linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] blk-cgroup: Call cgroup

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Date:	Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:12:08 -0700
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
Cc:	axboe@...nel.dk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] blk-cgroup: Call cgroup_path only under cgroup lock

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 08:06:53PM +0200, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> wrote:
> > Hello, Sasha.
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 04:01:18PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> >> Since we can't keep rcu read lock during blkg_alloc(), we currently
> >> call cgroup_path() without any locks at all.
> >>
> >> This patch adds cgroup locking before calling cgroup_path.
> >>
> >> This also fixes a lockdep warning on boot.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
> >
> > Which branch is this against?  There's already pending stat update
> > patch from Vivek which fix this problem along with the percpu
> > allocation problem.
> >
> > Thanks.
> 
> I've fixed it for linux-next.

Jens, the pending stats patchset should fix this problem too.  Can you
please put them on top of other blkcg updates?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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