From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [GIT PULL] workqueue fixes for v3.14-rc3
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 08:51:41 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140220135141.GA6897@htj.dyndns.org> (raw)
Hello, Linus.
Two workqueue fixes. One for an unlikely but possible critical bug
during kworker shutdown and the other to make lockdep names a bit more
descriptive.
The following changes since commit 38dbfb59d1175ef458d006556061adeaa8751b72:
Linus 3.14-rc1 (2014-02-02 16:42:13 -0800)
are available in the git repository at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq.git for-3.14-fixes
for you to fetch changes up to 5bdfff96c69a4d5ab9c49e60abf9e070ecd2acbb:
workqueue: ensure @task is valid across kthread_stop() (2014-02-18 16:35:20 -0500)
Thanks.
----------------------------------------------------------------
Lai Jiangshan (1):
workqueue: ensure @task is valid across kthread_stop()
Li Zhong (1):
workqueue: add args to workqueue lockdep name
include/linux/workqueue.h | 5 +----
kernel/workqueue.c | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/workqueue.h b/include/linux/workqueue.h
index 594521b..704f4f6 100644
--- a/include/linux/workqueue.h
+++ b/include/linux/workqueue.h
@@ -419,10 +419,7 @@ __alloc_workqueue_key(const char *fmt, unsigned int flags, int max_active,
static struct lock_class_key __key; \
const char *__lock_name; \
\
- if (__builtin_constant_p(fmt)) \
- __lock_name = (fmt); \
- else \
- __lock_name = #fmt; \
+ __lock_name = #fmt#args; \
\
__alloc_workqueue_key((fmt), (flags), (max_active), \
&__key, __lock_name, ##args); \
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 82ef9f3..193e977 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -1851,6 +1851,12 @@ static void destroy_worker(struct worker *worker)
if (worker->flags & WORKER_IDLE)
pool->nr_idle--;
+ /*
+ * Once WORKER_DIE is set, the kworker may destroy itself at any
+ * point. Pin to ensure the task stays until we're done with it.
+ */
+ get_task_struct(worker->task);
+
list_del_init(&worker->entry);
worker->flags |= WORKER_DIE;
@@ -1859,6 +1865,7 @@ static void destroy_worker(struct worker *worker)
spin_unlock_irq(&pool->lock);
kthread_stop(worker->task);
+ put_task_struct(worker->task);
kfree(worker);
spin_lock_irq(&pool->lock);
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