On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 08:06:35PM +0300, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> Ah, missed you point, thanks. Yet another old problem which was not introduced
> by recent changes. And yet another indication we should avoid kthread_stop()
> on CPU_DEAD event :) I believe this is easy to fix, but need to think more.
I think the problem is not just with CPU_DEAD. Anyone who calls
cleanup_workqueue_thread (say destroy_workqueue?) will see this race.
Do you see any problems if cleanup_workqueue_thread is changed as:
cleanup_workqueue_thread()
{
kthread_stop(p);
spin_lock(cwq->lock);
cwq->thread = NULL;
spin_unlock(cwq->lock);
}
> run_workqueue:
>
> while (!list_empty(&cwq->worklist)) {
> ...
> // We hold lock_cpu_hotplug(), cpu event can't make
> // progress.
> ...
> }
Ok ..yes a cpu_event_waits_for_lock() helper will help here.
> > I agree it minimizes the interactions. Maybe worth attempting. However I
> > suspect it may not be as simple as it appears :)
>
> Yes, that is why this patch only does the first step: flush_workqueue() checks
> the dead CPUs as well, this change is minimal.
>
> Do you see any problems this patch adds?
I dont see as of now. I suspect we will know better when we implement
the patch to eliminate CPU_DEAD handling in workqueue.c
--
Regards,
vatsa
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