linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: btrfs: block-group.c: Fix suspicious RCU usage warning

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Date:   Fri, 6 Mar 2020 20:37:13 +0100
From:   David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
To:     madhuparnabhowmik10@...il.com
Cc:     clm@...com, josef@...icpanda.com, dsterba@...e.com,
        linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        joel@...lfernandes.org,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org, paulmck@...nel.org,
        frextrite@...il.com, linux@...ck-us.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: btrfs: block-group.c: Fix suspicious RCU usage
 warning

On Fri, Mar 06, 2020 at 12:22:43PM +0530, madhuparnabhowmik10@...il.com wrote:
> From: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@...il.com>
> 
> The space_info list is rcu protected.
> Hence, it should be traversed with rcu_read_lock held.
> 
> Warning:
> [   29.104591] =============================
> [   29.104756] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
> [   29.105046] 5.6.0-rc4-next-20200305 #1 Not tainted
> [   29.105231] -----------------------------
> [   29.105401] fs/btrfs/block-group.c:2011 RCU-list traversed in non-reader section!!
> 
> Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> Signed-off-by: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@...il.com>

I've updated the changelog based on comments from the mail thread and
applied the patch. Thanks.