linux/kernel
Tejun Heo 97ed537eaa kthread_worker: reimplement flush_kthread_work() to allow freeing the work item being executed
commit 46f3d97621 upstream.

kthread_worker provides minimalistic workqueue-like interface for
users which need a dedicated worker thread (e.g. for realtime
priority).  It has basic queue, flush_work, flush_worker operations
which mostly match the workqueue counterparts; however, due to the way
flush_work() is implemented, it has a noticeable difference of not
allowing work items to be freed while being executed.

While the current users of kthread_worker are okay with the current
behavior, the restriction does impede some valid use cases.  Also,
removing this difference isn't difficult and actually makes the code
easier to understand.

This patch reimplements flush_kthread_work() such that it uses a
flush_work item instead of queue/done sequence numbers.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Colin Cross <ccross@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2012-10-02 10:30:40 -07:00
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debug KGDB/KDB regression fixes 2012-04-04 17:26:08 -07:00
events perf_event: Switch to internal refcount, fix race with close() 2012-10-02 10:29:54 -07:00
gcov gcov: disable CONSTRUCTORS for UML 2011-07-26 16:49:45 -07:00
irq random: remove rand_initialize_irq() 2012-08-15 08:10:29 -07:00
power ftrace: Disable function tracing during suspend/resume and hibernation, again 2012-08-09 08:31:29 -07:00
sched sched: Fix race in task_group() 2012-10-02 10:30:35 -07:00
time time: Move ktime_t overflow checking into timespec_valid_strict 2012-10-02 10:30:36 -07:00
trace splice: fix racy pipe->buffers uses 2012-07-16 09:04:42 -07:00
.gitignore
acct.c Merge branch 'for-linus2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-01-08 12:19:57 -08:00
async.c Fix a dead loop in async_synchronize_full() 2012-10-02 10:30:35 -07:00
audit_tree.c audit: fix refcounting in audit-tree 2012-09-14 10:00:18 -07:00
audit_watch.c
audit.c constify path argument of audit_log_d_path() 2012-03-20 21:29:40 -04:00
audit.h audit: remove AUDIT_SETUP_CONTEXT as it isn't used 2012-01-17 16:16:57 -05:00
auditfilter.c audit: allow interfield comparison in audit rules 2012-01-17 16:17:01 -05:00
auditsc.c kernel-doc: fix new warnings in auditsc.c 2012-01-23 08:44:53 -08:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c Revert "capabitlies: ns_capable can use the cap helpers rather than lsm call" 2012-01-17 10:19:41 -08:00
cgroup_freezer.c cgroup: remove cgroup_subsys argument from callbacks 2012-02-02 09:20:22 -08:00
cgroup.c cgroup: cgroup_attach_task() could return -errno after success 2012-03-29 22:03:33 -07:00
compat.c compat: Fix RT signal mask corruption via sigprocmask 2012-05-10 08:58:33 -07:00
configs.c kernel/configs.c: include MODULE_*() when CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=n 2011-07-25 20:57:15 -07:00
cpu_pm.c cpu_pm: call notifiers during suspend 2011-09-23 12:05:29 +05:30
cpu.c Merge branch 'pm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm 2012-01-08 13:10:57 -08:00
cpuset.c Autogenerated GPG tag for Rusty D1ADB8F1: 15EE 8D6C AB0E 7F0C F999 BFCB D920 0E6C D1AD B8F1 2012-04-02 08:53:24 -07:00
crash_dump.c Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux 2011-11-06 19:44:47 -08:00
cred.c cred: copy_process() should clear child->replacement_session_keyring 2012-04-11 08:20:11 -07:00
delayacct.c KVM: Steal time implementation 2011-07-14 12:59:14 +03:00
dma.c Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c posix_types.h: Cleanup stale __NFDBITS and related definitions 2012-08-09 08:31:39 -07:00
