Multipath在OpenStack中的faulty device的成因及解决(part 1)

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简介：

Multipath：这个多路径软件在Linux平台广泛使用，它的功能就是可以把一个快设备对应的多条路径聚合成一个单一的multipath device。主要目的有如下两点：

多路径冗余（redundancy）：当配置在Active/Passive模式下，只有一半的路径会用来做IO，如果IO路径上有任何失败（包括，交换机故障，线路故障，后端存储故障等），可以自动切换的备用路线上，对上层应用做到基本无感知。

提高性能（Performance）： 当配置在Active/Active模式下，所以路径都可以用来跑IO（如以round-robin模式），可以提高IO速率或者延时。

multipath不是本文的重点，如有需要，请移步：https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/dm_multipath/setup_overview

安装及使用：

Multipath：这个多路径软件在Linux平台广泛使用，在Debian/Ubuntu平台可以通过 sudo apt-get install multipath-tools 安装, RedHat/CentOS 平台可以通过 sudo yum install device-mapper-multipath 安装。

multipath.conf: multipath对于主流的存储阵列都有默认的配置，可以支持存储阵列的很多自带特性，如ALUA。当然用户可以在安装好后，手动创建/etc/multipath.conf

以下是VNX/Unity的参考配置（vnx cinder driver）：

blacklist {
    # Skip the files under /dev that are definitely not FC/iSCSI devices
    # Different system may need different customization
    devnode "^(ram|raw|loop|fd|md|dm-|sr|scd|st)[0-9]*"
    devnode "^hd[a-z][0-9]*"
    devnode "^cciss!c[0-9]d[0-9]*[p[0-9]*]"

    # Skip LUNZ device from VNX
    device {
        vendor "DGC"
        product "LUNZ"
        }
}

defaults {
    user_friendly_names no
    flush_on_last_del yes
}

devices {
    # Device attributed for EMC CLARiiON and VNX series ALUA
    device {
        vendor "DGC"
        product ".*"
        product_blacklist "LUNZ"
        path_grouping_policy group_by_prio
        path_selector "round-robin 0"
        path_checker emc_clariion
        features "1 queue_if_no_path"
        hardware_handler "1 alua"
        prio alua
        failback immediate
    }
}

Multipath在OpenStack中的应用及faulty device的产生：

OpenStack中，multipath可以使用在Nova和Cinder的节点上，提供对后端存储的高可用访问。在很早之前，这部分代码是分别在Nova和Cinder项目里面的，渐渐的为了维护方便，就单独拧出来一个项目：os-brick

os-brick里面很重要的两个interface是：connect_volume-负责链接一个存储上的LUN或者disk，disconnect_volume-辅助断开与存储上一个LUN的链接。

什么是faulty device

当host上multipath软件发现对应的host path不可访问时，就会显示为faulty状态。

关于所有状态的描述，可以参考：https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_DM_Multipath

os-brick的代码我选择的是比较早期容易产生faulty device的版本：https://github.com/openstack/os-brick/blob/liberty-eol/os_brick/initiator/connector.py

1. connect_volume的主要逻辑如下：

     @synchronized('connect_volume')
     def connect_volume(self, connection_properties):
         """Attach the volume to instance_name.
         connection_properties for iSCSI must include:
         target_portal(s) - ip and optional port
         target_iqn(s) - iSCSI Qualified Name
         target_lun(s) - LUN id of the volume
         Note that plural keys may be used when use_multipath=True
         """

         device_info = {'type': 'block'}

         if self.use_multipath:
             # Multipath installed, discovering other targets if available
             try:
                 ips_iqns = self._discover_iscsi_portals(connection_properties)
             except Exception:
                 raise exception.TargetPortalNotFound(
                     target_portal=connection_properties['target_portal'])

             if not connection_properties.get('target_iqns'):
                 # There are two types of iSCSI multipath devices. One which
                 # shares the same iqn between multiple portals, and the other
                 # which use different iqns on different portals.
                 # Try to identify the type by checking the iscsiadm output
                 # if the iqn is used by multiple portals. If it is, it's
                 # the former, so use the supplied iqn. Otherwise, it's the
                 # latter, so try the ip,iqn combinations to find the targets
                 # which constitutes the multipath device.
                 main_iqn = connection_properties['target_iqn']
                 all_portals = set([ip for ip, iqn in ips_iqns])
                 match_portals = set([ip for ip, iqn in ips_iqns
                                      if iqn == main_iqn])
                 if len(all_portals) == len(match_portals):
                     ips_iqns = zip(all_portals, [main_iqn] * len(all_portals))

             for ip, iqn in ips_iqns:
                 props = copy.deepcopy(connection_properties)
                 props['target_portal'] = ip
                 props['target_iqn'] = iqn
                 self._connect_to_iscsi_portal(props)

             self._rescan_iscsi()
             host_devices = self._get_device_path(connection_properties)
         else:
             target_props = connection_properties
             for props in self._iterate_all_targets(connection_properties):
                 if self._connect_to_iscsi_portal(props):
                     target_props = props
                     break
                 else:
                     LOG.warning(_LW(
                         'Failed to connect to iSCSI portal %(portal)s.'),
                         {'portal': props['target_portal']})

             host_devices = self._get_device_path(target_props)

         # The /dev/disk/by-path/... node is not always present immediately
         # TODO(justinsb): This retry-with-delay is a pattern, move to utils?
         tries = 0
         # Loop until at least 1 path becomes available
         while all(map(lambda x: not os.path.exists(x), host_devices)):
             if tries >= self.device_scan_attempts:
                 raise exception.VolumeDeviceNotFound(device=host_devices)

