Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755810Ab2BPWiQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:38:16 -0500 Received: from mail-pw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.160.46]:35363 "EHLO mail-pw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755431Ab2BPWiN (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:38:13 -0500 From: Tejun Heo To: axboe@kernel.dk, vgoyal@redhat.com Cc: ctalbott@google.com, rni@google.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Tejun Heo Subject: [PATCH 5/9] block: ioc_task_link() can't fail Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:37:54 -0800 Message-Id: <1329431878-28300-6-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.7.3 In-Reply-To: <1329431878-28300-1-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org> References: <1329431878-28300-1-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2146 Lines: 66 ioc_task_link() is used to share %current's ioc on clone. If %current->is_context is set, %current is guaranteed to have refcount on the ioc and, thus, ioc_task_link() can't fail. Replace error checking in ioc_task_link() with WARN_ON_ONCE() and make it just increment refcount and nr_tasks. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Cc: Vivek Goyal --- include/linux/iocontext.h | 16 +++++----------- kernel/fork.c | 5 ++--- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/iocontext.h b/include/linux/iocontext.h index 1a30180..81a8870 100644 --- a/include/linux/iocontext.h +++ b/include/linux/iocontext.h @@ -120,18 +120,12 @@ struct io_context { struct work_struct release_work; }; -static inline struct io_context *ioc_task_link(struct io_context *ioc) +static inline void ioc_task_link(struct io_context *ioc) { - /* - * if ref count is zero, don't allow sharing (ioc is going away, it's - * a race). - */ - if (ioc && atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&ioc->refcount)) { - atomic_inc(&ioc->nr_tasks); - return ioc; - } - - return NULL; + WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_long_read(&ioc->refcount) <= 0); + WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&ioc->nr_tasks) <= 0); + atomic_long_inc(&ioc->refcount); + atomic_inc(&ioc->nr_tasks); } struct task_struct; diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index b77fd55..a1b6327 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -901,9 +901,8 @@ static int copy_io(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk) * Share io context with parent, if CLONE_IO is set */ if (clone_flags & CLONE_IO) { - tsk->io_context = ioc_task_link(ioc); - if (unlikely(!tsk->io_context)) - return -ENOMEM; + ioc_task_link(ioc); + tsk->io_context = ioc; } else if (ioprio_valid(ioc->ioprio)) { new_ioc = get_task_io_context(tsk, GFP_KERNEL, NUMA_NO_NODE); if (unlikely(!new_ioc)) -- 1.7.7.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/