linux-kernel - Re: workqueue, pci: INFO: possible recursive locking detected

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Date:	Mon, 22 Jul 2013 17:32:31 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, bhelgaas@...gle.com
Subject: Re: workqueue, pci: INFO: possible recursive locking detected

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 07:52:34PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
> index f02c4a4..b021a45 100644
> --- a/kernel/workqueue.c
> +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
> @@ -4731,6 +4731,7 @@ struct work_for_cpu {
>  	long (*fn)(void *);
>  	void *arg;
>  	long ret;
> +	struct completion done;
>  };
>  
>  static void work_for_cpu_fn(struct work_struct *work)
> @@ -4738,6 +4739,7 @@ static void work_for_cpu_fn(struct work_struct *work)
>  	struct work_for_cpu *wfc = container_of(work, struct work_for_cpu, work);
>  
>  	wfc->ret = wfc->fn(wfc->arg);
> +	complete(&wfc->done);
>  }
>  
>  /**
> @@ -4755,8 +4757,9 @@ long work_on_cpu(int cpu, long (*fn)(void *), void *arg)
>  	struct work_for_cpu wfc = { .fn = fn, .arg = arg };
>  
>  	INIT_WORK_ONSTACK(&wfc.work, work_for_cpu_fn);
> +	init_completion(&wfc.done);
>  	schedule_work_on(cpu, &wfc.work);
> -	flush_work(&wfc.work);
> +	wait_for_completion(&wfc.done);

Hmmm... it's kinda nasty.  Given how infrequently work_on_cpu() users
nest, I think it'd be cleaner to have work_on_cpu_nested() which takes
@subclass.  It requires extra work on the caller's part but I think
that actually is useful as nested work_on_cpu()s are pretty weird
things.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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