Re: [PATCH 1/3] aio_ring_remap: turn the ctx->dead check into WARN_ON()

From: Jeff Moyer
Date: Wed Jun 17 2015 - 13:51:04 EST


Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> atomic_read(&ctx->dead) in aio_ring_remap() looks confusing.
> kill_ioctx() sets ctx->dead and removes ctx from ->ioctx_table
> "atomically" under mm->ioctx_lock, so aio_ring_remap() can never
> see a dead ctx.
>
> If we really want this check, we should put it under WARN_ON()
> and it should not depend on aio_ring_file == file.

Just get rid of the check, it doesn't make any sense.

-Jeff

>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/aio.c | 16 ++++++++--------
> 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
> index 480440f..0693333 100644
> --- a/fs/aio.c
> +++ b/fs/aio.c
> @@ -325,14 +325,14 @@ static int aio_ring_remap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> rcu_read_lock();
> table = rcu_dereference(mm->ioctx_table);
> for (i = 0; i < table->nr; i++) {
> - struct kioctx *ctx;
> -
> - ctx = table->table[i];
> - if (ctx && ctx->aio_ring_file == file) {
> - if (!atomic_read(&ctx->dead)) {
> - ctx->user_id = ctx->mmap_base = vma->vm_start;
> - res = 0;
> - }
> + struct kioctx *ctx = table->table[i];
> +
> + if (!ctx || WARN_ON(atomic_read(&ctx->dead)))
> + continue;
> +
> + if (ctx->aio_ring_file == file) {
> + ctx->user_id = ctx->mmap_base = vma->vm_start;
> + res = 0;
> break;
> }
> }
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