linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 062/294] workqueue: implicit ordered attribute should be overridable

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Message-ID: <lsq.1510009382.284196858@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Mon, 06 Nov 2017 23:03:02 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Tejun Heo" <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 062/294] workqueue: implicit ordered attribute should
 be overridable

3.16.50-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

commit 0a94efb5acbb6980d7c9ab604372d93cd507e4d8 upstream.

5c0338c68706 ("workqueue: restore WQ_UNBOUND/max_active==1 to be
ordered") automatically enabled ordered attribute for unbound
workqueues w/ max_active == 1.  Because ordered workqueues reject
max_active and some attribute changes, this implicit ordered mode
broke cases where the user creates an unbound workqueue w/ max_active
== 1 and later explicitly changes the related attributes.

This patch distinguishes explicit and implicit ordered setting and
overrides from attribute changes if implict.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Fixes: 5c0338c68706 ("workqueue: restore WQ_UNBOUND/max_active==1 to be ordered")
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 include/linux/workqueue.h |  4 +++-
 kernel/workqueue.c        | 13 +++++++++----
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/include/linux/workqueue.h
+++ b/include/linux/workqueue.h
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ enum {
 
 	__WQ_DRAINING		= 1 << 16, /* internal: workqueue is draining */
 	__WQ_ORDERED		= 1 << 17, /* internal: workqueue is ordered */
+	__WQ_ORDERED_EXPLICIT	= 1 << 18, /* internal: alloc_ordered_workqueue() */
 
 	WQ_MAX_ACTIVE		= 512,	  /* I like 512, better ideas? */
 	WQ_MAX_UNBOUND_PER_CPU	= 4,	  /* 4 * #cpus for unbound wq */
@@ -412,7 +413,8 @@ __alloc_workqueue_key(const char *fmt, u
  * Pointer to the allocated workqueue on success, %NULL on failure.
  */
 #define alloc_ordered_workqueue(fmt, flags, args...)			\
-	alloc_workqueue(fmt, WQ_UNBOUND | __WQ_ORDERED | (flags), 1, ##args)
+	alloc_workqueue(fmt, WQ_UNBOUND | __WQ_ORDERED |		\
+			__WQ_ORDERED_EXPLICIT | (flags), 1, ##args)
 
 #define create_workqueue(name)						\
 	alloc_workqueue("%s", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1, (name))
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -3324,7 +3324,7 @@ int workqueue_sysfs_register(struct work
 	 * attributes breaks ordering guarantee.  Disallow exposing ordered
 	 * workqueues.
 	 */
-	if (WARN_ON(wq->flags & __WQ_ORDERED))
+	if (WARN_ON(wq->flags & __WQ_ORDERED_EXPLICIT))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	wq->wq_dev = wq_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*wq_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -3907,8 +3907,12 @@ int apply_workqueue_attrs(struct workque
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* creating multiple pwqs breaks ordering guarantee */
-	if (WARN_ON((wq->flags & __WQ_ORDERED) && !list_empty(&wq->pwqs)))
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (!list_empty(&wq->pwqs)) {
+		if (WARN_ON(wq->flags & __WQ_ORDERED_EXPLICIT))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		wq->flags &= ~__WQ_ORDERED;
+	}
 
 	pwq_tbl = kzalloc(wq_numa_tbl_len * sizeof(pwq_tbl[0]), GFP_KERNEL);
 	new_attrs = alloc_workqueue_attrs(GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -4354,13 +4358,14 @@ void workqueue_set_max_active(struct wor
 	struct pool_workqueue *pwq;
 
 	/* disallow meddling with max_active for ordered workqueues */
-	if (WARN_ON(wq->flags & __WQ_ORDERED))
+	if (WARN_ON(wq->flags & __WQ_ORDERED_EXPLICIT))
 		return;
 
 	max_active = wq_clamp_max_active(max_active, wq->flags, wq->name);
 
 	mutex_lock(&wq->mutex);
 
+	wq->flags &= ~__WQ_ORDERED;
 	wq->saved_max_active = max_active;
 
 	for_each_pwq(pwq, wq)