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 --- mm/backing-dev.c | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'mm/backing-dev.c') diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c index 71034f41a2b..7ba8feae11b 100644 --- a/mm/backing-dev.c +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -600,14 +600,10 @@ static void bdi_wb_shutdown(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) /* * Finally, kill the kernel thread. We don't need to be RCU - * safe anymore, since the bdi is gone from visibility. Force - * unfreeze of the thread before calling kthread_stop(), otherwise - * it would never exet if it is currently stuck in the refrigerator. + * safe anymore, since the bdi is gone from visibility. */ - if (bdi->wb.task) { - thaw_process(bdi->wb.task); + if (bdi->wb.task) kthread_stop(bdi->wb.task); - } } /* -- cgit v1.2.3