SLOW_WORK: Wait for outstanding work items belonging to a module to clear

Wait for outstanding slow work items belonging to a module to clear when
unregistering that module as a user of the facility.  This prevents the put_ref
code of a work item from being taken away before it returns.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/slow-work.txt b/Documentation/slow-work.txt
index ebc50f8..f12fda3 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/slow-work.txt
+++ b/Documentation/slow-work.txt
@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ USING SLOW WORK ITEMS
 Firstly, a module or subsystem wanting to make use of slow work items must
 register its interest:
 
-        int ret = slow_work_register_user();
+        int ret = slow_work_register_user(struct module *module);
 
-This will return 0 if successful, or a -ve error upon failure.
+This will return 0 if successful, or a -ve error upon failure.  The module
+pointer should be the module interested in using this facility (almost
+certainly THIS_MODULE).
 
 
 Slow work items may then be set up by:
@@ -110,7 +112,12 @@ operation.  When all a module's slow work items have been processed, and the
 module has no further interest in the facility, it should unregister its
 interest:
 
-       slow_work_unregister_user();
+       slow_work_unregister_user(struct module *module);
+
+The module pointer is used to wait for all outstanding work items for that
+module before completing the unregistration.  This prevents the put_ref() code
+from being taken away before it completes.  module should almost certainly be
+THIS_MODULE.
 
 
 ===============

diff --git a/fs/fscache/main.c b/fs/fscache/main.c
index 4de41b5..add6bdb 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/fscache/main.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/main.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static int __init fscache_init(void)
 {
        int ret;
 
-       ret = slow_work_register_user();
+       ret = slow_work_register_user(THIS_MODULE);
        if (ret < 0)
                goto error_slow_work;
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ error_kobj:
 error_cookie_jar:
        fscache_proc_cleanup();
 error_proc:
-       slow_work_unregister_user();
+       slow_work_unregister_user(THIS_MODULE);
 error_slow_work:
        return ret;
 }
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static void __exit fscache_exit(void)
        kobject_put(fscache_root);
        kmem_cache_destroy(fscache_cookie_jar);
        fscache_proc_cleanup();
-       slow_work_unregister_user();
+       slow_work_unregister_user(THIS_MODULE);
        printk(KERN_NOTICE "FS-Cache: Unloaded\n");
 }
 

diff --git a/fs/fscache/object.c b/fs/fscache/object.c
index 392a41b..d236eb1 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/fscache/object.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/object.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ static void fscache_enqueue_dependents(struct fscache_object *);
 static void fscache_dequeue_object(struct fscache_object *);
 
 const struct slow_work_ops fscache_object_slow_work_ops = {
+       .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
        .get_ref        = fscache_object_slow_work_get_ref,
        .put_ref        = fscache_object_slow_work_put_ref,
        .execute        = fscache_object_slow_work_execute,

diff --git a/fs/fscache/operation.c b/fs/fscache/operation.c
index e7f8d53..f1a2857 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/fscache/operation.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/operation.c
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ static void fscache_op_execute(struct slow_work *work)
 }
 
 const struct slow_work_ops fscache_op_slow_work_ops = {
+       .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
        .get_ref        = fscache_op_get_ref,
        .put_ref        = fscache_op_put_ref,
        .execute        = fscache_op_execute,

diff --git a/fs/gfs2/main.c b/fs/gfs2/main.c
index eacd78a..5b31f77 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/gfs2/main.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/main.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static int __init init_gfs2_fs(void)
        if (error)
                goto fail_unregister;
 
-       error = slow_work_register_user();
+       error = slow_work_register_user(THIS_MODULE);
        if (error)
                goto fail_slow;
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static void __exit exit_gfs2_fs(void)
        gfs2_unregister_debugfs();
        unregister_filesystem(&gfs2_fs_type);
        unregister_filesystem(&gfs2meta_fs_type);
-       slow_work_unregister_user();
+       slow_work_unregister_user(THIS_MODULE);
 
        kmem_cache_destroy(gfs2_quotad_cachep);
        kmem_cache_destroy(gfs2_rgrpd_cachep);

diff --git a/fs/gfs2/recovery.c b/fs/gfs2/recovery.c
index 59d2695..b2bb779 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/gfs2/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/recovery.c
@@ -593,6 +593,7 @@ fail:
 }
 
 struct slow_work_ops gfs2_recover_ops = {
+       .owner   = THIS_MODULE,
        .get_ref = gfs2_recover_get_ref,
        .put_ref = gfs2_recover_put_ref,
        .execute = gfs2_recover_work,

