blkcg: fix ref count issue with bio_blkcg using task_css

The accessor function bio_blkcg either returns the blkcg associated with
the bio or finds one in the current context. This can cause an issue
when trying to associate a bio with a blkcg. Particularly, it's the
third case that is problematic:

	return css_to_blkcg(task_css(current, io_cgrp_id));

As the above may race against task migration and the cgroup exiting, it
is not always ok to take a reference on the blkcg returned from
bio_blkcg.

This patch adds association ahead of calling bio_blkcg rather than
after. This makes association a required and explicit step along the
code paths for calling bio_blkcg. blk_get_rl is modified as well to get
a reference to the blkcg it may use and blk_put_rl will always put the
reference back. Association is also moved above the bio_blkcg call to
ensure it will not return NULL in blk-iolatency.

BFQ and CFQ utilize this flaw, but due to the complexity, I do not want
to address this in this series. I've created a private version of the
function with notes not to use it describing the flaw. Hopefully soon,
that code can be cleaned up.

Signed-off-by: Dennis Zhou <dennisszhou@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

1 files changed, 93 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h b/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
index 6d766a19f2bb..24067a1f8b36 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
@@ -230,22 +230,100 @@ int blkg_conf_prep(struct blkcg *blkcg, const struct blkcg_policy *pol,
 		   char *input, struct blkg_conf_ctx *ctx);
 void blkg_conf_finish(struct blkg_conf_ctx *ctx);
 
+/**
+ * blkcg_css - find the current css
+ *
+ * Find the css associated with either the kthread or the current task.
+ * This may return a dying css, so it is up to the caller to use tryget logic
+ * to confirm it is alive and well.
+ */
+static inline struct cgroup_subsys_state *blkcg_css(void)
+{
+	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
+
+	css = kthread_blkcg();
+	if (css)
+		return css;
+	return task_css(current, io_cgrp_id);
+}
+
+/**
+ * blkcg_get_css - find and get a reference to the css
+ *
+ * Find the css associated with either the kthread or the current task.
+ * This takes a reference on the blkcg which will need to be managed by the
+ * caller.
+ */
+static inline struct cgroup_subsys_state *blkcg_get_css(void)
+{
+	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	css = kthread_blkcg();
+	if (css) {
+		css_get(css);
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * This is a bit complicated.  It is possible task_css is seeing
+		 * an old css pointer here.  This is caused by the current
+		 * thread migrating away from this cgroup and this cgroup dying.
+		 * css_tryget() will fail when trying to take a ref on a cgroup
+		 * that's ref count has hit 0.
+		 *
+		 * Therefore, if it does fail, this means current must have
+		 * been swapped away already and this is waiting for it to
+		 * propagate on the polling cpu.  Hence the use of cpu_relax().
+		 */
+		while (true) {
+			css = task_css(current, io_cgrp_id);
+			if (likely(css_tryget(css)))
+				break;
+			cpu_relax();
+		}
+	}
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return css;
+}
 
 static inline struct blkcg *css_to_blkcg(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 {
 	return css ? container_of(css, struct blkcg, css) : NULL;
 }
 
-static inline struct blkcg *bio_blkcg(struct bio *bio)
+/**
+ * __bio_blkcg - internal version of bio_blkcg for bfq and cfq
+ *
+ * DO NOT USE.
+ * There is a flaw using this version of the function.  In particular, this was
+ * used in a broken paradigm where association was called on the given css.  It
+ * is possible though that the returned css from task_css() is in the process
+ * of dying due to migration of the current task.  So it is improper to assume
+ * *_get() is going to succeed.  Both BFQ and CFQ rely on this logic and will
+ * take additional work to handle more gracefully.
+ */
+static inline struct blkcg *__bio_blkcg(struct bio *bio)
 {
-	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
+	if (bio && bio->bi_css)
+		return css_to_blkcg(bio->bi_css);
+	return css_to_blkcg(blkcg_css());
+}
 
+/**
+ * bio_blkcg - grab the blkcg associated with a bio
+ * @bio: target bio
+ *
+ * This returns the blkcg associated with a bio, NULL if not associated.
+ * Callers are expected to either handle NULL or know association has been
+ * done prior to calling this.
+ */
+static inline struct blkcg *bio_blkcg(struct bio *bio)
+{
 	if (bio && bio->bi_css)
 		return css_to_blkcg(bio->bi_css);
-	css = kthread_blkcg();
-	if (css)
-		return css_to_blkcg(css);
-	return css_to_blkcg(task_css(current, io_cgrp_id));
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 static inline bool blk_cgroup_congested(void)
@@ -534,6 +612,10 @@ static inline struct request_list *blk_get_rl(struct request_queue *q,
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	blkcg = bio_blkcg(bio);
+	if (blkcg)
+		css_get(&blkcg->css);
+	else
+		blkcg = css_to_blkcg(blkcg_get_css());
 
 	/* bypass blkg lookup and use @q->root_rl directly for root */
 	if (blkcg == &blkcg_root)
@@ -565,6 +647,8 @@ root_rl:
  */
 static inline void blk_put_rl(struct request_list *rl)
 {
+	/* an additional ref is always taken for rl */
+	css_put(&rl->blkg->blkcg->css);
 	if (rl->blkg->blkcg != &blkcg_root)
 		blkg_put(rl->blkg);
 }
@@ -805,10 +889,10 @@ static inline bool blkcg_bio_issue_check(struct request_queue *q,
 	bool throtl = false;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	blkcg = bio_blkcg(bio);
 
 	/* associate blkcg if bio hasn't attached one */
-	bio_associate_blkcg(bio, &blkcg->css);
+	bio_associate_blkcg(bio, NULL);
+	blkcg = bio_blkcg(bio);
 
 	blkg = blkg_lookup(blkcg, q);
 	if (unlikely(!blkg)) {
@@ -930,6 +1014,7 @@ static inline int blkcg_activate_policy(struct request_queue *q,
 static inline void blkcg_deactivate_policy(struct request_queue *q,
 					   const struct blkcg_policy *pol) { }
 
+static inline struct blkcg *__bio_blkcg(struct bio *bio) { return NULL; }
 static inline struct blkcg *bio_blkcg(struct bio *bio) { return NULL; }
 
 static inline struct blkg_policy_data *blkg_to_pd(struct blkcg_gq *blkg,