From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
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 17:55:18 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a89d28dc-d0c4-d84e-b3f2-20d10c6f673e@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAG48ez3XGjFZbPiof4u4QGtoumBXXfCsFxOQ_2pGt=MnqqY7ZQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 1/28/19 5:34 PM, Jann Horn wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 1:32 AM Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:
>> On 1/28/19 5:03 PM, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>>> But you only do that teardown on ->release, right? And ->release
>>>> doesn't have much to do with the process lifetime.
>>>
>>> Yes, only on ->relase().
>>
>> OK, so I reworked the files struct to just grab it, then we ensure that
>> doesn't go away. For mm, it's a bit more tricky. I think the best
>> solution here is to add a fops->flush() and check for the process
>> exiting its files. If it does, we quiesce the async contexts and prevent
>> further use of that mm. We can't just keep holding a reference to the mm
>> like we do with the files.
>>
>> That should solve both cases.
>
> You still have to hold a reference on the mm though, I think (for
> example, because two tasks might be sharing the fd table without
> sharing the mm).
Yes good point, except we can't hold a reference to it. But I think
we can get around this by using an mmu notifier instead. That eliminates
the need for ->flush() as well.
--
Jens Axboe
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Thread overview: 81+ 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 [this message]
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
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
2019-01-28 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
2019-01-28 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
[not found] <20190123153536.7081-1-axboe@kernel.dk>
[not found] ` <20190123153536.7081-6-axboe@kernel.dk>
2019-01-28 14:57 ` [PATCH 05/18] Add io_uring IO interface 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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