linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/9] afs: don't use PREPARE

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Date:	Thu, 20 Feb 2014 17:46:36 -0500
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	laijs@...fujitsu.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/9] afs: don't use PREPARE_WORK

On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:00:05PM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> > PREPARE_[DELAYED_]WORK() are being phased out.  They have few users
> > and a nasty surprise in terms of reentrancy guarantee as workqueue
> > considers work items to be different if they don't have the same work
> > function.
> 
> Why so?  Isn't the work item address sufficient to distinguish them?

Because we ended up introducing deadlocks through work items which are
freed and then recycled.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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