[PATCH 4.19 27/34] kthread_worker: split code for canceling the delayed work timer

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-07-09T13:22:07Z

From: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>

commit 34b3d5344719d14fd2185b2d9459b3abcb8cf9d8 upstream.

Patch series "kthread_worker: Fix race between kthread_mod_delayed_work()
and kthread_cancel_delayed_work_sync()".

This patchset fixes the race between kthread_mod_delayed_work() and
kthread_cancel_delayed_work_sync() including proper return value
handling.

This patch (of 2):

Simple code refactoring as a preparation step for fixing a race between
kthread_mod_delayed_work() and kthread_cancel_delayed_work_sync().

It does not modify the existing behavior.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210610133051.15337-2-pmladek@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: <jenhaochen@google.com>
Cc: Martin Liu <liumartin@google.com>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@google.com>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
kernel/kthread.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -1010,6 +1010,33 @@ void kthread_flush_work(struct kthread_w
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_flush_work);

/*
+ * Make sure that the timer is neither set nor running and could
+ * not manipulate the work list_head any longer.
+ *
+ * The function is called under worker->lock. The lock is temporary
+ * released but the timer can't be set again in the meantime.
+ */
+static void kthread_cancel_delayed_work_timer(struct kthread_work *work,
+ unsigned long *flags)
+{
+ struct kthread_delayed_work *dwork =
+ container_of(work, struct kthread_delayed_work, work);
+ struct kthread_worker *worker = work->worker;
+
+ /*
+ * del_timer_sync() must be called to make sure that the timer
+ * callback is not running. The lock must be temporary released
+ * to avoid a deadlock with the callback. In the meantime,
+ * any queuing is blocked by setting the canceling counter.
+ */
+ work->canceling++;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&worker->lock, *flags);
+ del_timer_sync(&dwork->timer);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&worker->lock, *flags);
+ work->canceling--;
+}
+
+/*
* This function removes the work from the worker queue. Also it makes sure
* that it won't get queued later via the delayed work's timer.
*
@@ -1023,23 +1050,8 @@ static bool __kthread_cancel_work(struct
unsigned long *flags)
{
/* Try to cancel the timer if exists. */
- if (is_dwork) {
- struct kthread_delayed_work *dwork =
- container_of(work, struct kthread_delayed_work, work);
- struct kthread_worker *worker = work->worker;
-
- /*
- * del_timer_sync() must be called to make sure that the timer
- * callback is not running. The lock must be temporary released
- * to avoid a deadlock with the callback. In the meantime,
- * any queuing is blocked by setting the canceling counter.
- */
- work->canceling++;
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&worker->lock, *flags);
- del_timer_sync(&dwork->timer);
- spin_lock_irqsave(&worker->lock, *flags);
- work->canceling--;
- }
+ if (is_dwork)
+ kthread_cancel_delayed_work_timer(work, flags);

/*
* Try to remove the work from a worker list. It might either