linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH BUGFIX V2] block: add missing group association in bio-cloning functions

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Message-ID: <20160510210350.GO7110@mtj.duckdns.org>
Date:	Tue, 10 May 2016 17:03:50 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@...aro.org>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, 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 V2] block: add missing group association in
 bio-cloning functions

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 11:02:12PM +0200, Paolo Valente wrote:
> When a bio is cloned, the newly created bio must be associated with
> the same blkcg as the original bio (if BLK_CGROUP is enabled). If
> this operation is not performed, then the new bio is not associated
> with any group, and the group of the current task is returned when
> the group of the bio is requested.
> 
> Depending on the cloning frequency, this may cause a large
> percentage of the bios belonging to a given group to be treated
> as if belonging to other groups (in most cases as if belonging to
> the root group). The expected group isolation may thereby be broken.
> 
> This commit adds the missing association in bio-cloning functions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@...aro.org>

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

Thanks.

-- 
tejun