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Tejun Heo 03aa264ac1 blkcg: let blkcg core manage per-queue blkg list and counter
With the previous patch to move blkg list heads and counters to
request_queue and blkg, logic to manage them in both policies are
almost identical and can be moved to blkcg core.

This patch moves blkg link logic into blkg_lookup_create(), implements
common blkg unlink code in blkg_destroy(), and updates
blkg_destory_all() so that it's policy specific and can skip root
group.  The updated blkg_destroy_all() is now used to both clear queue
for bypassing and elv switching, and release all blkgs on q exit.

This patch introduces a race window where policy [de]registration may
race against queue blkg clearing.  This can only be a problem on cfq
unload and shouldn't be a real problem in practice (and we have many
other places where this race already exists).  Future patches will
remove these unlikely races.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-06 21:27:23 +01:00
Tejun Heo 4eef304998 blkcg: move per-queue blkg list heads and counters to queue and blkg
Currently, specific policy implementations are responsible for
maintaining list and number of blkgs.  This duplicates code
unnecessarily, and hinders factoring common code and providing blkcg
API with better defined semantics.

After this patch, request_queue hosts list heads and counters and blkg
has list nodes for both policies.  This patch only relocates the
necessary fields and the next patch will actually move management code
into blkcg core.

Note that request_queue->blkg_list[] and ->nr_blkgs[] are hardcoded to
have 2 elements.  This is to avoid include dependency and will be
removed by the next patch.

This patch doesn't introduce any behavior change.

-v2: Now unnecessary conditional on CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP_MODULE removed
     as pointed out by Vivek.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-06 21:27:23 +01:00
Tejun Heo c1768268f9 blkcg: don't use blkg->plid in stat related functions
blkg is scheduled to be unified for all policies and thus there won't
be one-to-one mapping from blkg to policy.  Update stat related
functions to take explicit @pol or @plid arguments and not use
blkg->plid.

This is painful for now but most of specific stat interface functions
will be replaced with a handful of generic helpers.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-06 21:27:23 +01:00
Tejun Heo 549d3aa872 blkcg: make blkg->pd an array and move configuration and stats into it
To prepare for unifying blkgs for different policies, make blkg->pd an
array with BLKIO_NR_POLICIES elements and move blkg->conf, ->stats,
and ->stats_cpu into blkg_policy_data.

This patch doesn't introduce any functional difference.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-06 21:27:23 +01:00
Tejun Heo 1adaf3dde3 blkcg: move refcnt to blkcg core
Currently, blkcg policy implementations manage blkg refcnt duplicating
mostly identical code in both policies.  This patch moves refcnt to
blkg and let blkcg core handle refcnt and freeing of blkgs.

* cfq blkgs now also get freed via RCU.

* cfq blkgs lose RB_EMPTY_ROOT() sanity check on blkg free.  If
  necessary, we can add blkio_exit_group_fn() to resurrect this.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-06 21:27:23 +01:00
Tejun Heo 0381411e4b blkcg: let blkcg core handle policy private data allocation
Currently, blkg's are embedded in private data blkcg policy private
data structure and thus allocated and freed by policies.  This leads
to duplicate codes in policies, hinders implementing common part in
blkcg core with strong semantics, and forces duplicate blkg's for the
same cgroup-q association.

This patch introduces struct blkg_policy_data which is a separate data
structure chained from blkg.  Policies specifies the amount of private
data it needs in its blkio_policy_type->pdata_size and blkcg core
takes care of allocating them along with blkg which can be accessed
using blkg_to_pdata().  blkg can be determined from pdata using
pdata_to_blkg().  blkio_alloc_group_fn() method is accordingly updated
to blkio_init_group_fn().

For consistency, tg_of_blkg() and cfqg_of_blkg() are replaced with
blkg_to_tg() and blkg_to_cfqg() respectively, and functions to map in
the reverse direction are added.

Except that policy specific data now lives in a separate data
structure from blkg, this patch doesn't introduce any functional
difference.

