Re: [PATCH V2 3/3] blk-mq: clear stale request in tags->rq[] before freeing one request pool

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On 4/26/21 6:45 PM, Ming Lei wrote:
> refcount_inc_not_zero() in bt_tags_iter() still may read one freed
> request.
> 
> Fix the issue by the following approach:
> 
> 1) hold a per-tags spinlock when reading ->rqs[tag] and calling
> refcount_inc_not_zero in bt_tags_iter()
> 
> 2) clearing stale request referred via ->rqs[tag] before freeing
> request pool, the per-tags spinlock is held for clearing stale
> ->rq[tag]
> 
> So after we cleared stale requests, bt_tags_iter() won't observe
> freed request any more, also the clearing will wait for pending
> request reference.
> 
> The idea of clearing ->rqs[] is borrowed from John Garry's previous
> patch and one recent David's patch.

Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>



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