From 8a32c441c1609f80e55df75422324a1151208f40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tejun Heo Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:32:23 -0800 Subject: freezer: implement and use kthread_freezable_should_stop() Writeback and thinkpad_acpi have been using thaw_process() to prevent deadlock between the freezer and kthread_stop(); unfortunately, this is inherently racy - nothing prevents freezing from happening between thaw_process() and kthread_stop(). This patch implements kthread_freezable_should_stop() which enters refrigerator if necessary but is guaranteed to return if kthread_stop() is invoked. Both thaw_process() users are converted to use the new function. Note that this deadlock condition exists for many of freezable kthreads. They need to be converted to use the new should_stop or freezable workqueue. Tested with synthetic test case. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Acked-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh Cc: Jens Axboe Cc: Oleg Nesterov --- include/linux/freezer.h | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux/freezer.h') diff --git a/include/linux/freezer.h b/include/linux/freezer.h index 7a9427e9fe4..d02b78448b0 100644 --- a/include/linux/freezer.h +++ b/include/linux/freezer.h @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static inline bool should_send_signal(struct task_struct *p) /* Takes and releases task alloc lock using task_lock() */ extern int thaw_process(struct task_struct *p); -extern bool __refrigerator(void); +extern bool __refrigerator(bool check_kthr_stop); extern int freeze_processes(void); extern int freeze_kernel_threads(void); extern void thaw_processes(void); @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static inline bool try_to_freeze(void) might_sleep(); if (likely(!freezing(current))) return false; - return __refrigerator(); + return __refrigerator(false); } extern bool freeze_task(struct task_struct *p, bool sig_only); @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static inline void set_freeze_flag(struct task_struct *p) {} static inline void clear_freeze_flag(struct task_struct *p) {} static inline int thaw_process(struct task_struct *p) { return 1; } -static inline bool __refrigerator(void) { return false; } +static inline bool __refrigerator(bool check_kthr_stop) { return false; } static inline int freeze_processes(void) { return -ENOSYS; } static inline int freeze_kernel_threads(void) { return -ENOSYS; } static inline void thaw_processes(void) {} -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2