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-rw-r--r--Documentation/slow-work.txt13
-rw-r--r--fs/fscache/main.c6
-rw-r--r--fs/fscache/object.c1
-rw-r--r--fs/fscache/operation.c1
-rw-r--r--fs/gfs2/main.c4
-rw-r--r--fs/gfs2/recovery.c1
-rw-r--r--include/linux/slow-work.h8
-rw-r--r--kernel/slow-work.c132
8 files changed, 150 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/slow-work.txt b/Documentation/slow-work.txt
index ebc50f808ea4..f12fda31dcdc 100644
--- a/Documentation/slow-work.txt
+++ b/Documentation/slow-work.txt
@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ USING SLOW WORK ITEMS
Firstly, a module or subsystem wanting to make use of slow work items must
register its interest:
- int ret = slow_work_register_user();
+ int ret = slow_work_register_user(struct module *module);
-This will return 0 if successful, or a -ve error upon failure.
+This will return 0 if successful, or a -ve error upon failure. The module
+pointer should be the module interested in using this facility (almost
+certainly THIS_MODULE).
Slow work items may then be set up by:
@@ -110,7 +112,12 @@ operation. When all a module's slow work items have been processed, and the
module has no further interest in the facility, it should unregister its
interest:
- slow_work_unregister_user();
+ slow_work_unregister_user(struct module *module);
+
+The module pointer is used to wait for all outstanding work items for that
+module before completing the unregistration. This prevents the put_ref() code
+from being taken away before it completes. module should almost certainly be
+THIS_MODULE.
===============
diff --git a/fs/fscache/main.c b/fs/fscache/main.c
index 4de41b597499..add6bdb53f04 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/main.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/main.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static int __init fscache_init(void)
{
int ret;
- ret = slow_work_register_user();
+ ret = slow_work_register_user(THIS_MODULE);
if (ret < 0)
goto error_slow_work;
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ error_kobj:
error_cookie_jar:
fscache_proc_cleanup();
error_proc:
- slow_work_unregister_user();
+ slow_work_unregister_user(THIS_MODULE);
error_slow_work:
return ret;
}
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static void __exit fscache_exit(void)
kobject_put(fscache_root);
kmem_cache_destroy(fscache_cookie_jar);
fscache_proc_cleanup();
- slow_work_unregister_user();
+ slow_work_unregister_user(THIS_MODULE);
printk(KERN_NOTICE "FS-Cache: Unloaded\n");
}
diff --git a/fs/fscache/object.c b/fs/fscache/object.c
index 392a41b1b79d..d236eb1d6f37 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/object.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/object.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ static void fscache_enqueue_dependents(struct fscache_object *);
static void fscache_dequeue_object(struct fscache_object *);
const struct slow_work_ops fscache_object_slow_work_ops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
.get_ref = fscache_object_slow_work_get_ref,
.put_ref = fscache_object_slow_work_put_ref,
.execute = fscache_object_slow_work_execute,
diff --git a/fs/fscache/operation.c b/fs/fscache/operation.c
index e7f8d53b8b6b..f1a2857b2ff5 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/operation.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/operation.c
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ static void fscache_op_execute(struct slow_work *work)
}
const struct slow_work_ops fscache_op_slow_work_ops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
.get_ref = fscache_op_get_ref,
.put_ref = fscache_op_put_ref,
.execute = fscache_op_execute,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/main.c b/fs/gfs2/main.c
index eacd78a5d082..5b31f7741a8f 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/main.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/main.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static int __init init_gfs2_fs(void)
if (error)
goto fail_unregister;
- error = slow_work_register_user();