extable.c extable, core_kernel_data(): Make sure all archs define _sdata 2011-05-20 08:56:56 +02:00
fork.c mm/fork: fix overflow in vma length when copying mmap on clone 2012-06-10 00:36:06 +09:00
freezer.c PM / Freezer: Remove references to TIF_FREEZE in comments 2012-03-04 23:08:54 +01:00
futex_compat.c futex: Mark get_robust_list as deprecated 2012-03-29 11:37:17 +02:00
futex.c futex: Forbid uaddr == uaddr2 in futex_wait_requeue_pi() 2012-08-09 08:31:53 -07:00
groups.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
hrtimer.c hrtimer: Update hrtimer base offsets each hrtimer_interrupt 2012-07-19 08:59:00 -07:00
hung_task.c hung_task: fix the broken rcu_lock_break() logic 2012-03-05 15:49:42 -08:00
irq_work.c irq_work: fix compile failure on tile from missing include 2012-04-13 13:15:16 -04:00
itimer.c itimer: Use printk_once instead of WARN_ONCE 2012-04-10 11:00:30 +02:00
jump_label.c static keys: Inline the static_key_enabled() function 2012-02-28 20:01:08 +01:00
kallsyms.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks locking/kconfig: Simplify INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK usage 2012-03-23 13:18:57 +01:00
Kconfig.preempt locking/kconfig: Simplify INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK usage 2012-03-23 13:18:57 +01:00
kexec.c Merge branch 'akpm' (Andrew's patch-bomb) 2012-03-28 17:19:28 -07:00
kfifo.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
kmod.c PM / Sleep: Mitigate race between the freezer and request_firmware() 2012-03-28 23:30:28 +02:00
kprobes.c kprobes: return proper error code from register_kprobe() 2012-03-05 15:49:42 -08:00
ksysfs.c kernel: ksysfs.c is implicitly using stat.h 2011-10-31 09:20:13 -04:00
kthread.c kthread_worker: reimplement flush_kthread_work() to allow freeing the work item being executed 2012-10-02 10:30:40 -07:00
latencytop.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
lockdep_internals.h
lockdep_proc.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
lockdep_states.h
lockdep.c lockdep: Add CPU-idle/offline warning to lockdep-RCU splat 2012-02-21 09:06:06 -08:00
Makefile sysctl: Move the implementation into fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c 2012-01-24 16:37:54 -08:00
module.c module: Remove module size limit 2012-03-26 12:50:53 +10:30
mutex-debug.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
mutex-debug.h
mutex.c sched/rt: Use schedule_preempt_disabled() 2012-03-01 10:28:03 +01:00
mutex.h
notifier.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
nsproxy.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
padata.c padata: Fix cpu hotplug 2012-03-29 19:52:46 +08:00
panic.c kdump: Execute kmsg_dump(KMSG_DUMP_PANIC) after smp_send_stop() 2012-06-22 11:36:56 -07:00
params.c params: <level>_initcall-like kernel parameters 2012-03-26 12:50:51 +10:30
pid_namespace.c pidns: add reboot_pid_ns() to handle the reboot syscall 2012-03-28 17:14:36 -07:00
pid.c vfs: fix panic in __d_lookup() with high dentry hashtable counts 2012-02-13 20:45:38 -05:00
posix-cpu-timers.c [S390] cputime: add sparse checking and cleanup 2011-12-15 14:56:19 +01:00
posix-timers.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
printk.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-03-20 10:31:44 -07:00
profile.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
ptrace.c ptrace: remove PTRACE_SEIZE_DEVEL bit 2012-03-23 16:58:41 -07:00
range.c range: fix bogus misuse of module.h to get printk() 2011-10-31 09:20:11 -04:00
rcu.h rcu: Allow nesting of rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit() 2012-02-21 09:06:12 -08:00
rcupdate.c rcu: Check for illegal use of RCU from offlined CPUs 2012-02-21 09:06:03 -08:00