This will be used to unify blkg's for different policies.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-06 21:27:23 +01:00
Tejun Heo 923adde1be blkcg: clear all request_queues on blkcg policy [un]registrations
Keep track of all request_queues which have blkcg initialized and turn
on bypass and invoke blkcg_clear_queue() on all before making changes
to blkcg policies.

This is to prepare for moving blkg management into blkcg core.  Note
that this uses more brute force than necessary.  Finer grained shoot
down will be implemented later and given that policy [un]registration
almost never happens on running systems (blk-throtl can't be built as
a module and cfq usually is the builtin default iosched), this
shouldn't be a problem for the time being.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-06 21:27:23 +01:00
Tejun Heo 5efd611351 blkcg: add blkcg_{init|drain|exit}_queue()
Currently block core calls directly into blk-throttle for init, drain
and exit.  This patch adds blkcg_{init|drain|exit}_queue() which wraps
the blk-throttle functions.  This is to give more control and
visiblity to blkcg core layer for proper layering.  Further patches
will add logic common to blkcg policies to the functions.

While at it, collapse blk_throtl_release() into blk_throtl_exit().
There's no reason to keep them separate.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-06 21:27:23 +01:00
Tejun Heo 7ee9c56205 blkcg: let blkio_group point to blkio_cgroup directly
Currently, blkg points to the associated blkcg via its css_id.  This
unnecessarily complicates dereferencing blkcg.  Let blkg hold a
reference to the associated blkcg and point directly to it and disable
css_id on blkio_subsys.

This change requires splitting blkiocg_destroy() into
blkiocg_pre_destroy() and blkiocg_destroy() so that all blkg's can be
destroyed and all the blkcg references held by them dropped during
cgroup removal.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-06 21:27:23 +01:00
Vivek Goyal 92616b5b3a blkcg: skip blkg printing if q isn't associated with disk
blk-cgroup printing code currently assumes that there is a device/disk
associated with every queue in the system, but modules like floppy,
can instantiate request queues without registering disk which can lead
to oops.

Skip the queue/blkg which don't have dev/disk associated with them.

-tj: Factored out backing_dev_info check into blkg_dev_name().

Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-06 21:27:22 +01:00
Tejun Heo 7a4dd281ec blkcg: kill the mind-bending blkg->dev
blkg->dev is dev_t recording the device number of the block device for
the associated request_queue.  It is used to identify the associated
block device when printing out configuration or stats.

This is redundant to begin with.  A blkg is an association between a
cgroup and a request_queue and it of course is possible to reach
request_queue from blkg and synchronization conventions are in place
for safe q dereferencing, so this shouldn't be necessary from the
beginning.  Furthermore, it's initialized by sscanf()ing the device
name of backing_dev_info.  The mind boggles.

Anyways, if blkg is visible under rcu lock, we *know* that the
associated request_queue hasn't gone away yet and its bdi is
registered and alive - blkg can't be created for request_queue which
hasn't been fully initialized and it can't go away before blkg is
removed.

Let stat and conf read functions get device name from
blkg->q->backing_dev_info.dev and pass it down to printing functions
and remove blkg->dev.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-06 21:27:22 +01:00
Tejun Heo 4bfd482e73 blkcg: kill blkio_policy_node
Now that blkcg configuration lives in blkg's, blkio_policy_node is no
longer necessary.  Kill it.

blkio_policy_parse_and_set() now fails if invoked for missing device
and functions to print out configurations are updated to print from
blkg's.

cftype_blkg_same_policy() is dropped along with other policy functions
for consistency.  Its one line is open coded in the only user -
blkio_read_blkg_stats().

-v2: Update to reflect the retry-on-bypass logic change of the
     previous patch.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-06 21:27:22 +01:00
Tejun Heo e56da7e287 blkcg: don't allow or retain configuration of missing devices
blkcg is very peculiar in that it allows setting and remembering
configurations for non-existent devices by maintaining separate data
structures for configuration.

