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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Cc: Sergei Shtepa <sergei.shtepa@veeam.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
	Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>, Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	dm-devel@redhat.com, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org,
	pavel.tide@veeam.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/3] block: add blk_mq_is_queue_frozen()
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 09:14:41 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210314091441.GA3773360@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210312190641.GA2550@redhat.com>

On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 02:06:41PM -0500, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> This is returning a frozen state that is immediately stale.  I don't
> think any code calling this is providing the guarantees you think it
> does due to the racey nature of this state once the mutex is dropped.

The code only uses it for asserts in the form of WARN_ONs.

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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org,
	pavel.tide@veeam.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
	dm-devel@redhat.com, Sergei Shtepa <sergei.shtepa@veeam.com>,
	Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v7 1/3] block: add blk_mq_is_queue_frozen()
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 09:14:41 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210314091441.GA3773360@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210312190641.GA2550@redhat.com>

On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 02:06:41PM -0500, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> This is returning a frozen state that is immediately stale.  I don't
> think any code calling this is providing the guarantees you think it
> does due to the racey nature of this state once the mutex is dropped.

The code only uses it for asserts in the form of WARN_ONs.

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-03-14  9:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-12 15:44 [PATCH v7 0/3] block device interposer Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-12 15:44 ` [dm-devel] " Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-12 15:44 ` [PATCH v7 1/3] block: add blk_mq_is_queue_frozen() Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-12 15:44   ` [dm-devel] " Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-12 19:06   ` Mike Snitzer
2021-03-12 19:06     ` [dm-devel] " Mike Snitzer
2021-03-14  9:14     ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2021-03-14  9:14       ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-03-15 12:06       ` Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-15 12:06         ` [dm-devel] " Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-12 15:44 ` [PATCH v7 2/3] block: add bdev_interposer Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-12 15:44   ` [dm-devel] " Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-14  9:28   ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-03-14  9:28     ` [dm-devel] " Christoph Hellwig
2021-03-15 13:06     ` Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-15 13:06       ` [dm-devel] " Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-16  8:09   ` Ming Lei
2021-03-16  8:09     ` [dm-devel] " Ming Lei
2021-03-16 16:35     ` Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-16 16:35       ` [dm-devel] " Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-17  3:03       ` Ming Lei
2021-03-17  3:03         ` [dm-devel] " Ming Lei
2021-03-17 12:22         ` Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-17 12:22           ` [dm-devel] " Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-17 15:04           ` Mike Snitzer
2021-03-17 15:04             ` [dm-devel] " Mike Snitzer
2021-03-17 18:14             ` Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-17 18:14               ` [dm-devel] " Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-17 19:13               ` Mike Snitzer
2021-03-17 19:13                 ` [dm-devel] " Mike Snitzer
2021-03-18 14:56                 ` Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-18 14:56                   ` [dm-devel] " Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-17 14:58         ` Mike Snitzer
2021-03-17 14:58           ` [dm-devel] " Mike Snitzer
2021-03-12 15:44 ` [PATCH v7 3/3] dm: add DM_INTERPOSED_FLAG Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-12 15:44   ` [dm-devel] " Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-12 19:00   ` Mike Snitzer
2021-03-12 19:00     ` [dm-devel] " Mike Snitzer
2021-03-15 12:29     ` Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-15 12:29       ` [dm-devel] " Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-14  9:30   ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-03-14  9:30     ` [dm-devel] " Christoph Hellwig
2021-03-15 13:25     ` Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-15 13:25       ` [dm-devel] " Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-16 15:23       ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-03-16 15:23         ` [dm-devel] " Christoph Hellwig
2021-03-16 15:25         ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-03-16 15:25           ` [dm-devel] " Christoph Hellwig
2021-03-16 16:20           ` Sergei Shtepa
2021-03-16 16:20             ` [dm-devel] " Sergei Shtepa

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