Re: [PATCH v2] blk-ioc: don't hold queue_lock for ioc_lookup_icq()

From: Jan Kara
Date: Mon Jul 28 2025 - 17:45:52 EST


On Tue 29-07-25 01:08:40, Yu Kuai wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 在 2025/7/28 17:28, Jan Kara 写道:
> > On Sat 26-07-25 02:03:34, Yu Kuai wrote:
> > > From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Currently issue io can grab queue_lock three times from bfq_bio_merge(),
> > > bfq_limit_depth() and bfq_prepare_request(), the queue_lock is not
> > > necessary if icq is already created because both queue and ioc can't be
> > > freed before io issuing is done, hence remove the unnecessary queue_lock
> > > and use rcu to protect radix tree lookup.
> > >
> > > Noted this is also a prep patch to support request batch dispatching[1].
> > >
> > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250722072431.610354-1-yukuai1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > > Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Looks good! Just one small comment below. With that fixed feel free to add:
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > > diff --git a/block/blk-ioc.c b/block/blk-ioc.c
> > > index ce82770c72ab..ea9c975aaef7 100644
> > > --- a/block/blk-ioc.c
> > > +++ b/block/blk-ioc.c
> > > @@ -308,19 +308,18 @@ int __copy_io(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
> > > #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_ICQ
> > > /**
> > > - * ioc_lookup_icq - lookup io_cq from ioc
> > > + * ioc_lookup_icq - lookup io_cq from ioc in io issue path
> > > * @q: the associated request_queue
> > > *
> > > * Look up io_cq associated with @ioc - @q pair from @ioc. Must be called
> > > - * with @q->queue_lock held.
> > > + * from io issue path, either return NULL if current issue io to @q for the
> > > + * first time, or return a valid icq.
> > > */
> > > struct io_cq *ioc_lookup_icq(struct request_queue *q)
> > > {
> > > struct io_context *ioc = current->io_context;
> > > struct io_cq *icq;
> > > - lockdep_assert_held(&q->queue_lock);
> > > -
> > > /*
> > > * icq's are indexed from @ioc using radix tree and hint pointer,
> > > * both of which are protected with RCU. All removals are done
> > In this comment there's still reference to holding 'q lock'. I think you
> > should replace that with justification why when called from IO issue path
> > we are guaranteed found pointer is safe to use.
> Thanks for the review! How about:

Just one spelling correction. Otherwise looks great to me.

> diff --git a/block/blk-ioc.c b/block/blk-ioc.c
> index ea9c975aaef7..fd77e655544f 100644
> --- a/block/blk-ioc.c
> +++ b/block/blk-ioc.c
> @@ -322,9 +322,9 @@ struct io_cq *ioc_lookup_icq(struct request_queue *q)
>
>         /*
>          * icq's are indexed from @ioc using radix tree and hint pointer,
> -        * both of which are protected with RCU.  All removals are done
> -        * holding both q and ioc locks, and we're holding q lock - if we
> -        * find a icq which points to us, it's guaranteed to be valid.
> +        * both of which are protected with RCU, io issue path ensures that
> +        * both request_queue and current task are valid, the founded icq
^^^^ thus the
found icq

> +        * is guaranteed to be valid until the io is done.
>          */
>         rcu_read_lock();
>         icq = rcu_dereference(ioc->icq_hint);

Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR