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2012-02-08block: separate out blk_rq_merge_ok() and blk_try_merge() from elevator ↵Tejun Heo
functions blk_rq_merge_ok() is the elevator-neutral part of merge eligibility test. blk_try_merge() determines merge direction and expects the caller to have tested elv_rq_merge_ok() previously. elv_rq_merge_ok() now wraps blk_rq_merge_ok() and then calls elv_iosched_allow_merge(). elv_try_merge() is removed and the two callers are updated to call elv_rq_merge_ok() explicitly followed by blk_try_merge(). While at it, make rq_merge_ok() functions return bool. This is to prepare for plug merge update and doesn't introduce any behavior change. This is based on Jens' patch to skip elevator_allow_merge_fn() from plug merge. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> LKML-Reference: <4F16F3CA.90904@kernel.dk> Original-patch-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-02-07block: strip out locking optimization in put_io_context()Tejun Heo
put_io_context() performed a complex trylock dancing to avoid deferring ioc release to workqueue. It was also broken on UP because trylock was always assumed to succeed which resulted in unbalanced preemption count. While there are ways to fix the UP breakage, even the most pathological microbench (forced ioc allocation and tight fork/exit loop) fails to show any appreciable performance benefit of the optimization. Strip it out. If there turns out to be workloads which are affected by this change, simpler optimization from the discussion thread can be applied later. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> LKML-Reference: <1328514611.21268.66.camel@sli10-conroe> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-02-06block: fix ioc locking warningShaohua Li
Meelis reported a warning: WARNING: at kernel/timer.c:1122 run_timer_softirq+0x199/0x1ec() Hardware name: 939Dual-SATA2 timer: cfq_idle_slice_timer+0x0/0xaa preempt leak: 00000102 -> 00000103 Modules linked in: sr_mod cdrom videodev media drm_kms_helper ohci_hcd ehci_hcd v4l2_compat_ioctl32 usbcore i2c_ali15x3 snd_seq drm snd_timer snd_seq Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 3.3.0-rc2-00110-gd125666 #176 Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff81022aaa>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7e/0x96 [<ffffffff8114c485>] ? cfq_slice_expired+0x1d/0x1d [<ffffffff81022b56>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x41/0x43 [<ffffffff8114c526>] ? cfq_idle_slice_timer+0xa1/0xaa [<ffffffff8114c485>] ? cfq_slice_expired+0x1d/0x1d [<ffffffff8102c124>] run_timer_softirq+0x199/0x1ec [<ffffffff81047a53>] ? timekeeping_get_ns+0x12/0x31 [<ffffffff810145fd>] ? apic_write+0x11/0x13 [<ffffffff81027475>] __do_softirq+0x74/0xfa [<ffffffff812f337a>] call_softirq+0x1a/0x30 [<ffffffff81002ff9>] do_softirq+0x31/0x68 [<ffffffff810276cf>] irq_exit+0x3d/0xa3 [<ffffffff81014aca>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6b/0x77 [<ffffffff812f2de9>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x69/0x70 <EOI> [<ffffffff81040136>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0x73/0x7d [<ffffffff81040136>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0x73/0x7d [<ffffffff8100801f>] ? default_idle+0x1e/0x32 [<ffffffff81008019>] ? default_idle+0x18/0x32 [<ffffffff810008b1>] cpu_idle+0x87/0xd1 [<ffffffff812de861>] rest_init+0x85/0x89 [<ffffffff81659a4d>] start_kernel+0x2eb/0x2f8 [<ffffffff8165926e>] x86_64_start_reservations+0x7e/0x82 [<ffffffff81659362>] x86_64_start_kernel+0xf0/0xf7 this_q == locked_q is possible. There are two problems here: 1. In UP case, there is preemption counter issue as spin_trylock always successes. 2. In SMP case, the loop breaks too earlier. Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Reported-by: Meelis Roos <mroos@linux.ee> Reported-by: Knut Petersen <Knut_Petersen@t-online.de> Tested-by: Knut Petersen <Knut_Petersen@t-online.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-01-19block: fix NULL icq_cache referenceShaohua Li
Vivek reported a kernel crash: [ 94.217015] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000001c [ 94.218004] IP: [<ffffffff81142fae>] kmem_cache_free+0x5e/0x200 [ 94.218004] PGD 13abda067 PUD 137d52067 PMD 0 [ 94.218004] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC [ 94.218004] CPU 0 [ 94.218004] Modules linked in: [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan] [ 94.218004] [ 94.218004] Pid: 0, comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.2.0+ #16 Hewlett-Packard HP xw6600 Workstation/0A9Ch [ 94.218004] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81142fae>] [<ffffffff81142fae>] kmem_cache_free+0x5e/0x200 [ 94.218004] RSP: 0018:ffff88013fc03de0 EFLAGS: 00010006 [ 94.218004] RAX: ffffffff81e0d020 RBX: ffff880138b3c680 RCX: 00000001801c001b [ 94.218004] RDX: 00000000003aac1d RSI: ffff880138b3c680 RDI: ffffffff81142fae [ 94.218004] RBP: ffff88013fc03e10 R08: ffff880137830238 R09: 0000000000000001 [ 94.218004] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 94.218004] R13: ffffea0004e2cf00 R14: ffffffff812f6eb6 R15: 0000000000000246 [ 94.218004] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88013fc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 94.218004] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b [ 94.218004] CR2: 000000000000001c CR3: 00000001395ab000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 [ 94.218004] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 94.218004] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 94.218004] Process swapper/0 (pid: 0, threadinfo ffffffff81e00000, task ffffffff81e0d020) [ 94.218004] Stack: [ 94.218004] 0000000000000102 ffff88013fc0db20 ffffffff81e22700 ffff880139500f00 [ 94.218004] 0000000000000001 000000000000000a ffff88013fc03e20 