From: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
To: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: axboe@kernel.dk, ctalbott@google.com, rni@google.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 33/36] block: add io_context->active_ref
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:20:46 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120223182046.GF19691@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120222191347.GB17480@google.com>
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:13:47AM -0800, Tejun Heo wrote:
[..]
> It indeed is ugly to have ref, active_ref and nr_tasks tho. If we can
> remove CLONE_IO, nr_tasks will go away with it. Maybe, I don't know.
> Let's see.
I just remembered following commit where a race was fixed and in this
case two processes were sharing io context.
>From 5eb46851de3904cd1be9192fdacb8d34deadc1fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 10:07:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] cfq-iosched: fix cfq_cic_link() race confition
Just thought of mentioning here. It shows somebody out there uses
and cares about CLONE_IO.
Thanks
Vivek
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-23 18:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-22 1:46 [PATCHSET] blkcg: accumulated blkcg updates Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 01/36] block: blk-throttle should be drained regardless of q->elevator Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 02/36] blkcg: make CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP bool Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 03/36] cfq: don't register propio policy if !CONFIG_CFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 04/36] elevator: clear auxiliary data earlier during elevator switch Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 05/36] elevator: make elevator_init_fn() return 0/-errno Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 06/36] block: implement blk_queue_bypass_start/end() Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 07/36] block: extend queue bypassing to cover blkcg policies Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 08/36] blkcg: shoot down blkio_groups on elevator switch Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 09/36] blkcg: move rcu_read_lock() outside of blkio_group get functions Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 10/36] blkcg: update blkg get functions take blkio_cgroup as parameter Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 11/36] blkcg: use q and plid instead of opaque void * for blkio_group association Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 12/36] blkcg: add blkio_policy[] array and allow one policy per policy ID Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 13/36] blkcg: use the usual get blkg path for root blkio_group Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 14/36] blkcg: factor out blkio_group creation Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 15/36] blkcg: don't allow or retain configuration of missing devices Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 16/36] blkcg: kill blkio_policy_node Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 17/36] blkcg: kill the mind-bending blkg->dev Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 18/36] blkcg: let blkio_group point to blkio_cgroup directly Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 19/36] blkcg: add blkcg_{init|drain|exit}_queue() Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 20/36] blkcg: clear all request_queues on blkcg policy [un]registrations Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 21/36] blkcg: let blkcg core handle policy private data allocation Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 22/36] blkcg: move refcnt to blkcg core Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 23/36] blkcg: make blkg->pd an array and move configuration and stats into it Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 24/36] blkcg: don't use blkg->plid in stat related functions Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 25/36] blkcg: move per-queue blkg list heads and counters to queue and blkg Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 26/36] blkcg: let blkcg core manage per-queue blkg list and counter Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 27/36] blkcg: unify blkg's for blkcg policies Tejun Heo
2012-03-05 21:01 ` [PATCH UPDATED " Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 28/36] blkcg: use double locking instead of RCU for blkg synchronization Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 29/36] blkcg: drop unnecessary RCU locking Tejun Heo
2012-02-23 18:51 ` [PATCH UPDATED " Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 30/36] block: restructure get_request() Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 31/36] block: interface update for ioc/icq creation functions Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:46 ` [PATCH 32/36] block: ioc_task_link() can't fail Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:47 ` [PATCH 33/36] block: add io_context->active_ref Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 18:47 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-02-22 19:13 ` Tejun Heo
2012-02-23 18:20 ` Vivek Goyal [this message]
2012-02-22 1:47 ` [PATCH 34/36] block: implement bio_associate_current() Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 13:45 ` Jeff Moyer
2012-02-22 19:07 ` Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 19:33 ` Jeff Moyer
2012-02-22 19:37 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-02-22 19:41 ` Jeff Moyer
2012-02-22 1:47 ` [PATCH 35/36] block: make block cgroup policies follow bio task association Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 1:47 ` [PATCH 36/36] block: make blk-throttle preserve the issuing task on delayed bios Tejun Heo
2012-02-22 19:34 ` [PATCHSET] blkcg: accumulated blkcg updates Vivek Goyal
2012-02-22 22:04 ` Tejun Heo
2012-03-05 20:59 ` [PATCH 17.5] blkcg: skip blkg printing if q isn't associated with disk Tejun Heo
2012-03-05 21:07 ` [PATCHSET] blkcg: accumulated blkcg updates Tejun Heo
2012-03-05 21:08 ` Tejun Heo
2012-03-06 15:07 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-03-06 16:24 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-03-06 18:39 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-03-06 19:02 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-03-08 0:06 ` Tejun Heo
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