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Tejun Heo f09b10b6f4 workqueue: Remove WORK_OFFQ_CANCELING
cancel[_delayed]_work_sync() guarantees that it can shut down
self-requeueing work items. To achieve that, it grabs and then holds
WORK_STRUCT_PENDING bit set while flushing the currently executing instance.
As the PENDING bit is set, all queueing attempts including the
self-requeueing ones fail and once the currently executing instance is
flushed, the work item should be idle as long as someone else isn't actively
queueing it.

This means that the cancel_work_sync path may hold the PENDING bit set while
flushing the target work item. This isn't a problem for the queueing path -
it can just fail which is the desired effect. It doesn't affect flush. It
doesn't matter to cancel_work either as it can just report that the work
item has successfully canceled. However, if there's another cancel_work_sync
attempt on the work item, it can't simply fail or report success and that
would breach the guarantee that it should provide. cancel_work_sync has to
wait for and grab that PENDING bit and go through the motions.

WORK_OFFQ_CANCELING and wq_cancel_waitq are what implement this
cancel_work_sync to cancel_work_sync wait mechanism. When a work item is
being canceled, WORK_OFFQ_CANCELING is also set on it and other
cancel_work_sync attempts wait on the bit to be cleared using the wait
queue.

While this works, it's an isolated wart which doesn't jive with the rest of
flush and cancel mechanisms and forces enable_work() and disable_work() to
require a sleepable context, which hampers their usability.

Now that a work item can be disabled, we can use that to block queueing
while cancel_work_sync is in progress. Instead of holding PENDING the bit,
it can temporarily disable the work item, flush and then re-enable it as
that'd achieve the same end result of blocking queueings while canceling and
thus enable canceling of self-requeueing work items.

- WORK_OFFQ_CANCELING and the surrounding mechanims are removed.

- work_grab_pending() is now simpler, no longer has to wait for a blocking
  operation and thus can be called from any context.

- With work_grab_pending() simplified, no need to use try_to_grab_pending()
  directly. All users are converted to use work_grab_pending().

- __cancel_work_sync() is updated to __cancel_work() with
  WORK_CANCEL_DISABLE to cancel and plug racing queueing attempts. It then
  flushes and re-enables the work item if necessary.

- These changes allow disable_work() and enable_work() to be called from any
  context.

v2: Lai pointed out that mod_delayed_work_on() needs to check the disable
    count before queueing the delayed work item. Added
    clear_pending_if_disabled() call.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
2024-03-25 07:21:03 -10:00
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In order to build the documentation, use make htmldocs or make pdfdocs. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.