From: Joe Lawrence Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 17:24:21 +0000 (-0400) Subject: workqueue: Add quiescent state between work items X-Git-Tag: v3.18-rc1~74^2^2~1 X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=789cbbeca4eb7141cbd748ee93772471101b507b;p=karo-tx-linux.git workqueue: Add quiescent state between work items Similar to the stop_machine deadlock scenario on !PREEMPT kernels addressed in b22ce2785d97 "workqueue: cond_resched() after processing each work item", kworker threads requeueing back-to-back with zero jiffy delay can stall RCU. The cond_resched call introduced in that fix will yield only iff there are other higher priority tasks to run, so force a quiescent RCU state between work items. Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140926105227.01325697@jlaw-desktop.mno.stratus.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140929115445.40221d8e@jlaw-desktop.mno.stratus.com Fixes: b22ce2785d97 ("workqueue: cond_resched() after processing each work item") Cc: Acked-by: Tejun Heo Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c index 5dbe22aa3efd..345bec95e708 100644 --- a/kernel/workqueue.c +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c @@ -2043,8 +2043,10 @@ __acquires(&pool->lock) * kernels, where a requeueing work item waiting for something to * happen could deadlock with stop_machine as such work item could * indefinitely requeue itself while all other CPUs are trapped in - * stop_machine. + * stop_machine. At the same time, report a quiescent RCU state so + * the same condition doesn't freeze RCU. */ + rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch(current); cond_resched(); spin_lock_irq(&pool->lock);