Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

On 06/08/2017 09:30 AM, Paolo Valente wrote: > >> Il giorno 05 giu 2017, alle ore 10:11, Paolo Valente >> ha scritto: >> >> In blk-cgroup, operations on blkg objects are protected with the >> request_queue lock. This is no more the lock that protects >> I/O-scheduler

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

On 06/08/2017 09:30 AM, Paolo Valente wrote: > >> Il giorno 05 giu 2017, alle ore 10:11, Paolo Valente >> ha scritto: >> >> In blk-cgroup, operations on blkg objects are protected with the >> request_queue lock. This is no more the lock that protects >> I/O-scheduler operations in blk-mq. In

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

> Il giorno 05 giu 2017, alle ore 10:11, Paolo Valente > ha scritto: > > In blk-cgroup, operations on blkg objects are protected with the > request_queue lock. This is no more the lock that protects > I/O-scheduler operations in blk-mq. In fact, the latter are now >

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

> Il giorno 05 giu 2017, alle ore 10:11, Paolo Valente > ha scritto: > > In blk-cgroup, operations on blkg objects are protected with the > request_queue lock. This is no more the lock that protects > I/O-scheduler operations in blk-mq. In fact, the latter are now > protected with a

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

Hello, Paolo. On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 09:10:59AM +0200, Paolo Valente wrote: > Ok. So, just to better understand: as of now, i.e., before you make > the changes you are proposing, the address returned by blkg_lookup can > be used safely only if one both invokes blkg_lookup and gets a >

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

Hello, Paolo. On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 09:10:59AM +0200, Paolo Valente wrote: > Ok. So, just to better understand: as of now, i.e., before you make > the changes you are proposing, the address returned by blkg_lookup can > be used safely only if one both invokes blkg_lookup and gets a >

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

> Il giorno 24 mag 2017, alle ore 17:47, Tejun Heo ha scritto: > > Hello, > > On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 05:43:18PM +0100, Paolo Valente wrote: >>> so none of the above objects can be destroyed before the request is >>> done. >> >> ... the issue seems just to move to a more

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

> Il giorno 24 mag 2017, alle ore 17:47, Tejun Heo ha scritto: > > Hello, > > On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 05:43:18PM +0100, Paolo Valente wrote: >>> so none of the above objects can be destroyed before the request is >>> done. >> >> ... the issue seems just to move to a more subtle position: cfq

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

Hello, On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 05:43:18PM +0100, Paolo Valente wrote: > > so none of the above objects can be destroyed before the request is > > done. > > ... the issue seems just to move to a more subtle position: cfq is ok, > because it protects itself with rq lock, but blk-mq schedulers

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

Hello, On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 05:43:18PM +0100, Paolo Valente wrote: > > so none of the above objects can be destroyed before the request is > > done. > > ... the issue seems just to move to a more subtle position: cfq is ok, > because it protects itself with rq lock, but blk-mq schedulers

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

> Il giorno 24 mag 2017, alle ore 15:50, Tejun Heo ha scritto: > > Hello, Paolo. > > On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 12:53:26PM +0100, Paolo Valente wrote: >> Exact, but even after all blkgs, as well as the cfq_group and pd, are >> gone, the children cfq_queues of the gone cfq_group

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

> Il giorno 24 mag 2017, alle ore 15:50, Tejun Heo ha scritto: > > Hello, Paolo. > > On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 12:53:26PM +0100, Paolo Valente wrote: >> Exact, but even after all blkgs, as well as the cfq_group and pd, are >> gone, the children cfq_queues of the gone cfq_group continue to point

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

Hello, Paolo. On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 12:53:26PM +0100, Paolo Valente wrote: > Exact, but even after all blkgs, as well as the cfq_group and pd, are > gone, the children cfq_queues of the gone cfq_group continue to point > to unexisting objects, until new cfq_set_requests are executed for > those

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

Hello, Paolo. On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 12:53:26PM +0100, Paolo Valente wrote: > Exact, but even after all blkgs, as well as the cfq_group and pd, are > gone, the children cfq_queues of the gone cfq_group continue to point > to unexisting objects, until new cfq_set_requests are executed for > those

