Re: [PATCH block/for-3.4/core] cfq: fix cfqg ref handling when BLK_CGROUP && !CFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED

[Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>]

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 09:50:57AM -0700, Tejun Heo wrote:

> > [..]
> > > @@ -3533,7 +3551,7 @@ static int cfq_init_queue(struct request
> > >  
> > >  	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
> > >  	cfq_link_cfqq_cfqg(&cfqd->oom_cfqq, cfqd->root_group);
> > > -	blkg_put(cfqg_to_blkg(cfqd->root_group));
> > > +	cfqg_put(cfqd->root_group);
> > 
> > This seems to be a spurious cfqg_put()? Which reference we are putting
> > down here?
> 
> The extra ref from cfq_link_cfqq_cfqg() for oom_cfqq; otherwise, we
> need an extra cfq_put() in cfq_exit_queue().  I thought I wrote
> comment about that somewhere.  Hmmm.... apparently not.  The thing is
> that oom_cfqq doesn't go through proper cfqq destruction and thus
> never puts the extra ref to root cfqg.

Ok. Is cfq_exit_queue() a better place to put down this reference
explicitly with a comment. Even if you keep it here, atleast a comment
is required. It is not obvious at all (atleast to me).

Thanks
Vivek