Re: [PATCH -next v2 8/9] block: fix null-pointer dereference in ioc_pd_init

[Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 06:23:16PM +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 在 2022/12/01 18:11, Tejun Heo 写道:
> > On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 10:12:13AM +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
> > > 1) By mentioning that "del_gendisk() is quiescing the queue", do you
> > > suggest to add rcu_read_lock()? This seems wrong because blk_iocost_init
> > > requires memory allocation.
> > 
> > Quiescing uses SRCU so that should be fine but I'm not sure whether this is
> > the right one to piggyback on. Jens should have a better idea.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> 
> Currently SRCU is used if BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING set, otherwise RCU is used.
> 
> dispatch:
> #define __blk_mq_run_dispatch_ops(q, check_sleep, dispatch_ops) \
> do {                                                            \
>         if ((q)->tag_set->flags & BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING) {          \
>                 int srcu_idx;                                   \
>                                                                 \
>                 might_sleep_if(check_sleep);                    \
>                 srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock((q)->tag_set->srcu);  \
>                 (dispatch_ops);                                 \
>                 srcu_read_unlock((q)->tag_set->srcu, srcu_idx); \
>         } else {                                                \
>                 rcu_read_lock();                                \
>                 (dispatch_ops);                                 \
>                 rcu_read_unlock();                              \
>         }                                                       \
> } while (0)
> 
> quiesce:
> void blk_mq_wait_quiesce_done(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set)
> {
>         if (set->flags & BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING)
>                 synchronize_srcu(set->srcu);
>         else
>                 synchronize_rcu();
> }

Oh I see. Unfortunately, I don't know what to do off the top of my head.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun