From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
patches@lists.linux.dev, Carlos Santa <carlos.santa@intel.com>,
Ryan Neph <ryanneph@google.com>,
Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>,
Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>,
Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.12 32/70] workqueue: Add pool_workqueue to pending_pwqs list when unplugging multiple inactive works
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:00:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260413155729.385647125@linuxfoundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260413155728.181580293@linuxfoundation.org>
6.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------
From: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>
commit 703ccb63ae9f7444d6ff876d024e17f628103c69 upstream.
In unplug_oldest_pwq(), the first inactive work item on the
pool_workqueue is activated correctly. However, if multiple inactive
works exist on the same pool_workqueue, subsequent works fail to
activate because wq_node_nr_active.pending_pwqs is empty — the list
insertion is skipped when the pool_workqueue is plugged.
Fix this by checking for additional inactive works in
unplug_oldest_pwq() and updating wq_node_nr_active.pending_pwqs
accordingly.
Fixes: 4c065dbce1e8 ("workqueue: Enable unbound cpumask update on ordered workqueues")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Carlos Santa <carlos.santa@intel.com>
Cc: Ryan Neph <ryanneph@google.com>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
kernel/workqueue.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -1856,8 +1856,20 @@ static void unplug_oldest_pwq(struct wor
raw_spin_lock_irq(&pwq->pool->lock);
if (pwq->plugged) {
pwq->plugged = false;
- if (pwq_activate_first_inactive(pwq, true))
+ if (pwq_activate_first_inactive(pwq, true)) {
+ /*
+ * While plugged, queueing skips activation which
+ * includes bumping the nr_active count and adding the
+ * pwq to nna->pending_pwqs if the count can't be
+ * obtained. We need to restore both for the pwq being
+ * unplugged. The first call activates the first
+ * inactive work item and the second, if there are more
+ * inactive, puts the pwq on pending_pwqs.
+ */
+ pwq_activate_first_inactive(pwq, false);
+
kick_pool(pwq->pool);
+ }
}
raw_spin_unlock_irq(&pwq->pool->lock);
}
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-13 16:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-13 15:59 [PATCH 6.12 00/70] 6.12.82-rc1 review Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-04-13 16:00 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2026-04-13 17:42 ` Brett A C Sheffield
2026-04-13 19:02 ` Florian Fainelli
2026-04-14 0:29 ` Barry K. Nathan
2026-04-14 7:54 ` Jon Hunter
2026-04-14 8:11 ` Pavel Machek
2026-04-14 11:37 ` Ron Economos
2026-04-14 12:32 ` Francesco Dolcini
2026-04-14 17:08 ` Peter Schneider
2026-04-14 17:43 ` Shuah Khan
2026-04-14 18:01 ` Miguel Ojeda
2026-04-15 1:34 ` Harshit Mogalapalli
2026-04-15 3:49 ` Shung-Hsi Yu
2026-04-15 10:13 ` Mark Brown
2026-04-15 18:45 ` Dileep malepu
2026-04-16 18:55 ` Eddie Chapman
2026-04-17 6:25 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-04-17 15:34 ` Eddie Chapman
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