ffffffff812f6eb6 [ 94.218004] ffff88013fc03e90 ffffffff810c8da2 ffffffff81e01fd8 ffff880137830240 [ 94.218004] Call Trace: [ 94.218004] <IRQ> [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff812f6eb6>] icq_free_icq_rcu+0x16/0x20 [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff810c8da2>] __rcu_process_callbacks+0x1c2/0x420 [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff810c9038>] rcu_process_callbacks+0x38/0x250 [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff810405ee>] __do_softirq+0xce/0x3e0 [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff8108ed04>] ? clockevents_program_event+0x74/0x100 [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff81090104>] ? tick_program_event+0x24/0x30 [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff8183ed1c>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30 [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff8100422d>] do_softirq+0x8d/0xc0 [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff81040c3e>] irq_exit+0xae/0xe0 [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff8183f4be>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6e/0x99 [ 94.218004] [<ffffffff8183e330>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x70/0x80 Once a queue is quiesced, it's not supposed to have any elvpriv data or icq's, and elevator switching depends on that. Request alloc path followed the rule for elvpriv data but forgot apply it to icq's leading to the following crash during elevator switch. Fix it by not allocating icq's if ELVPRIV is not set for the request. Reported-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Tested-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-01-19block,cfq: change code orderShaohua Li
cfq_slice_expired will change saved_workload_slice. It should be called first so saved_workload_slice is correctly set to 0 after workload type is changed. This fixes the code order changed by 54b466e44b1c7. Tested-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-01-17cfq-iosched: fix use-after-free of cfqqJens Axboe
With the changes in life time management between the cfq IO contexts and the cfq queues, we now risk having cfqd->active_queue being freed when cfq_slice_expired() is being called. cfq_preempt_queue() caches this queue and uses it after calling said function, causing a use-after-free condition. This triggers the following oops, when cfqq_type() attempts to dereference it: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff8800746c4f0c IP: [<ffffffff81266d59>] cfqq_type+0xb/0x20 PGD 18d4063 PUD 1fe15067 PMD 1ffb9067 PTE 80000000746c4160 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC CPU 3 Modules linked in: Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 3.2.0-josef+ #367 Bochs Bochs RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81266d59>] [<ffffffff81266d59>] cfqq_type+0xb/0x20 RSP: 0018:ffff880079c11778 EFLAGS: 00010046 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff880076f3df08 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000006 RSI: ffff880074271888 RDI: ffff8800746c4f08 RBP: ffff880079c11778 R08: 0000000000000078 R09: 0000000000000001 R10: 09f911029d74e35b R11: 09f911029d74e35b R12: ffff880076f337f0 R13: ffff8800746c4f08 R14: ffff8800746c4f08 R15: 0000000000000002 FS: 00007f62fd44f700(0000) GS:ffff88007cd80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: ffff8800746c4f0c CR3: 0000000076c21000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process init (pid: 1, threadinfo ffff880079c10000, task ffff880079c0a040) Stack: ffff880079c117c8 ffffffff812683d8 ffff880079c117a8 ffffffff8125de43 ffff8800744fcf48 ffff880074b43e98 ffff8800770c8828 ffff880074b43e98 0000000000000003 0000000000000000 ffff880079c117f8 ffffffff81254149 Call Trace: [<ffffffff812683d8>] cfq_insert_request+0x3f5/0x47c [<ffffffff8125de43>] ? blk_recount_segments+0x20/0x31 [<ffffffff81254149>] __elv_add_request+0x1ca/0x200 [<ffffffff8125aa99>] blk_queue_bio+0x2ef/0x312 [<ffffffff81258f7b>] generic_make_request+0x9f/0xe0 [<ffffffff8125907b>] submit_bio+0xbf/0xca [<ffffffff81136ec7>] submit_bh+0xdf/0xfe [<ffffffff81176d04>] ext3_bread+0x50/0x99 [<ffffffff811785b3>] dx_probe+0x38/0x291 [<ffffffff81178864>] ext3_dx_find_entry+0x58/0x219 [<ffffffff81178ad5>] ext3_find_entry+0xb0/0x406 [<ffffffff8110c4d5>] ? cache_alloc_debugcheck_after.isra.46+0x14d/0x1a0 [<ffffffff8110cfbd>] ? kmem_cache_alloc+0xef/0x191 [<ffffffff8117a330>] ext3_lookup+0x39/0xe1 [<ffffffff81119461>] d_alloc_and_lookup+0x45/0x6c [<ffffffff8111ac41>] do_lookup+0x1e4/0x2f5 [<ffffffff8111aef6>] link_path_walk+0x1a4/0x6ef [<ffffffff8111b557>] path_lookupat+0x59/0x5ea [<ffffffff8127406c>] ? __strncpy_from_user+0x30/0x5a [<ffffffff8111bce0>] do_path_lookup+0x23/0x59 [<ffffffff8111cfd6>] user_path_at_empty+0x53/0x99 [<ffffffff8107b37b>] ? remove_wait_queue+0x51/0x56 [<ffffffff8111d02d>] user_path_at+0x11/0x13 [<ffffffff811141f5>] vfs_fstatat+0x3a/0x64 [<ffffffff8111425a>] vfs_stat+0x1b/0x1d [<ffffffff81114359>] sys_newstat+0x1a/0x33 [<ffffffff81060e12>] ? task_stopped_code+0x42/0x42 [<ffffffff815d6712>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Code: 89 e6 48 89 c7 e8 fa ca fe ff 85 c0 74 06 4c 89 2b 41 b6 01 5b 44 89 f0 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 5d c3 55 48 89 e5 66 66 66 66 90 31 c0 <8b> 57 04 f6 c6 01 74 0b 83 e2 20 83 fa 01 19 c0 83 c0 02 5d c3 RIP [<ffffffff81266d59>] cfqq_type+0xb/0x20 RSP <ffff880079c11778> CR2: ffff8800746c4f0c Get rid of the caching of cfqd->active_queue, and reorder the check so that it happens before we expire the active queue. Thanks to Tejun for pin pointing the error location. Reported-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com> Tested-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-01-15Merge branch 