mirror of https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Derek Basehore <dbasehore@chromium.org>
To: axboe@kernel.dk
Cc: msb@chromium.org, spang@chromium.org, bfreed@chromium.org,
	arscott@chromium.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Derek Basehore <dbasehore@chromium.org>
Subject: [PATCH] block: Remove deadlock in disk_clear_events
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:52:07 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1349992327-9747-1-git-send-email-dbasehore@chromium.org> (raw)

In disk_clear_events, do not put work on system_nrt_freezable_wq. Instead, put
it on system_nrt_wq.

There is a race between probing a usb and suspending the device. Since probing a
usb calls disk_clear_events, which puts work on a frozen workqueue, probing
cannot finish after the workqueue is frozen. However, suspending cannot finish
until the usb probe is finished, so we get a deadlock.

Change-Id: I05bc8f608f1c86b7efaca5c12e544dbd08dfaba4
Signed-off-by: Derek Basehore <dbasehore@chromium.org>
---
 block/genhd.c |    8 +++++++-
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 6cace66..4e700ee 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -1571,7 +1571,13 @@ unsigned int disk_clear_events(struct gendisk *disk, unsigned int mask)
 
 	/* uncondtionally schedule event check and wait for it to finish */
 	disk_block_events(disk);
-	queue_delayed_work(system_freezable_wq, &ev->dwork, 0);
+	/* We need to put the work on system_nrt_wq here since there is a
+	 * deadlock that happens while probing a usb device while suspending. If
+	 * we put work on a freezable worqueue here, a usb probe will wait here
+	 * until the workqueue is unfrozen during suspend. Since suspend waits
+	 * on all probes to complete, we have a deadlock
+	 */
+	queue_delayed_work(system_nrt_wq, &ev->dwork, 0);
 	flush_delayed_work(&ev->dwork);
 	__disk_unblock_events(disk, false);
 
-- 
1.7.7.3


             reply	other threads:[~2012-10-11 21:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-11 21:52 Derek Basehore [this message]
2012-10-12 17:01 ` Jens Axboe

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=1349992327-9747-1-git-send-email-dbasehore@chromium.org \
    --to=dbasehore@chromium.org \
    --cc=arscott@chromium.org \
    --cc=axboe@kernel.dk \
    --cc=bfreed@chromium.org \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=msb@chromium.org \
    --cc=spang@chromium.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox

all inboxes | Powered by JetHome®