[PATCH v7 1/4] workqueue: Protects wq_unbound_cpumask with wq_pool_attach_mutex

From: Valentin Schneider
Date: Mon Jan 09 2023 - 08:35:46 EST


From: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

When unbind_workers() reads wq_unbound_cpumask to set the affinity of
freshly-unbound kworkers, it only holds wq_pool_attach_mutex. This isn't
sufficient as wq_unbound_cpumask is only protected by wq_pool_mutex.

Make wq_unbound_cpumask protected with wq_pool_attach_mutex and also
remove the need of temporary saved_cpumask.

Fixes: 10a5a651e3af ("workqueue: Restrict kworker in the offline CPU pool running on housekeeping CPUs")
Reported-by: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/workqueue.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++-------------------------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 07895deca2711..76ea87b0251ce 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ static struct rcuwait manager_wait = __RCUWAIT_INITIALIZER(manager_wait);
static LIST_HEAD(workqueues); /* PR: list of all workqueues */
static bool workqueue_freezing; /* PL: have wqs started freezing? */

-/* PL: allowable cpus for unbound wqs and work items */
+/* PL&A: allowable cpus for unbound wqs and work items */
static cpumask_var_t wq_unbound_cpumask;

/* CPU where unbound work was last round robin scheduled from this CPU */
@@ -3952,7 +3952,8 @@ static void apply_wqattrs_cleanup(struct apply_wqattrs_ctx *ctx)
/* allocate the attrs and pwqs for later installation */
static struct apply_wqattrs_ctx *
apply_wqattrs_prepare(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
- const struct workqueue_attrs *attrs)
+ const struct workqueue_attrs *attrs,
+ const cpumask_var_t unbound_cpumask)
{
struct apply_wqattrs_ctx *ctx;
struct workqueue_attrs *new_attrs, *tmp_attrs;
@@ -3968,14 +3969,15 @@ apply_wqattrs_prepare(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
goto out_free;

/*
- * Calculate the attrs of the default pwq.
+ * Calculate the attrs of the default pwq with unbound_cpumask
+ * which is wq_unbound_cpumask or to set to wq_unbound_cpumask.
* If the user configured cpumask doesn't overlap with the
* wq_unbound_cpumask, we fallback to the wq_unbound_cpumask.
*/
copy_workqueue_attrs(new_attrs, attrs);
- cpumask_and(new_attrs->cpumask, new_attrs->cpumask, wq_unbound_cpumask);
+ cpumask_and(new_attrs->cpumask, new_attrs->cpumask, unbound_cpumask);
if (unlikely(cpumask_empty(new_attrs->cpumask)))
- cpumask_copy(new_attrs->cpumask, wq_unbound_cpumask);
+ cpumask_copy(new_attrs->cpumask, unbound_cpumask);

/*
* We may create multiple pwqs with differing cpumasks. Make a
@@ -4072,7 +4074,7 @@ static int apply_workqueue_attrs_locked(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
wq->flags &= ~__WQ_ORDERED;
}

- ctx = apply_wqattrs_prepare(wq, attrs);
+ ctx = apply_wqattrs_prepare(wq, attrs, wq_unbound_cpumask);
if (!ctx)
return -ENOMEM;

@@ -5334,7 +5336,7 @@ void thaw_workqueues(void)
}
#endif /* CONFIG_FREEZER */

-static int workqueue_apply_unbound_cpumask(void)
+static int workqueue_apply_unbound_cpumask(const cpumask_var_t unbound_cpumask)
{
LIST_HEAD(ctxs);
int ret = 0;
@@ -5350,7 +5352,7 @@ static int workqueue_apply_unbound_cpumask(void)
if (wq->flags & __WQ_ORDERED)
continue;

- ctx = apply_wqattrs_prepare(wq, wq->unbound_attrs);
+ ctx = apply_wqattrs_prepare(wq, wq->unbound_attrs, unbound_cpumask);
if (!ctx) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
break;
@@ -5365,6 +5367,11 @@ static int workqueue_apply_unbound_cpumask(void)
apply_wqattrs_cleanup(ctx);
}

+ if (!ret) {
+ mutex_lock(&wq_pool_attach_mutex);
+ cpumask_copy(wq_unbound_cpumask, unbound_cpumask);
+ mutex_unlock(&wq_pool_attach_mutex);
+ }
return ret;
}

@@ -5383,7 +5390,6 @@ static int workqueue_apply_unbound_cpumask(void)
int workqueue_set_unbound_cpumask(cpumask_var_t cpumask)
{
int ret = -EINVAL;
- cpumask_var_t saved_cpumask;

/*
* Not excluding isolated cpus on purpose.
@@ -5397,23 +5403,8 @@ int workqueue_set_unbound_cpumask(cpumask_var_t cpumask)
goto out_unlock;
}

- if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&saved_cpumask, GFP_KERNEL)) {
- ret = -ENOMEM;
- goto out_unlock;
- }
-
- /* save the old wq_unbound_cpumask. */
- cpumask_copy(saved_cpumask, wq_unbound_cpumask);
-
- /* update wq_unbound_cpumask at first and apply it to wqs. */
- cpumask_copy(wq_unbound_cpumask, cpumask);
- ret = workqueue_apply_unbound_cpumask();
-
- /* restore the wq_unbound_cpumask when failed. */
- if (ret < 0)
- cpumask_copy(wq_unbound_cpumask, saved_cpumask);
+ ret = workqueue_apply_unbound_cpumask(cpumask);

- free_cpumask_var(saved_cpumask);
out_unlock:
apply_wqattrs_unlock();
}
--
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