'for-3.3/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-3.3/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (37 commits) Revert "block: recursive merge requests" block: Stop using macro stubs for the bio data integrity calls blockdev: convert some macros to static inlines fs: remove unneeded plug in mpage_readpages() block: Add BLKROTATIONAL ioctl block: Introduce blk_set_stacking_limits function block: remove WARN_ON_ONCE() in exit_io_context() block: an exiting task should be allowed to create io_context block: ioc_cgroup_changed() needs to be exported block: recursive merge requests block, cfq: fix empty queue crash caused by request merge block, cfq: move icq creation and rq->elv.icq association to block core block, cfq: restructure io_cq creation path for io_context interface cleanup block, cfq: move io_cq exit/release to blk-ioc.c block, cfq: move icq cache management to block core block, cfq: move io_cq lookup to blk-ioc.c block, cfq: move cfqd->icq_list to request_queue and add request->elv.icq block, cfq: reorganize cfq_io_context into generic and cfq specific parts block: remove elevator_queue->ops block: reorder elevator switch sequence ... Fix up conflicts in: - block/blk-cgroup.c Switch from can_attach_task to can_attach - block/cfq-iosched.c conflict with now removed cic index changes (we now use q->id instead)
2012-01-15Revert "block: recursive merge requests"Jens Axboe
This reverts commit 274193224cdabd687d804a26e0150bb20f2dd52c. We have some problems related to selection of empty queues that need to be resolved, evidence so far points to the recursive merge logic making either being the cause or at least the accelerator for this. So revert it for now, until we figure this out. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-01-14block: fail SCSI passthrough ioctls on partition devicesPaolo Bonzini
Linux allows executing the SG_IO ioctl on a partition or LVM volume, and will pass the command to the underlying block device. This is well-known, but it is also a large security problem when (via Unix permissions, ACLs, SELinux or a combination thereof) a program or user needs to be granted access only to part of the disk. This patch lets partitions forward a small set of harmless ioctls; others are logged with printk so that we can see which ioctls are actually sent. In my tests only CDROM_GET_CAPABILITY actually occurred. Of course it was being sent to a (partition on a) hard disk, so it would have failed with ENOTTY and the patch isn't changing anything in practice. Still, I'm treating it specially to avoid spamming the logs. In principle, this restriction should include programs running with CAP_SYS_RAWIO. If for example I let a program access /dev/sda2 and /dev/sdb, it still should not be able to read/write outside the boundaries of /dev/sda2 independent of the capabilities. However, for now programs with CAP_SYS_RAWIO will still be allowed to send the ioctls. Their actions will still be logged. This patch does not affect the non-libata IDE driver. That driver however already tests for bd != bd->bd_contains before issuing some ioctl; it could be restricted further to forbid these ioctls even for programs running with CAP_SYS_ADMIN/CAP_SYS_RAWIO. Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: James Bottomley <JBottomley@parallels.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> [ Make it also print the command name when warning - Linus ] Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-14block: add and use scsi_blk_cmd_ioctlPaolo Bonzini
Introduce a wrapper around scsi_cmd_ioctl that takes a block device. The function will then be enhanced to detect partition block devices and, in that case, subject the ioctls to whitelisting. Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: James Bottomley <JBottomley@parallels.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-11block: Add BLKROTATIONAL ioctlMartin K. Petersen
Introduce an ioctl which permits applications to query whether a block device is rotational. Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-01-11block: Introduce blk_set_stacking_limits functionMartin K. Petersen
Stacking driver queue limits are typically bounded exclusively by the capabilities of the low level devices, not by the stacking driver itself. This patch introduces blk_set_stacking_limits() which has more liberal metrics than the default queue limits function. This allows us to inherit topology parameters from bottom devices without manually tweaking the default limits in each driver prior to calling the stacking function. Since there is now a clear distinction between stacking and low-level devices, blk_set_default_limits() has been modified to carry the more conservative values that we used to manually set in blk_queue_make_request(). Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Acked-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-01-09Merge branch 'for-3.3' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup * 'for-3.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup: (21 commits) cgroup: fix to allow mounting a hierarchy by name cgroup: move assignement out of condition in cgroup_attach_proc() cgroup: Remove task_lock() from cgroup_post_fork() cgroup: add sparse annotation to cgroup_iter_start() and cgroup_iter_end() cgroup: mark cgroup_rmdir_waitq and cgroup_attach_proc() as static cgroup: only need to check oldcgrp==newgrp once cgroup: remove redundant get/put of task struct cgroup: remove redundant get/put of old css_set from migrate cgroup: Remove unnecessary task_lock before fetching css_set on migration cgroup: Drop task_lock(parent) on cgroup_fork() cgroups: remove redundant get/put of css_set from css_set_check_fetched() resource cgroups: remove bogus cast cgroup: kill subsys->can_attach_task(), pre_attach() and attach_task() cgroup, cpuset: don't use ss->pre_attach() cgroup: don't use subsys->can_attach_task() or ->attach_task() cgroup: introduce cgroup_taskset and use it in subsys->can_attach(), cancel_attach() and attach() cgroup: improve old cgroup handling in cgroup_attach_proc() cgroup: always lock threadgroup during migration threadgroup: extend threadgroup_lock() to cover exit and exec threadgroup: rename signal->threadgroup_fork_lock to ->group_rwsem ... Fix up conflict in kernel/cgroup.c due to commit e0197aae59e5: "cgroups: fix a css_set not found bug in cgroup_attach_proc" that already mentioned that the bug is fixed (differently) in Tejun's cgroup patchset. This one, in other words.
