linux-kernel - [patch 1/2]cfq-iosched: fix a rcu warning

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Date:	Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:52:37 +0800
From:	Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@...el.com>
To:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com>
Subject: [patch 1/2]cfq-iosched: fix a rcu warning

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@...el.com>

diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index f379943..fd566c1 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -2773,11 +2773,14 @@ static void __cfq_exit_single_io_context(struct cfq_data *cfqd,
 	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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