linux-kernel - [ 32/38] Block: use a freezable workqueue for disk-event polling

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Message-Id: <20120316233450.131197745@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:	Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:35:19 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: [ 32/38] Block: use a freezable workqueue for disk-event polling

3.0-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>

commit 62d3c5439c534b0e6c653fc63e6d8c67be3a57b1 upstream.

This patch (as1519) fixes a bug in the block layer's disk-events
polling.  The polling is done by a work routine queued on the
system_nrt_wq workqueue.  Since that workqueue isn't freezable, the
polling continues even in the middle of a system sleep transition.

Obviously, polling a suspended drive for media changes and such isn't
a good thing to do; in the case of USB mass-storage devices it can
lead to real problems requiring device resets and even re-enumeration.

The patch fixes things by creating a new system-wide, non-reentrant,
freezable workqueue and using it for disk-events polling.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 block/genhd.c             |   10 +++++-----
 include/linux/workqueue.h |    4 ++++
 kernel/workqueue.c        |    7 ++++++-
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -1487,9 +1487,9 @@ static void __disk_unblock_events(struct
 	intv = disk_events_poll_jiffies(disk);
 	set_timer_slack(&ev->dwork.timer, intv / 4);
 	if (check_now)
-		queue_delayed_work(system_nrt_wq, &ev->dwork, 0);
+		queue_delayed_work(system_nrt_freezable_wq, &ev->dwork, 0);
 	else if (intv)
-		queue_delayed_work(system_nrt_wq, &ev->dwork, intv);
+		queue_delayed_work(system_nrt_freezable_wq, &ev->dwork, intv);
 out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ev->lock, flags);
 }
@@ -1530,7 +1530,7 @@ void disk_check_events(struct gendisk *d
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ev->lock, flags);
 	if (!ev->block) {
 		cancel_delayed_work(&ev->dwork);
-		queue_delayed_work(system_nrt_wq, &ev->dwork, 0);
+		queue_delayed_work(system_nrt_freezable_wq, &ev->dwork, 0);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ev->lock, flags);
 }
@@ -1568,7 +1568,7 @@ unsigned int disk_clear_events(struct ge
 
 	/* uncondtionally schedule event check and wait for it to finish */
 	disk_block_events(disk);
-	queue_delayed_work(system_nrt_wq, &ev->dwork, 0);
+	queue_delayed_work(system_nrt_freezable_wq, &ev->dwork, 0);
 	flush_delayed_work(&ev->dwork);
 	__disk_unblock_events(disk, false);
 
@@ -1605,7 +1605,7 @@ static void disk_events_workfn(struct wo
 
 	intv = disk_events_poll_jiffies(disk);
 	if (!ev->block && intv)
-		queue_delayed_work(system_nrt_wq, &ev->dwork, intv);
+		queue_delayed_work(system_nrt_freezable_wq, &ev->dwork, intv);
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ev->lock);
 
--- a/include/linux/workqueue.h
+++ b/include/linux/workqueue.h
@@ -289,12 +289,16 @@ enum {
  *
  * system_freezable_wq is equivalent to system_wq except that it's
  * freezable.
+ *
+ * system_nrt_freezable_wq is equivalent to system_nrt_wq except that
+ * it's freezable.
  */
 extern struct workqueue_struct *system_wq;
 extern struct workqueue_struct *system_long_wq;
 extern struct workqueue_struct *system_nrt_wq;
 extern struct workqueue_struct *system_unbound_wq;
 extern struct workqueue_struct *system_freezable_wq;
+extern struct workqueue_struct *system_nrt_freezable_wq;
 
 extern struct workqueue_struct *
 __alloc_workqueue_key(const char *name, unsigned int flags, int max_active,
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -252,11 +252,13 @@ struct workqueue_struct *system_long_wq
 struct workqueue_struct *system_nrt_wq __read_mostly;
 struct workqueue_struct *system_unbound_wq __read_mostly;
 struct workqueue_struct *system_freezable_wq __read_mostly;
+struct workqueue_struct *system_nrt_freezable_wq __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(system_wq);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(system_long_wq);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(system_nrt_wq);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(system_unbound_wq);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(system_freezable_wq);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(system_nrt_freezable_wq);
 
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/workqueue.h>
@@ -3796,8 +3798,11 @@ static int __init init_workqueues(void)
 					    WQ_UNBOUND_MAX_ACTIVE);
 	system_freezable_wq = alloc_workqueue("events_freezable",
 					      WQ_FREEZABLE, 0);
+	system_nrt_freezable_wq = alloc_workqueue("events_nrt_freezable",
+			WQ_NON_REENTRANT | WQ_FREEZABLE, 0);
 	BUG_ON(!system_wq || !system_long_wq || !system_nrt_wq ||
-	       !system_unbound_wq || !system_freezable_wq);
+	       !system_unbound_wq || !system_freezable_wq ||
+		!system_nrt_freezable_wq);
 	return 0;
 }
 early_initcall(init_workqueues);


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