From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Dennis Zhou <dennis@kernel.org>
Cc: kernel-team@fb.com, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] blkcg: add rcu lock to bio_clone_blkg_association()
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 10:03:08 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <af9fe74e-b5cd-96d8-b3d6-f8ee01f98121@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181221170243.GA17140@dennisz-mbp>
On 12/21/18 10:02 AM, Dennis Zhou wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 08:26:02AM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> On 12/21/18 7:54 AM, Dennis Zhou wrote:
>>> I cleaned up blkg_tryget_closest() to require rcu_read_lock() earlier.
>>> However, this was a subtle case too which clearly was too subtle for me.
>>> The idea was the src bio should be holding a ref to the blkg so rcu
>>> wasn't technically needed. If it doesn't hold a ref, it should be %NULL
>>> and the blkg->parent pointers are unused.
>>>
>>> This adds the appropriate read lock in bio_clone_blkg_association().
>>
>> Shall I just fold this with the previous? I staged it in a
>> later-in-merge-cycle branch, so that's not an issue to amend.
>>
>
> Yeah that would be great!
Done
--
Jens Axboe
prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-12-21 17:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-12-21 14:54 Dennis Zhou
2018-12-21 15:26 ` Jens Axboe
2018-12-21 17:02 ` Dennis Zhou
2018-12-21 17:03 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
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