blkcg: perpcu_ref init/exit should be done from blkg_alloc/free()
blkg alloc is performed as a separate step from the rest of blkg creation so that GFP_KERNEL allocations can be used when creating blkgs from configuration file writes because otherwise user actions may fail due to failures of opportunistic GFP_NOWAIT allocations. While making blkgs use percpu_ref, 7fcf2b03 ("blkcg: change blkg reference counting to use percpu_ref") incorrectly added unconditional opportunistic percpu_ref_init() to blkg_create() breaking this guarantee. This patch moves percpu_ref_init() to blkg_alloc() so makes it use @gfp_mask that blkg_alloc() is called with. Also, percpu_ref_exit() is moved to blkg_free() for consistency. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Fixes: 7fcf2b03 ("blkcg: change blkg reference counting to use percpu_ref") Cc: Dennis Zhou <dennis@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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