rcutiny_plugin.h rcu: Simplify unboosting checks 2012-02-21 09:03:43 -08:00
rcutiny.c rcu: Add RCU_NONIDLE() for idle-loop RCU read-side critical sections 2012-02-21 09:06:13 -08:00
rcutorture.c PTR_ERR should be called before its argument is cleared. 2012-02-21 09:06:10 -08:00
rcutree_plugin.h rcu: Hold off RCU_FAST_NO_HZ after timer posted 2012-02-21 09:42:30 -08:00
rcutree_trace.c rcu: Rework detection of use of RCU by offline CPUs 2012-02-21 09:06:07 -08:00
rcutree.c rcu: Permit call_rcu() from CPU_DYING notifiers 2012-04-17 07:30:54 -07:00
rcutree.h rcu: Rework detection of use of RCU by offline CPUs 2012-02-21 09:06:07 -08:00
relay.c splice: fix racy pipe->buffers uses 2012-07-16 09:04:42 -07:00
res_counter.c net: introduce res_counter_charge_nofail() for socket allocations 2012-01-22 15:08:46 -05:00
resource.c kernel/resource.c: move EXPORT_SYMBOL right after definition 2012-02-03 23:37:07 +01:00
rtmutex_common.h
rtmutex-debug.c lockdep, rtmutex, bug: Show taint flags on error 2011-12-06 08:16:49 +01:00
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c rtmutex-tester: convert sysdev_class to a regular subsystem 2011-12-14 14:54:22 -08:00
rtmutex.c Revert "rcu: Permit rt_mutex_unlock() with irqs disabled" 2011-12-11 10:33:18 -08:00
rtmutex.h
rwsem.c Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
seccomp.c seccomp: audit abnormal end to a process due to seccomp 2012-01-17 16:16:55 -05:00
semaphore.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
signal.c Disintegrate and delete asm/system.h 2012-03-28 15:58:21 -07:00
smp.c smp: add func to IPI cpus based on parameter func 2012-03-28 17:14:35 -07:00
softirq.c Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-03-20 10:32:09 -07:00
spinlock.c locking/kconfig: Simplify INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK usage 2012-03-23 13:18:57 +01:00
srcu.c rcu: Call out dangers of expedited RCU primitives 2012-02-21 09:06:08 -08:00
stacktrace.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
stop_machine.c Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux 2011-11-06 19:44:47 -08:00
sys_ni.c Cross Memory Attach 2011-10-31 17:30:44 -07:00
sys.c pidns: add reboot_pid_ns() to handle the reboot syscall 2012-03-28 17:14:36 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c binary_sysctl(): fix memory leak 2011-12-20 10:25:04 -08:00
sysctl.c sysctl: fix write access to dmesg_restrict/kptr_restrict 2012-04-05 14:51:43 +10:00
taskstats.c Make TASKSTATS require root access 2011-09-19 17:04:37 -07:00
test_kprobes.c
time.c time: Remove bogus comments 2012-03-15 18:17:55 -07:00
timeconst.pl
timer.c Merge branch 'core-debugobjects-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-01-06 07:53:34 -08:00
tracepoint.c static keys: Introduce 'struct static_key', static_key_true()/false() and static_key_slow_[inc|dec]() 2012-02-24 10:05:59 +01:00
tsacct.c [S390] cputime: add sparse checking and cleanup 2011-12-15 14:56:19 +01:00
uid16.c
up.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
user_namespace.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
user-return-notifier.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
user.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
utsname_sysctl.c Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux 2011-11-06 19:44:47 -08:00
utsname.c kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
wait.c lockdep/waitqueues: Add better annotation 2011-12-21 10:07:39 +01:00
watchdog.c kernel/watchdog.c: add comment to watchdog() exit path 2012-03-23 16:58:32 -07:00
workqueue_sched.h
workqueue.c workqueue: UNBOUND -> REBIND morphing in rebind_workers() should be atomic 2012-10-02 10:30:33 -07:00