linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/1] workqueue: ignore dead tasks in a workqueue sleep hook

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Date:   Wed, 26 Oct 2016 16:18:35 +0200
From:   Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:     Roman Pen <roman.penyaev@...fitbricks.com>
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/1] workqueue: ignore dead tasks in a workqueue sleep
 hook

On 10/25, Roman Pen wrote:
>
>  void wq_worker_waking_up(struct task_struct *task, int cpu)
>  {
> -	struct worker *worker = kthread_data(task);
> +	struct worker *worker;
> +
> +	if (task->flags & PF_EXITING) {
> +		/*
> +		 * Careful here, t->vfork_done is zeroed out for
> +		 * almost dead tasks, do not touch kthread_data().
> +		 */
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	worker = kthread_data(task);
>  
>  	if (!(worker->flags & WORKER_NOT_RUNNING)) {
>  		WARN_ON_ONCE(worker->pool->cpu != cpu);
> @@ -875,9 +885,19 @@ void wq_worker_waking_up(struct task_struct *task, int cpu)
>   */
>  struct task_struct *wq_worker_sleeping(struct task_struct *task)
>  {
> -	struct worker *worker = kthread_data(task), *to_wakeup = NULL;
> +	struct worker *worker, *to_wakeup = NULL;
>  	struct worker_pool *pool;
>  
> +	if (task->flags & PF_EXITING) {
> +		/*
> +		 * Careful here, t->vfork_done is zeroed out for
> +		 * almost dead tasks, do not touch kthread_data().
> +		 */
> +		return NULL;
> +	}
> +
> +	worker = kthread_data(task);
> +

Please see the patch I send a minute ago. With that patch we do not need
this fix, kthread_data() no longer uses ->vfork_done.

Oleg.