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diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index e29773c82b70..a5eceecd4513 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -704,8 +704,15 @@ repeat:
raw_spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
if (work) {
+ kthread_work_func_t func = work->func;
__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+ trace_sched_kthread_work_execute_start(work);
work->func(work);
+ /*
+ * Avoid dereferencing work after this point. The trace
+ * event only cares about the address.
+ */
+ trace_sched_kthread_work_execute_end(work, func);
} else if (!freezing(current))
schedule();
@@ -786,7 +793,25 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create_worker);
* A good practice is to add the cpu number also into the worker name.
* For example, use kthread_create_worker_on_cpu(cpu, "helper/%d", cpu).
*
- * Returns a pointer to the allocated worker on success, ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM)
+ * CPU hotplug:
+ * The kthread worker API is simple and generic. It just provides a way
+ * to create, use, and destroy workers.
+ *
+ * It is up to the API user how to handle CPU hotplug. They have to decide
+ * how to handle pending work items, prevent queuing new ones, and
+ * restore the functionality when the CPU goes off and on. There are a
+ * few catches:
+ *
+ * - CPU affinity gets lost when it is scheduled on an offline CPU.
+ *
+ * - The worker might not exist when the CPU was off when the user
+ * created the workers.
+ *
+ * Good practice is to implement two CPU hotplug callbacks and to
+ * destroy/create the worker when the CPU goes down/up.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * The pointer to the allocated worker on success, ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM)
* when the needed structures could not get allocated, and ERR_PTR(-EINTR)
* when the worker was SIGKILLed.
*/
@@ -834,6 +859,8 @@ static void kthread_insert_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
{
kthread_insert_work_sanity_check(worker, work);
+ trace_sched_kthread_work_queue_work(worker, work);
+
list_add_tail(&work->node, pos);
work->worker = worker;
if (!worker->current_work && likely(worker->task))
@@ -897,7 +924,8 @@ void kthread_delayed_work_timer_fn(struct timer_list *t)
/* Move the work from worker->delayed_work_list. */
WARN_ON_ONCE(list_empty(&work->node));
list_del_init(&work->node);
- kthread_insert_work(worker, work, &worker->work_list);
+ if (!work->canceling)
+ kthread_insert_work(worker, work, &worker->work_list);
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&worker->lock, flags);
}
@@ -1248,6 +1276,7 @@ void kthread_use_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
tsk->active_mm = mm;
}
tsk->mm = mm;
+ membarrier_update_current_mm(mm);
switch_mm_irqs_off(active_mm, mm, tsk);
local_irq_enable();
task_unlock(tsk);
@@ -1255,8 +1284,19 @@ void kthread_use_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
finish_arch_post_lock_switch();
#endif
+ /*
+ * When a kthread starts operating on an address space, the loop
+ * in membarrier_{private,global}_expedited() may not observe
+ * that tsk->mm, and not issue an IPI. Membarrier requires a
+ * memory barrier after storing to tsk->mm, before accessing
+ * user-space memory. A full memory barrier for membarrier
+ * {PRIVATE,GLOBAL}_EXPEDITED is implicitly provided by
+ * mmdrop(), or explicitly with smp_mb().
+ */
if (active_mm != mm)
mmdrop(active_mm);
+ else
+ smp_mb();
to_kthread(tsk)->oldfs = force_uaccess_begin();
}
@@ -1276,9 +1316,18 @@ void kthread_unuse_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
force_uaccess_end(to_kthread(tsk)->oldfs);
task_lock(tsk);
+ /*
+ * When a kthread stops operating on an address space, the loop
+ * in membarrier_{private,global}_expedited() may not observe
+ * that tsk->mm, and not issue an IPI. Membarrier requires a
+ * memory barrier after accessing user-space memory, before
+ * clearing tsk->mm.
+ */
+ smp_mb__after_spinlock();
sync_mm_rss(mm);
local_irq_disable();
tsk->mm = NULL;
+ membarrier_update_current_mm(NULL);
/* active_mm is still 'mm' */
enter_lazy_tlb(mm, tsk);
local_irq_enable();