drbd: Run the fence-peer helper asynchronously

Since we can not thaw the transfer log, the next logical step is
to allow reconnects while the fence-peer handler runs.

Signed-off-by: Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@linbit.com>
Signed-off-by: Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@linbit.com>

3 files changed, 25 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index 03cc975b9e6c..ab20c0062d21 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -1423,7 +1423,8 @@ extern void resync_after_online_grow(struct drbd_conf *);
 extern void drbd_setup_queue_param(struct drbd_conf *mdev, unsigned int) __must_hold(local);
 extern int drbd_set_role(struct drbd_conf *mdev, enum drbd_role new_role,
                 int force);
-enum drbd_disk_state drbd_try_outdate_peer(struct drbd_conf *mdev);
+extern enum drbd_disk_state drbd_try_outdate_peer(struct drbd_conf *mdev);
+extern void drbd_try_outdate_peer_async(struct drbd_conf *mdev);
 extern int drbd_khelper(struct drbd_conf *mdev, char *cmd);
 
 /* drbd_worker.c */
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index cda7cb3202b9..32d00720470b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 #include <linux/drbd_tag_magic.h>
 #include <linux/drbd_limits.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
 
 static unsigned short *tl_add_blob(unsigned short *, enum drbd_tags, const void *, int);
 static unsigned short *tl_add_str(unsigned short *, enum drbd_tags, const char *);
@@ -256,6 +258,25 @@ enum drbd_disk_state drbd_try_outdate_peer(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
         return nps;
 }
 
+static int _try_outdate_peer_async(void *data)
+{
+        struct drbd_conf *mdev = (struct drbd_conf *)data;
+        enum drbd_disk_state nps;
+
+        nps = drbd_try_outdate_peer(mdev);
+        drbd_request_state(mdev, NS(pdsk, nps));
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+void drbd_try_outdate_peer_async(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
+{
+        struct task_struct *opa;
+
+        opa = kthread_run(_try_outdate_peer_async, mdev, "drbd%d_a_helper", mdev_to_minor(mdev));
+        if (IS_ERR(opa))
+                dev_err(DEV, "out of mem, failed to invoke fence-peer helper\n");
+}
 
 int drbd_set_role(struct drbd_conf *mdev, enum drbd_role new_role, int force)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index 72bc1a130645..101ad186244c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -3747,12 +3747,8 @@ static void drbd_disconnect(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
                 put_ldev(mdev);
         }
 
-        if (mdev->state.role == R_PRIMARY) {
-                if (fp >= FP_RESOURCE && mdev->state.pdsk >= D_UNKNOWN) {
-                        enum drbd_disk_state nps = drbd_try_outdate_peer(mdev);
-                        drbd_request_state(mdev, NS(pdsk, nps));
-                }
-        }
+        if (mdev->state.role == R_PRIMARY && fp >= FP_RESOURCE && mdev->state.pdsk >= D_UNKNOWN)
+                drbd_try_outdate_peer_async(mdev);
 
         spin_lock_irq(&mdev->req_lock);
         os = mdev->state;