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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/sched.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/async.c | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/module.c | 25 |
3 files changed, 5 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index f5b2be39a78c..75ba8aa60248 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -1680,7 +1680,6 @@ extern struct pid *cad_pid; #define PF_MEMALLOC 0x00000800 /* Allocating memory */ #define PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED 0x00001000 /* set_user() noticed that RLIMIT_NPROC was exceeded */ #define PF_USED_MATH 0x00002000 /* If unset the fpu must be initialized before use */ -#define PF_USED_ASYNC 0x00004000 /* Used async_schedule*(), used by module init */ #define PF_NOFREEZE 0x00008000 /* This thread should not be frozen */ #define PF_FROZEN 0x00010000 /* Frozen for system suspend */ #define PF_KSWAPD 0x00020000 /* I am kswapd */ diff --git a/kernel/async.c b/kernel/async.c index b8d7a663497f..b2c4ba5686ee 100644 --- a/kernel/async.c +++ b/kernel/async.c @@ -205,9 +205,6 @@ async_cookie_t async_schedule_node_domain(async_func_t func, void *data, atomic_inc(&entry_count); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&async_lock, flags); - /* mark that this task has queued an async job, used by module init */ - current->flags |= PF_USED_ASYNC; - /* schedule for execution */ queue_work_node(node, system_unbound_wq, &entry->work); diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index 24dab046e16c..46a5c2ed1928 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -3725,12 +3725,6 @@ static noinline int do_init_module(struct module *mod) } freeinit->module_init = mod->init_layout.base; - /* - * We want to find out whether @mod uses async during init. Clear - * PF_USED_ASYNC. async_schedule*() will set it. - */ - current->flags &= ~PF_USED_ASYNC; - do_mod_ctors(mod); /* Start the module */ if (mod->init != NULL) @@ -3756,22 +3750,13 @@ static noinline int do_init_module(struct module *mod) /* * We need to finish all async code before the module init sequence - * is done. This has potential to deadlock. For example, a newly - * detected block device can trigger request_module() of the - * default iosched from async probing task. Once userland helper - * reaches here, async_synchronize_full() will wait on the async - * task waiting on request_module() and deadlock. - * - * This deadlock is avoided by perfomring async_synchronize_full() - * iff module init queued any async jobs. This isn't a full - * solution as it will deadlock the same if module loading from - * async jobs nests more than once; however, due to the various - * constraints, this hack seems to be the best option for now. - * Please refer to the following thread for details. + * is done. This has potential to deadlock if synchronous module + * loading is requested from async (which is not allowed!). * - * http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1420814 + * See commit 0fdff3ec6d87 ("async, kmod: warn on synchronous + * request_module() from async workers") for more details. */ - if (!mod->async_probe_requested && (current->flags & PF_USED_ASYNC)) + if (!mod->async_probe_requested) async_synchronize_full(); ftrace_free_mem(mod, mod->init_layout.base, mod->init_layout.base + |