workqueue: ensure @task is valid across kthread_stop()
authorLai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
Sat, 15 Feb 2014 14:02:28 +0000 (22:02 +0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 11 Mar 2014 23:10:02 +0000 (16:10 -0700)
commit23f0913c2b3816b11f32dcf774758b3f63b81f60
tree60ca6fbcf16e2e18dfbe6235ab5764f232c2b88c
parent8d36299431351e5c3a893d9c1eae7579ebc57ad5
workqueue: ensure @task is valid across kthread_stop()

commit 5bdfff96c69a4d5ab9c49e60abf9e070ecd2acbb upstream.

When a kworker should die, the kworkre is notified through WORKER_DIE
flag instead of kthread_should_stop().  This, IIRC, is primarily to
keep the test synchronized inside worker_pool lock.  WORKER_DIE is
first set while holding pool->lock, the lock is dropped and
kthread_stop() is called.

Unfortunately, this means that there's a slight chance that the target
kworker may see WORKER_DIE before kthread_stop() finishes and exits
and frees the target task before or during kthread_stop().

Fix it by pinning the target task before setting WORKER_DIE and
putting it after kthread_stop() is done.

tj: Improved patch description and comment.  Moved pinning above
    WORKER_DIE for better signify what it's protecting.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
kernel/workqueue.c