Merge branch 'for-3.6-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq

Pull workqueue / powernow-k8 fix from Tejun Heo:
 "This is the fix for the bug where cpufreq/powernow-k8 was tripping
  BUG_ON() in try_to_wake_up_local() by migrating workqueue worker to a
  different CPU.

    https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47301

  As discussed, the fix is now two parts - one to reimplement
  work_on_cpu() so that it doesn't create a new kthread each time and
  the actual fix which makes powernow-k8 use work_on_cpu() instead of
  performing manual migration.

  While pretty late in the merge cycle, both changes are on the safer
  side.  Jiri and I verified two existing users of work_on_cpu() and
  Duncan confirmed that the powernow-k8 fix survived about 18 hours of
  testing."

* 'for-3.6-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq:
  cpufreq/powernow-k8: workqueue user shouldn't migrate the kworker to another CPU
  workqueue: reimplement work_on_cpu() using system_wq

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index b80065a2450a..3c5a79e2134c 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -3576,18 +3576,17 @@ static int __devinit workqueue_cpu_down_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 
 struct work_for_cpu {
-	struct completion completion;
+	struct work_struct work;
 	long (*fn)(void *);
 	void *arg;
 	long ret;
 };
 
-static int do_work_for_cpu(void *_wfc)
+static void work_for_cpu_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct work_for_cpu *wfc = _wfc;
+	struct work_for_cpu *wfc = container_of(work, struct work_for_cpu, work);
+
 	wfc->ret = wfc->fn(wfc->arg);
-	complete(&wfc->completion);
-	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3602,19 +3601,11 @@ static int do_work_for_cpu(void *_wfc)
  */
 long work_on_cpu(unsigned int cpu, long (*fn)(void *), void *arg)
 {
-	struct task_struct *sub_thread;
-	struct work_for_cpu wfc = {
-		.completion = COMPLETION_INITIALIZER_ONSTACK(wfc.completion),
-		.fn = fn,
-		.arg = arg,
-	};
+	struct work_for_cpu wfc = { .fn = fn, .arg = arg };
 
-	sub_thread = kthread_create(do_work_for_cpu, &wfc, "work_for_cpu");
-	if (IS_ERR(sub_thread))
-		return PTR_ERR(sub_thread);
-	kthread_bind(sub_thread, cpu);
-	wake_up_process(sub_thread);
-	wait_for_completion(&wfc.completion);
+	INIT_WORK_ONSTACK(&wfc.work, work_for_cpu_fn);
+	schedule_work_on(cpu, &wfc.work);
+	flush_work(&wfc.work);
 	return wfc.ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(work_on_cpu);