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| author | Lai Jiangshan | 2013-02-19 12:17:02 -0800 |
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| committer | Tejun Heo | 2013-03-04 09:44:58 -0800 |
| commit | b31041042a8cdece67f925e4bae55b5f5fd754ca (patch) | |
| tree | 6392271c537c05d59e0d72ac72463343d2a29249 /kernel/workqueue_internal.h | |
| parent | f36dc67b27a689eeb3631b11ebef17bbff257fbb (diff) | |
workqueue: better define synchronization rule around rescuer->pool updates
Rescuers visit different worker_pools to process work items from pools
under pressure. Currently, rescuer->pool is updated outside any
locking and when an outsider looks at a rescuer, there's no way to
tell when and whether rescuer->pool is gonna change. While this
doesn't currently cause any problem, it is nasty.
With recent worker_maybe_bind_and_lock() changes, we can move
rescuer->pool updates inside pool locks such that if rescuer->pool
equals a locked pool, it's guaranteed to stay that way until the pool
is unlocked.
Move rescuer->pool inside pool->lock.
This patch doesn't introduce any visible behavior difference.
tj: Updated the description.
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/workqueue_internal.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/workqueue_internal.h | 1 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue_internal.h b/kernel/workqueue_internal.h index 07650264ec15..f9c887731e2b 100644 --- a/kernel/workqueue_internal.h +++ b/kernel/workqueue_internal.h @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ struct worker { struct list_head scheduled; /* L: scheduled works */ struct task_struct *task; /* I: worker task */ struct worker_pool *pool; /* I: the associated pool */ + /* L: for rescuers */ /* 64 bytes boundary on 64bit, 32 on 32bit */ unsigned long last_active; /* L: last active timestamp */ unsigned int flags; /* X: flags */ |