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-rw-r--r--kernel/workqueue.c9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 332361cf215f..5094573e8b45 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -868,8 +868,17 @@ void wq_worker_running(struct task_struct *task)
if (!worker->sleeping)
return;
+
+ /*
+ * If preempted by unbind_workers() between the WORKER_NOT_RUNNING check
+ * and the nr_running increment below, we may ruin the nr_running reset
+ * and leave with an unexpected pool->nr_running == 1 on the newly unbound
+ * pool. Protect against such race.
+ */
+ preempt_disable();
if (!(worker->flags & WORKER_NOT_RUNNING))
atomic_inc(&worker->pool->nr_running);
+ preempt_enable();
worker->sleeping = 0;
}