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    workqueue: fix a possible race condition between rescuer and pwq-release · 77668c8b
    Lai Jiangshan authored
    There is a race condition between rescuer_thread() and
    pwq_unbound_release_workfn().
    
    Even after a pwq is scheduled for rescue, the associated work items
    may be consumed by any worker.  If all of them are consumed before the
    rescuer gets to them and the pwq's base ref was put due to attribute
    change, the pwq may be released while still being linked on
    @wq->maydays list making the rescuer dereference already freed pwq
    later.
    
    Make send_mayday() pin the target pwq until the rescuer is done with
    it.
    
    tj: Updated comment and patch description.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.10+
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