Re: [PATCH V3 0/4] block: make loop block device cgroup aware

From: Shaohua Li
Date: Mon Sep 25 2017 - 12:44:10 EST


On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 02:02:03PM -0700, Shaohua Li wrote:
> From: Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxx>
>
> Hi,
>
> The IO dispatched to under layer disk by loop block device isn't cloned from
> original bio, so the IO loses cgroup information of original bio. These IO
> escapes from cgroup control. The patches try to address this issue. The idea is
> quite generic, but we currently only make it work for blkcg.

Ping! how do we proceed with this patch set?

Thanks,
Shaohua

>
> Thanks,
> Shaohua
>
> V2->V3:
> - Make the API more robust pointed out by Tejun
>
> V1->V2:
> - Address a couple of issues pointed out by Tejun
>
>
> Shaohua Li (4):
> kthread: add a mechanism to store cgroup info
> blkcg: delete unused APIs
> block: make blkcg aware of kthread stored original cgroup info
> block/loop: make loop cgroup aware
>
> block/bio.c | 31 ----------------------
> drivers/block/loop.c | 13 +++++++++
> drivers/block/loop.h | 1 +
> include/linux/bio.h | 2 --
> include/linux/blk-cgroup.h | 25 +++++-------------
> include/linux/kthread.h | 11 ++++++++
> kernel/kthread.c | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 7 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.9.5
>