Re: [PATCHSET block/for-linus] blkcg: blkcg_policy_data fixes

[Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>]

On 07/09/2015 02:39 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> During 4.2-rc1 merge window, e48453c386f3 ("block, cgroup: implement
> policy-specific per-blkcg data") got merged.  It had several bugs and
> a322baad1003 ("block/blk-cgroup.c: free per-blkcg data when freeing
> the blkcg") fixed one of them but there are still a couple remaining.
>
> * blkcg_policy[] iteration during css_alloc isn't protected.
>
> * Lazy allocation scheme is broken and policy data may be missing or
>    an old policy data may get reused by the wrong policy.
>
> This patchset contains the following four patches to fix the above
> issues.
>
>   0001-blkcg-allow-blkcg_pol_mutex-to-be-grabbed-from-cgrou.patch
>   0002-blkcg-blkcg_css_alloc-should-grab-blkcg_pol_mutex-wh.patch
>   0003-blkcg-implement-all_blkcgs-list.patch
>   0004-blkcg-fix-blkcg_policy_data-allocation-bug.patch
>
> 0001 and 0003 are prep patches.  0002 and 0004 are the fixes.
>
> This patchset is on top of block/for-linus a322baad1003
> ("block/blk-cgroup.c: free per-blkcg data when freeing the blkcg") and
> available in the following git branch.
>
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup.git review-blkcg-cpd-fixes
>
> diffstat follows, thanks.

Applied, thanks Tejun.

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Jens Axboe