[RFC PATCH v1 3/3] blk-cgroup: move async bio punt state to blkcg

From: Yu Kuai

Date: Tue Aug 04 2026 - 03:01:26 EST


From: Yu Kuai <yukuai@xxxxxxx>

blkcg_punt_bio_submit() currently queues punted bios on blkg->async_bios,
so it has to call bio_blkg() to find or create a queue-local blkg. Bios
now carry and pin the blkcg css, so punted bio lifetime no longer needs to
be anchored by a blkg.

Keeping the punt state in blkg can instantiate a blkg even when no blkcg
policy is enabled, just to bounce submission from a shared kthread. Move
async_bio_lock, async_bios and async_bio_work to struct blkcg, and queue
punted bios on bio_blkcg() for non-root cgroups. Root or unassociated bios
are submitted directly.

This preserves the priority-inversion avoidance while preventing
blkcg_punt_bio_submit() from creating blkgs that are not needed by any
policy.

Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai@xxxxxxx>
---
block/blk-cgroup.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
block/blk-cgroup.h | 14 ++++++--------
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index 93ab57e0a9f1..236220db8578 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -170,10 +170,6 @@ static void __blkg_release(struct rcu_head *rcu)
{
struct blkcg_gq *blkg = container_of(rcu, struct blkcg_gq, rcu_head);

-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP_PUNT_BIO
- WARN_ON(!bio_list_empty(&blkg->async_bios));
-#endif
-
blkg_free(blkg);
}

@@ -206,19 +202,18 @@ static void blkg_release(struct percpu_ref *ref)
#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP_PUNT_BIO
static struct workqueue_struct *blkcg_punt_bio_wq;

-static void blkg_async_bio_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
+static void blkcg_async_bio_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
{
- struct blkcg_gq *blkg = container_of(work, struct blkcg_gq,
- async_bio_work);
+ struct blkcg *blkcg = container_of(work, struct blkcg, async_bio_work);
struct bio_list bios = BIO_EMPTY_LIST;
struct bio *bio;
struct blk_plug plug;
bool need_plug = false;

- /* as long as there are pending bios, @blkg can't go away */
- spin_lock(&blkg->async_bio_lock);
- bio_list_merge_init(&bios, &blkg->async_bios);
- spin_unlock(&blkg->async_bio_lock);
+ /* as long as there are pending bios, @blkcg can't go away */
+ spin_lock(&blkcg->async_bio_lock);
+ bio_list_merge_init(&bios, &blkcg->async_bios);
+ spin_unlock(&blkcg->async_bio_lock);

/* start plug only when bio_list contains at least 2 bios */
if (bios.head && bios.head->bi_next) {
@@ -239,15 +234,15 @@ static void blkg_async_bio_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
*/
void blkcg_punt_bio_submit(struct bio *bio)
{
- struct blkcg_gq *blkg = bio_blkg(bio);
+ struct blkcg *blkcg = bio_blkcg(bio);

- if (blkg && blkg->parent) {
- spin_lock(&blkg->async_bio_lock);
- bio_list_add(&blkg->async_bios, bio);
- spin_unlock(&blkg->async_bio_lock);
- queue_work(blkcg_punt_bio_wq, &blkg->async_bio_work);
+ if (blkcg && cgroup_parent(blkcg->css.cgroup)) {
+ spin_lock(&blkcg->async_bio_lock);
+ bio_list_add(&blkcg->async_bios, bio);
+ spin_unlock(&blkcg->async_bio_lock);
+ queue_work(blkcg_punt_bio_wq, &blkcg->async_bio_work);
} else {
- /* Never bounce if there is no non-root blkg to queue on. */
+ /* Never bounce if there is no non-root blkcg to queue on. */
submit_bio(bio);
}
}
@@ -325,11 +320,6 @@ static struct blkcg_gq *blkg_alloc(struct blkcg *blkcg, struct gendisk *disk,
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&blkg->q_node);
blkg->blkcg = blkcg;
blkg->iostat.blkg = blkg;
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP_PUNT_BIO
- spin_lock_init(&blkg->async_bio_lock);
- bio_list_init(&blkg->async_bios);
- INIT_WORK(&blkg->async_bio_work, blkg_async_bio_workfn);
-#endif

u64_stats_init(&blkg->iostat.sync);
for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
@@ -1360,6 +1350,9 @@ static void blkcg_css_free(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)

mutex_unlock(&blkcg_pol_mutex);

+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP_PUNT_BIO
+ WARN_ON(!bio_list_empty(&blkcg->async_bios));
+#endif
free_percpu(blkcg->lhead);
kfree(blkcg);
}
@@ -1409,6 +1402,11 @@ blkcg_css_alloc(struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css)
refcount_set(&blkcg->online_pin, 1);
INIT_RADIX_TREE(&blkcg->blkg_tree, GFP_NOWAIT);
INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&blkcg->blkg_list);
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP_PUNT_BIO
+ spin_lock_init(&blkcg->async_bio_lock);
+ bio_list_init(&blkcg->async_bios);
+ INIT_WORK(&blkcg->async_bio_work, blkcg_async_bio_workfn);
+#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&blkcg->cgwb_list);
#endif
diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.h b/block/blk-cgroup.h
index b6fb85db4d3d..b457c2b4ac7c 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.h
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.h
@@ -73,14 +73,7 @@ struct blkcg_gq {
struct blkg_iostat_set iostat;

struct blkg_policy_data *pd[BLKCG_MAX_POLS];
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP_PUNT_BIO
- spinlock_t async_bio_lock;
- struct bio_list async_bios;
-#endif
- union {
- struct work_struct async_bio_work;
- struct work_struct free_work;
- };
+ struct work_struct free_work;

atomic_t use_delay;
atomic64_t delay_nsec;
@@ -111,6 +104,11 @@ struct blkcg {
*/
struct llist_head __percpu *lhead;

+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP_PUNT_BIO
+ spinlock_t async_bio_lock;
+ struct bio_list async_bios;
+ struct work_struct async_bio_work;
+#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP_FC_APPID
char fc_app_id[FC_APPID_LEN];
#endif
--
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