linux-kernel - [PATCH] cfq-iosched: Do not access cfqq after freeing it

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Date:	Mon, 7 Dec 2009 13:15:47 -0500
From:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
To:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Moyer Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] cfq-iosched: Do not access cfqq after freeing it

Fix a crash during boot reported by Jeff Moyer. Fix the issue of accessing
cfqq after freeing it.

Reported-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>

Index: linux-2.6-block/block/cfq-iosched.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-block.orig/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ linux-2.6-block/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -2368,7 +2368,7 @@ static int cfq_dispatch_requests(struct 
 static void cfq_put_queue(struct cfq_queue *cfqq)
 {
 	struct cfq_data *cfqd = cfqq->cfqd;
-	struct cfq_group *cfqg;
+	struct cfq_group *cfqg, *orig_cfqg;
 
 	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&cfqq->ref) <= 0);
 
@@ -2379,6 +2379,7 @@ static void cfq_put_queue(struct cfq_que
 	BUG_ON(rb_first(&cfqq->sort_list));
 	BUG_ON(cfqq->allocated[READ] + cfqq->allocated[WRITE]);
 	cfqg = cfqq->cfqg;
+	orig_cfqg = cfqq->orig_cfqg;
 
 	if (unlikely(cfqd->active_queue == cfqq)) {
 		__cfq_slice_expired(cfqd, cfqq, 0);
@@ -2388,8 +2389,8 @@ static void cfq_put_queue(struct cfq_que
 	BUG_ON(cfq_cfqq_on_rr(cfqq));
 	kmem_cache_free(cfq_pool, cfqq);
 	cfq_put_cfqg(cfqg);
-	if (cfqq->orig_cfqg)
-		cfq_put_cfqg(cfqq->orig_cfqg);
+	if (orig_cfqg)
+		cfq_put_cfqg(orig_cfqg);
 }
 
 /*
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