This behavior is completely out of the usual norms and outright
confusing; furthermore, it uses dev_t number to match the
configuration to devices, which is unpredictable to begin with and
becomes completely unuseable if EXT_DEVT is fully used.

It is wholely unnecessary - we already have fully functional userland
mechanism to program devices being hotplugged which has full access to
device identification, connection topology and filesystem information.

Add a new struct blkio_group_conf which contains all blkcg
configurations to blkio_group and let blkio_group, which can be
created iff the associated device exists and is removed when the
associated device goes away, carry all configurations.

Note that, after this patch, all newly created blkg's will always have
the default configuration (unlimited for throttling and blkcg's weight
for propio).

This patch makes blkio_policy_node meaningless but doesn't remove it.
The next patch will.

-v2: Updated to retry after short sleep if blkg lookup/creation failed
     due to the queue being temporarily bypassed as indicated by
     -EBUSY return.  Pointed out by Vivek.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-06 21:27:22 +01:00
Tejun Heo cd1604fab4 blkcg: factor out blkio_group creation
Currently both blk-throttle and cfq-iosched implement their own
blkio_group creation code in throtl_get_tg() and cfq_get_cfqg().  This
patch factors out the common code into blkg_lookup_create(), which
returns ERR_PTR value so that transitional failures due to queue
bypass can be distinguished from other failures.

* New plkio_policy_ops methods blkio_alloc_group_fn() and
  blkio_link_group_fn added.  Both are transitional and will be
  removed once the blkg management code is fully moved into
  blk-cgroup.c.

* blkio_alloc_group_fn() allocates policy-specific blkg which is
  usually a larger data structure with blkg as the first entry and
  intiailizes it.  Note that initialization of blkg proper, including
  percpu stats, is responsibility of blk-cgroup proper.

  Note that default config (weight, bps...) initialization is done
  from this method; otherwise, we end up violating locking order
  between blkcg and q locks via blkcg_get_CONF() functions.

* blkio_link_group_fn() is called under queue_lock and responsible for
  linking the blkg to the queue.  blkcg side is handled by blk-cgroup
  proper.

* The common blkg creation function is named blkg_lookup_create() and
  blkiocg_lookup_group() is renamed to blkg_lookup() for consistency.
  Also, throtl / cfq related functions are similarly [re]named for
  consistency.

This simplifies blkcg policy implementations and enables further
cleanup.

-v2: Vivek noticed that blkg_lookup_create() incorrectly tested
     blk_queue_dead() instead of blk_queue_bypass() leading a user of
     the function ending up creating a new blkg on bypassing queue.
     This is a bug introduced while relocating bypass patches before
     this one.  Fixed.

-v3: ERR_PTR patch folded into this one.  @for_root added to
     blkg_lookup_create() to allow creating root group on a bypassed
     queue during elevator switch.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-06 21:27:22 +01:00
Tejun Heo 035d10b2fa blkcg: add blkio_policy[] array and allow one policy per policy ID
Block cgroup policies are maintained in a linked list and,
theoretically, multiple policies sharing the same policy ID are
allowed.

This patch temporarily restricts one policy per plid and adds
blkio_policy[] array which indexes registered policy types by plid.
Both the restriction and blkio_policy[] array are transitional and
will be removed once API cleanup is complete.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-06 21:27:22 +01:00
Tejun Heo ca32aefc7f blkcg: use q and plid instead of opaque void * for blkio_group association
blkgio_group is association between a block cgroup and a queue for a
given policy.  Using opaque void * for association makes things
confusing and hinders factoring of common code.  Use request_queue *
and, if necessary, policy id instead.

This will help block cgroup API cleanup.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-06 21:27:22 +01:00
Tejun Heo 72e06c2551 blkcg: shoot down blkio_groups on elevator switch
Elevator switch may involve changes to blkcg policies.  Implement
shoot down of blkio_groups.

Combined with the previous bypass updates, the end goal is updating
blkcg core such that it can ensure that blkcg's being affected become
quiescent and don't have any per-blkg data hanging around before
commencing any policy updates.  Until queues are made aware of the
policies that applies to them, as an interim step, all per-policy blkg
data will be shot down.

