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Dennis Zhou
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Between v3 [1] and v4 [2] of the blkg association series, the
association point moved from generic_make_request_checks(), which is
called after the request enters the queue, to bio_set_dev(), which is when
the bio is formed before submit_bio(). When the request_queue goes away,
the blkgs supporting the request_queue are destroyed and then the
q->root_blkg is set to %NULL.
This patch adds a %NULL check to blkg_tryget_closest() to prevent the
NPE caused by the above. It also adds a guard to see if the
request_queue is dying when creating a blkg to prevent creating a blkg
for a dead request_queue.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20180911184137.35897-1-dennisszhou@gmail.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181126211946.77067-1-dennis@kernel.org/
Fixes: 5cdf2e3fea ("blkcg: associate blkg when associating a device")
Reported-and-tested-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Signed-off-by: Dennis Zhou <dennis@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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