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 --- drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c | 15 ++++++--------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers') diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c index 7b828680b21d..4b11fc91fa7d 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c @@ -2456,8 +2456,9 @@ static int hotkey_kthread(void *data) u32 poll_mask, event_mask; unsigned int si, so; unsigned long t; - unsigned int change_detector, must_reset; + unsigned int change_detector; unsigned int poll_freq; + bool was_frozen; mutex_lock(&hotkey_thread_mutex); @@ -2488,14 +2489,14 @@ static int hotkey_kthread(void *data) t = 100; /* should never happen... */ } t = msleep_interruptible(t); - if (unlikely(kthread_should_stop())) + if (unlikely(kthread_freezable_should_stop(&was_frozen))) break; - must_reset = try_to_freeze(); - if (t > 0 && !must_reset) + + if (t > 0 && !was_frozen) continue; mutex_lock(&hotkey_thread_data_mutex); - if (must_reset || hotkey_config_change != change_detector) { + if (was_frozen || hotkey_config_change != change_detector) { /* forget old state on thaw or config change */ si = so; t = 0; @@ -2528,10 +2529,6 @@ exit: static void hotkey_poll_stop_sync(void) { if (tpacpi_hotkey_task) { - if (frozen(tpacpi_hotkey_task) || - freezing(tpacpi_hotkey_task)) - thaw_process(tpacpi_hotkey_task); - kthread_stop(tpacpi_hotkey_task); tpacpi_hotkey_task = NULL; mutex_lock(&hotkey_thread_mutex); -- cgit v1.2.3