2012-01-08Merge branch 'for-linus2' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs * 'for-linus2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (165 commits) reiserfs: Properly display mount options in /proc/mounts vfs: prevent remount read-only if pending removes vfs: count unlinked inodes vfs: protect remounting superblock read-only vfs: keep list of mounts for each superblock vfs: switch ->show_options() to struct dentry * vfs: switch ->show_path() to struct dentry * vfs: switch ->show_devname() to struct dentry * vfs: switch ->show_stats to struct dentry * switch security_path_chmod() to struct path * vfs: prefer ->dentry->d_sb to ->mnt->mnt_sb vfs: trim includes a bit switch mnt_namespace ->root to struct mount vfs: take /proc/*/mounts and friends to fs/proc_namespace.c vfs: opencode mntget() mnt_set_mountpoint() vfs: spread struct mount - remaining argument of next_mnt() vfs: move fsnotify junk to struct mount vfs: move mnt_devname vfs: move mnt_list to struct mount vfs: switch pnode.h macros to struct mount * ...
2012-01-06Merge branches 'vfsmount-guts', 'umode_t' and 'partitions' into ZAl Viro
2012-01-05vfs: fix up ENOIOCTLCMD error handlingLinus Torvalds
We're doing some odd things there, which already messes up various users (see the net/socket.c code that this removes), and it was going to add yet more crud to the block layer because of the incorrect error code translation. ENOIOCTLCMD is not an error return that should be returned to user mode from the "ioctl()" system call, but it should *not* be translated as EINVAL ("Invalid argument"). It should be translated as ENOTTY ("Inappropriate ioctl for device"). That EINVAL confusion has apparently so permeated some code that the block layer actually checks for it, which is sad. We continue to do so for now, but add a big comment about how wrong that is, and we should remove it entirely eventually. In the meantime, this tries to keep the changes localized to just the EINVAL -> ENOTTY fix, and removing code that makes it harder to do the right thing. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-03switch device_get_devnode() and ->devnode() to umode_t *Al Viro
both callers of device_get_devnode() are only interested in lower 16bits and nobody tries to return anything wider than 16bit anyway. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2012-01-03fs: move code out of buffer.cAl Viro
Move invalidate_bdev, block_sync_page into fs/block_dev.c. Export kill_bdev as well, so brd doesn't have to open code it. Reduce buffer_head.h requirement accordingly. Removed a rather large comment from invalidate_bdev, as it looked a bit obsolete to bother moving. The small comment replacing it says enough. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2012-01-03separate partition format handling from generic codeAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2012-01-03move fs/partitions to block/Al Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2012-01-03make register_disk() staticAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-12-29block: fix blk_queue_end_tag()Dan Williams
Commit 5e081591 "block: warn if tag is greater than real_max_depth" cleaned up blk_queue_end_tag() to warn when the tag is truly invalid (greater than real_max_depth). However, it changed behavior in the tag < max_depth case to not end the request. Leading to triggering of BUG_ON(blk_queued_rq(rq)) in the request completion path: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=132204370518629&w=2 In order to allow blk_queue_resize_tags() to shrink the tag space blk_queue_end_tag() must always complete tags with a value less than real_max_depth regardless of the current max_depth. The comment about "handling the shrink case" seems to be what prompted changes in this space, so remove it and BUG on all invalid tags (made even simpler by Matthew's suggestion to use an unsigned compare). Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Cc: Tao Ma <boyu.mt@taobao.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> Reported-by: Meelis Roos <mroos@ut.ee> Reported-by: Ed Nadolski <edmund.nadolski@intel.com> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-27block: remove WARN_ON_ONCE() in exit_io_context()Tejun Heo
6e736be7 "block: make ioc get/put interface more conventional and fix race on alloction" added WARN_ON_ONCE() in exit_io_context() which triggers if !PF_EXITING. All tasks hitting exit_io_context() from task exit should have PF_EXITING set but task struct tearing down after fork failure calls into the function without PF_EXITING, triggering the condition. WARNING: at block/blk-ioc.c:234 exit_io_context+0x40/0x92() Pid: 17090, comm: trinity Not tainted 3.2.0-rc6-next-20111222-sasha-dirty #77 Call Trace: [<ffffffff810b69a3>] warn_slowpath_common+0x8f/0xb2 [<ffffffff810b6a77>] warn_slowpath_null+0x18/0x1a [<ffffffff8181a7a2>] exit_io_context+0x40/0x92 [<ffffffff810b58c9>] copy_process+0x126f/0x1453 [<ffffffff810b5c1b>] do_fork+0x120/0x3e9 [<ffffffff8106242f>] sys_clone+0x26/0x28 [<ffffffff82425803>] stub_clone+0x13/0x20 ---[ end trace a2e4eb670b375238 ]--- Reported-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-25block: an exiting task should be allowed to create io_contextTejun Heo
