blk-mq: not embed .mq_kobj and ctx->kobj into queue instance
Even though .mq_kobj, ctx->kobj and q->kobj share same lifetime from block layer's view, actually they don't because userspace may grab one kobject anytime via sysfs. This patch fixes the issue by the following approach: 1) introduce 'struct blk_mq_ctxs' for holding .mq_kobj and managing all ctxs 2) free all allocated ctxs and the 'blk_mq_ctxs' instance in release handler of .mq_kobj 3) grab one ref of .mq_kobj before initializing each ctx->kobj, so that .mq_kobj is always released after all ctxs are freed. This patch fixes kernel panic issue during booting when DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE is enabled. Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Cc: "jianchao.wang" <jianchao.w.wang@oracle.com> Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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