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Date:	Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:03:23 +0800
From:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
CC:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] workqueue: use manager lock only to protect worker_idr

please omit this patch and wait for my new patchset.

Thanks,
Lai

On 03/26/2014 10:41 PM, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> worker_idr is always accessed in manager lock context currently.
> worker_idr is highly related to managers, it will be unlikely
> accessed in pool->lock only in future.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
> ---
>  kernel/workqueue.c |   34 ++++++----------------------------
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
> index 0c74979..f5b68a3 100644
> --- a/kernel/workqueue.c
> +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
> @@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ enum {
>   *    cpu or grabbing pool->lock is enough for read access.  If
>   *    POOL_DISASSOCIATED is set, it's identical to L.
>   *
> - * MG: pool->manager_mutex and pool->lock protected.  Writes require both
> - *     locks.  Reads can happen under either lock.
> + * M: pool->manager_mutex protected.
>   *
>   * PL: wq_pool_mutex protected.
>   *
> @@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ struct worker_pool {
>  	/* see manage_workers() for details on the two manager mutexes */
>  	struct mutex		manager_arb;	/* manager arbitration */
>  	struct mutex		manager_mutex;	/* manager exclusion */
> -	struct idr		worker_idr;	/* MG: worker IDs and iteration */
> +	struct idr		worker_idr;	/* M: worker IDs and iteration */
>  
>  	struct workqueue_attrs	*attrs;		/* I: worker attributes */
>  	struct hlist_node	hash_node;	/* PL: unbound_pool_hash node */
> @@ -339,16 +338,6 @@ static void copy_workqueue_attrs(struct workqueue_attrs *to,
>  			   lockdep_is_held(&wq->mutex),			\
>  			   "sched RCU or wq->mutex should be held")
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
> -#define assert_manager_or_pool_lock(pool)				\
> -	WARN_ONCE(debug_locks &&					\
> -		  !lockdep_is_held(&(pool)->manager_mutex) &&		\
> -		  !lockdep_is_held(&(pool)->lock),			\
> -		  "pool->manager_mutex or ->lock should be held")
> -#else
> -#define assert_manager_or_pool_lock(pool)	do { } while (0)
> -#endif
> -
>  #define for_each_cpu_worker_pool(pool, cpu)				\
>  	for ((pool) = &per_cpu(cpu_worker_pools, cpu)[0];		\
>  	     (pool) < &per_cpu(cpu_worker_pools, cpu)[NR_STD_WORKER_POOLS]; \
> @@ -377,14 +366,14 @@ static void copy_workqueue_attrs(struct workqueue_attrs *to,
>   * @wi: integer used for iteration
>   * @pool: worker_pool to iterate workers of
>   *
> - * This must be called with either @pool->manager_mutex or ->lock held.
> + * This must be called with either @pool->manager_mutex.
>   *
>   * The if/else clause exists only for the lockdep assertion and can be
>   * ignored.
>   */
>  #define for_each_pool_worker(worker, wi, pool)				\
>  	idr_for_each_entry(&(pool)->worker_idr, (worker), (wi))		\
> -		if (({ assert_manager_or_pool_lock((pool)); false; })) { } \
> +		if (({ lockdep_assert_held(&pool->manager_mutex); false; })) { } \
>  		else
>  
>  /**
> @@ -1717,13 +1706,7 @@ static struct worker *create_worker(struct worker_pool *pool)
>  	 * ID is needed to determine kthread name.  Allocate ID first
>  	 * without installing the pointer.
>  	 */
> -	idr_preload(GFP_KERNEL);
> -	spin_lock_irq(&pool->lock);
> -
> -	id = idr_alloc(&pool->worker_idr, NULL, 0, 0, GFP_NOWAIT);
> -
> -	spin_unlock_irq(&pool->lock);
> -	idr_preload_end();
> +	id = idr_alloc(&pool->worker_idr, NULL, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (id < 0)
>  		goto fail;
>  
> @@ -1765,18 +1748,13 @@ static struct worker *create_worker(struct worker_pool *pool)
>  		worker->flags |= WORKER_UNBOUND;
>  
>  	/* successful, commit the pointer to idr */
> -	spin_lock_irq(&pool->lock);
>  	idr_replace(&pool->worker_idr, worker, worker->id);
> -	spin_unlock_irq(&pool->lock);
>  
>  	return worker;
>  
>  fail:
> -	if (id >= 0) {
> -		spin_lock_irq(&pool->lock);
> +	if (id >= 0)
>  		idr_remove(&pool->worker_idr, id);
> -		spin_unlock_irq(&pool->lock);
> -	}
>  	kfree(worker);
>  	return NULL;
>  }

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