BACKPORT: kthread: allow to cancel kthread work

We are going to use kthread workers more widely and sometimes we will need
to make sure that the work is neither pending nor running.

This patch implements cancel_*_sync() operations as inspired by
workqueues.  Well, we are synchronized against the other operations via
the worker lock, we use del_timer_sync() and a counter to count parallel
cancel operations.  Therefore the implementation might be easier.

First, we check if a worker is assigned.  If not, the work has newer been
queued after it was initialized.

Second, we take the worker lock.  It must be the right one.  The work must
not be assigned to another worker unless it is initialized in between.

Third, we try to cancel the timer when it exists.  The timer is deleted
synchronously to make sure that the timer call back is not running.  We
need to temporary release the worker->lock to avoid a possible deadlock
with the callback.  In the meantime, we set work->canceling counter to
avoid any queuing.

Fourth, we try to remove the work from a worker list. It might be
the list of either normal or delayed works.

Fifth, if the work is running, we call kthread_flush_work().  It might
take an arbitrary time.  We need to release the worker-lock again.  In the
meantime, we again block any queuing by the canceling counter.

As already mentioned, the check for a pending kthread work is done under a
lock.  In compare with workqueues, we do not need to fight for a single
PENDING bit to block other operations.  Therefore we do not suffer from
the thundering storm problem and all parallel canceling jobs might use
kthread_flush_work().  Any queuing is blocked until the counter gets zero.

Change-Id: I8a8ece0f93c828f311d0ad5c88d80db2388e4808
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1470754545-17632-10-git-send-email-pmladek@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
(cherry-picked from 37be45d49dec2a411e29d50c9597cfe8184b5645)
[major changes to the original patch while cherry-picking; only rebased
the sync variant]
Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com>

2 files changed, 99 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h
index e691b6a23f72..4289343ba1f9 100644
--- a/include/linux/kthread.h
+++ b/include/linux/kthread.h
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ struct kthread_work {
 	struct list_head	node;
 	kthread_work_func_t	func;
 	struct kthread_worker	*worker;
+	/* Number of canceling calls that are running at the moment. */
+	int			canceling;
 };
 
 #define KTHREAD_WORKER_INIT(worker)	{				\
@@ -129,4 +131,6 @@ bool queue_kthread_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
 void flush_kthread_work(struct kthread_work *work);
 void flush_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker);
 
+bool kthread_cancel_work_sync(struct kthread_work *work);
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_KTHREAD_H */
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 850b255649a2..698b8dec3074 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -604,6 +604,19 @@ repeat:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_worker_fn);
 
+/*
+ * Returns true when the work could not be queued at the moment.
+ * It happens when it is already pending in a worker list
+ * or when it is being cancelled.
+ */
+static inline bool queuing_blocked(struct kthread_worker *worker,
+				   struct kthread_work *work)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_held(&worker->lock);
+
+	return !list_empty(&work->node) || work->canceling;
+}
+
 /* insert @work before @pos in @worker */
 static void insert_kthread_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
 			       struct kthread_work *work,
@@ -633,7 +646,7 @@ bool queue_kthread_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&worker->lock, flags);
-	if (list_empty(&work->node)) {
+	if (!queuing_blocked(worker, work)) {
 		insert_kthread_work(worker, work, &worker->work_list);
 		ret = true;
 	}
@@ -694,6 +707,87 @@ retry:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_kthread_work);
 
+/*
+ * This function removes the work from the worker queue. Also it makes sure
+ * that it won't get queued later via the delayed work's timer.
+ *
+ * The work might still be in use when this function finishes. See the
+ * current_work proceed by the worker.
+ *
+ * Return: %true if @work was pending and successfully canceled,
+ *	%false if @work was not pending
+ */
+static bool __kthread_cancel_work(struct kthread_work *work,
+				  unsigned long *flags)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Try to remove the work from a worker list. It might either
+	 * be from worker->work_list or from worker->delayed_work_list.
+	 */
+	if (!list_empty(&work->node)) {
+		list_del_init(&work->node);
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+static bool __kthread_cancel_work_sync(struct kthread_work *work)
+{
+	struct kthread_worker *worker = work->worker;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int ret = false;
+
+	if (!worker)
+		goto out;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&worker->lock, flags);
+	/* Work must not be used with >1 worker, see kthread_queue_work(). */
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(work->worker != worker);
+
+	ret = __kthread_cancel_work(work, &flags);
+
+	if (worker->current_work != work)
+		goto out_fast;
+
+	/*
+	 * The work is in progress and we need to wait with the lock released.
+	 * In the meantime, block any queuing by setting the canceling counter.
+	 */
+	work->canceling++;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&worker->lock, flags);
+	flush_kthread_work(work);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&worker->lock, flags);
+	work->canceling--;
+
+out_fast:
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&worker->lock, flags);
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * kthread_cancel_work_sync - cancel a kthread work and wait for it to finish
+ * @work: the kthread work to cancel
+ *
+ * Cancel @work and wait for its execution to finish.  This function
+ * can be used even if the work re-queues itself. On return from this
+ * function, @work is guaranteed to be not pending or executing on any CPU.
+ *
+ * kthread_cancel_work_sync(&delayed_work->work) must not be used for
+ * delayed_work's. Use kthread_cancel_delayed_work_sync() instead.
+ *
+ * The caller must ensure that the worker on which @work was last
+ * queued can't be destroyed before this function returns.
+ *
+ * Return: %true if @work was pending, %false otherwise.
+ */
+bool kthread_cancel_work_sync(struct kthread_work *work)
+{
+	return __kthread_cancel_work_sync(work);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_cancel_work_sync);
+
 /**
  * flush_kthread_worker - flush all current works on a kthread_worker
  * @worker: worker to flush