linux-kernel - [PATCH 29/43] workqueue: implement WQ_NON

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Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:23:06 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...e.hu, peterz@...radead.org,
	awalls@...ix.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jeff@...zik.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jens.axboe@...cle.com,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, cl@...ux-foundation.org,
	dhowells@...hat.com, arjan@...ux.intel.com, avi@...hat.com,
	johannes@...solutions.net, andi@...stfloor.org, oleg@...hat.com
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 29/43] workqueue: implement WQ_NON_REENTRANT

With gcwq managing all the workers and work->data pointing to the last
gcwq it was on, non-reentrance can be easily implemented by checking
whether the work is still running on the previous gcwq on queueing.
Implement it.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
---
 include/linux/workqueue.h |    1 +
 kernel/workqueue.c        |   32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/workqueue.h b/include/linux/workqueue.h
index c9aef27..77a1f12 100644
--- a/include/linux/workqueue.h
+++ b/include/linux/workqueue.h
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ static inline unsigned int work_static(struct work_struct *work) { return 0; }
 enum {
 	WQ_FREEZEABLE		= 1 << 0, /* freeze during suspend */
 	WQ_SINGLE_CPU		= 1 << 1, /* only single cpu at a time */
+	WQ_NON_REENTRANT	= 1 << 2, /* guarantee non-reentrance */
 };
 
 extern struct workqueue_struct *
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 0fa4ad3..c150a01 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -534,11 +534,37 @@ static void __queue_work(unsigned int cpu, struct workqueue_struct *wq,
 
 	debug_work_activate(work);
 
-	/* determine gcwq to use */
+	/*
+	 * Determine gcwq to use.  SINGLE_CPU is inherently
+	 * NON_REENTRANT, so test it first.
+	 */
 	if (!(wq->flags & WQ_SINGLE_CPU)) {
-		/* just use the requested cpu for multicpu workqueues */
+		struct global_cwq *last_gcwq;
+
+		/*
+		 * It's multi cpu.  If @wq is non-reentrant and @work
+		 * was previously on a different cpu, it might still
+		 * be running there, in which case the work needs to
+		 * be queued on that cpu to guarantee non-reentrance.
+		 */
 		gcwq = get_gcwq(cpu);
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&gcwq->lock, flags);
+		if (wq->flags & WQ_NON_REENTRANT &&
+		    (last_gcwq = get_work_gcwq(work)) && last_gcwq != gcwq) {
+			struct worker *worker;
+
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&last_gcwq->lock, flags);
+
+			worker = find_worker_executing_work(last_gcwq, work);
+
+			if (worker && worker->current_cwq->wq == wq)
+				gcwq = last_gcwq;
+			else {
+				/* meh... not running there, queue here */
+				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&last_gcwq->lock, flags);
+				spin_lock_irqsave(&gcwq->lock, flags);
+			}
+		} else
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&gcwq->lock, flags);
 	} else {
 		unsigned int req_cpu = cpu;
 
-- 
1.6.4.2

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