linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fix-flush_workqueue-vs-cpu

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Message-ID: <20070106163035.GA2948@tv-sign.ru>
Date:	Sat, 6 Jan 2007 19:30:35 +0300
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
To:	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Gautham shenoy <ego@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix-flush_workqueue-vs-cpu_dead-race-update

On 01/06, Srivatsa Vaddagiri wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 06:10:36PM +0300, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > Increment hotplug_sequence earlier, under CPU_DOWN_PREPARE. We can't
> > miss the event, the task running flush_workqueue() will be re-scheduled
> > at least once before CPU actually disappears from cpu_online_map.
> 
> Eww ..what happens if flush_workqueue() starts after CPU_DOWN_PREPARE?
                                                 ^^^^^
Stupid me. Thanks.

> CPU_DOWN_PREPARE(8)
> 	hotplug_sequence++ = 10
> 
> 					flush_workqueue()
> 						sequence = 10
> 						flush cpus 1 ....7
> 
> CPU_DEAD(8)
> 	take_over_work(8->1)
> 
> 					return not flushing dead cpu8 (=BUG)

I'll try to do something else tomorrow. Do you see a simple soulution?

The current usage of workqueue_mutex (I mean stable kernel) is broken
and deadlockable. We really need to change it.

Oleg.

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