blk-throttle: fix null pointer dereference while throttling writeback IOs
A null pointer dereference can occur when blkcg is removed manually with writeback IOs inflight. This is caused by the following case: Writeback kworker submit the bio and set bio->bi_cg_private to tg in blk_throtl_assoc_bio. Then we remove the block cgroup manually, the blkg and tg would be freed if there is no request inflight. When the submitted bio come back, blk_throtl_bio_endio() fetch the tg which was already freed. Fix this by increasing the refcount of blkg in funcion blk_throtl_assoc_bio() so that the blkg will not be freed until the bio_endio called. Reviewed-by: Shaohua Li <shli@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Jiufei Xue <jiufei.xjf@alibaba-inc.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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