because
   chunk_sectors must reflect the most limited of all devices in the
   IO stack.
2) DM targets that set max_io_len but that do _not_ provide an
   .iterate_devices method no longer had there IO split properly.

And commit 5091cdec56fa ("dm: change max_io_len() to use
blk_max_size_offset()") also caused a regression where DM no longer
supported varied (per target) IO splitting. The implication being the
potential for severely reduced performance for IO stacks that use a DM
target like dm-cache to hide performance limitations of a slower
device (e.g. one that requires 4K IO splitting).

Coming full circle: Fix all these issues by discontinuing stacking
chunk_sectors up using ti->max_io_len in dm_calculate_queue_limits(),
add optional chunk_sectors override argument to blk_max_size_offset()
and update DM's max_io_len() to pass ti->max_io_len to its
blk_max_size_offset() call.

Passing in an optional chunk_sectors override to blk_max_size_offset()
allows for code reuse of block's centralized calculation for max IO
size based on provided offset and split boundary.

Fixes: 882ec4e609c1 ("dm table: stack 'chunk_sectors' limit to account for target-specific splitting")
Fixes: 5091cdec56fa ("dm: change max_io_len() to use blk_max_size_offset()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: John Dorminy <jdorminy@redhat.com>
Reported-by: Bruce Johnston <bjohnsto@redhat.com>
Reported-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@virtuozzo.com>
Reviewed-by: John Dorminy <jdorminy@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 98866e725f25..f7eb3d2964f3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -1039,15 +1039,18 @@ static sector_t max_io_len(struct dm_target *ti, sector_t sector)
 	sector_t max_len;
 
 	/*
-	 * Does the target need to split even further?
-	 * - q->limits.chunk_sectors reflects ti->max_io_len so
-	 *   blk_max_size_offset() provides required splitting.
-	 * - blk_max_size_offset() also respects q->limits.max_sectors
+	 * Does the target need to split IO even further?
+	 * - varied (per target) IO splitting is a tenet of DM; this
+	 *   explains why stacked chunk_sectors based splitting via
+	 *   blk_max_size_offset() isn't possible here. So pass in
+	 *   ti->max_io_len to override stacked chunk_sectors.
 	 */
-	max_len = blk_max_size_offset(ti->table->md->queue,
-				      target_offset);
-	if (len > max_len)
-		len = max_len;
+	if (ti->max_io_len) {
+		max_len = blk_max_size_offset(ti->table->md->queue,
+					      target_offset, ti->max_io_len);
+		if (len > max_len)
+			len = max_len;
+	}
 
 	return len;
 }