linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/12] blkcg: remove additional reference to the css

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Date:   Fri, 7 Sep 2018 16:24:30 -0400
From:   Dennis Zhou <dennisszhou@...il.com>
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 09/12] blkcg: remove additional reference to the css

On Fri, Sep 07, 2018 at 10:54:46AM -0700, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 05:10:42PM -0400, Dennis Zhou wrote:
> > +struct cgroup_subsys_state *cgroup_e_css(struct cgroup *cgrp,
> > +					 struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
> > +{
> > +	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
> > +
> > +	rcu_read_lock();
> > +
> > +	do {
> > +		css = cgroup_css(cgrp, ss);
> > +
> > +		if (css)
> > +			goto out_unlock;
> > +		cgrp = cgroup_parent(cgrp);
> > +	} while (cgrp);
> > +
> > +	css = init_css_set.subsys[ss->id];
> > +out_unlock:
> > +	rcu_read_unlock();
> 
> Nothing protects @css here tho.  It can be released before the caller
> is done with it.  The caller must ensure that it's holding rcu read
> lock to protect the lookup and the subsequent uses.  cgroup_css()
> already checks for rcu locking, so if you just drop
> rcu_read_lock/unlock(), everything should work fine.
> 

Ah yes, that's my bad. I've removed it and the unnecessary goto now.

Thanks,
Dennis