Re: [PATCH 6/8] PM: Add suspend blocking work.

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>]

On Thursday 29 April 2010, Arve Hjønnevåg wrote:
> 2010/4/28 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>:
> > On Wednesday 28 April 2010, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >> On 04/27, Arve Hjønnevåg wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Allow work to be queued that will block suspend while it is pending
> >> > or executing. To get the same functionality in the calling code often
> >> > requires a separate suspend_blocker for pending and executing work, or
> >> > additional state and locking. This implementation does add additional
> >> > state and locking, but this can be removed later if we add support for
> >> > suspend blocking work to the core workqueue code.
> >>
> >> I think this patch is fine.
> >>
> >> Just one silly question,
> >>
> >> > +int queue_suspend_blocking_work(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
> >> > +                           struct suspend_blocking_work *work)
> >> > +{
> >> > +   int ret;
> >> > +   unsigned long flags;
> >> > +
> >> > +   spin_lock_irqsave(&work->lock, flags);
> >> > +   suspend_block(&work->suspend_blocker);
> >> > +   ret = queue_work(wq, &work->work);
> >> > +   if (ret)
> >> > +           work->active++;
> >>
> >> why not
> >>
> >>       ret = queue_work(wq, &work->work);
> >>       if (ret) {
> >>               suspend_block(&work->suspend_blocker);
> >>               work->active++;
> >>       }
> >>
> >> ?
> >>
> >> Afaics, we can't race with work->func() doing unblock, we hold work-lock.
> >> And this way the code looks more clear.
> >
> > Agreed.  Arve, any objections to doing that?
> >
> 
> I need to fix the race, but I can easily fix it in
> cancel_suspend_blocking_work_sync instead. If the suspend blocker is
> active for a long time, and DEBUG_SUSPEND_BLOCKER is enabled, we can
> tell if the work is constantly re-queued or if the workqueue is stuck.

Well, perhaps that's worth adding a comment to the code.  The debug part is not
immediately visible from the code itself.

Rafael