While fixing io_context creation / task exit race condition, 6e736be7f2 "block: make ioc get/put interface more conventional and fix race on alloction" also prevented an exiting (%PF_EXITING) task from creating its own io_context. This is incorrect as exit path may issue IOs, e.g. from exit_files(), and if those IOs are the first ones issued by the task, io_context needs to be created to process the IOs. Combined with the existing problem of io_context / io_cq creation failure having the possibility of stalling IO, this problem results in deterministic full IO lockup with certain workloads. Fix it by allowing io_context creation regardless of %PF_EXITING for %current. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Reported-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-21block: re-use existing 'reading' variable instead of checking direction againmajianpeng
Signed-off-by: majianpeng <majianpeng@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-19block: ioc_cgroup_changed() needs to be exportedJens Axboe
With the ioc changed, ioc_cgroup_changed() can be used by modular code. So ensure that it is exported. Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-16block, cfq: fix empty queue crash caused by request mergeShaohua Li
All requests of a queue could be merged to other requests of other queue. Such queue will not have request in it, but it's in service tree. This will cause kernel oops. I encounter a BUG_ON() in cfq_dispatch_request() with next patch, but the issue should exist without the patch. Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-16block: recursive merge requestsShaohua Li
In my workload, thread 1 accesses a, a+2, ..., thread 2 accesses a+1, a+3,.... When the requests are flushed to queue, a and a+1 are merged to (a, a+1), a+2 and a+3 too to (a+2, a+3), but (a, a+1) and (a+2, a+3) aren't merged. With recursive merge below, the workload throughput gets improved 20% and context switch drops 60%. Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-16block, cfq: fix empty queue crash caused by request mergeShaohua Li
All requests of a queue could be merged to other requests of other queue. Such queue will not have request in it, but it's in service tree. This will cause kernel oops. I encounter a BUG_ON() in cfq_dispatch_request() with next patch, but the issue should exist without the patch. Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-15block: don't kick empty queue in blk_drain_queue()Tejun Heo
While probing, fd sets up queue, probes hardware and tears down the queue if probing fails. In the process, blk_drain_queue() kicks the queue which failed to finish initialization and fd is unhappy about that. floppy0: no floppy controllers found ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: at drivers/block/floppy.c:2929 do_fd_request+0xbf/0xd0() Hardware name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. VFS: do_fd_request called on non-open device Modules linked in: Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 3.2.0-rc4-00077-g5983fe2 #2 Call Trace: [<ffffffff81039a6a>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7a/0xb0 [<ffffffff81039b41>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x41/0x50 [<ffffffff813d657f>] do_fd_request+0xbf/0xd0 [<ffffffff81322b95>] blk_drain_queue+0x65/0x80 [<ffffffff81322c93>] blk_cleanup_queue+0xe3/0x1a0 [<ffffffff818a809d>] floppy_init+0xdeb/0xe28 [<ffffffff818a72b2>] ? daring+0x6b/0x6b [<ffffffff810002af>] do_one_initcall+0x3f/0x170 [<ffffffff81884b34>] kernel_init+0x9d/0x11e [<ffffffff810317c2>] ? schedule_tail+0x22/0xa0 [<ffffffff815dbb14>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [<ffffffff81884a97>] ? start_kernel+0x2be/0x2be [<ffffffff815dbb10>] ? gs_change+0xb/0xb Avoid it by making blk_drain_queue() kick queue iff dispatch queue has something on it. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de> Reported-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Tested-by: Sergei Trofimovich <slyich@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block, cfq: move icq creation and rq->elv.icq association to block coreTejun Heo
Now block layer knows everything necessary to create and associate icq's with requests. Move ioc_create_icq() to blk-ioc.c and update get_request() such that, if elevator_type->icq_size is set, requests are automatically associated with their matching icq's before elv_set_request(). io_context reference is also managed by block core on request alloc/free. * Only ioprio/cgroup changed handling remains from cfq_get_cic(). Collapsed into cfq_set_request(). * This removes queue kicking on icq allocation failure (for now). As icq allocation failure is rare and the only effect of queue kicking achieved was possibily accelerating queue processing, this change shouldn't be noticeable. There is a larger underlying problem. Unlike request allocation, icq allocation is not guaranteed to succeed eventually after retries. The number of icq is unbound and thus mempool can't be the solution either. This effectively adds allocation dependency on memory free path and thus possibility of deadlock. This usually wouldn't happen because icq allocation is not a hot path and, even when the condition triggers, it's highly unlikely that none of the writeback workers already has icq. However, this is still possible especially if elevator is being switched under high memory pressure, so we better get it fixed. Probably the only solution is just bypassing elevator and appending to dispatch queue on any elevator allocation failure. * Comment added to explain how icq's are managed and synchronized. This completes cleanup of io_context interface. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block, cfq: restructure io_cq creation path for io_context interface cleanupTejun Heo