* blk-throtl doesn't need this change as it can't be disabled for a
  live queue; however, update it anyway as the scheduled blkg
  unification requires this behavior change.  This means that
  blk-throtl configuration will be unnecessarily lost over elevator
  switch.  This oddity will be removed after blkcg learns to associate
  individual policies with request_queues.

* blk-throtl dosen't shoot down root_tg.  This is to ease transition.
  Unified blkg will always have persistent root group and not shooting
  down root_tg for now eases transition to that point by avoiding
  having to update td->root_tg and is safe as blk-throtl can never be
  disabled

-v2: Vivek pointed out that group list is not guaranteed to be empty
     on return from clear function if it raced cgroup removal and
     lost.  Fix it by waiting a bit and retrying.  This kludge will
     soon be removed once locking is updated such that blkg is never
     in limbo state between blkcg and request_queue locks.

     blk-throtl no longer shoots down root_tg to avoid breaking
     td->root_tg.

     Also, Nest queue_lock inside blkio_list_lock not the other way
     around to avoid introduce possible deadlock via blkcg lock.

-v3: blkcg_clear_queue() repositioned and renamed to
     blkg_destroy_all() to increase consistency with later changes.
     cfq_clear_queue() updated to check q->elevator before
     dereferencing it to avoid NULL dereference on not fully
     initialized queues (used by later change).

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-06 21:27:22 +01:00
Tejun Heo 32e380aedc blkcg: make CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP bool
Block cgroup core can be built as module; however, it isn't too useful
as blk-throttle can only be built-in and cfq-iosched is usually the
default built-in scheduler.  Scheduled blkcg cleanup requires calling
into blkcg from block core.  To simplify that, disallow building blkcg
as module by making CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP bool.

If building blkcg core as module really matters, which I doubt, we can
revisit it after blkcg API cleanup.

-v2: Vivek pointed out that IOSCHED_CFQ was incorrectly updated to
     depend on BLK_CGROUP.  Fixed.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-03-06 21:27:21 +01:00
Tejun Heo 11a3122f6c block: strip out locking optimization in put_io_context()
put_io_context() performed a complex trylock dancing to avoid
deferring ioc release to workqueue.  It was also broken on UP because
trylock was always assumed to succeed which resulted in unbalanced
preemption count.

While there are ways to fix the UP breakage, even the most
pathological microbench (forced ioc allocation and tight fork/exit
loop) fails to show any appreciable performance benefit of the
optimization.  Strip it out.  If there turns out to be workloads which
are affected by this change, simpler optimization from the discussion
thread can be applied later.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
LKML-Reference: <1328514611.21268.66.camel@sli10-conroe>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-02-07 07:51:30 +01:00
Li Zefan 761b3ef50e cgroup: remove cgroup_subsys argument from callbacks
The argument is not used at all, and it's not necessary, because
a specific callback handler of course knows which subsys it
belongs to.

Now only ->pupulate() takes this argument, because the handlers of
this callback always call cgroup_add_file()/cgroup_add_files().

So we reduce a few lines of code, though the shrinking of object size
is minimal.

 16 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 162 deletions(-)

   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
5486240  656987 7039960 13183187         c928d3 vmlinux.o.orig
5486170  656987 7039960 13183117         c9288d vmlinux.o

