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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/workqueue.c | 37 |
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c index 383548ed0b54..1e1373bcb3e3 100644 --- a/kernel/workqueue.c +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c @@ -1825,10 +1825,45 @@ static bool manage_workers(struct worker *worker) struct worker_pool *pool = worker->pool; bool ret = false; - if (!mutex_trylock(&pool->manager_mutex)) + if (pool->flags & POOL_MANAGING_WORKERS) return ret; pool->flags |= POOL_MANAGING_WORKERS; + + /* + * To simplify both worker management and CPU hotplug, hold off + * management while hotplug is in progress. CPU hotplug path can't + * grab %POOL_MANAGING_WORKERS to achieve this because that can + * lead to idle worker depletion (all become busy thinking someone + * else is managing) which in turn can result in deadlock under + * extreme circumstances. Use @pool->manager_mutex to synchronize + * manager against CPU hotplug. + * + * manager_mutex would always be free unless CPU hotplug is in + * progress. trylock first without dropping @gcwq->lock. + */ + if (unlikely(!mutex_trylock(&pool->manager_mutex))) { + spin_unlock_irq(&pool->gcwq->lock); + mutex_lock(&pool->manager_mutex); + /* + * CPU hotplug could have happened while we were waiting + * for manager_mutex. Hotplug itself can't handle us + * because manager isn't either on idle or busy list, and + * @gcwq's state and ours could have deviated. + * + * As hotplug is now excluded via manager_mutex, we can + * simply try to bind. It will succeed or fail depending + * on @gcwq's current state. Try it and adjust + * %WORKER_UNBOUND accordingly. + */ + if (worker_maybe_bind_and_lock(worker)) + worker->flags &= ~WORKER_UNBOUND; + else + worker->flags |= WORKER_UNBOUND; + + ret = true; + } + pool->flags &= ~POOL_MANAGE_WORKERS; /* |