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 --- fs/fs-writeback.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs/fs-writeback.c') diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c index 73c3992b2bb..271fde50f0e 100644 --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data) trace_writeback_thread_start(bdi); - while (!kthread_should_stop()) { + while (!kthread_freezable_should_stop(NULL)) { /* * Remove own delayed wake-up timer, since we are already awake * and we'll take care of the preriodic write-back. @@ -977,8 +977,6 @@ int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data) */ schedule(); } - - try_to_freeze(); } /* Flush any work that raced with us exiting */ -- cgit v1.2.3