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2012-02-02 09:20:22 -08:00
Linus Torvalds b3c9dd182e Merge branch 'for-3.3/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block
* 'for-3.3/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (37 commits)
  Revert "block: recursive merge requests"
  block: Stop using macro stubs for the bio data integrity calls
  blockdev: convert some macros to static inlines
  fs: remove unneeded plug in mpage_readpages()
  block: Add BLKROTATIONAL ioctl
  block: Introduce blk_set_stacking_limits function
  block: remove WARN_ON_ONCE() in exit_io_context()
  block: an exiting task should be allowed to create io_context
  block: ioc_cgroup_changed() needs to be exported
  block: recursive merge requests
  block, cfq: fix empty queue crash caused by request merge
  block, cfq: move icq creation and rq->elv.icq association to block core
  block, cfq: restructure io_cq creation path for io_context interface cleanup
  block, cfq: move io_cq exit/release to blk-ioc.c
  block, cfq: move icq cache management to block core
  block, cfq: move io_cq lookup to blk-ioc.c
  block, cfq: move cfqd->icq_list to request_queue and add request->elv.icq
  block, cfq: reorganize cfq_io_context into generic and cfq specific parts
  block: remove elevator_queue->ops
  block: reorder elevator switch sequence
  ...

Fix up conflicts in:
 - block/blk-cgroup.c
	Switch from can_attach_task to can_attach
 - block/cfq-iosched.c
	conflict with now removed cic index changes (we now use q->id instead)
2012-01-15 12:24:45 -08:00
Tejun Heo b2efa05265 block, cfq: unlink cfq_io_context's immediately
cic is association between io_context and request_queue.  A cic is
linked from both ioc and q and should be destroyed when either one
goes away.  As ioc and q both have their own locks, locking becomes a
bit complex - both orders work for removal from one but not from the
other.

Currently, cfq tries to circumvent this locking order issue with RCU.
ioc->lock nests inside queue_lock but the radix tree and cic's are
also protected by RCU allowing either side to walk their lists without
grabbing lock.

This rather unconventional use of RCU quickly devolves into extremely
fragile convolution.  e.g. The following is from cfqd going away too
soon after ioc and q exits raced.

 general protection fault: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
 CPU 2
 Modules linked in:
 [   88.503444]
 Pid: 599, comm: hexdump Not tainted 3.1.0-rc10-work+ #158 Bochs Bochs
 RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81397628>]  [<ffffffff81397628>] cfq_exit_single_io_context+0x58/0xf0
 ...
 Call Trace:
  [<ffffffff81395a4a>] call_for_each_cic+0x5a/0x90
  [<ffffffff81395ab5>] cfq_exit_io_context+0x15/0x20
  [<ffffffff81389130>] exit_io_context+0x100/0x140
  [<ffffffff81098a29>] do_exit+0x579/0x850
  [<ffffffff81098d5b>] do_group_exit+0x5b/0xd0
  [<ffffffff81098de7>] sys_exit_group+0x17/0x20
  [<ffffffff81b02f2b>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

The only real hot path here is cic lookup during request
initialization and avoiding extra locking requires very confined use
of RCU.  This patch makes cic removal from both ioc and request_queue
perform double-locking and unlink immediately.

* From q side, the change is almost trivial as ioc->lock nests inside
  queue_lock.  It just needs to grab each ioc->lock as it walks
  cic_list and unlink it.

* From ioc side, it's a bit more difficult because of inversed lock
  order.  ioc needs its lock to walk its cic_list but can't grab the
  matching queue_lock and needs to perform unlock-relock dancing.

  Unlinking is now wholly done from put_io_context() and fast path is
  optimized by using the queue_lock the caller already holds, which is
  by far the most common case.  If the ioc accessed multiple devices,
  it tries with trylock.  In unlikely cases of fast path failure, it
  falls back to full double-locking dance from workqueue.

Double-locking isn't the prettiest thing in the world but it's *far*
simpler and more understandable than RCU trick without adding any
meaningful overhead.

This still leaves a lot of now unnecessary RCU logics.  Future patches
will trim them.

-v2: Vivek pointed out that cic->q was being dereferenced after
     cic->release() was called.  Updated to use local variable @this_q
     instead.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14 00:33:39 +01:00
Tejun Heo dc86900e0a block, cfq: move ioc ioprio/cgroup changed handling to cic
ioprio/cgroup change was handled by marking the changed state in ioc
and, on the following access to the ioc, performing RCU-protected
iteration through all cic's grabbing the matching queue_lock.

