[PATCH] [78/99] cfq-iosched: fix a rcu warning

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Wed Jul 27 2011 - 17:51:47 EST


2.6.35-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 3181faa85bda3dc3f5e630a1846526c9caaa38e3 upstream.

I got a rcu warnning at boot. the ioc->ioc_data is rcu_deferenced, but
doesn't hold rcu_read_lock.

Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
block/cfq-iosched.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6.35.y/block/cfq-iosched.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.35.y.orig/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ linux-2.6.35.y/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -2615,11 +2615,14 @@ static void __cfq_exit_single_io_context
smp_wmb();
cic->key = cfqd_dead_key(cfqd);

+ rcu_read_lock();
if (rcu_dereference(ioc->ioc_data) == cic) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
spin_lock(&ioc->lock);
rcu_assign_pointer(ioc->ioc_data, NULL);
spin_unlock(&ioc->lock);
- }
+ } else
+ rcu_read_unlock();

if (cic->cfqq[BLK_RW_ASYNC]) {
cfq_exit_cfqq(cfqd, cic->cfqq[BLK_RW_ASYNC]);
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