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From: Dennis Zhou <dennisszhou@gmail.com>
To: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
	Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>,
	kernel-team@fb.com, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
	cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/15] blkcg: change blkg reference counting to use percpu_ref
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2018 16:46:30 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180906204629.GD26048@dennisz-mbp.dhcp.thefacebook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180901003159.GK1488037@devbig004.ftw2.facebook.com>

On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 05:31:59PM -0700, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 09:53:54PM -0400, Dennis Zhou wrote:
> > @@ -217,6 +240,10 @@ static struct blkcg_gq *blkg_create(struct blkcg *blkcg,
> >  		blkg_get(blkg->parent);
> >  	}
> >  
> > +	ret = percpu_ref_init(&blkg->refcnt, __blkg_release, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> So, while this would work in some configs, you can't depend on RCU
> grace period inside percpu_ref.  blkg is now percpu-reference counted
> and rcu protected object - it has to explicitly go through a rcu grace
> period before release.
> 

Ah ok. I've made it into a call_rcu which should work.

Thanks,
Dennis

  reply	other threads:[~2018-09-06 20:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-08-31  1:53 [PATCH 00/15] blkcg ref count refactor/cleanup + blkcg avg_lat Dennis Zhou
2018-08-31  1:53 ` [PATCH 01/15] Revert "blk-throttle: fix race between blkcg_bio_issue_check() and cgroup_rmdir()" Dennis Zhou
2018-08-31  1:53 ` [PATCH 02/15] blkcg: delay blkg destruction until after writeback has finished Dennis Zhou
2018-08-31 15:27   ` Josef Bacik
2018-08-31 20:19     ` Dennis Zhou
2018-08-31  1:53 ` [PATCH 03/15] blkcg: use tryget logic when associating a blkg with a bio Dennis Zhou
2018-08-31 15:30   ` Josef Bacik
2018-08-31 20:20     ` Dennis Zhou
2018-08-31  1:53 ` [PATCH 04/15] blkcg: fix ref count issue with bio_blkcg using task_css Dennis Zhou
2018-08-31 15:35   ` Josef Bacik
2018-08-31 23:04     ` Tejun Heo
2018-09-06 15:21     ` Dennis Zhou
2018-08-31  1:53 ` [PATCH 05/15] blkcg: update blkg_lookup_create to do locking Dennis Zhou
2018-08-31 15:37   ` Josef Bacik
2018-08-31 23:09   ` Tejun Heo
2018-08-31  1:53 ` [PATCH 06/15] blkcg: always associate a bio with a blkg Dennis Zhou
2018-08-31  9:01   ` kbuild test robot
2018-08-31 10:02   ` kbuild test robot
2018-08-31 23:16   ` Tejun Heo
2018-09-06 20:41     ` Dennis Zhou
2018-09-07  3:03   ` [LKP] [blkcg] c02c58dab2: WARNING:at_block/blk-throttle.c:#blk_throtl_bio kernel test robot
2018-08-31  1:53 ` [PATCH 07/15] blkcg: consolidate bio_issue_init and blkg association Dennis Zhou
2018-08-31  9:19   ` kbuild test robot
2018-08-31 11:11   ` kbuild test robot
2018-08-31 15:42   ` Josef Bacik
2018-09-06 20:43     ` Dennis Zhou
2018-08-31 23:45   ` Tejun Heo
2018-08-31  1:53 ` [PATCH 08/15] blkcg: associate a blkg for pages being evicted by swap Dennis Zhou
2018-08-31 15:44   ` Josef Bacik
2018-08-31 23:47   ` Tejun Heo
2018-08-31  1:53 ` [PATCH 09/15] blkcg: associate writeback bios with a blkg Dennis Zhou
2018-08-31 15:45   ` Josef Bacik
2018-08-31 23:53   ` Tejun Heo
2018-08-31  1:53 ` [PATCH 10/15] blkcg: remove bio->bi_css and instead use bio->bi_blkg Dennis Zhou
2018-08-31 15:46   ` Josef Bacik
2018-09-01  0:13   ` Tejun Heo
2018-08-31  1:53 ` [PATCH 11/15] blkcg: remove additional reference to the css Dennis Zhou
2018-09-01  0:26   ` Tejun Heo
2018-09-06 20:45     ` Dennis Zhou
2018-08-31  1:53 ` [PATCH 12/15] blkcg: cleanup and make blk_get_rl use blkg_lookup_create Dennis Zhou
2018-09-01  0:29   ` Tejun Heo
2018-09-11  2:37   ` [LKP] [blkcg] 22f657e287: general_protection_fault:#[##] kernel test robot
2018-08-31  1:53 ` [PATCH 13/15] blkcg: change blkg reference counting to use percpu_ref Dennis Zhou
2018-08-31 15:49   ` Josef Bacik
2018-09-01  0:31   ` Tejun Heo
2018-09-06 20:46     ` Dennis Zhou [this message]
2018-09-07  3:08   ` [LKP] [blkcg] 6ef69a3a0b: WARNING:suspicious_RCU_usage kernel test robot
2018-08-31  1:53 ` [PATCH 14/15] blkcg: rename blkg_try_get to blkg_tryget Dennis Zhou
2018-08-31 15:50   ` Josef Bacik
2018-09-01  0:32   ` Tejun Heo
2018-08-31  1:53 ` [PATCH 15/15] blkcg: add average latency tracking to blk-cgroup Dennis Zhou
2018-08-31 10:22   ` kbuild test robot
2018-08-31 11:38   ` kbuild test robot
2018-09-01  0:35 ` [PATCH 00/15] blkcg ref count refactor/cleanup + blkcg avg_lat Tejun Heo

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