This patch moves the changed state to each cic.  When ioprio or cgroup
changes, the respective bit is set on all cic's of the ioc and when
each of those cic (not ioc) is accessed, change is applied for that
specific ioc-queue pair.

This also fixes the following two race conditions between setting and
clearing of changed states.

* Missing barrier between assign/load of ioprio and ioprio_changed
  allowed applying old ioprio.

* Change requests could happen between application of change and
  clearing of changed variables.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14 00:33:38 +01:00
Tejun Heo 6e736be7f2 block: make ioc get/put interface more conventional and fix race on alloction
Ignoring copy_io() during fork, io_context can be allocated from two
places - current_io_context() and set_task_ioprio().  The former is
always called from local task while the latter can be called from
different task.  The synchornization between them are peculiar and
dubious.

* current_io_context() doesn't grab task_lock() and assumes that if it
  saw %NULL ->io_context, it would stay that way until allocation and
  assignment is complete.  It has smp_wmb() between alloc/init and
  assignment.

* set_task_ioprio() grabs task_lock() for assignment and does
  smp_read_barrier_depends() between "ioc = task->io_context" and "if
  (ioc)".  Unfortunately, this doesn't achieve anything - the latter
  is not a dependent load of the former.  ie, if ioc itself were being
  dereferenced "ioc->xxx", it would mean something (not sure what tho)
  but as the code currently stands, the dependent read barrier is
  noop.

As only one of the the two test-assignment sequences is task_lock()
protected, the task_lock() can't do much about race between the two.
Nothing prevents current_io_context() and set_task_ioprio() allocating
its own ioc for the same task and overwriting the other's.

Also, set_task_ioprio() can race with exiting task and create a new
ioc after exit_io_context() is finished.

ioc get/put doesn't have any reason to be complex.  The only hot path
is accessing the existing ioc of %current, which is simple to achieve
given that ->io_context is never destroyed as long as the task is
alive.  All other paths can happily go through task_lock() like all
other task sub structures without impacting anything.

This patch updates ioc get/put so that it becomes more conventional.

* alloc_io_context() is replaced with get_task_io_context().  This is
  the only interface which can acquire access to ioc of another task.
  On return, the caller has an explicit reference to the object which
  should be put using put_io_context() afterwards.

* The functionality of current_io_context() remains the same but when
  creating a new ioc, it shares the code path with
  get_task_io_context() and always goes through task_lock().

* get_io_context() now means incrementing ref on an ioc which the
  caller already has access to (be that an explicit refcnt or implicit
  %current one).

* PF_EXITING inhibits creation of new io_context and once
  exit_io_context() is finished, it's guaranteed that both ioc
  acquisition functions return %NULL.

* All users are updated.  Most are trivial but
  smp_read_barrier_depends() removal from cfq_get_io_context() needs a
  bit of explanation.  I suppose the original intention was to ensure
  ioc->ioprio is visible when set_task_ioprio() allocates new
  io_context and installs it; however, this wouldn't have worked
  because set_task_ioprio() doesn't have wmb between init and install.
  There are other problems with this which will be fixed in another
  patch.

* While at it, use NUMA_NO_NODE instead of -1 for wildcard node
  specification.

-v2: Vivek spotted contamination from debug patch.  Removed.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-12-14 00:33:38 +01:00
Tejun Heo bb9d97b6df cgroup: don't use subsys->can_attach_task() or ->attach_task()
Now that subsys->can_attach() and attach() take @tset instead of
@task, they can handle per-task operations.  Convert
->can_attach_task() and ->attach_task() users to use ->can_attach()
and attach() instead.  Most converions are straight-forward.
Noteworthy changes are,

* In cgroup_freezer, remove unnecessary NULL assignments to unused
  methods.  It's useless and very prone to get out of sync, which
  already happened.

* In cpuset, PF_THREAD_BOUND test is checked for each task.  This
  doesn't make any practical difference but is conceptually cleaner.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Paul Menage <paul@paulmenage.org>
Cc: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com>
Cc: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
2011-12-12 18:12:21 -08:00