diff --git a/include/linux/slow-work.h b/include/linux/slow-work.h
index b65c888..9adb2b3 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/slow-work.h
+++ b/include/linux/slow-work.h
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ struct slow_work;
  * The operations used to support slow work items
  */
 struct slow_work_ops {
+       /* owner */
+       struct module *owner;
+
        /* get a ref on a work item
         * - return 0 if successful, -ve if not
         */
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ struct slow_work_ops {
  *   queued
  */
 struct slow_work {
+       struct module           *owner; /* the owning module */
        unsigned long           flags;
 #define SLOW_WORK_PENDING      0       /* item pending (further) execution */
 #define SLOW_WORK_EXECUTING    1       /* item currently executing */
@@ -84,8 +88,8 @@ static inline void vslow_work_init(struct slow_work *work,
 }
 
 extern int slow_work_enqueue(struct slow_work *work);
-extern int slow_work_register_user(void);
-extern void slow_work_unregister_user(void);
+extern int slow_work_register_user(struct module *owner);
+extern void slow_work_unregister_user(struct module *owner);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 extern ctl_table slow_work_sysctls[];

diff --git a/kernel/slow-work.c b/kernel/slow-work.c
index 0d31135..dd08f37 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/slow-work.c
+++ b/kernel/slow-work.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #define SLOW_WORK_OOM_TIMEOUT (5 * HZ) /* can't start new threads for 5s after
                                         * OOM */
 
+#define SLOW_WORK_THREAD_LIMIT 255     /* abs maximum number of slow-work threads */
+
 static void slow_work_cull_timeout(unsigned long);
 static void slow_work_oom_timeout(unsigned long);
 
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ static unsigned vslow_work_proportion = 50; /* % of threads that may process
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 static const int slow_work_min_min_threads = 2;
-static int slow_work_max_max_threads = 255;
+static int slow_work_max_max_threads = SLOW_WORK_THREAD_LIMIT;
 static const int slow_work_min_vslow = 1;
 static const int slow_work_max_vslow = 99;
 
@@ -98,6 +100,23 @@ static DEFINE_TIMER(slow_work_oom_timer, slow_work_oom_timeout, 0, 0);
 static struct slow_work slow_work_new_thread; /* new thread starter */
 
 /*
+ * slow work ID allocation (use slow_work_queue_lock)
+ */
+static DECLARE_BITMAP(slow_work_ids, SLOW_WORK_THREAD_LIMIT);
+
+/*
+ * Unregistration tracking to prevent put_ref() from disappearing during module
+ * unload
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+static struct module *slow_work_thread_processing[SLOW_WORK_THREAD_LIMIT];
+static struct module *slow_work_unreg_module;
+static struct slow_work *slow_work_unreg_work_item;
+static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(slow_work_unreg_wq);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(slow_work_unreg_sync_lock);
+#endif
+
+/*
  * The queues of work items and the lock governing access to them.  These are
  * shared between all the CPUs.  It doesn't make sense to have per-CPU queues
  * as the number of threads bears no relation to the number of CPUs.
@@ -149,8 +168,11 @@ static unsigned slow_work_calc_vsmax(void)
  * Attempt to execute stuff queued on a slow thread.  Return true if we managed
  * it, false if there was nothing to do.
  */
-static bool slow_work_execute(void)
+static bool slow_work_execute(int id)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+       struct module *module;
+#endif
        struct slow_work *work = NULL;
        unsigned vsmax;
        bool very_slow;
@@ -186,6 +208,12 @@ static bool slow_work_execute(void)
        } else {
                very_slow = false; /* avoid the compiler warning */
        }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+       if (work)
+               slow_work_thread_processing[id] = work->owner;
+#endif
+
        spin_unlock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
 
        if (!work)
@@ -219,7 +247,18 @@ static bool slow_work_execute(void)
                spin_unlock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
        }
 
+       /* sort out the race between module unloading and put_ref() */
        work->ops->put_ref(work);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+       module = slow_work_thread_processing[id];
+       slow_work_thread_processing[id] = NULL;
+       smp_mb();
+       if (slow_work_unreg_work_item == work ||
+           slow_work_unreg_module == module)
+               wake_up_all(&slow_work_unreg_wq);
+#endif
+
        return true;
 
 auto_requeue:
@@ -232,6 +271,7 @@ auto_requeue:
        else
                list_add_tail(&work->link, &slow_work_queue);
        spin_unlock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
+       slow_work_thread_processing[id] = NULL;
        return true;
 }
 
@@ -368,13 +408,22 @@ static inline bool slow_work_available(int vsmax)
  */
 static int slow_work_thread(void *_data)
 {
-       int vsmax;
+       int vsmax, id;
 
        DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
 
        set_freezable();
        set_user_nice(current, -5);
 