+ error = slow_work_register_user(THIS_MODULE);
if (error)
goto fail_slow;
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static void __exit exit_gfs2_fs(void)
gfs2_unregister_debugfs();
unregister_filesystem(&gfs2_fs_type);
unregister_filesystem(&gfs2meta_fs_type);
- slow_work_unregister_user();
+ slow_work_unregister_user(THIS_MODULE);
kmem_cache_destroy(gfs2_quotad_cachep);
kmem_cache_destroy(gfs2_rgrpd_cachep);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/recovery.c b/fs/gfs2/recovery.c
index 59d2695509d3..b2bb779f09ed 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/recovery.c
@@ -593,6 +593,7 @@ fail:
}
struct slow_work_ops gfs2_recover_ops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
.get_ref = gfs2_recover_get_ref,
.put_ref = gfs2_recover_put_ref,
.execute = gfs2_recover_work,
diff --git a/include/linux/slow-work.h b/include/linux/slow-work.h
index b65c8881f07a..9adb2b30754f 100644
--- a/include/linux/slow-work.h
+++ b/include/linux/slow-work.h
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ struct slow_work;
* The operations used to support slow work items
*/
struct slow_work_ops {
+ /* owner */
+ struct module *owner;
+
/* get a ref on a work item
* - return 0 if successful, -ve if not
*/
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ struct slow_work_ops {
* queued
*/
struct slow_work {
+ struct module *owner; /* the owning module */
unsigned long flags;
#define SLOW_WORK_PENDING 0 /* item pending (further) execution */
#define SLOW_WORK_EXECUTING 1 /* item currently executing */
@@ -84,8 +88,8 @@ static inline void vslow_work_init(struct slow_work *work,
}
extern int slow_work_enqueue(struct slow_work *work);
-extern int slow_work_register_user(void);
-extern void slow_work_unregister_user(void);
+extern int slow_work_register_user(struct module *owner);
+extern void slow_work_unregister_user(struct module *owner);
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
extern ctl_table slow_work_sysctls[];
diff --git a/kernel/slow-work.c b/kernel/slow-work.c
index 0d31135efbf4..dd08f376e406 100644
--- a/kernel/slow-work.c
+++ b/kernel/slow-work.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
#define SLOW_WORK_OOM_TIMEOUT (5 * HZ) /* can't start new threads for 5s after
* OOM */
+#define SLOW_WORK_THREAD_LIMIT 255 /* abs maximum number of slow-work threads */
+
static void slow_work_cull_timeout(unsigned long);
static void slow_work_oom_timeout(unsigned long);
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ static unsigned vslow_work_proportion = 50; /* % of threads that may process
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
static const int slow_work_min_min_threads = 2;
-static int slow_work_max_max_threads = 255;
+static int slow_work_max_max_threads = SLOW_WORK_THREAD_LIMIT;
static const int slow_work_min_vslow = 1;
static const int slow_work_max_vslow = 99;
@@ -98,6 +100,23 @@ static DEFINE_TIMER(slow_work_oom_timer, slow_work_oom_timeout, 0, 0);
static struct slow_work slow_work_new_thread; /* new thread starter */
/*
+ * slow work ID allocation (use slow_work_queue_lock)
+ */
+static DECLARE_BITMAP(slow_work_ids, SLOW_WORK_THREAD_LIMIT);
+
+/*
+ * Unregistration tracking to prevent put_ref() from disappearing during module
+ * unload
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+static struct module *slow_work_thread_processing[SLOW_WORK_THREAD_LIMIT];
+static struct module *slow_work_unreg_module;
+static struct slow_work *slow_work_unreg_work_item;
+static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(slow_work_unreg_wq);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(slow_work_unreg_sync_lock);
+#endif
+
+/*
* The queues of work items and the lock governing access to them. These are
* shared between all the CPUs. It doesn't make sense to have per-CPU queues
* as the number of threads bears no relation to the number of CPUs.
@@ -149,8 +168,11 @@ static unsigned slow_work_calc_vsmax(void)
* Attempt to execute stuff queued on a slow thread. Return true if we managed
* it, false if there was nothing to do.
