workqueue: avoid recursion in run_workqueue()
authorLai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
Thu, 2 Apr 2009 23:58:24 +0000 (16:58 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 3 Apr 2009 02:05:00 +0000 (19:05 -0700)
commit2355b70fd59cb5be7de2052a9edeee7afb7ff099
tree93f192f9dab4748a313ec8d78041b1937e232f33
parent1ee1184485df9c9a3503d3a684b911fb7c73d259
workqueue: avoid recursion in run_workqueue()

1) lockdep will complain when run_workqueue() performs recursion.

2) The recursive implementation of run_workqueue() means that
   flush_workqueue() and its documentation are inconsistent.  This may
   hide deadlocks and other bugs.

3) The recursion in run_workqueue() will poison cwq->current_work, but
   flush_work() and __cancel_work_timer(), etcetera need a reliable
   cwq->current_work.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
kernel/workqueue.c