Re: [PATCH] blkcg: add rcu lock to bio_clone_blkg_association()
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Date: 2018-12-21 15:26:08
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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Date: 2018-12-21 15:26:08
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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. -- Jens Axboe