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* [PATCH 0/3] [RFC] block: Enforce that ->queue_lock is initialized during call to blk_cleanup_queue()
@ 2011-02-22  3:53 Vivek Goyal
  2011-02-22  3:53 ` [PATCH 1/3] block: Initialize ->queue_lock to internal lock at queue allocation time Vivek Goyal
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  0 siblings, 4 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Vivek Goyal @ 2011-02-22  3:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel, jaxboe; +Cc: neilb, sergey.senozhatsky, tj, jmoyer, snitzer

Hi All,

Currently it is not clear what's the status of ->queue_lock when
blk_cleanup_queue() is called. Now block throttle code (blk_throtl_exit())
requires queue lock to be initialized as it takes the spin lock, so we need
some kind of clear convention that when is it safe to assume that queue lock
is initiliazed and blk_throtle_exit() can be called safely.

We recently ran into issues with loop driver which was trying to free
up queue almost immediately after block_alloc_queue() due to some internal
errors. Also NeilBrown complained that in current form, md provides its
own spinlock and zaps that before blk_cleanup_queue() call and that will
have issues with throttling code. Neil has not fixed the issue with
md driver and queued up a patch in this tree.

So there is a need to make sure blk_throtl_exit() can be called safely
and to also catch any errors if some drivers are not doing so. This
patch series puts a WARN_ON(!q->queue_lock) in blk_cleanup_queue() and
moves the queue lock initialization in queue allocation code. Also it
move blk_throtl_exit() from release_queue() to cleanup_queue().

These pathes are only boot tested on one machine. Before I do more
extensive testing, I wanted to throw it out there and figure out
if it makes sense or not.

Thanks
Vivek

Vivek Goyal (3):
  block: Initialize ->queue_lock to internal lock at queue allocation
    time
  loop: No need to initialize ->queue_lock explicitly before calling
    blk_cleanup_queue()
  block: Move blk_throtl_exit() call to blk_cleanup_queue()

 block/blk-core.c       |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 block/blk-settings.c   |    7 -------
 block/blk-sysfs.c      |    2 --
 block/blk-throttle.c   |    2 +-
 drivers/block/loop.c   |    3 ---
 include/linux/blkdev.h |    2 --
 6 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)


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2011-02-22  3:53 ` [PATCH 1/3] block: Initialize ->queue_lock to internal lock at queue allocation time Vivek Goyal
2011-02-22  3:53 ` [PATCH 2/3] loop: No need to initialize ->queue_lock explicitly before calling blk_cleanup_queue() Vivek Goyal
2011-02-22  7:30   ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2011-02-22 14:20     ` Vivek Goyal
2011-02-22 14:48       ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2011-02-22  3:53 ` [PATCH 3/3] block: Move blk_throtl_exit() call to blk_cleanup_queue() Vivek Goyal
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