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Subject[PATCH 2/4] workqueue: don't check wq->rescuer in rescuer
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Now rescuer checks pwq->nr_active before requeues the pwq,
it is a more robust check and the rescuer must be still valid.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>
---
kernel/workqueue.c | 23 +++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index b2b15f1f0c8d..8d017727bfbc 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ struct workqueue_struct {
struct list_head flusher_overflow; /* WQ: flush overflow list */

struct list_head maydays; /* MD: pwqs requesting rescue */
- struct worker *rescuer; /* MD: rescue worker */
+ struct worker *rescuer; /* I: rescue worker */

int nr_drainers; /* WQ: drain in progress */
int saved_max_active; /* WQ: saved pwq max_active */
@@ -2532,12 +2532,13 @@ static int rescuer_thread(void *__rescuer)
if (pwq->nr_active && need_to_create_worker(pool)) {
spin_lock(&wq_mayday_lock);
/*
- * Queue iff we aren't racing destruction
- * and somebody else hasn't queued it already.
+ * Queue iff somebody else hasn't queued it
+ * already.
*/
- if (wq->rescuer && list_empty(&pwq->mayday_node)) {
+ if (list_empty(&pwq->mayday_node)) {
get_pwq(pwq);
- list_add_tail(&pwq->mayday_node, &wq->maydays);
+ list_add_tail(&pwq->mayday_node,
+ &wq->maydays);
}
spin_unlock(&wq_mayday_lock);
}
@@ -4356,16 +4357,10 @@ void destroy_workqueue(struct workqueue_struct *wq)

/* kill rescuer, if sanity checks fail, leave it w/o rescuer */
if (wq->rescuer) {
- struct worker *rescuer = wq->rescuer;
-
- /* this prevents new queueing */
- spin_lock_irq(&wq_mayday_lock);
- wq->rescuer = NULL;
- spin_unlock_irq(&wq_mayday_lock);
-
/* rescuer will empty maydays list before exiting */
- kthread_stop(rescuer->task);
- kfree(rescuer);
+ kthread_stop(wq->rescuer->task);
+ kfree(wq->rescuer);
+ wq->rescuer = NULL;
}

/*
--
2.20.1
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