[GIT PULL] workqueue changes for 4.3

[GIT PULL] workqueue changes for 4.3

[Tejun Heo]

Hello, Linus.

Only three trivial changes for workqueue this time - doc, MAINTAINERS
and EXPORT_SYMBOL updates.

Thanks.

The following changes since commit d770e558e21961ad6cfdf0ff7df0eb5d7d4f0754:

  Linux 4.2-rc1 (2015-07-05 11:01:52 -0700)

are available in the git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq.git for-4.3

for you to fetch changes up to 355c06633e233a57155b827ebe99b91c35bc1f5c:

  workqueue: fix some docbook warnings (2015-08-17 15:48:24 -0400)

----------------------------------------------------------------
Jonathan Corbet (1):
      workqueue: fix some docbook warnings

Lai Jiangshan (1):
      workqueue: add myself as a dedicated reviwer

Tim Gardner (1):
      workqueue: Make flush_workqueue() available again to non GPL modules

 MAINTAINERS               | 1 +
 include/linux/workqueue.h | 6 +++---
 kernel/workqueue.c        | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 8133cef..f136c29 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -11165,6 +11165,7 @@ F:	sound/soc/codecs/wm*
 
 WORKQUEUE
 M:	Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
+R:	Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq.git
 S:	Maintained
 F:	include/linux/workqueue.h
diff --git a/include/linux/workqueue.h b/include/linux/workqueue.h
index 738b30b..0197358 100644
--- a/include/linux/workqueue.h
+++ b/include/linux/workqueue.h
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static inline unsigned int work_static(struct work_struct *work) { return 0; }
 /**
  * delayed_work_pending - Find out whether a delayable work item is currently
  * pending
- * @work: The work item in question
+ * @w: The work item in question
  */
 #define delayed_work_pending(w) \
 	work_pending(&(w)->work)
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ __alloc_workqueue_key(const char *fmt, unsigned int flags, int max_active,
  * @fmt: printf format for the name of the workqueue
  * @flags: WQ_* flags
  * @max_active: max in-flight work items, 0 for default
- * @args: args for @fmt
+ * @args...: args for @fmt
  *
  * Allocate a workqueue with the specified parameters.  For detailed
  * information on WQ_* flags, please refer to Documentation/workqueue.txt.
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ __alloc_workqueue_key(const char *fmt, unsigned int flags, int max_active,
  * alloc_ordered_workqueue - allocate an ordered workqueue
  * @fmt: printf format for the name of the workqueue
  * @flags: WQ_* flags (only WQ_FREEZABLE and WQ_MEM_RECLAIM are meaningful)
- * @args: args for @fmt
+ * @args...: args for @fmt
  *
  * Allocate an ordered workqueue.  An ordered workqueue executes at
  * most one work item at any given time in the queued order.  They are
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 4c4f061..a413acb 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -2614,7 +2614,7 @@ void flush_workqueue(struct workqueue_struct *wq)
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&wq->mutex);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_workqueue);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_workqueue);
 
 /**
  * drain_workqueue - drain a workqueue

Re: [GIT PULL] workqueue changes for 4.3

[Josh Boyer]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> wrote:
> Hello, Linus.
>
> Only three trivial changes for workqueue this time - doc, MAINTAINERS
> and EXPORT_SYMBOL updates.
>
> Thanks.
>
> The following changes since commit d770e558e21961ad6cfdf0ff7df0eb5d7d4f0754:
>
>   Linux 4.2-rc1 (2015-07-05 11:01:52 -0700)
>
> are available in the git repository at:
>
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq.git for-4.3
>
> for you to fetch changes up to 355c06633e233a57155b827ebe99b91c35bc1f5c:
>
>   workqueue: fix some docbook warnings (2015-08-17 15:48:24 -0400)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Jonathan Corbet (1):
>       workqueue: fix some docbook warnings
>
> Lai Jiangshan (1):
>       workqueue: add myself as a dedicated reviwer
>
> Tim Gardner (1):
>       workqueue: Make flush_workqueue() available again to non GPL modules

This one claims to fix an error introduced by 37b1ef31a568fc02, which
is in 4.2.  We had a user report this issue in Fedora today against
the 4.2 kernel.  Perhaps it should be CC'd to stable?

josh

Re: [GIT PULL] workqueue changes for 4.3

[Tejun Heo]

Hello,

On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 09:19:23AM -0400, Josh Boyer wrote:
> > Tim Gardner (1):
> >       workqueue: Make flush_workqueue() available again to non GPL modules
> 
> This one claims to fix an error introduced by 37b1ef31a568fc02, which
> is in 4.2.  We had a user report this issue in Fedora today against
> the 4.2 kernel.  Perhaps it should be CC'd to stable?

Once the commit lands in mainline, I'll send an email to stable@.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun