Re: [PATCH v7] workqueue: Fix edge cases for calc of pool's cpumask

[Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 04:27:14PM -0500, Michael Bringmann wrote:
> 
> There is an underlying assumption/trade-off in many layers of the Linux
> system that CPU <-> node mapping is static.  This is despite the presence
> of features like NUMA and 'hotplug' that support the dynamic addition/
> removal of fundamental system resources like CPUs and memory.  PowerPC
> systems, however, do provide extensive features for the dynamic change
> of resources available to a system.
> 
> Currently, there is little or no synchronization protection around the
> updating of the CPU <-> node mapping, and the export/update of this
> information for other layers / modules.  In systems which can change
> this mapping during 'hotplug', like PowerPC, the information is changing
> underneath all layers that might reference it.
> 
> This patch attempts to ensure that a valid, usable cpumask attribute is
> used by the workqueue infrastructure when setting up new resource pools.
> It prevents a crash that has been observed when an 'empty' cpumask is
> passed along to the worker/task scheduling code.  It is intended as an
> intermediate fix until a more fundamental review and correction of the
> issue can be done.
> 
> [With additions to the patch provided by Tejun Hao <tj@kernel.org>]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Bringmann <mwb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied to wq/for-4.13-fixes with "fix" replaced with "workaround".

Thanks.

-- 
tejun