+       /* allocate ourselves an ID */
+       spin_lock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
+       id = find_first_zero_bit(slow_work_ids, SLOW_WORK_THREAD_LIMIT);
+       BUG_ON(id < 0 || id >= SLOW_WORK_THREAD_LIMIT);
+       __set_bit(id, slow_work_ids);
+       spin_unlock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
+
+       sprintf(current->comm, "kslowd%03u", id);
+
        for (;;) {
                vsmax = vslow_work_proportion;
                vsmax *= atomic_read(&slow_work_thread_count);
@@ -395,7 +444,7 @@ static int slow_work_thread(void *_data)
                vsmax *= atomic_read(&slow_work_thread_count);
                vsmax /= 100;
 
-               if (slow_work_available(vsmax) && slow_work_execute()) {
+               if (slow_work_available(vsmax) && slow_work_execute(id)) {
                        cond_resched();
                        if (list_empty(&slow_work_queue) &&
                            list_empty(&vslow_work_queue) &&
@@ -412,6 +461,10 @@ static int slow_work_thread(void *_data)
                        break;
        }
 
+       spin_lock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
+       __clear_bit(id, slow_work_ids);
+       spin_unlock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
+
        if (atomic_dec_and_test(&slow_work_thread_count))
                complete_and_exit(&slow_work_last_thread_exited, 0);
        return 0;
@@ -475,6 +528,7 @@ static void slow_work_new_thread_execute(struct slow_work *work)
 }
 
 static const struct slow_work_ops slow_work_new_thread_ops = {
+       .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
        .get_ref        = slow_work_new_thread_get_ref,
        .put_ref        = slow_work_new_thread_put_ref,
        .execute        = slow_work_new_thread_execute,
@@ -546,12 +600,13 @@ static int slow_work_max_threads_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 
 /**
  * slow_work_register_user - Register a user of the facility
+ * @module: The module about to make use of the facility
  *
  * Register a user of the facility, starting up the initial threads if there
  * aren't any other users at this point.  This will return 0 if successful, or
  * an error if not.
  */
-int slow_work_register_user(void)
+int slow_work_register_user(struct module *module)
 {
        struct task_struct *p;
        int loop;
@@ -598,14 +653,79 @@ error:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(slow_work_register_user);
 
+/*
+ * wait for all outstanding items from the calling module to complete
+ * - note that more items may be queued whilst we're waiting
+ */
+static void slow_work_wait_for_items(struct module *module)
+{
+       DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(myself, current);
+       struct slow_work *work;
+       int loop;
+
+       mutex_lock(&slow_work_unreg_sync_lock);
+       add_wait_queue(&slow_work_unreg_wq, &myself);
+
+       for (;;) {
+               spin_lock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
+
+               /* first of all, we wait for the last queued item in each list
+                * to be processed */
+               list_for_each_entry_reverse(work, &vslow_work_queue, link) {
+                       if (work->owner == module) {
+                               set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+                               slow_work_unreg_work_item = work;
+                               goto do_wait;
+                       }
+               }
+               list_for_each_entry_reverse(work, &slow_work_queue, link) {
+                       if (work->owner == module) {
+                               set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+                               slow_work_unreg_work_item = work;
+                               goto do_wait;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               /* then we wait for the items being processed to finish */
+               slow_work_unreg_module = module;
+               smp_mb();
+               for (loop = 0; loop < SLOW_WORK_THREAD_LIMIT; loop++) {
+                       if (slow_work_thread_processing[loop] == module)
+                               goto do_wait;
+               }
+               spin_unlock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
+               break; /* okay, we're done */
+
+       do_wait:
+               spin_unlock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
+               schedule();
+               slow_work_unreg_work_item = NULL;
+               slow_work_unreg_module = NULL;
+       }
+
+       remove_wait_queue(&slow_work_unreg_wq, &myself);
+       mutex_unlock(&slow_work_unreg_sync_lock);
+}
+
 /**
  * slow_work_unregister_user - Unregister a user of the facility
+ * @module: The module whose items should be cleared
  *
  * Unregister a user of the facility, killing all the threads if this was the
  * last one.
+ *
+ * This waits for all the work items belonging to the nominated module to go
+ * away before proceeding.
  */
-void slow_work_unregister_user(void)
+void slow_work_unregister_user(struct module *module)
 {
+       /* first of all, wait for all outstanding items from the calling module
+        * to complete */
+       if (module)
+               slow_work_wait_for_items(module);
+
+       /* then we can actually go about shutting down the facility if need
+        * be */
        mutex_lock(&slow_work_user_lock);
 
        BUG_ON(slow_work_user_count <= 0);