workqueue: devres: Add device-managed allocate workqueue

Add a Resource-managed version of alloc_workqueue() to fix common
problem of drivers mixing devm() calls with destroy_workqueue.  Such
naive and discouraged driver approach leads to difficult to debug bugs
when the driver:

1. Allocates workqueue in standard way and destroys it in driver
   remove() callback,
2. Sets work struct with devm_work_autocancel(),
3. Registers interrupt handler with devm_request_threaded_irq().

Which leads to following unbind/removal path:

1. destroy_workqueue() via driver remove(),
   Any interrupt coming now would still execute the interrupt handler,
   which queues work on destroyed workqueue.
2. devm_irq_release(),
3. devm_work_drop() -> cancel_work_sync() on destroyed workqueue.

devm_alloc_workqueue() has two benefits:
1. Solves above problem of mix-and-match devres and non-devres code in
   driver,
2. Simplify any sane drivers which were correctly using
   alloc_workqueue() + devm_add_action_or_reset().

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@oss.qualcomm.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Krzysztof Kozlowski 2026-03-05 22:45:40 +01:00 committed by Tejun Heo
parent 6de23f81a5
commit 1dfc9d60a6
3 changed files with 54 additions and 0 deletions

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@ -464,3 +464,7 @@ SPI
WATCHDOG
devm_watchdog_register_device()
WORKQUEUE
devm_alloc_workqueue()
devm_alloc_ordered_workqueue()

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@ -512,6 +512,26 @@ __printf(1, 4) struct workqueue_struct *
alloc_workqueue_noprof(const char *fmt, unsigned int flags, int max_active, ...);
#define alloc_workqueue(...) alloc_hooks(alloc_workqueue_noprof(__VA_ARGS__))
/**
* devm_alloc_workqueue - Resource-managed allocate a workqueue
* @dev: Device to allocate workqueue for
* @fmt: printf format for the name of the workqueue
* @flags: WQ_* flags
* @max_active: max in-flight work items, 0 for default
* @...: args for @fmt
*
* Resource managed workqueue, see alloc_workqueue() for details.
*
* The workqueue will be automatically destroyed on driver detach. Typically
* this should be used in drivers already relying on devm interafaces.
*
* RETURNS:
* Pointer to the allocated workqueue on success, %NULL on failure.
*/
__printf(2, 5) struct workqueue_struct *
devm_alloc_workqueue(struct device *dev, const char *fmt, unsigned int flags,
int max_active, ...);
#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
/**
* alloc_workqueue_lockdep_map - allocate a workqueue with user-defined lockdep_map
@ -568,6 +588,8 @@ alloc_workqueue_lockdep_map(const char *fmt, unsigned int flags, int max_active,
*/
#define alloc_ordered_workqueue(fmt, flags, args...) \
alloc_workqueue(fmt, WQ_UNBOUND | __WQ_ORDERED | (flags), 1, ##args)
#define devm_alloc_ordered_workqueue(dev, fmt, flags, args...) \
devm_alloc_workqueue(dev, fmt, WQ_UNBOUND | __WQ_ORDERED | (flags), 1, ##args)
#define create_workqueue(name) \
alloc_workqueue("%s", __WQ_LEGACY | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_PERCPU, 1, (name))

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@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
#include <linux/mempolicy.h>
#include <linux/freezer.h>
#include <linux/debug_locks.h>
#include <linux/device/devres.h>
#include <linux/lockdep.h>
#include <linux/idr.h>
#include <linux/jhash.h>
@ -5891,6 +5892,33 @@ struct workqueue_struct *alloc_workqueue_noprof(const char *fmt,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alloc_workqueue_noprof);
static void devm_workqueue_release(void *res)
{
destroy_workqueue(res);
}
__printf(2, 5) struct workqueue_struct *
devm_alloc_workqueue(struct device *dev, const char *fmt, unsigned int flags,
int max_active, ...)
{
struct workqueue_struct *wq;
va_list args;
int ret;
va_start(args, max_active);
wq = alloc_workqueue(fmt, flags, max_active, args);
va_end(args);
if (!wq)
return NULL;
ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, devm_workqueue_release, wq);
if (ret)
return NULL;
return wq;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_alloc_workqueue);
#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
__printf(1, 5)
struct workqueue_struct *