linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/7] workqueue: ensure the wq_worker

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Date:	Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:58:25 +0800
From:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] workqueue: ensure the wq_worker_sleeping() see the right flags

The compiler may compile this code into TWO write/modify instructions.
		worker->flags &= ~WORKER_UNBOUND;
		worker->flags |= WORKER_REBIND;

so the other CPU may see the temporary of worker->flags which has
not WORKER_UNBOUND nor WORKER_REBIND, it will wrongly do local wake up.

so we use one write/modify instruction explicitly instead.

This bug will not occur on idle workers, because they have another
WORKER_NOT_RUNNING flags.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
---
 kernel/workqueue.c |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 96485c0..ed23c9a 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -1415,10 +1415,13 @@ static void rebind_workers(struct global_cwq *gcwq)
 	/* rebind busy workers */
 	for_each_busy_worker(worker, i, pos, gcwq) {
 		struct work_struct *rebind_work = &worker->rebind_work;
+		unsigned long worker_flags = worker->flags;
 
 		/* morph UNBOUND to REBIND */
-		worker->flags &= ~WORKER_UNBOUND;
-		worker->flags |= WORKER_REBIND;
+		worker_flags &= ~WORKER_UNBOUND;
+		worker_flags |= WORKER_REBIND;
+		/* ensure the wq_worker_sleeping() see the right flags */
+		ACCESS_ONCE(worker->flags) = worker_flags;
 
 		if (test_and_set_bit(WORK_STRUCT_PENDING_BIT,
 				     work_data_bits(rebind_work)))
-- 
1.7.4.4

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