From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5176A326D6E; Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:10:03 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1761592203; cv=none; b=VufUektvPGc6jG7f54/yK4QZ8AdOH+9lAuPHbak+gfDcf+C1Ea0u3mEYJ9XDgBuzGe2E/EPHvRrkt3MhGrMw4JjlqGaTpfYdKv3eXtdWoZSdCM+I0/TGV6KdFr1AsWLkg/hvqbP6d1WHVrwhymF/T+B2QYKjF1wlRA3efCmn7LI= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1761592203; c=relaxed/simple; bh=AYZQWVrJ+rrUx+aOsWlzqrQNiSFh4FWGyAsmlYfeB/A=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=UbaZ1q8bX8bE2NF/Uj9WphZ2BtbJHdVB8MwFMIstdk3thy7NpAhxGeu6X/8vGmyxYg1drRwWSYoVZZIdJsQo1H5IQVsfWD0Uss5akUei7JuJU7lLYHyAFw/q2j1P6GxxUK1Da5+3re0l9cDsB0yVa46ur465TBxuM/5IaX8eNJc= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=MkEs9Qle; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="MkEs9Qle" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D71CBC4CEF1; Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:10:02 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1761592203; bh=AYZQWVrJ+rrUx+aOsWlzqrQNiSFh4FWGyAsmlYfeB/A=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=MkEs9QleWVHxnZJna4wLWQw4kgfiq6bx/A+LGjxwv2Nap2lZY9fbN/CscJB8P5y3p QwbV7JUW1CmP1L6U1UBUU/jqFDXncF4zyH6s3yy5VnbcKFUJzOClWeZDSiYDKXk8EM pzn57JGK9RqlB2Ds5o/vEU3g2cqAtNVc4j9cvP0c= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , patches@lists.linux.dev, Steven Rostedt , Thomas Gleixner , Guenter Roeck , Jacob Keller , Anna-Maria Behnsen , Jeongjun Park Subject: [PATCH 6.1 032/157] timers: Provide timer_shutdown[_sync]() Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:34:53 +0100 Message-ID: <20251027183502.153586504@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.51.1 In-Reply-To: <20251027183501.227243846@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20251027183501.227243846@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.69 X-stable: review X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: patches@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 6.1-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Thomas Gleixner [ Upstream commit f571faf6e443b6011ccb585d57866177af1f643c ] Tearing down timers which have circular dependencies to other functionality, e.g. workqueues, where the timer can schedule work and work can arm timers, is not trivial. In those cases it is desired to shutdown the timer in a way which prevents rearming of the timer. The mechanism to do so is to set timer->function to NULL and use this as an indicator for the timer arming functions to ignore the (re)arm request. Expose new interfaces for this: timer_shutdown_sync() and timer_shutdown(). timer_shutdown_sync() has the same functionality as timer_delete_sync() plus the NULL-ification of the timer function. timer_shutdown() has the same functionality as timer_delete() plus the NULL-ification of the timer function. In both cases the rearming of the timer is prevented by silently discarding rearm attempts due to timer->function being NULL. Co-developed-by: Steven Rostedt Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Tested-by: Guenter Roeck Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller Reviewed-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220407161745.7d6754b3@gandalf.local.home Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221110064101.429013735@goodmis.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221123201625.314230270@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Jeongjun Park Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- include/linux/timer.h | 2 + kernel/time/timer.c | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 68 insertions(+) --- a/include/linux/timer.h +++ b/include/linux/timer.h @@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ extern void add_timer(struct timer_list extern int try_to_del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer); extern int timer_delete_sync(struct timer_list *timer); extern int timer_delete(struct timer_list *timer); +extern int timer_shutdown_sync(struct timer_list *timer); +extern int timer_shutdown(struct timer_list *timer); /** * del_timer_sync - Delete a pending timer and wait for a running callback --- a/kernel/time/timer.c +++ b/kernel/time/timer.c @@ -1363,6 +1363,27 @@ int timer_delete(struct timer_list *time EXPORT_SYMBOL(timer_delete); /** + * timer_shutdown - Deactivate a timer and prevent rearming + * @timer: The timer to be deactivated + * + * The function does not wait for an eventually running timer callback on a + * different CPU but it prevents rearming of the timer. Any attempt to arm + * @timer after this function returns will be silently ignored. + * + * This function is useful for teardown code and should only be used when + * timer_shutdown_sync() cannot be invoked due to locking or context constraints. + * + * Return: + * * %0 - The timer was not pending + * * %1 - The timer was pending + */ +int timer_shutdown(struct timer_list *timer) +{ + return __timer_delete(timer, true); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timer_shutdown); + +/** * __try_to_del_timer_sync - Internal function: Try to deactivate a timer * @timer: Timer to deactivate * @shutdown: If true, this indicates that the timer is about to be @@ -1595,6 +1616,9 @@ static int __timer_delete_sync(struct ti * lock. If there is the possibility of a concurrent rearm then the return * value of the function is meaningless. * + * If such a guarantee is needed, e.g. for teardown situations then use + * timer_shutdown_sync() instead. + * * Return: * * %0 - The timer was not pending * * %1 - The timer was pending and deactivated @@ -1605,6 +1629,48 @@ int timer_delete_sync(struct timer_list } EXPORT_SYMBOL(timer_delete_sync); +/** + * timer_shutdown_sync - Shutdown a timer and prevent rearming + * @timer: The timer to be shutdown + * + * When the function returns it is guaranteed that: + * - @timer is not queued + * - The callback function of @timer is not running + * - @timer cannot be enqueued again. Any attempt to rearm + * @timer is silently ignored. + * + * See timer_delete_sync() for synchronization rules. + * + * This function is useful for final teardown of an infrastructure where + * the timer is subject to a circular dependency problem. + * + * A common pattern for this is a timer and a workqueue where the timer can + * schedule work and work can arm the timer. On shutdown the workqueue must + * be destroyed and the timer must be prevented from rearming. Unless the + * code has conditionals like 'if (mything->in_shutdown)' to prevent that + * there is no way to get this correct with timer_delete_sync(). + * + * timer_shutdown_sync() is solving the problem. The correct ordering of + * calls in this case is: + * + * timer_shutdown_sync(&mything->timer); + * workqueue_destroy(&mything->workqueue); + * + * After this 'mything' can be safely freed. + * + * This obviously implies that the timer is not required to be functional + * for the rest of the shutdown operation. + * + * Return: + * * %0 - The timer was not pending + * * %1 - The timer was pending + */ +int timer_shutdown_sync(struct timer_list *timer) +{ + return __timer_delete_sync(timer, true); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timer_shutdown_sync); + static void call_timer_fn(struct timer_list *timer, void (*fn)(struct timer_list *), unsigned long baseclk)