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    workqueue: Don't hold any lock while rcuwait'ing for !POOL_MANAGER_ACTIVE · 9ab03be4
    Valentin Schneider authored
    
    
    put_unbound_pool() currently passes wq_manager_inactive() as exit condition
    to rcuwait_wait_event(), which grabs pool->lock to check for
    
      pool->flags & POOL_MANAGER_ACTIVE
    
    A later patch will require destroy_worker() to be invoked with
    wq_pool_attach_mutex held, which needs to be acquired before
    pool->lock. A mutex cannot be acquired within rcuwait_wait_event(), as
    it could clobber the task state set by rcuwait_wait_event()
    
    Instead, restructure the waiting logic to acquire any necessary lock
    outside of rcuwait_wait_event().
    
    Since further work cannot be inserted into unbound pwqs that have reached
    ->refcnt==0, this is bound to make forward progress as eventually the
    worklist will be drained and need_more_worker(pool) will remain false,
    preventing any worker from stealing the manager position from us.
    Suggested-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarValentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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