linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] workqueue: Allow retrieval of current task's work struct

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Date:   Mon, 12 Feb 2018 09:07:47 -0800
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
Cc:     Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>,
        Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>,
        Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@...hat.com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, Peter Wu <peter@...ensteyn.nl>,
        nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org, Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Pierre Moreau <pierre.morrow@...e.fr>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ismo Toijala <ismo.toijala@...il.com>,
        intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@....com>,
        Archit Taneja <architt@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] workqueue: Allow retrieval of current task's work
 struct

Hello,

On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 10:38:28AM +0100, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> Introduce a helper to retrieve the current task's work struct if it is
> a workqueue worker.
> 
> This allows us to fix a long-standing deadlock in several DRM drivers
> wherein the ->runtime_suspend callback waits for a specific worker to
> finish and that worker in turn calls a function which waits for runtime
> suspend to finish.  That function is invoked from multiple call sites
> and waiting for runtime suspend to finish is the correct thing to do
> except if it's executing in the context of the worker.
> 
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>
> Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>
> Cc: Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@...hat.com>
> Cc: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>

I wonder whether it's too generic a name but there are other functions
named in a similar fashion and AFAICS current_work isn't used by
anyone in the tree, so it seems okay.

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

Please feel free to route as you see fit.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun