[PATCH] workqueue: Use private WQ for schedule_on_each_cpu() API

From: Tetsuo Handa
Date: Mon Feb 21 2022 - 06:09:36 EST


Since schedule_on_each_cpu() calls schedule_work_on() and flush_work(),
we should avoid using system_wq in order to avoid unexpected locking
dependency.

[T1] Running RCU-tasks wait API self tests
[T9] Please do not flush events WQ.
[T9] CPU: 0 PID: 9 Comm: rcu_tasks_rude_ Not tainted 5.16.0-06523-g29bd199e4e73 #1
[T9] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.12.0-1 04/01/2014
[T9] Call Trace:
[T9] <TASK>
[T9] dump_stack_lvl+0x45/0x59
[T9] check_flush_dependency.cold+0x18/0x49
[T9] __flush_work+0x202/0xa00
[T9] schedule_on_each_cpu+0x1d8/0x300
[T9] rcu_tasks_kthread+0x21f/0x580
[T9] kthread+0x3a4/0x480
[T9] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
[T9] </TASK>
[T1] Performance Events: unsupported p6 CPU model 42 no PMU driver, software events only.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Tejun, are you OK with https://lkml.kernel.org/r/2f887679-c783-bf18-a2aa-aa9a709bfb38@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ?

kernel/workqueue.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 8e6e64372441..6ebc6cb15c1c 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -3345,10 +3345,16 @@ int schedule_on_each_cpu(work_func_t func)
{
int cpu;
struct work_struct __percpu *works;
+ struct workqueue_struct *wq;

works = alloc_percpu(struct work_struct);
if (!works)
return -ENOMEM;
+ wq = alloc_workqueue("events_sync", 0, 0);
+ if (!wq) {
+ free_percpu(works);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }

cpus_read_lock();

@@ -3363,6 +3369,7 @@ int schedule_on_each_cpu(work_func_t func)
flush_work(per_cpu_ptr(works, cpu));

cpus_read_unlock();
+ destroy_workqueue(wq);
free_percpu(works);
return 0;
}
--
2.32.0