From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: linux-aio@kvack.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
linux-man <linux-man@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux API <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>,
hch@lst.de, jmoyer@redhat.com, Avi Kivity <avi@scylladb.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/18] Add io_uring IO interface
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 18:31:04 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9170f97f-bea3-04b9-71db-a0f250d1f610@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAG48ez2gvgBUKNihnjEWeBv1WZiXWwfxcA2Wf90n8GHLket2Mg@mail.gmail.com>
On 1/28/19 6:29 PM, Jann Horn wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 10:35 PM Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:
>> The submission queue (SQ) and completion queue (CQ) rings are shared
>> between the application and the kernel. This eliminates the need to
>> copy data back and forth to submit and complete IO.
> [...]
>> +static struct io_kiocb *io_get_req(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
>> +{
>> + struct io_kiocb *req;
>> +
>> + /* safe to use the non tryget, as we're inside ring ref already */
>> + percpu_ref_get(&ctx->refs);
>
> Is that true? In the path io_sq_thread() -> io_submit_sqes() ->
> io_submit_sqe() -> io_get_req(), I don't see anything that's already
> holding a reference for you. Is the worker thread holding a reference
> somewhere that I'm missing?
If the thread is alive, then the ctx is alive. Before we drop the last
ref to the ctx (and kill it), we wait for the thread to exit.
--
Jens Axboe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-01-29 1:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 101+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-01-28 21:35 [PATCHSET v8] io_uring IO interface Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 01/18] fs: add an iopoll method to struct file_operations Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 02/18] block: wire up block device iopoll method Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 03/18] block: add bio_set_polled() helper Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 04/18] iomap: wire up the iopoll method Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 05/18] Add io_uring IO interface Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:53 ` Jeff Moyer
2019-01-28 21:56 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 22:32 ` Jann Horn
2019-01-28 23:46 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 23:59 ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29 0:03 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 0:31 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 0:34 ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29 0:55 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 0:58 ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29 1:01 ` Jens Axboe
2019-02-01 16:57 ` Matt Mullins
2019-02-01 17:04 ` Jann Horn
2019-02-01 17:23 ` Jann Horn
2019-02-01 18:05 ` Al Viro
2019-01-29 1:07 ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29 2:21 ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29 2:54 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 3:46 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 15:56 ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29 16:06 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 2:21 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 1:29 ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29 1:31 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2019-01-29 1:32 ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29 2:23 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 7:12 ` Bert Wesarg
2019-01-29 12:12 ` Florian Weimer
2019-01-29 13:35 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 15:38 ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29 15:54 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 16:55 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-29 15:35 ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29 15:39 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 06/18] io_uring: add fsync support Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 07/18] io_uring: support for IO polling Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 17:24 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-29 18:31 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 19:10 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 20:35 ` Jeff Moyer
2019-01-29 20:37 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 08/18] fs: add fget_many() and fput_many() Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 09/18] io_uring: use fget/fput_many() for file references Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:56 ` Jann Horn
2019-01-28 22:03 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 10/18] io_uring: batch io_kiocb allocation Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 17:26 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-29 18:14 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 11/18] block: implement bio helper to add iter bvec pages to bio Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 12/18] io_uring: add support for pre-mapped user IO buffers Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 23:35 ` Jann Horn
2019-01-28 23:50 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 0:36 ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29 1:25 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 13/18] io_uring: add file set registration Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 16:36 ` Jann Horn
2019-01-29 18:13 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 14/18] io_uring: add submission polling Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 15/18] io_uring: add io_kiocb ref count Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 17:26 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 16/18] io_uring: add support for IORING_OP_POLL Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 17/18] io_uring: allow workqueue item to handle multiple buffered requests Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 21:35 ` [PATCH 18/18] io_uring: add io_uring_event cache hit information Jens Axboe
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2019-02-07 19:55 [PATCHSET v12] io_uring IO interface Jens Axboe
2019-02-07 19:55 ` [PATCH 05/18] Add " Jens Axboe
2019-02-07 20:15 ` Keith Busch
2019-02-07 20:16 ` Jens Axboe
2019-02-01 15:23 [PATCHSET v11] " Jens Axboe
2019-02-01 15:24 ` [PATCH 05/18] Add " Jens Axboe
2019-02-01 18:20 ` Florian Weimer
2019-02-05 16:58 ` Jens Axboe
2019-02-04 23:22 ` Jeff Moyer
2019-02-04 23:52 ` Jeff Moyer
2019-02-05 16:59 ` Jens Axboe
2019-02-05 16:58 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-30 21:55 [PATCHSET v10] " Jens Axboe
2019-01-30 21:55 ` [PATCH 05/18] Add " Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 19:26 [PATCHSET v9] " Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 19:26 ` [PATCH 05/18] Add " Jens Axboe
2019-01-23 15:35 [PATCHSET v7] " Jens Axboe
2019-01-23 15:35 ` [PATCH 05/18] Add " Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 14:57 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-28 16:26 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 16:34 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-28 19:32 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-28 18:25 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 6:30 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-29 11:58 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-29 15:20 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 16:18 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-29 16:19 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 16:26 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-29 16:28 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 16:46 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-29 0:47 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-01-29 1:20 ` Jens Axboe
2019-01-29 6:45 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-01-29 12:05 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-31 5:11 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-01-31 16:37 ` Jens Axboe
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