linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/13] blkcg: associate blkg when associating a device

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Date:   Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:54:07 -0500
From:   Dennis Zhou <dennis@...nel.org>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Josef Bacik <josef@...icpanda.com>, kernel-team@...com,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/13] blkcg: associate blkg when associating a device

On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 07:53:33AM -0800, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 04:19:38PM -0500, Dennis Zhou wrote:
> > diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
> > index 62715a5a4f32..8bc9d9b29fd3 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/bio.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/bio.h
> > @@ -486,6 +486,12 @@ extern unsigned int bvec_nr_vecs(unsigned short idx);
> >  extern const char *bio_devname(struct bio *bio, char *buffer);
> >  
> >  #define bio_set_dev(bio, bdev) 			\
> > +do {						\
> > +	bio_set_dev_only(bio, bdev);		\
> > +	bio_associate_blkg(bio);		\
> > +} while (0)
> > +
> > +#define bio_set_dev_only(bio, bdev)		\
> >  do {						\
> >  	if ((bio)->bi_disk != (bdev)->bd_disk)	\
> >  		bio_clear_flag(bio, BIO_THROTTLED);\
> 
> Generally looks okay to me but I'm not sure about bio_set_dev_only().
> Maybe sth more explicit like bio_set_dev_without_blkg()?  Also, can
> you please add comments explaining which should be used when?
> 

I've switched it to bio_set_dev_without_blkg() and added the comment
below and added a comment in the use cases. Let me know if the wording
is fine below.

+/*
+ * Bio device setters.  A blkg represents the relationship between a blkcg
+ * and a request_queue.  When the device is set for a bio, it becomes possible
+ * to do blkg association.  Importantly, a blkg also holds a pointer back to
+ * the request_queue.  In general, bio_set_dev() should be used to keep
+ * bio->bi_disk->queue and bio->bi_blkg->q consistent.  If blkg association
+ * will be done explicitly or is a bio based device, use
+ * bio_set_dev_without_blkg().
+ */

Thanks,
Dennis