Re: [PATCH] blk-cgroup: don't clear stat in blkcg_reset_stats()

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On 6/27/24 05:08, Li Lingfeng wrote:
From: Li Lingfeng <lilingfeng3@xxxxxxxxxx>

The list corruption described in commit 6da668063279 ("blk-cgroup: fix
list corruption from resetting io stat") has no effect. It's unnecessary
to fix it.

As for cgroup v1, it does not use iostat any more after commit
ad7c3b41e86b("blk-throttle: Fix io statistics for cgroup v1"), so using
memset to clear iostat has no real effect.
As for cgroup v2, it will not call blkcg_reset_stats() to corrupt the
list.

The list of root cgroup can be used by both cgroup v1 and v2 while
non-root cgroup can't since it must be removed before switch between
cgroup v1 and v2.
So it may has effect if the list of root used by cgroup v2 was corrupted
after switching to cgroup v1, and switch back to cgroup v2 to use the
corrupted list again.
However, the root cgroup will not use the list any more after commit
ef45fe470e1e("blk-cgroup: show global disk stats in root cgroup io.stat").

Although this has no negative effect, it is not necessary. Remove the
related code.
You may be right that it may not be necessary in the mainline kernel, it does fix the issue on distros with older kernels or some stable releases where commit ad7c3b41e86b("blk-throttle: Fix io statistics for cgroup v1") may not be present.


Fixes: 6da668063279 ("blk-cgroup: fix list corruption from resetting io stat")
I don't think there should be a fixes tag or it will be backported to stable releases.
Signed-off-by: Li Lingfeng <lilingfeng3@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
  block/blk-cgroup.c | 24 ------------------------
  1 file changed, 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index 37e6cc91d576..1113c398a742 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -629,29 +629,6 @@ static void blkg_iostat_set(struct blkg_iostat *dst, struct blkg_iostat *src)
  	}
  }
-static void __blkg_clear_stat(struct blkg_iostat_set *bis)
-{
-	struct blkg_iostat cur = {0};
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	flags = u64_stats_update_begin_irqsave(&bis->sync);
-	blkg_iostat_set(&bis->cur, &cur);
-	blkg_iostat_set(&bis->last, &cur);
-	u64_stats_update_end_irqrestore(&bis->sync, flags);
-}
-
-static void blkg_clear_stat(struct blkcg_gq *blkg)
-{
-	int cpu;
-
-	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-		struct blkg_iostat_set *s = per_cpu_ptr(blkg->iostat_cpu, cpu);
-
-		__blkg_clear_stat(s);
-	}
-	__blkg_clear_stat(&blkg->iostat);
-}
-
  static int blkcg_reset_stats(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
  			     struct cftype *cftype, u64 val)
  {
@@ -668,7 +645,6 @@ static int blkcg_reset_stats(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
  	 * anyway.  If you get hit by a race, retry.
  	 */
  	hlist_for_each_entry(blkg, &blkcg->blkg_list, blkcg_node) {
-		blkg_clear_stat(blkg);
  		for (i = 0; i < BLKCG_MAX_POLS; i++) {
  			struct blkcg_policy *pol = blkcg_policy[i];

If you are saying that iostat is no longer used in cgroup v1, why not remove the blkcg_reset_stats() and its supporting functions and deprecate the v1 reset_stats control file. The file should still be there to avoid userspace regression, but it will be a nop.

Cheers,
Longman





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