Inside blkg_for_each_descendant_pre(), both css_for_each_descendant_pre() and blkg_lookup() requires RCU read lock, and either cgroup_assert_mutex_or_rcu_locked() or rcu_read_lock_held() is called. Fix the warning by adding rcu read lock. Reported-by: Changhui Zhong <czhong@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> --- block/blk-throttle.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/block/blk-throttle.c b/block/blk-throttle.c index 38a881cf97d0..050f8ac6fcb1 100644 --- a/block/blk-throttle.c +++ b/block/blk-throttle.c @@ -1314,6 +1314,7 @@ static void tg_conf_updated(struct throtl_grp *tg, bool global) tg_bps_limit(tg, READ), tg_bps_limit(tg, WRITE), tg_iops_limit(tg, READ), tg_iops_limit(tg, WRITE)); + rcu_read_lock(); /* * Update has_rules[] flags for the updated tg's subtree. A tg is * considered to have rules if either the tg itself or any of its @@ -1341,6 +1342,7 @@ static void tg_conf_updated(struct throtl_grp *tg, bool global) this_tg->latency_target = max(this_tg->latency_target, parent_tg->latency_target); } + rcu_read_unlock(); /* * We're already holding queue_lock and know @tg is valid. Let's -- 2.41.0