linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/8] blkcg: kill blkio_list and replace blkio_list

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Date:	Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:32:26 -0400
From:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	axboe@...nel.dk, ctalbott@...gle.com, rni@...gle.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] blkcg: kill blkio_list and replace blkio_list_lock
 with a mutex

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 04:29:33PM -0700, Tejun Heo wrote:

Hi Tejun,

> @@ -732,20 +732,21 @@ void blkio_policy_register(struct blkio_policy_type *blkiop)
>  {
>  	struct request_queue *q;
>  
> +	mutex_lock(&blkcg_pol_mutex);
> +
>  	blkcg_bypass_start();
> -	spin_lock(&blkio_list_lock);
>  
>  	BUG_ON(blkio_policy[blkiop->plid]);

A minor nit. It might be a good idea to check that blkiop->plid is not
greater than BLKIO_NR_POLICIES for both registration and unresitration
functions to avoid touching memory beyond blkio_policy[] array.

Thanks
Vivek
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