On 25/06/10 18.51, Jeff Moyer wrote: >>> + cfq_log_cfqq(cfqd, cfqq, "yielding queue to %d", tsk->pid); >>> + cfqq->yield_to = new_cic; >> >> We are stashing away a pointer to cic without taking reference? > > There is no reference counting on the cic. Not on the cic itself, but on the io context it belongs to. So you need to grab a reference to that, if you are stowing a reference to the cic. -- Jens Axboe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
