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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2014-06-12 00:27:11 -0400
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2014-06-12 00:28:09 -0400
commit9c1d5284c79fea050f115eadeec1dd1758e5c630 (patch)
tree4d16fd5aad7ff4931e985c0128c5747f23561f8a /kernel/workqueue.c
parent5f073850602084fbcbb987948ff3e70ae273f7d2 (diff)
parent9f12600fe425bc28f0ccba034a77783c09c15af4 (diff)
Merge commit '9f12600fe425bc28f0ccba034a77783c09c15af4' into for-linus
Backmerge of dcache.c changes from mainline. It's that, or complete rebase... Conflicts: fs/splice.c Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/workqueue.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/workqueue.c36
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 0ee63af30bd1..8edc87185427 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -1916,6 +1916,12 @@ static void send_mayday(struct work_struct *work)
/* mayday mayday mayday */
if (list_empty(&pwq->mayday_node)) {
+ /*
+ * If @pwq is for an unbound wq, its base ref may be put at
+ * any time due to an attribute change. Pin @pwq until the
+ * rescuer is done with it.
+ */
+ get_pwq(pwq);
list_add_tail(&pwq->mayday_node, &wq->maydays);
wake_up_process(wq->rescuer->task);
}
@@ -2398,6 +2404,7 @@ static int rescuer_thread(void *__rescuer)
struct worker *rescuer = __rescuer;
struct workqueue_struct *wq = rescuer->rescue_wq;
struct list_head *scheduled = &rescuer->scheduled;
+ bool should_stop;
set_user_nice(current, RESCUER_NICE_LEVEL);
@@ -2409,11 +2416,15 @@ static int rescuer_thread(void *__rescuer)
repeat:
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
- if (kthread_should_stop()) {
- __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
- rescuer->task->flags &= ~PF_WQ_WORKER;
- return 0;
- }
+ /*
+ * By the time the rescuer is requested to stop, the workqueue
+ * shouldn't have any work pending, but @wq->maydays may still have
+ * pwq(s) queued. This can happen by non-rescuer workers consuming
+ * all the work items before the rescuer got to them. Go through
+ * @wq->maydays processing before acting on should_stop so that the
+ * list is always empty on exit.
+ */
+ should_stop = kthread_should_stop();
/* see whether any pwq is asking for help */
spin_lock_irq(&wq_mayday_lock);
@@ -2445,6 +2456,12 @@ repeat:
process_scheduled_works(rescuer);
/*
+ * Put the reference grabbed by send_mayday(). @pool won't
+ * go away while we're holding its lock.
+ */
+ put_pwq(pwq);
+
+ /*
* Leave this pool. If keep_working() is %true, notify a
* regular worker; otherwise, we end up with 0 concurrency
* and stalling the execution.
@@ -2459,6 +2476,12 @@ repeat:
spin_unlock_irq(&wq_mayday_lock);
+ if (should_stop) {
+ __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+ rescuer->task->flags &= ~PF_WQ_WORKER;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
/* rescuers should never participate in concurrency management */
WARN_ON_ONCE(!(rescuer->flags & WORKER_NOT_RUNNING));
schedule();
@@ -4100,7 +4123,8 @@ static void wq_update_unbound_numa(struct workqueue_struct *wq, int cpu,
if (!pwq) {
pr_warning("workqueue: allocation failed while updating NUMA affinity of \"%s\"\n",
wq->name);
- goto out_unlock;
+ mutex_lock(&wq->mutex);
+ goto use_dfl_pwq;
}
/*