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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5] blkcg: allocate struct blkcg_gq outside request queue spinlock
Thanks!

On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:
> On 03/09/2017 01:05 AM, Tahsin Erdogan wrote:
>> blkg_conf_prep() currently calls blkg_lookup_create() while holding
>> request queue spinlock. This means allocating memory for struct
>> blkcg_gq has to be made non-blocking. This causes occasional -ENOMEM
>> failures in call paths like below:
>>
>> pcpu_alloc+0x68f/0x710
>> __alloc_percpu_gfp+0xd/0x10
>> __percpu_counter_init+0x55/0xc0
>> cfq_pd_alloc+0x3b2/0x4e0
>> blkg_alloc+0x187/0x230
>> blkg_create+0x489/0x670
>> blkg_lookup_create+0x9a/0x230
>> blkg_conf_prep+0x1fb/0x240
>> __cfqg_set_weight_device.isra.105+0x5c/0x180
>> cfq_set_weight_on_dfl+0x69/0xc0
>> cgroup_file_write+0x39/0x1c0
>> kernfs_fop_write+0x13f/0x1d0
>> __vfs_write+0x23/0x120
>> vfs_write+0xc2/0x1f0
>> SyS_write+0x44/0xb0
>> entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x18/0xad
>>
>> In the code path above, percpu allocator cannot call vmalloc() due to
>> queue spinlock.
>>
>> A failure in this call path gives grief to tools which are trying to
>> configure io weights. We see occasional failures happen shortly after
>> reboots even when system is not under any memory pressure. Machines
>> with a lot of cpus are more vulnerable to this condition.
>>
>> Update blkg_create() function to temporarily drop the rcu and queue
>> locks when it is allowed by gfp mask.
>
> Added for 4.12, thanks for your persistence in pulling this through.
>
> --
> Jens Axboe
>

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