From: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>, Coly Li <colyli@suse.de>,
Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>,
dm-devel@redhat.com, Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-bcache@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 36/44] block: allocate struct hd_struct as part of struct bdev_inode
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 19:00:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201126180048.GA422@quack2.suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201126173518.GV422@quack2.suse.cz>
On Thu 26-11-20 18:35:18, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Thu 26-11-20 14:04:14, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > Allocate hd_struct together with struct block_device to pre-load
> > the lifetime rule changes in preparation of merging the two structures.
> >
> > Note that part0 was previously embedded into struct gendisk, but is
> > a separate allocation now, and already points to the block_device instead
> > of the hd_struct. The lifetime of struct gendisk is still controlled by
> > the struct device embedded in the part0 hd_struct.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
>
> Just one comment below. With that fixed feel free to add:
>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
>
> > diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c
> > index f397ec9922bd6e..9c7e6730fa6098 100644
> > --- a/block/partitions/core.c
> > +++ b/block/partitions/core.c
> > @@ -265,9 +265,9 @@ static const struct attribute_group *part_attr_groups[] = {
> > static void part_release(struct device *dev)
> > {
> > struct hd_struct *p = dev_to_part(dev);
> > +
> > blk_free_devt(dev->devt);
> > - hd_free_part(p);
> > - kfree(p);
> > + bdput(p->bdev);
> > }
>
> I don't think hd_struct holds a reference to block_device, does it?
> bdev_alloc() now just assigns bdev->bd_part->bdev = bdev...
Now I understood this is probably correct - each partition (including
gendisk as 0 partition) holds the initial bdev reference and only when
corresponding kobject is getting destroyed we stop holding onto that
reference. Right?
Honza
--
Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-26 18:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 89+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-26 13:03 merge struct block_device and struct hd_struct v3 Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 01/44] blk-cgroup: fix a hd_struct leak in blkcg_fill_root_iostats Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 02/44] filemap: consistently use ->f_mapping over ->i_mapping Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 03/44] fs: remove get_super_thawed and get_super_exclusive_thawed Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 04/44] fs: simplify freeze_bdev/thaw_bdev Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 14:13 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 05/44] mtip32xx: remove the call to fsync_bdev on removal Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 06/44] zram: do not call set_blocksize Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 07/44] loop: " Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 08/44] dm: simplify flush_bio initialization in __send_empty_flush Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 09/44] dm: remove the block_device reference in struct mapped_device Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-27 10:36 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-11-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 10/44] block: remove a duplicate __disk_get_part prototype Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-27 10:36 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-11-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 11/44] block: remove a superflous check in blkpg_do_ioctl Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-27 10:37 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-11-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 12/44] block: add a bdev_kobj helper Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 14:47 ` David Sterba
2020-11-27 12:03 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-11-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 13/44] block: use disk_part_iter_exit in disk_part_iter_next Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-27 12:04 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-11-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 14/44] block: use put_device in put_disk Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 15/44] block: change the hash used for looking up block devices Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 16/44] init: refactor name_to_dev_t Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 17/44] init: refactor devt_from_partuuid Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 18/44] init: cleanup match_dev_by_uuid and match_dev_by_label Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 19/44] block: refactor __blkdev_put Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 20/44] block: refactor blkdev_get Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 14:55 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 21/44] block: move bdput() to the callers of __blkdev_get Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 15:05 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 22/44] block: opencode devcgroup_inode_permission Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 15:07 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 23/44] block: remove i_bdev Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 15:45 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 24/44] block: simplify bdev/disk lookup in blkdev_get Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 16:33 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 17:42 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 25/44] block: remove ->bd_contains Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 26/44] block: simplify the block device claiming interface Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 27/44] block: simplify part_to_disk Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 16:36 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 28/44] block: initialize struct block_device in bdev_alloc Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 16:37 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 29/44] block: remove the nr_sects field in struct hd_struct Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 16:50 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 17:52 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 18:04 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-27 9:41 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 30/44] block: move disk stat accounting to struct block_device Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 16:53 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 31/44] block: move the start_sect field " Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 16:56 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 18:02 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 32/44] block: move the partition_meta_info " Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 16:58 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 33/44] block: move holder_dir " Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 17:00 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 34/44] block: move make_it_fail " Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 17:01 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 35/44] block: move the policy field " Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 17:03 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 36/44] block: allocate struct hd_struct as part of struct bdev_inode Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 17:35 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 18:00 ` Jan Kara [this message]
2020-11-26 18:02 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 37/44] block: switch partition lookup to use struct block_device Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 17:45 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 18:22 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-27 9:48 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-27 12:45 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-27 15:36 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-27 17:26 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 38/44] block: remove the partno field from struct hd_struct Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 17:46 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 39/44] block: pass a block_device to blk_alloc_devt Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 17:47 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 40/44] block: pass a block_device to invalidate_partition Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 17:49 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 41/44] block: switch disk_part_iter_* to use a struct block_device Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-27 12:53 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-27 15:24 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-27 17:30 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 42/44] f2fs: remove a few bd_part checks Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 43/44] block: merge struct block_device and struct hd_struct Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-27 13:19 ` Jan Kara
2020-11-27 15:47 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-26 13:04 ` [PATCH 44/44] block: stop using bdget_disk for partition 0 Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-27 13:22 ` Jan Kara
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