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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-02-20 12:00:27 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-02-20 12:00:27 -0800
commit2b73d207a5437bb930f72cf87e09ad12ad492e90 (patch)
treed9f5cc0728b1081bc90980471ef6663d1949c57f
parentd49649615d3673ec94139fbd0918fb13949a1d8b (diff)
parent5bdfff96c69a4d5ab9c49e60abf9e070ecd2acbb (diff)
Merge branch 'for-3.14-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq
Pull workqueue fixes from Tejun Heo: "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" * 'for-3.14-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq: workqueue: ensure @task is valid across kthread_stop() workqueue: add args to workqueue lockdep name
-rw-r--r--include/linux/workqueue.h5
-rw-r--r--kernel/workqueue.c7
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/workqueue.h b/include/linux/workqueue.h
index 594521ba0d4..704f4f652d0 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 82ef9f3b747..193e977a10e 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);