Re: [PATCH V5 21/25] block: move elv_register[unregister]_queue out of elevator_lock

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On 5/5/25 7:47 PM, Ming Lei wrote:
> Move elv_register[unregister]_queue out of ->elevator_lock & queue freezing,
> so we can kill many lockdep warnings.
> 
> elv_register[unregister]_queue() is serialized, and just dealing with sysfs/
> debugfs things, no need to be done with queue frozen:
> 
> - when it is called from adding disk, elevator switch isn't possible
>   because ->queue_kobj isn't added yet
> 
> - when it is called from deleting disk, disable_elv_switch() is
>   responsible for preventing new elevator switch and draining old
>   elevator switch.
> 
> - when it is called from blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues(), adding/removing
>   disk and elevator switch can't be allowed or in-progress
> 
> With this change, elevator's ->exit() is called before calling
> elv_unregister_queue, then user may call into ->show()/store() of elevator's
> sysfs attributes, and we have covered this issue by adding `ELEVATOR_FLAG_DYNG`.
> 
> For blk-mq debugfs, hctx->sched_tags is always checked with ->elevator_lock by
> debugfs code, meantime hctx->sched_tags is updated with ->elevator_lock, so
> there isn't such issue.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good to me:
Reviewed-by : Nilay Shroff <nilay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>




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