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

> Il giorno 24 mag 2017, alle ore 12:53, Paolo Valente > ha scritto: > >> >> Il giorno 23 mag 2017, alle ore 21:42, Tejun Heo ha >> scritto: >> >> Hello, Paolo. >> >> On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 09:27:33AM +0200, Paolo Valente wrote: >>> Consider a

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

> Il giorno 24 mag 2017, alle ore 12:53, Paolo Valente > ha scritto: > >> >> Il giorno 23 mag 2017, alle ore 21:42, Tejun Heo ha >> scritto: >> >> Hello, Paolo. >> >> On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 09:27:33AM +0200, Paolo Valente wrote: >>> Consider a process or a group that is moved from a

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

> Il giorno 23 mag 2017, alle ore 21:42, Tejun Heo ha scritto: > > Hello, Paolo. > > On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 09:27:33AM +0200, Paolo Valente wrote: >> Consider a process or a group that is moved from a given source group >> to a different group, or simply removed from a group

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

> Il giorno 23 mag 2017, alle ore 21:42, Tejun Heo ha scritto: > > Hello, Paolo. > > On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 09:27:33AM +0200, Paolo Valente wrote: >> Consider a process or a group that is moved from a given source group >> to a different group, or simply removed from a group (although I >>

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

Hello, Paolo. On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 09:27:33AM +0200, Paolo Valente wrote: > Consider a process or a group that is moved from a given source group > to a different group, or simply removed from a group (although I > didn't yet succeed in just removing a process from a group :) ). The > pointer

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

Hello, Paolo. On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 09:27:33AM +0200, Paolo Valente wrote: > Consider a process or a group that is moved from a given source group > to a different group, or simply removed from a group (although I > didn't yet succeed in just removing a process from a group :) ). The > pointer

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

> Il giorno 19 mag 2017, alle ore 16:37, Jens Axboe ha > scritto: > > On 05/19/2017 02:39 AM, Paolo Valente wrote: >> @@ -692,8 +725,7 @@ void bfq_pd_offline(struct blkg_policy_data *pd) >> /* >> * The idle tree may still contain bfq_queues belonging

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

> Il giorno 19 mag 2017, alle ore 16:37, Jens Axboe ha > scritto: > > On 05/19/2017 02:39 AM, Paolo Valente wrote: >> @@ -692,8 +725,7 @@ void bfq_pd_offline(struct blkg_policy_data *pd) >> /* >> * The idle tree may still contain bfq_queues belonging >>

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

> Il giorno 19 mag 2017, alle ore 16:54, Tejun Heo ha scritto: > > Hello, Paolo. > > On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 10:39:08AM +0200, Paolo Valente wrote: >> Operations on blkg objects in blk-cgroup are protected with the >> request_queue lock, which is no more the lock that protects

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

> Il giorno 19 mag 2017, alle ore 16:54, Tejun Heo ha scritto: > > Hello, Paolo. > > On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 10:39:08AM +0200, Paolo Valente wrote: >> Operations on blkg objects in blk-cgroup are protected with the >> request_queue lock, which is no more the lock that protects >> I/O-scheduler

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

Hello, Paolo. On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 10:39:08AM +0200, Paolo Valente wrote: > Operations on blkg objects in blk-cgroup are protected with the > request_queue lock, which is no more the lock that protects > I/O-scheduler operations in blk-mq. The latter are now protected with > finer-grained

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

Hello, Paolo. On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 10:39:08AM +0200, Paolo Valente wrote: > Operations on blkg objects in blk-cgroup are protected with the > request_queue lock, which is no more the lock that protects > I/O-scheduler operations in blk-mq. The latter are now protected with > finer-grained

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

On 05/19/2017 02:39 AM, Paolo Valente wrote: > @@ -692,8 +725,7 @@ void bfq_pd_offline(struct blkg_policy_data *pd) > /* >* The idle tree may still contain bfq_queues belonging >* to exited task because they never migrated to a different > -

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: access and cache blkg data only when safe

On 05/19/2017 02:39 AM, Paolo Valente wrote: > @@ -692,8 +725,7 @@ void bfq_pd_offline(struct blkg_policy_data *pd) > /* >* The idle tree may still contain bfq_queues belonging >* to exited task because they never migrated to a different > -