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-rw-r--r--include/linux/iocontext.h16
-rw-r--r--kernel/fork.c5
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/iocontext.h b/include/linux/iocontext.h
index 1a3018063034..81a8870ac224 100644
--- a/include/linux/iocontext.h
+++ b/include/linux/iocontext.h
@@ -120,18 +120,12 @@ struct io_context {
struct work_struct release_work;
};
-static inline struct io_context *ioc_task_link(struct io_context *ioc)
+static inline void ioc_task_link(struct io_context *ioc)
{
- /*
- * if ref count is zero, don't allow sharing (ioc is going away, it's
- * a race).
- */
- if (ioc && atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&ioc->refcount)) {
- atomic_inc(&ioc->nr_tasks);
- return ioc;
- }
-
- return NULL;
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_long_read(&ioc->refcount) <= 0);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&ioc->nr_tasks) <= 0);
+ atomic_long_inc(&ioc->refcount);
+ atomic_inc(&ioc->nr_tasks);
}
struct task_struct;
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index b77fd559c78e..a1b632713e43 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -901,9 +901,8 @@ static int copy_io(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
* Share io context with parent, if CLONE_IO is set
*/
if (clone_flags & CLONE_IO) {
- tsk->io_context = ioc_task_link(ioc);
- if (unlikely(!tsk->io_context))
- return -ENOMEM;
+ ioc_task_link(ioc);
+ tsk->io_context = ioc;
} else if (ioprio_valid(ioc->ioprio)) {
new_ioc = get_task_io_context(tsk, GFP_KERNEL, NUMA_NO_NODE);
if (unlikely(!new_ioc))