*/
-static bool slow_work_execute(void)
+static bool slow_work_execute(int id)
{
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+ struct module *module;
+#endif
struct slow_work *work = NULL;
unsigned vsmax;
bool very_slow;
@@ -186,6 +208,12 @@ static bool slow_work_execute(void)
} else {
very_slow = false; /* avoid the compiler warning */
}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+ if (work)
+ slow_work_thread_processing[id] = work->owner;
+#endif
+
spin_unlock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
if (!work)
@@ -219,7 +247,18 @@ static bool slow_work_execute(void)
spin_unlock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
}
+ /* sort out the race between module unloading and put_ref() */
work->ops->put_ref(work);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+ module = slow_work_thread_processing[id];
+ slow_work_thread_processing[id] = NULL;
+ smp_mb();
+ if (slow_work_unreg_work_item == work ||
+ slow_work_unreg_module == module)
+ wake_up_all(&slow_work_unreg_wq);
+#endif
+
return true;
auto_requeue:
@@ -232,6 +271,7 @@ auto_requeue:
else
list_add_tail(&work->link, &slow_work_queue);
spin_unlock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
+ slow_work_thread_processing[id] = NULL;
return true;
}
@@ -368,13 +408,22 @@ static inline bool slow_work_available(int vsmax)
*/
static int slow_work_thread(void *_data)
{
- int vsmax;
+ int vsmax, id;
DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
set_freezable();
set_user_nice(current, -5);
+ /* allocate ourselves an ID */
+ spin_lock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
+ id = find_first_zero_bit(slow_work_ids, SLOW_WORK_THREAD_LIMIT);
+ BUG_ON(id < 0 || id >= SLOW_WORK_THREAD_LIMIT);
+ __set_bit(id, slow_work_ids);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
+
+ sprintf(current->comm, "kslowd%03u", id);
+
for (;;) {
vsmax = vslow_work_proportion;
vsmax *= atomic_read(&slow_work_thread_count);
@@ -395,7 +444,7 @@ static int slow_work_thread(void *_data)
vsmax *= atomic_read(&slow_work_thread_count);
vsmax /= 100;
- if (slow_work_available(vsmax) && slow_work_execute()) {
+ if (slow_work_available(vsmax) && slow_work_execute(id)) {
cond_resched();
if (list_empty(&slow_work_queue) &&
list_empty(&vslow_work_queue) &&
@@ -412,6 +461,10 @@ static int slow_work_thread(void *_data)
break;
}
+ spin_lock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
+ __clear_bit(id, slow_work_ids);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
+
if (atomic_dec_and_test(&slow_work_thread_count))
complete_and_exit(&slow_work_last_thread_exited, 0);
return 0;
@@ -475,6 +528,7 @@ static void slow_work_new_thread_execute(struct slow_work *work)
}
static const struct slow_work_ops slow_work_new_thread_ops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
.get_ref = slow_work_new_thread_get_ref,
.put_ref = slow_work_new_thread_put_ref,
.execute = slow_work_new_thread_execute,
@@ -546,12 +600,13 @@ static int slow_work_max_threads_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
/**
* slow_work_register_user - Register a user of the facility
+ * @module: The module about to make use of the facility
*
* Register a user of the facility, starting up the initial threads if there
* aren't any other users at this point. This will return 0 if successful, or
* an error if not.
*/
-int slow_work_register_user(void)
+int slow_work_register_user(struct module *module)
{
struct task_struct *p;
int loop;
@@ -598,14 +653,79 @@ error:
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(slow_work_register_user);
+/*
+ * wait for all outstanding items from the calling module to complete
+ * - note that more items may be queued whilst we're waiting
+ */
+static void slow_work_wait_for_items(struct module *module)
+{
+ DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(myself, current);
+ struct slow_work *work;
+ int loop;
+
+ mutex_lock(&slow_work_unreg_sync_lock);
+ add_wait_queue(&slow_work_unreg_wq, &myself);
+
+ for (;;) {
+ spin_lock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
+
+ /* first of all, we wait for the last queued item in each list
+ * to be processed */
+ list_for_each_entry_reverse(work, &vslow_work_queue, link) {
+ if (work->owner == module) {
+ set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+ slow_work_unreg_work_item = work;
+ goto do_wait;
+ }
+ }
+ list_for_each_entry_reverse(work, &slow_work_queue, link) {
+ if (work->owner == module) {
+ set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+ slow_work_unreg_work_item = work;
+ goto do_wait;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* then we wait for the items being processed to finish */
+ slow_work_unreg_module = module;
+ smp_mb();
+ for (loop = 0; loop < SLOW_WORK_THREAD_LIMIT; loop++) {
+ if (slow_work_thread_processing[loop] == module)
+ goto do_wait;
+ }
+ spin_unlock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
+ break; /* okay, we're done */
+
+ do_wait:
+ spin_unlock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
+ schedule();
+ slow_work_unreg_work_item = NULL;
+ slow_work_unreg_module = NULL;
+ }
+
+ remove_wait_queue(&slow_work_unreg_wq, &myself);
+ mutex_unlock(&slow_work_unreg_sync_lock);
+}
+
/**
* slow_work_unregister_user - Unregister a user of the facility
+ * @module: The module whose items should be cleared
*
* Unregister a user of the facility, killing all the threads if this was the
* last one.
+ *
+ * This waits for all the work items belonging to the nominated module to go
+ * away before proceeding.
*/
-void slow_work_unregister_user(void)
+void slow_work_unregister_user(struct module *module)
{
+ /* first of all, wait for all outstanding items from the calling module
+ * to complete */
+ if (module)
+ slow_work_wait_for_items(module);
+
+ /* then we can actually go about shutting down the facility if need
+ * be */
mutex_lock(&slow_work_user_lock);
BUG_ON(slow_work_user_count <= 0);
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