linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: warn about flushing system-wide workqueues

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Date:   Mon, 25 Apr 2022 08:31:51 +0900
From:   Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
To:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: warn about flushing system-wide workqueues

Flushing the system-wide WQ has possibility of deadlock, for the caller
waits for completion of all works in that WQ even if the caller cannot
wait for completion of one of works due to locking dependency. Since
it is difficult to catch such attempts using lockdep, try to catch also
using checkpatch.

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 577e02998701..d114652ba837 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -7226,6 +7226,13 @@ sub process {
 			     "Deprecated use of '$deprecated_api', prefer '$new_api' instead\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# check for flushing system-wide workqueues
+		if ($line =~ /\bflush_scheduled_work\b\s*\(/ || $line =~ /\bflush_workqueue\b\s*\(\s*\bsystem_wq\b\s*\)/ ||
+		    $line =~ /\bflush_workqueue\b\s*\(\s*\bsystem_(highpri|long|unbound|freezable|power_efficient|freezable_power_efficient)_wq\b\s*\)/) {
+			ERROR("DEPRECATED_API",
+			      "Flushing system-wide workqueues is dangerous and will be forbidden - see https://lkml.kernel.org/r/49925af7-78a8-a3dd-bce6-cfc02e1a9236\@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # check for various structs that are normally const (ops, kgdb, device_tree)
 # and avoid what seem like struct definitions 'struct foo {'
 		if (defined($const_structs) &&
-- 
2.34.1