linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] blk-throttle: Take blkcg->lock while traversing blkcg->policy

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Date:	Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:11:40 -0700
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jaxboe@...ionio.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] blk-throttle: Take blkcg->lock while traversing
 blkcg->policy_list

Hello,

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 05:08:26PM -0400, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> blkcg->policy_list is protected by blkcg->lock. Its not rcu protected
> list. So even for readers, they need to take blkcg->lock. There are
> few functions which were reading the list without taking lock. Fix it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>

 Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

And yeap, some of rcu usages in cfq/iocg seem either incorrect or
unnecessary.  Trying to clean up that now too.

Thank you.

-- 
tejun
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