From: Lai Jiangshan Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 12:31:38 +0000 (+0800) Subject: workqueue: Change the comments of the synchronization about the idle_list X-Git-Tag: v6.6.17~7955^2~2 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2c1f1a9180bfacbc3c8e5b10075640cc810cf9c0;p=platform%2Fkernel%2Flinux-rpi.git workqueue: Change the comments of the synchronization about the idle_list The access to idle_list in wq_worker_sleeping() is changed to be protected by pool->lock, so the comments above idle_list can be changed to "L:" which is the meaning of "access with pool->lock held". And the outdated comments in wq_worker_sleeping() is removed since the function is not called with rq lock held any more, idle_list is dereferenced with pool lock now. Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo --- diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c index 29b0701..b320772 100644 --- a/kernel/workqueue.c +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ struct worker_pool { int nr_workers; /* L: total number of workers */ int nr_idle; /* L: currently idle workers */ - struct list_head idle_list; /* X: list of idle workers */ + struct list_head idle_list; /* L: list of idle workers */ struct timer_list idle_timer; /* L: worker idle timeout */ struct timer_list mayday_timer; /* L: SOS timer for workers */ @@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ static bool too_many_workers(struct worker_pool *pool) * Wake up functions. */ -/* Return the first idle worker. Safe with preemption disabled */ +/* Return the first idle worker. Called with pool->lock held. */ static struct worker *first_idle_worker(struct worker_pool *pool) { if (unlikely(list_empty(&pool->idle_list))) @@ -917,13 +917,6 @@ void wq_worker_sleeping(struct task_struct *task) return; } - /* - * NOT_RUNNING is clear. This means that we're bound to and - * running on the local cpu w/ rq lock held and preemption - * disabled, which in turn means that none else could be - * manipulating idle_list, so dereferencing idle_list without pool - * lock is safe. - */ if (atomic_dec_and_test(&pool->nr_running) && !list_empty(&pool->worklist)) { next = first_idle_worker(pool);