From: Tao Cui <cui.tao@linux.dev>
To: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: cui.tao@linux.dev, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>,
cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cuitao@kylinos.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH] blk-iolatency: use spin_lock_irqsave() in iolatency_clear_scaling()
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:44:33 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <eda14aea-d8f0-4f88-a239-2922d21be826@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <418d9e2a-30b8-47d8-b919-6a777e0993f9@linux.dev>
在 2026/7/17 13:36, Leon Hwang 写道:
> On 17/7/26 12:06, Tao Cui wrote:
>> From: Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
>>
>> child_lat.lock is acquired with spin_lock_irqsave() in both
>> iolatency_check_latencies() (called from the blkcg_iolatency_done_bio()
>> softirq path) and blkiolatency_timer_fn() (timer softirq).
>> iolatency_clear_scaling() instead uses a plain spin_lock(), which only
>> happens to be safe because both of its callers enter with interrupts
>> already disabled:
>>
>> * iolatency_set_limit() runs under queue_lock via blkg_conf_prep(),
>> which returns with the lock held and interrupts disabled;
>> * iolatency_pd_offline() runs under queue_lock from blkg_destroy() and
>> blkcg_deactivate_policy(), both of which take it with spin_lock_irq().
>>
>> Take the lock with spin_lock_irqsave()/spin_unlock_irqrestore() so the
>> locking is self-contained and consistent with the other two sites, instead
>> of relying on an undocumented caller precondition. No functional change.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
>> ---
>> block/blk-iolatency.c | 5 +++--
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/block/blk-iolatency.c b/block/blk-iolatency.c
>> index cef02b6c5fa9..68b74258cd95 100644
>> --- a/block/blk-iolatency.c
>> +++ b/block/blk-iolatency.c
>> @@ -811,16 +811,17 @@ static void iolatency_clear_scaling(struct blkcg_gq *blkg)
>> if (blkg->parent) {
>> struct iolatency_grp *iolat = blkg_to_lat(blkg->parent);
>> struct child_latency_info *lat_info;
>> + unsigned long flags;
>> if (!iolat)
>> return;
>>
>> lat_info = &iolat->child_lat;
>> - spin_lock(&lat_info->lock);
>> + spin_lock_irqsave(&lat_info->lock, flags);
>
> Better to use guard(spinlock_irqsave)(&lat_info->lock).
>
Good point, thanks. Will switch to guard(spinlock_irqsave)() in v2.
Thanks,
Tao
> Thanks,
> Leon
>
>> atomic_set(&lat_info->scale_cookie, DEFAULT_SCALE_COOKIE);
>> lat_info->last_scale_event = 0;
>> lat_info->scale_grp = NULL;
>> lat_info->scale_lat = 0;
>> - spin_unlock(&lat_info->lock);
>> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lat_info->lock, flags);
>> }
>> }
>>
>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-17 5:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-17 4:06 [PATCH] blk-iolatency: use spin_lock_irqsave() in iolatency_clear_scaling() Tao Cui
2026-07-17 5:36 ` Leon Hwang
2026-07-17 5:44 ` Tao Cui [this message]
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