[PATCH 04/15] blkcg: fix ref count issue with bio_blkcg using task_css

From: Dennis Zhou
Date: Thu Aug 30 2018 - 21:55:29 EST


From: "Dennis Zhou (Facebook)" <dennisszhou@xxxxxxxxx>

The accessor function bio_blkcg either returns the blkcg associated with
the bio or finds one in the current context. This can cause an issue
when trying to associate a bio with a blkcg. Particularly, it's the
third case that is problematic:

return css_to_blkcg(task_css(current, io_cgrp_id));

As the above may race against task migration and the cgroup exiting, it
is not always ok to take a reference on the blkcg returned from
bio_blkcg.

This patch adds association ahead of calling bio_blkcg rather than
after. This prevents makes association a required and explicit step
along the code paths for calling bio_blkcg. blk_get_rl is modified
as well to get a reference to the blkcg it may use and blk_put_rl
will always put the reference back. Association is also moved above the
bio_blkcg call to ensure it will not return NULL in blk-iolatency.

Signed-off-by: Dennis Zhou <dennisszhou@xxxxxxxxx>
---
block/bio.c | 10 +++++--
block/blk-iolatency.c | 2 +-
include/linux/blk-cgroup.h | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
3 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index 4473ccd22987..09a31e4d46bb 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -1962,13 +1962,19 @@ int bio_associate_blkcg_from_page(struct bio *bio, struct page *page)
*
* This function takes an extra reference of @blkcg_css which will be put
* when @bio is released. The caller must own @bio and is responsible for
- * synchronizing calls to this function.
+ * synchronizing calls to this function. If @blkcg_css is NULL, a call to
+ * blkcg_get_css finds the current css from the kthread or task.
*/
int bio_associate_blkcg(struct bio *bio, struct cgroup_subsys_state *blkcg_css)
{
if (unlikely(bio->bi_css))
return -EBUSY;
- css_get(blkcg_css);
+
+ if (blkcg_css)
+ css_get(blkcg_css);
+ else
+ blkcg_css = blkcg_get_css();
+
bio->bi_css = blkcg_css;
return 0;
}
diff --git a/block/blk-iolatency.c b/block/blk-iolatency.c
index 19923f8a029d..62fdd9002c29 100644
--- a/block/blk-iolatency.c
+++ b/block/blk-iolatency.c
@@ -404,8 +404,8 @@ static void blkcg_iolatency_throttle(struct rq_qos *rqos, struct bio *bio,
return;

rcu_read_lock();
+ bio_associate_blkcg(bio, NULL);
blkcg = bio_blkcg(bio);
- bio_associate_blkcg(bio, &blkcg->css);
blkg = blkg_lookup(blkcg, q);
if (unlikely(!blkg)) {
if (!lock)
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h b/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
index c7386464ec4c..d3cafb1eda48 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
@@ -230,22 +230,52 @@ int blkg_conf_prep(struct blkcg *blkcg, const struct blkcg_policy *pol,
char *input, struct blkg_conf_ctx *ctx);
void blkg_conf_finish(struct blkg_conf_ctx *ctx);

+/**
+ * blkcg_get_css - find and get a reference to the css
+ *
+ * Find the css associated with either the kthread or the current task.
+ */
+static inline struct cgroup_subsys_state *blkcg_get_css(void)
+{
+ struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+
+ css = kthread_blkcg();
+ if (css) {
+ css_get(css);
+ } else {
+ while (true) {
+ css = task_css(current, io_cgrp_id);
+ if (likely(css_tryget(css)))
+ break;
+ cpu_relax();
+ }
+ }
+
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ return css;
+}

static inline struct blkcg *css_to_blkcg(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
{
return css ? container_of(css, struct blkcg, css) : NULL;
}

+/**
+ * bio_blkcg - grab the blkcg associated with a bio
+ * @bio: target bio
+ *
+ * This returns the blkcg associated with a bio, NULL if not associated.
+ * Callers are expected to either handle NULL or know association has been
+ * done prior to calling this.
+ */
static inline struct blkcg *bio_blkcg(struct bio *bio)
{
- struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
-
if (bio && bio->bi_css)
return css_to_blkcg(bio->bi_css);
- css = kthread_blkcg();
- if (css)
- return css_to_blkcg(css);
- return css_to_blkcg(task_css(current, io_cgrp_id));
+ return NULL;
}

static inline bool blk_cgroup_congested(void)
@@ -519,6 +549,11 @@ static inline struct request_list *blk_get_rl(struct request_queue *q,
rcu_read_lock();

blkcg = bio_blkcg(bio);
+ if (blkcg) {
+ css_get(&blkcg->css);
+ } else {
+ blkcg = css_to_blkcg(blkcg_get_css());
+ }

/* bypass blkg lookup and use @q->root_rl directly for root */
if (blkcg == &blkcg_root)
@@ -550,6 +585,8 @@ static inline struct request_list *blk_get_rl(struct request_queue *q,
*/
static inline void blk_put_rl(struct request_list *rl)
{
+ /* an additional ref is always taken for rl */
+ css_put(&rl->blkg->blkcg->css);
if (rl->blkg->blkcg != &blkcg_root)
blkg_put(rl->blkg);
}
@@ -790,10 +827,10 @@ static inline bool blkcg_bio_issue_check(struct request_queue *q,
bool throtl = false;

rcu_read_lock();
- blkcg = bio_blkcg(bio);

/* associate blkcg if bio hasn't attached one */
- bio_associate_blkcg(bio, &blkcg->css);
+ bio_associate_blkcg(bio, NULL);
+ blkcg = bio_blkcg(bio);

blkg = blkg_lookup(blkcg, q);
if (unlikely(!blkg)) {
--
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