linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/7 V6] workqueue: fix idle worker depletion

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Date:	Sat, 8 Sep 2012 10:40:44 -0700
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7 V6] workqueue: fix idle worker depletion

Hello, Lai.

On Sun, Sep 09, 2012 at 01:12:53AM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> +/* does the manager need to be rebind after we just release gcwq->lock */
> +static void maybe_rebind_manager(struct worker *manager)
> +{
> +	struct global_cwq *gcwq = manager->pool->gcwq;
> +	bool assoc = !(gcwq->flags & GCWQ_DISASSOCIATED);
> +
> +	if (assoc && (manager->flags & WORKER_UNBOUND)) {
> +		spin_unlock_irq(&gcwq->lock);
> +
> +		if (worker_maybe_bind_and_lock(manager))
> +			worker_clr_flags(manager, WORKER_UNBOUND);
> +	}
> +}

We can reuse busy_worker_rebind_fn(), right?

>  	pool->manager = worker;
> +	if (unlikely(!mutex_trylock(&pool->manager_mutex))) {
> +		/*
> +		 * Ouch! rebind_workers() or gcwq_unbind_fn() beats we.
> +		 * it can't return false here, otherwise it will lead to
> +		 * worker depletion. So we release gcwq->lock and then
> +		 * grab manager_mutex again.
> +		 */
> +		spin_unlock_irq(&gcwq->lock);
> +		mutex_lock(&pool->manager_mutex);
> +		spin_lock_irq(&gcwq->lock);
> +
> +		/* rebind_workers() can happen when we release gcwq->lock */
> +		maybe_rebind_manager(worker);

And we can call process_scheduled_works() here and make the CPU
hotplug check pool->manager and schedule rebind_work there.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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