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SubjectRe: [patch 02/13] workqueue: Provide work_on_cpu_safe()
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At 04/13/2017 04:07 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> work_on_cpu() is not protected against CPU hotplug. For code which requires
> to be either executed on an online CPU or to fail if the CPU is not
> available the callsite would have to protect against CPU hotplug.
>
> Provide a function which does get/put_online_cpus() around the call to
> work_on_cpu() and fails the call with -ENODEV if the target CPU is not
> online.
>
> Preparatory patch to convert several racy task affinity manipulations.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
> ---
> include/linux/workqueue.h | 5 +++++
> kernel/workqueue.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
>
> --- a/include/linux/workqueue.h
> +++ b/include/linux/workqueue.h
> @@ -608,8 +608,13 @@ static inline long work_on_cpu(int cpu,
> {
> return fn(arg);
> }
> +static inline long work_on_cpu_safe(int cpu, long (*fn)(void *), void *arg)
> +{
> + return fn(arg);
> +}
> #else
> long work_on_cpu(int cpu, long (*fn)(void *), void *arg);
> +long work_on_cpu_safe(int cpu, long (*fn)(void *), void *arg);
> #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_FREEZER
> --- a/kernel/workqueue.c
> +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
> @@ -4735,6 +4735,29 @@ long work_on_cpu(int cpu, long (*fn)(voi
> return wfc.ret;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(work_on_cpu);
> +
> +/**

There is an extra '*' :)

Thanks,
Liyang

> + * work_on_cpu_safe - run a function in thread context on a particular cpu
> + * @cpu: the cpu to run on
> + * @fn: the function to run
> + * @arg: the function argument
> + *
> + * Disables CPU hotplug and calls work_on_cpu(). The caller must not hold
> + * any locks which would prevent @fn from completing.
> + *
> + * Return: The value @fn returns.
> + */
> +long work_on_cpu_safe(int cpu, long (*fn)(void *), void *arg)
> +{
> + long ret = -ENODEV;
> +
> + get_online_cpus();
> + if (cpu_online(cpu))
> + ret = work_on_cpu(cpu, fn, arg);
> + put_online_cpus();
> + return ret;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(work_on_cpu_safe);
> #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_FREEZER


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