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authorIgor Pylypiv <ipylypiv@google.com>2022-01-27 15:39:53 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-02-03 11:20:34 -0800
commit67d6212afda218d564890d1674bab28e8612170f (patch)
tree53e1b46226c15ee31ecd0c34aa562bca970c798f /kernel/async.c
parent305e6c42e8de565864431510230a8ad75c85f4d4 (diff)
Revert "module, async: async_synchronize_full() on module init iff async is used"
This reverts commit 774a1221e862b343388347bac9b318767336b20b. We need to finish all async code before the module init sequence is done. In the reverted commit the PF_USED_ASYNC flag was added to mark a thread that called async_schedule(). Then the PF_USED_ASYNC flag was used to determine whether or not async_synchronize_full() needs to be invoked. This works when modprobe thread is calling async_schedule(), but it does not work if module dispatches init code to a worker thread which then calls async_schedule(). For example, PCI driver probing is invoked from a worker thread based on a node where device is attached: if (cpu < nr_cpu_ids) error = work_on_cpu(cpu, local_pci_probe, &ddi); else error = local_pci_probe(&ddi); We end up in a situation where a worker thread gets the PF_USED_ASYNC flag set instead of the modprobe thread. As a result, async_synchronize_full() is not invoked and modprobe completes without waiting for the async code to finish. The issue was discovered while loading the pm80xx driver: (scsi_mod.scan=async) modprobe pm80xx worker ... do_init_module() ... pci_call_probe() work_on_cpu(local_pci_probe) local_pci_probe() pm8001_pci_probe() scsi_scan_host() async_schedule() worker->flags |= PF_USED_ASYNC; ... < return from worker > ... if (current->flags & PF_USED_ASYNC) <--- false async_synchronize_full(); Commit 21c3c5d28007 ("block: don't request module during elevator init") fixed the deadlock issue which the reverted commit 774a1221e862 ("module, async: async_synchronize_full() on module init iff async is used") tried to fix. Since commit 0fdff3ec6d87 ("async, kmod: warn on synchronous request_module() from async workers") synchronous module loading from async is not allowed. Given that the original deadlock issue is fixed and it is no longer allowed to call synchronous request_module() from async we can remove PF_USED_ASYNC flag to make module init consistently invoke async_synchronize_full() unless async module probe is requested. Signed-off-by: Igor Pylypiv <ipylypiv@google.com> Reviewed-by: Changyuan Lyu <changyuanl@google.com> Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/async.c')
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diff --git a/kernel/async.c b/kernel/async.c
index b8d7a663497f..b2c4ba5686ee 100644
--- a/kernel/async.c
+++ b/kernel/async.c
@@ -205,9 +205,6 @@ async_cookie_t async_schedule_node_domain(async_func_t func, void *data,
atomic_inc(&entry_count);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&async_lock, flags);
- /* mark that this task has queued an async job, used by module init */
- current->flags |= PF_USED_ASYNC;
-
/* schedule for execution */
queue_work_node(node, system_unbound_wq, &entry->work);