linux/kernel
Tejun Heo 46f3d97621 kthread_worker: reimplement flush_kthread_work() to allow freeing the work item being executed
kthread_worker provides minimalistic workqueue-like interface for
users which need a dedicated worker thread (e.g. for realtime
priority).  It has basic queue, flush_work, flush_worker operations
which mostly match the workqueue counterparts; however, due to the way
flush_work() is implemented, it has a noticeable difference of not
allowing work items to be freed while being executed.

While the current users of kthread_worker are okay with the current
behavior, the restriction does impede some valid use cases.  Also,
removing this difference isn't difficult and actually makes the code
easier to understand.

This patch reimplements flush_kthread_work() such that it uses a
flush_work item instead of queue/done sequence numbers.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2012-07-22 10:15:28 -07:00
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debug
events perf: Use css_tryget() to avoid propping up css refcount 2012-06-18 11:45:57 +02:00
gcov
irq Merge branches 'irq-urgent-for-linus' and 'smp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-06-04 11:36:51 -07:00
power PM / Hibernate: Use get_gendisk to verify partition if resume_file is integer format 2012-05-18 20:44:59 +02:00
sched Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-06-08 14:59:29 -07:00
time Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-06-15 16:52:35 -07:00
trace Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2012-07-03 15:45:10 -07:00
.gitignore
acct.c
async.c
audit_tree.c
audit_watch.c
audit.c
audit.h
auditfilter.c
auditsc.c
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c userns: Teach inode_capable to understand inodes whose uids map to other namespaces. 2012-05-15 14:59:24 -07:00
cgroup_freezer.c
cgroup.c cgroup: fix cgroup hierarchy umount race 2012-07-07 16:08:18 -07:00
compat.c new helper: sigsuspend() 2012-05-21 23:52:30 -04:00
configs.c
cpu_pm.c kernel/cpu_pm.c: fix various typos 2012-05-31 17:49:27 -07:00
cpu.c kernel/cpu.c: document clear_tasks_mm_cpumask() 2012-05-31 17:49:30 -07:00
cpuset.c Merge branch 'for-3.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2012-05-22 17:40:19 -07:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c keys: kill task_struct->replacement_session_keyring 2012-05-23 22:11:41 -04:00
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c pidns: find_new_reaper() can no longer switch to init_pid_ns.child_reaper 2012-06-20 14:39:36 -07:00
extable.c
fork.c Revert "mm: correctly synchronize rss-counters at exit/exec" 2012-06-07 17:54:07 -07:00
freezer.c
futex_compat.c
futex.c
groups.c
hrtimer.c
hung_task.c
irq_work.c
itimer.c
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c vsprintf: fix %ps on non symbols when using kallsyms 2012-05-29 16:22:32 -07:00
kcmp.c syscalls, x86: add __NR_kcmp syscall 2012-05-31 17:49:32 -07:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c
kfifo.c
kmod.c kmod.c: fix kernel-doc warning 2012-05-31 17:49:28 -07:00
kprobes.c
ksysfs.c
kthread.c kthread_worker: reimplement flush_kthread_work() to allow freeing the work item being executed 2012-07-22 10:15:28 -07:00
latencytop.c
lglock.c brlocks/lglocks: turn into functions 2012-05-29 23:28:41 -04:00
lockdep_internals.h
lockdep_proc.c
lockdep_states.h
lockdep.c
Makefile Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-06-01 10:34:35 -07:00
module.c Guard check in module loader against integer overflow 2012-05-23 22:28:53 +09:30
mutex-debug.c
mutex-debug.h
mutex.c
mutex.h
notifier.c
nsproxy.c
padata.c
panic.c kdump: Execute kmsg_dump(KMSG_DUMP_PANIC) after smp_send_stop() 2012-05-18 14:02:10 +02:00
params.c
pid_namespace.c pidns: guarantee that the pidns init will be the last pidns process reaped 2012-06-20 14:39:36 -07:00
pid.c mm: add a low limit to alloc_large_system_hash 2012-05-24 00:28:21 -04:00
posix-cpu-timers.c
posix-timers.c
printk.c kmsg: merge continuation records while printing 2012-07-09 12:15:42 -07:00
profile.c
ptrace.c
range.c
rcu.h
rcupdate.c
rcutiny_plugin.h
rcutiny.c
rcutorture.c
rcutree_plugin.h rcu: Precompute RCU_FAST_NO_HZ timer offsets 2012-06-06 20:43:28 -07:00
rcutree_trace.c
rcutree.c rcu: Stop rcu_do_batch() from multiplexing the "count" variable 2012-06-25 12:35:25 -07:00
rcutree.h rcu: Move RCU_FAST_NO_HZ per-CPU variables to rcu_dynticks structure 2012-06-06 20:43:28 -07:00
relay.c splice: fix racy pipe->buffers uses 2012-06-13 21:16:42 +02:00
res_counter.c rescounters: add res_counter_uncharge_until() 2012-05-29 16:22:27 -07:00
resource.c kernel/resource.c: correct the comment of allocate_resource() 2012-05-31 17:49:26 -07:00
rtmutex_common.h
rtmutex-debug.c
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c
rtmutex.c
rtmutex.h
rwsem.c
seccomp.c
semaphore.c
signal.c new helper: signal_delivered() 2012-06-01 12:58:52 -04:00
smp.c
smpboot.c smpboot, idle: Fix comment mismatch over idle_threads_init() 2012-05-24 22:58:08 +02:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c
spinlock.c
srcu.c
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c
sys_ni.c syscalls, x86: add __NR_kcmp syscall 2012-05-31 17:49:32 -07:00
sys.c c/r: prctl: less paranoid prctl_set_mm_exe_file() 2012-07-11 16:04:43 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c
sysctl.c
task_work.c task_work_add: generic process-context callbacks 2012-05-23 22:09:21 -04:00
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
time.c
timeconst.pl
timer.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2012-05-23 17:42:39 -07:00
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c
uid16.c
up.c
user_namespace.c
user-return-notifier.c
user.c userns: Silence silly gcc warning. 2012-05-19 15:44:40 -06:00
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c
wait.c
watchdog.c watchdog: Quiet down the boot messages 2012-06-14 12:20:50 +02:00
workqueue_sched.h
workqueue.c workqueue: simplify CPU hotplug code 2012-07-17 12:39:28 -07:00