Add elevator_ops->elevator_init_icq_fn() and restructure cfq_create_cic() and rename it to ioc_create_icq(). The new function expects its caller to pass in io_context, uses elevator_type->icq_cache, handles generic init, calls the new elevator operation for elevator specific initialization, and returns pointer to created or looked up icq. This leaves cfq_icq_pool variable without any user. Removed. This prepares for io_context interface cleanup and doesn't introduce any functional difference. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block, cfq: move io_cq exit/release to blk-ioc.cTejun Heo
With kmem_cache managed by blk-ioc, io_cq exit/release can be moved to blk-ioc too. The odd ->io_cq->exit/release() callbacks are replaced with elevator_ops->elevator_exit_icq_fn() with unlinking from both ioc and q, and freeing automatically handled by blk-ioc. The elevator operation only need to perform exit operation specific to the elevator - in cfq's case, exiting the cfqq's. Also, clearing of io_cq's on q detach is moved to block core and automatically performed on elevator switch and q release. Because the q io_cq points to might be freed before RCU callback for the io_cq runs, blk-ioc code should remember to which cache the io_cq needs to be freed when the io_cq is released. New field io_cq->__rcu_icq_cache is added for this purpose. As both the new field and rcu_head are used only after io_cq is released and the q/ioc_node fields aren't, they are put into unions. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block, cfq: move icq cache management to block coreTejun Heo
Let elevators set ->icq_size and ->icq_align in elevator_type and elv_register() and elv_unregister() respectively create and destroy kmem_cache for icq. * elv_register() now can return failure. All callers updated. * icq caches are automatically named "ELVNAME_io_cq". * cfq_slab_setup/kill() are collapsed into cfq_init/exit(). * While at it, minor indentation change for iosched_cfq.elevator_name for consistency. This will help moving icq management to block core. This doesn't introduce any functional change. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block, cfq: move io_cq lookup to blk-ioc.cTejun Heo
Now that all io_cq related data structures are in block core layer, io_cq lookup can be moved from cfq-iosched.c to blk-ioc.c. Lookup logic from cfq_cic_lookup() is moved to ioc_lookup_icq() with parameter return type changes (cfqd -> request_queue, cfq_io_cq -> io_cq) and cfq_cic_lookup() becomes thin wrapper around cfq_cic_lookup(). Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block, cfq: move cfqd->icq_list to request_queue and add request->elv.icqTejun Heo
Most of icq management is about to be moved out of cfq into blk-ioc. This patch prepares for it. * Move cfqd->icq_list to request_queue->icq_list * Make request explicitly point to icq instead of through elevator private data. ->elevator_private[3] is replaced with sub struct elv which contains icq pointer and priv[2]. cfq is updated accordingly. * Meaningless clearing of ->elevator_private[0] removed from elv_set_request(). At that point in code, the field was guaranteed to be %NULL anyway. This patch doesn't introduce any functional change. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block, cfq: reorganize cfq_io_context into generic and cfq specific partsTejun Heo
Currently io_context and cfq logics are mixed without clear boundary. Most of io_context is independent from cfq but cfq_io_context handling logic is dispersed between generic ioc code and cfq. cfq_io_context represents association between an io_context and a request_queue, which is a concept useful outside of cfq, but it also contains fields which are useful only to cfq. This patch takes out generic part and put it into io_cq (io context-queue) and the rest into cfq_io_cq (cic moniker remains the same) which contains io_cq. The following changes are made together. * cfq_ttime and cfq_io_cq now live in cfq-iosched.c. * All related fields, functions and constants are renamed accordingly. * ioc->ioc_data is now "struct io_cq *" instead of "void *" and renamed to icq_hint. This prepares for io_context API cleanup. Documentation is currently sparse. It will be added later. Changes in this patch are mechanical and don't cause functional change. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block: remove elevator_queue->opsTejun Heo
elevator_queue->ops points to the same ops struct ->elevator_type.ops is pointing to. The only effect of caching it in elevator_queue is shorter notation - it doesn't save any indirect derefence. Relocate elevator_type->list which used only during module init/exit to the end of the structure, rename elevator_queue->elevator_type to ->type, and replace elevator_queue->ops with elevator_queue->type.ops. This doesn't introduce any functional difference. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block: reorder elevator switch sequenceTejun Heo
Elevator switch sequence first attached the new elevator, then tried registering it (sysfs) and if that failed attached back the old elevator. However, sysfs registration doesn't require the elevator to be attached, so there is no reason to do the "detach, attach new, register, maybe re-attach old" sequence. It can just do "register, detach, attach". * elevator_init_queue() is updated to set ->elevator_data directly and return 0 / -errno. This allows elevator_exit() on an unattached elevator. * __elv_unregister_queue() which was necessary to unregister unattached q is removed in favor of __elv_register_queue() which can register unattached q. * elevator_attach() becomes a single assignment and obscures more then it helps. Dropped. This will help cleaning up io_context handling across elevator switch. This patch doesn't introduce visible behavior change. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block, cfq: replace current_io_context() with create_io_context()Tejun Heo