             LOG.warning(_LW("ISCSI volume not yet found at: %(host_devices)s. "
                             "Will rescan & retry.  Try number: %(tries)s."),
                         {'host_devices': host_devices,
                          'tries': tries})

             # The rescan isn't documented as being necessary(?), but it helps
 72             if self.use_multipath:
 73                 self._rescan_iscsi()
             else:
                 if (tries):
                     host_devices = self._get_device_path(target_props)
                 self._run_iscsiadm(target_props, ("--rescan",))

             tries = tries + 1
             if all(map(lambda x: not os.path.exists(x), host_devices)):
                 time.sleep(tries ** 2)
             else:
                 break

         if tries != 0:
             LOG.debug("Found iSCSI node %(host_devices)s "
                       "(after %(tries)s rescans)",
                       {'host_devices': host_devices, 'tries': tries})

         # Choose an accessible host device
         host_device = next(dev for dev in host_devices if os.path.exists(dev))

 93         if self.use_multipath:
 94             # We use the multipath device instead of the single path device
 95             self._rescan_multipath()
             multipath_device = self._get_multipath_device_name(host_device)
             if multipath_device is not None:
                 host_device = multipath_device
                 LOG.debug("Unable to find multipath device name for "
                           "volume. Only using path %(device)s "
                           "for volume.", {'device': host_device})

         device_info['path'] = host_device
         return device_info

其中重要的逻辑我都用红色标记了，用来发现host上的块设备device

2. disconnect_volume逻辑如下：

     @synchronized('connect_volume')
     def disconnect_volume(self, connection_properties, device_info):
         """Detach the volume from instance_name.
         connection_properties for iSCSI must include:
         target_portal(s) - IP and optional port
         target_iqn(s) - iSCSI Qualified Name
         target_lun(s) - LUN id of the volume
         """
         if self.use_multipath:
10             self._rescan_multipath()
             host_device = multipath_device = None
             host_devices = self._get_device_path(connection_properties)
             # Choose an accessible host device
             for dev in host_devices:
                 if os.path.exists(dev):
                     host_device = dev
                     multipath_device = self._get_multipath_device_name(dev)
                     if multipath_device:
                         break
             if not host_device:
                 LOG.error(_LE("No accessible volume device: %(host_devices)s"),
                           {'host_devices': host_devices})
                 raise exception.VolumeDeviceNotFound(device=host_devices)

             if multipath_device:
                 device_realpath = os.path.realpath(host_device)
27                 self._linuxscsi.remove_multipath_device(device_realpath)
28                 return self._disconnect_volume_multipath_iscsi(
29                     connection_properties, multipath_device)

         # When multiple portals/iqns/luns are specified, we need to remove
         # unused devices created by logging into other LUNs' session.
         for props in self._iterate_all_targets(connection_properties):
             self._disconnect_volume_iscsi(props)

上面的红色代码块，会把LUN对应的host path从kernel中，和multipath mapper中删除。

3. 竞态Race Condition分析

注意到，以上两个接口都是用的同一个叫（connect_volume)的锁（其实就是用flock实现的Linux上的文件锁）

为了方便描述faulty device的产生，我画了如下的图，来表示两个接口的关系

如上的流程在非并发的情况下是表现正常的，host上的device都可以正常连接和清理。

但是，以上逻辑有个实现上的问题，当高并发情况下，会产生faulty device， 考虑一下执行顺序：

1. 右边的disconnect_volume执行完毕，存储上LUN对应的device path(在/dev/disk/by-path下可以看到）和multipath descriptor（multipath -l可以看到）。
2. 这个时候，connect_volume锁被释放，左边的connect_volume开始执行，而右边的terminate_connection还没有执行，也就是说，存储上还没有移除host访问LUN的权限，任何host上的scsi rescan还是会发现这个LUN的device。
3. 接着，connect_volume按正常执行，iscsi rescan 和multipath rescan都相继执行，造成在步骤 1）中已经删除的device有重新被scan出来。
4. 然后，右边的terminate_connection在存储上执行完成，移除了host对LUN的访问，最终就形成的所谓的faulty device，看到的multipath 输出如下(两个multipath descriptor都是faulty的）：

$ sudo multipath -ll

3600601601290380036a00936cf13e711 dm-30 DGC,VRAID
size=2.0G features='1 retain_attached_hw_handler' hwhandler='1 alua' wp=rw
|-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=0 status=active
| `- 11:0:0:151 sdef 128:112 failed faulty running
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=0 status=enabled
  `- 12:0:0:151 sdeg 128:128 failed faulty running

3600601601bd032007c097518e96ae411 dm-2 DGC,VRAID
size=1.0G features='1 queue_if_no_path' hwhandler='1 alua' wp=rw
|-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=0 status=active
  `- #:#:#:# -   #:#   active faulty running

一般来说，有#:#:#:#输出的multipath是可以直接用 sudo multipath -f 3600601601bd032007c097518e96ae411  删除的。

作为第一部分，到这里faulty device的产生介绍完了，后面再找机会，介绍下在os-brick中如何尽量避免faulty device的出现。

参考资料：

RedHat官方multipath的介绍：https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/dm_multipath/mpio_description

EMC VNX driver doc：https://docs.openstack.org/cinder/queens/configuration/block-storage/drivers/dell-emc-vnx-driver.html

Go实现的块设备连接工具：https://github.com/peter-wangxu/goock

iSCSI Faulty Device Cleanup Script for VNX：https://github.com/emc-openstack/vnx-faulty-device-cleanup