On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 15:58 -0800, Andy Grover wrote:
> Use kref to handle reference counting
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Grover <agro...@redhat.com>
> ---
> drivers/target/target_core_alua.c | 37
> ++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> include/target/target_core_base.h | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_alua.c
> b/drivers/target/target_core_alua.c
> index 2ac2f11..8c01ade 100644
> --- a/drivers/target/target_core_alua.c
> +++ b/drivers/target/target_core_alua.c
> @@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ static LIST_HEAD(lu_gps_list);
>
> struct t10_alua_lu_gp *default_lu_gp;
>
> +static void release_alua_lu_gp(struct kref *ref)
> +{
> + struct t10_alua_lu_gp *lu_gp = container_of(ref, struct t10_alua_lu_gp,
> refcount);
> +
> + kmem_cache_free(t10_alua_lu_gp_cache, lu_gp);
> +}
> +
> +#define get_alua_lu_gp(x) kref_get(&x->refcount)
> +#define put_alua_lu_gp(x) kref_put(&x->refcount, release_alua_lu_gp)
> +
> /*
> * REPORT_TARGET_PORT_GROUPS
> *
> @@ -898,8 +908,7 @@ int core_alua_do_port_transition(
> local_lu_gp_mem = l_dev->dev_alua_lu_gp_mem;
> spin_lock(&local_lu_gp_mem->lu_gp_mem_lock);
> lu_gp = local_lu_gp_mem->lu_gp;
> - atomic_inc(&lu_gp->lu_gp_ref_cnt);
> - smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();
> + get_alua_lu_gp(lu_gp);
> spin_unlock(&local_lu_gp_mem->lu_gp_mem_lock);
> /*
> * For storage objects that are members of the 'default_lu_gp',
> @@ -913,8 +922,8 @@ int core_alua_do_port_transition(
> */
> core_alua_do_transition_tg_pt(l_tg_pt_gp, l_port, l_nacl,
> md_buf, new_state, explicit);
> - atomic_dec(&lu_gp->lu_gp_ref_cnt);
> - smp_mb__after_atomic_dec();
> +
> + put_alua_lu_gp(lu_gp);
> kfree(md_buf);
> return 0;
> }
> @@ -985,8 +994,7 @@ int core_alua_do_port_transition(
> l_tg_pt_gp->tg_pt_gp_id, (explicit) ? "explicit" : "implicit",
> core_alua_dump_state(new_state));
>
> - atomic_dec(&lu_gp->lu_gp_ref_cnt);
> - smp_mb__after_atomic_dec();
> + put_alua_lu_gp(lu_gp);
> kfree(md_buf);
> return 0;
> }
> @@ -1107,7 +1115,8 @@ core_alua_allocate_lu_gp(const char *name, int
> def_group)
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&lu_gp->lu_gp_node);
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&lu_gp->lu_gp_mem_list);
> spin_lock_init(&lu_gp->lu_gp_lock);
> - atomic_set(&lu_gp->lu_gp_ref_cnt, 0);
> +
> + kref_init(&lu_gp->refcount);
>
> if (def_group) {
> lu_gp->lu_gp_id = alua_lu_gps_counter++;
> @@ -1200,13 +1209,7 @@ void core_alua_free_lu_gp(struct t10_alua_lu_gp *lu_gp)
> list_del(&lu_gp->lu_gp_node);
> alua_lu_gps_count--;
> spin_unlock(&lu_gps_lock);
> - /*
> - * Allow struct t10_alua_lu_gp * referenced by
> core_alua_get_lu_gp_by_name()
> - * in target_core_configfs.c:target_core_store_alua_lu_gp() to be
> - * released with core_alua_put_lu_gp_from_name()
> - */
> - while (atomic_read(&lu_gp->lu_gp_ref_cnt))
> - cpu_relax();
> +
> /*
> * Release reference to struct t10_alua_lu_gp * from all associated
> * struct se_device.
> @@ -1241,7 +1244,7 @@ void core_alua_free_lu_gp(struct t10_alua_lu_gp *lu_gp)
> }
> spin_unlock(&lu_gp->lu_gp_lock);
>
> - kmem_cache_free(t10_alua_lu_gp_cache, lu_gp);
> + put_alua_lu_gp(lu_gp);
> }
>
The assumption that it's safe to 'Release reference to struct
t10_alua_lu_gp * from all associated struct device' below the original
cpu_relax(), while there are still other process contexts doing their
respective put_alua_lu_gp() is totally wrong.
Furthermore, allowing a configfs_group_ops->drop_item() to return while
there are still active references from other process contexts means that
the parent struct config_group is no longer referenced counted (eg:
configfs child is removed), and introduces a whole host of potential
bugs.
So that said, NAK on this patch.
--nab
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