When called under queue_lock, current_io_context() triggers lockdep warning if it hits allocation path. This is because io_context installation is protected by task_lock which is not IRQ safe, so it triggers irq-unsafe-lock -> irq -> irq-safe-lock -> irq-unsafe-lock deadlock warning. Given the restriction, accessor + creator rolled into one doesn't work too well. Drop current_io_context() and let the users access task->io_context directly inside queue_lock combined with explicit creation using create_io_context(). Future ioc updates will further consolidate ioc access and the create interface will be unexported. While at it, relocate ioc internal interface declarations in blk.h and add section comments before and after. This patch does not introduce functional change. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block, cfq: kill cic->keyTejun Heo
Now that lazy paths are removed, cfqd_dead_key() is meaningless and cic->q can be used whereever cic->key is used. Kill cic->key. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block, cfq: kill ioc_goneTejun Heo
Now that cic's are immediately unlinked under both locks, there's no need to count and drain cic's before module unload. RCU callback completion is waited with rcu_barrier(). While at it, remove residual RCU operations on cic_list. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block, cfq: remove delayed unlinkTejun Heo
Now that all cic's are immediately unlinked from both ioc and queue, lazy dropping from lookup path and trimming on elevator unregister are unnecessary. Kill them and remove now unused elevator_ops->trim(). This also leaves call_for_each_cic() without any user. Removed. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block, cfq: unlink cfq_io_context's immediatelyTejun Heo
cic is association between io_context and request_queue. A cic is linked from both ioc and q and should be destroyed when either one goes away. As ioc and q both have their own locks, locking becomes a bit complex - both orders work for removal from one but not from the other. Currently, cfq tries to circumvent this locking order issue with RCU. ioc->lock nests inside queue_lock but the radix tree and cic's are also protected by RCU allowing either side to walk their lists without grabbing lock. This rather unconventional use of RCU quickly devolves into extremely fragile convolution. e.g. The following is from cfqd going away too soon after ioc and q exits raced. general protection fault: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP CPU 2 Modules linked in: [ 88.503444] Pid: 599, comm: hexdump Not tainted 3.1.0-rc10-work+ #158 Bochs Bochs RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81397628>] [<ffffffff81397628>] cfq_exit_single_io_context+0x58/0xf0 ... Call Trace: [<ffffffff81395a4a>] call_for_each_cic+0x5a/0x90 [<ffffffff81395ab5>] cfq_exit_io_context+0x15/0x20 [<ffffffff81389130>] exit_io_context+0x100/0x140 [<ffffffff81098a29>] do_exit+0x579/0x850 [<ffffffff81098d5b>] do_group_exit+0x5b/0xd0 [<ffffffff81098de7>] sys_exit_group+0x17/0x20 [<ffffffff81b02f2b>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b The only real hot path here is cic lookup during request initialization and avoiding extra locking requires very confined use of RCU. This patch makes cic removal from both ioc and request_queue perform double-locking and unlink immediately. * From q side, the change is almost trivial as ioc->lock nests inside queue_lock. It just needs to grab each ioc->lock as it walks cic_list and unlink it. * From ioc side, it's a bit more difficult because of inversed lock order. ioc needs its lock to walk its cic_list but can't grab the matching queue_lock and needs to perform unlock-relock dancing. Unlinking is now wholly done from put_io_context() and fast path is optimized by using the queue_lock the caller already holds, which is by far the most common case. If the ioc accessed multiple devices, it tries with trylock. In unlikely cases of fast path failure, it falls back to full double-locking dance from workqueue. Double-locking isn't the prettiest thing in the world but it's *far* simpler and more understandable than RCU trick without adding any meaningful overhead. This still leaves a lot of now unnecessary RCU logics. Future patches will trim them. -v2: Vivek pointed out that cic->q was being dereferenced after cic->release() was called. Updated to use local variable @this_q instead. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block, cfq: fix cic lookup lockingTejun Heo
* cfq_cic_lookup() may be called without queue_lock and multiple tasks can execute it simultaneously for the same shared ioc. Nothing prevents them racing each other and trying to drop the same dead cic entry multiple times. * smp_wmb() in cfq_exit_cic() doesn't really do anything and nothing prevents cfq_cic_lookup() seeing stale cic->key. This usually doesn't blow up because by the time cic is exited, all requests have been drained and new requests are terminated before going through elevator. However, it can still be triggered by plug merge path which doesn't grab queue_lock and thus can't check DEAD state reliably. This patch updates lookup locking such that, * Lookup is always performed under queue_lock. This doesn't add any more locking. The only issue is cfq_allow_merge() which can be called from plug merge path without holding any lock. For now, this is worked around by using cic of the request to merge into, which is guaranteed to have the same ioc. For longer term, I think it would be best to separate out plug merge method from regular one. * Spurious ioc->lock locking around cic lookup hint assignment dropped. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block, cfq: fix race condition in cic creation path and tighten lockingTejun Heo
