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Date:	Mon, 9 May 2016 08:55:21 -0600
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	Paolo <paolo.valente@...aro.org>, Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ulf.hansson@...aro.org,
	linus.walleij@...aro.org, broonie@...nel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block: add missing group association in bio_split

On 05/09/2016 08:39 AM, Paolo wrote:
> Il 09/05/2016 16:35, Jeff Moyer ha scritto:
>> Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com> writes:
>>
>>> Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@...aro.org> writes:
>>>
>>>> @@ -1811,6 +1811,11 @@ struct bio *bio_split(struct bio *bio, int
>>>> sectors,
>>>>
>>>>       bio_advance(bio, split->bi_iter.bi_size);
>>>>
>>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP
>>>> +    if (bio->bi_css)
>>>> +        bio_associate_blkcg(split, bio->bi_css);
>>>> +#endif
>>>> +
>>>>       return split;
>>>>   }
>>>>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_split);
>>>
>>> Get rid of the #ifdefery.  This should be just:
>>>
>>> bio_associate_blkcg(split, bio->bi_css);
>>
>> Gah, I see that the bi_css member is only present for CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP.
>> I guess we'll have to live with the ifdef.
>>
>
> We have already tried to remove it, but it seems it would require other
> major changes.

It'd be cleaner to have a

bio_clone_associate_blkcg(split, bio);

or similar, and then hide it in there.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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