Re: [PATCH workqueue/for-3.18-fixes 1/2] workqueue: invert the order between pool->lock and wq_mayday_lock

From: Lai Jiangshan
Date: Thu Dec 04 2014 - 21:05:45 EST


On 12/04/2014 11:11 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Currently, pool->lock nests inside pool->lock. There's no inherent
> reason for this order. The only place where the two locks are held
> together is pool_mayday_timeout() and it just got decided that way.
>
> This nesting order turns out to complicate things with the planned
> rescuer_thread() update. Let's invert them. This doesn't cause any
> behavior differences.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dongsu Park <dongsu.park@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> kernel/workqueue.c | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/kernel/workqueue.c
> +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
> @@ -1804,8 +1804,8 @@ static void pool_mayday_timeout(unsigned
> struct worker_pool *pool = (void *)__pool;
> struct work_struct *work;
>
> - spin_lock_irq(&wq_mayday_lock); /* for wq->maydays */
> - spin_lock(&pool->lock);
> + spin_lock_irq(&pool->lock);
> + spin_lock(&wq_mayday_lock); /* for wq->maydays */
>
> if (need_to_create_worker(pool)) {
> /*
> @@ -1818,8 +1818,8 @@ static void pool_mayday_timeout(unsigned
> send_mayday(work);
> }
>
> - spin_unlock(&pool->lock);
> - spin_unlock_irq(&wq_mayday_lock);
> + spin_unlock(&wq_mayday_lock);
> + spin_unlock_irq(&pool->lock);
>
> mod_timer(&pool->mayday_timer, jiffies + MAYDAY_INTERVAL);
> }
>

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