cfq_get_io_context() would fail if multiple tasks race to insert cic's for the same association. This patch restructures cfq_get_io_context() such that slow path insertion race is handled properly. Note that the restructuring also makes cfq_get_io_context() called under queue_lock and performs both ioc and cfqd insertions while holding both ioc and queue locks. This is part of on-going locking tightening and will be used to simplify synchronization rules. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block, cfq: move ioc ioprio/cgroup changed handling to cicTejun Heo
ioprio/cgroup change was handled by marking the changed state in ioc and, on the following access to the ioc, performing RCU-protected iteration through all cic's grabbing the matching queue_lock. This patch moves the changed state to each cic. When ioprio or cgroup changes, the respective bit is set on all cic's of the ioc and when each of those cic (not ioc) is accessed, change is applied for that specific ioc-queue pair. This also fixes the following two race conditions between setting and clearing of changed states. * Missing barrier between assign/load of ioprio and ioprio_changed allowed applying old ioprio. * Change requests could happen between application of change and clearing of changed variables. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block, cfq: misc updates to cfq_io_contextTejun Heo
Make the following changes to prepare for ioc/cic management cleanup. * Add cic->q so that ioc can determine the associated queue without querying cfq. This will eventually replace ->key. * Factor out cfq_release_cic() from cic_free_func(). This function assumes that the caller handled locking. * Rename __cfq_exit_single_io_context() to cfq_exit_cic() and make it take only @cic. * Restructure cfq_cic_link() for future updates. This patch doesn't introduce any functional changes. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block: misc updates to blk_get_queue()Tejun Heo
* blk_get_queue() is peculiar in that it returns 0 on success and 1 on failure instead of 0 / -errno or boolean. Update it such that it returns %true on success and %false on failure. * Make sure the caller checks for the return value. * Separate out __blk_get_queue() which doesn't check whether @q is dead and put it in blk.h. This will be used later. This patch doesn't introduce any functional changes. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14block: make ioc get/put interface more conventional and fix race on alloctionTejun Heo
Ignoring copy_io() during fork, io_context can be allocated from two places - current_io_context() and set_task_ioprio(). The former is always called from local task while the latter can be called from different task. The synchornization between them are peculiar and dubious. * current_io_context() doesn't grab task_lock() and assumes that if it saw %NULL ->io_context, it would stay that way until allocation and assignment is complete. It has smp_wmb() between alloc/init and assignment. * set_task_ioprio() grabs task_lock() for assignment and does smp_read_barrier_depends() between "ioc = task->io_context" and "if (ioc)". Unfortunately, this doesn't achieve anything - the latter is not a dependent load of the former. ie, if ioc itself were being dereferenced "ioc->xxx", it would mean something (not sure what tho) but as the code currently stands, the dependent read barrier is noop. As only one of the the two test-assignment sequences is task_lock() protected, the task_lock() can't do much about race between the two. Nothing prevents current_io_context() and set_task_ioprio() allocating its own ioc for the same task and overwriting the other's. Also, set_task_ioprio() can race with exiting task and create a new ioc after exit_io_context() is finished. ioc get/put doesn't have any reason to be complex. The only hot path is accessing the existing ioc of %current, which is simple to achieve given that ->io_context is never destroyed as long as the task is alive. All other paths can happily go through task_lock() like all other task sub structures without impacting anything. This patch updates ioc get/put so that it becomes more conventional. * alloc_io_context() is replaced with get_task_io_context(). This is the only interface which can acquire access to ioc of another task. On return, the caller has an explicit reference to the object which should be put using put_io_context() afterwards. * The functionality of current_io_context() remains the same but when creating a new ioc, it shares the code path with get_task_io_context() and always goes through task_lock(). * get_io_context() now means incrementing ref on an ioc which the caller already has access to (be that an explicit refcnt or implicit %current one). * PF_EXITING inhibits creation of new io_context and once exit_io_context() is finished, it's guaranteed that both ioc acquisition functions return %NULL. * All users are updated. Most are trivial but smp_read_barrier_depends() removal from cfq_get_io_context() needs a bit of explanation. I suppose the original intention was to ensure ioc->ioprio is visible when set_task_ioprio() allocates new io_context and installs it; however, this wouldn't have worked because set_task_ioprio() doesn't have wmb between init and install. There are other problems with this which will be fixed in another patch. * While at it, use NUMA_NO_NODE instead of -1 for wildcard node specification. -v2: Vivek spotted contamination from debug patch. Removed. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>