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authorLai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>2013-03-08 15:18:28 -0800
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2013-03-08 15:18:28 -0800
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workqueue: fix possible pool stall bug in wq_unbind_fn()
Since multiple pools per cpu have been introduced, wq_unbind_fn() has a subtle bug which may theoretically stall work item processing. The problem is two-fold. * wq_unbind_fn() depends on the worker executing wq_unbind_fn() itself to start unbound chain execution, which works fine when there was only single pool. With multiple pools, only the pool which is running wq_unbind_fn() - the highpri one - is guaranteed to have such kick-off. The other pool could stall when its busy workers block. * The current code is setting WORKER_UNBIND / POOL_DISASSOCIATED of the two pools in succession without initiating work execution inbetween. Because setting the flags requires grabbing assoc_mutex which is held while new workers are created, this could lead to stalls if a pool's manager is waiting for the previous pool's work items to release memory. This is almost purely theoretical tho. Update wq_unbind_fn() such that it sets WORKER_UNBIND / POOL_DISASSOCIATED, goes over schedule() and explicitly kicks off execution for a pool and then moves on to the next one. tj: Updated comments and description. Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/workqueue.c44
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 81f2457811eb..604801b91cba 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -3446,28 +3446,34 @@ static void wq_unbind_fn(struct work_struct *work)
spin_unlock_irq(&pool->lock);
mutex_unlock(&pool->assoc_mutex);
- }
- /*
- * Call schedule() so that we cross rq->lock and thus can guarantee
- * sched callbacks see the %WORKER_UNBOUND flag. This is necessary
- * as scheduler callbacks may be invoked from other cpus.
- */
- schedule();
+ /*
+ * Call schedule() so that we cross rq->lock and thus can
+ * guarantee sched callbacks see the %WORKER_UNBOUND flag.
+ * This is necessary as scheduler callbacks may be invoked
+ * from other cpus.
+ */
+ schedule();
- /*
- * Sched callbacks are disabled now. Zap nr_running. After this,
- * nr_running stays zero and need_more_worker() and keep_working()
- * are always true as long as the worklist is not empty. Pools on
- * @cpu now behave as unbound (in terms of concurrency management)
- * pools which are served by workers tied to the CPU.
- *
- * On return from this function, the current worker would trigger
- * unbound chain execution of pending work items if other workers
- * didn't already.
- */
- for_each_std_worker_pool(pool, cpu)
+ /*
+ * Sched callbacks are disabled now. Zap nr_running.
+ * After this, nr_running stays zero and need_more_worker()
+ * and keep_working() are always true as long as the
+ * worklist is not empty. This pool now behaves as an
+ * unbound (in terms of concurrency management) pool which
+ * are served by workers tied to the pool.
+ */
atomic_set(&pool->nr_running, 0);
+
+ /*
+ * With concurrency management just turned off, a busy
+ * worker blocking could lead to lengthy stalls. Kick off
+ * unbound chain execution of currently pending work items.
+ */
+ spin_lock_irq(&pool->lock);
+ wake_up_worker(pool);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&pool->lock);
+ }
}
/*