linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/2] workqueue: add quiescent state between work items

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Date:	Sun, 5 Oct 2014 13:24:21 -0400
From:	Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...atus.com>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	<tj@...nel.org>, <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, <jiri@...nulli.us>,
	Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...atus.com>,
	<stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] 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 <joe.lawrence@...atus.com>
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: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
---
 kernel/workqueue.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 5dbe22a..345bec9 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);
-- 
1.7.10.4

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