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-rw-r--r--block/blk-cgroup.c40
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index 5e2723f2c6a3..2ff74ffcbb27 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@
#define MAX_KEY_LEN 100
+/*
+ * blkcg_pol_mutex protects blkcg_policy[] and policy [de]activation.
+ * blkcg_pol_register_mutex nests outside of it and synchronizes entire
+ * policy [un]register operations including cgroup file additions /
+ * removals. Putting cgroup file registration outside blkcg_pol_mutex
+ * allows grabbing it from cgroup callbacks.
+ */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(blkcg_pol_register_mutex);
static DEFINE_MUTEX(blkcg_pol_mutex);
struct blkcg blkcg_root;
@@ -453,20 +461,7 @@ static int blkcg_reset_stats(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
struct blkcg_gq *blkg;
int i;
- /*
- * XXX: We invoke cgroup_add/rm_cftypes() under blkcg_pol_mutex
- * which ends up putting cgroup's internal cgroup_tree_mutex under
- * it; however, cgroup_tree_mutex is nested above cgroup file
- * active protection and grabbing blkcg_pol_mutex from a cgroup
- * file operation creates a possible circular dependency. cgroup
- * internal locking is planned to go through further simplification
- * and this issue should go away soon. For now, let's trylock
- * blkcg_pol_mutex and restart the write on failure.
- *
- * http://lkml.kernel.org/g/5363C04B.4010400@oracle.com
- */
- if (!mutex_trylock(&blkcg_pol_mutex))
- return restart_syscall();
+ mutex_lock(&blkcg_pol_mutex);
spin_lock_irq(&blkcg->lock);
/*
@@ -1190,6 +1185,7 @@ int blkcg_policy_register(struct blkcg_policy *pol)
if (WARN_ON(pol->pd_size < sizeof(struct blkg_policy_data)))
return -EINVAL;
+ mutex_lock(&blkcg_pol_register_mutex);
mutex_lock(&blkcg_pol_mutex);
/* find an empty slot */
@@ -1198,19 +1194,23 @@ int blkcg_policy_register(struct blkcg_policy *pol)
if (!blkcg_policy[i])
break;
if (i >= BLKCG_MAX_POLS)
- goto out_unlock;
+ goto err_unlock;
/* register and update blkgs */
pol->plid = i;
blkcg_policy[i] = pol;
+ mutex_unlock(&blkcg_pol_mutex);
/* everything is in place, add intf files for the new policy */
if (pol->cftypes)
WARN_ON(cgroup_add_legacy_cftypes(&blkio_cgrp_subsys,
pol->cftypes));
- ret = 0;
-out_unlock:
+ mutex_unlock(&blkcg_pol_register_mutex);
+ return 0;
+
+err_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&blkcg_pol_mutex);
+ mutex_unlock(&blkcg_pol_register_mutex);
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blkcg_policy_register);
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blkcg_policy_register);
*/
void blkcg_policy_unregister(struct blkcg_policy *pol)
{
- mutex_lock(&blkcg_pol_mutex);
+ mutex_lock(&blkcg_pol_register_mutex);
if (WARN_ON(blkcg_policy[pol->plid] != pol))
goto out_unlock;
@@ -1233,8 +1233,10 @@ void blkcg_policy_unregister(struct blkcg_policy *pol)
cgroup_rm_cftypes(pol->cftypes);
/* unregister and update blkgs */
+ mutex_lock(&blkcg_pol_mutex);
blkcg_policy[pol->plid] = NULL;
-out_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&blkcg_pol_mutex);
+out_unlock:
+ mutex_unlock(&blkcg_pol_register_mutex);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blkcg_policy_unregister);