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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@samsung.com>2014-03-11 06:55:49 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@samsung.com>2014-03-11 06:55:49 -0300
commitc897df0e2dbc81bcc09c11425658d69830825364 (patch)
tree04c268e4951f2b75acb6873307673e45d05a635e /kernel/workqueue.c
parent1e9c4d49020996a645a535cbb8f1ff78b9b120f3 (diff)
parent0414855fdc4a40da05221fc6062cccbc0c30f169 (diff)
Merge tag 'v3.14-rc5' into patchwork
Linux 3.14-rc5 * tag 'v3.14-rc5': (1117 commits) Linux 3.14-rc5 drm/vmwgfx: avoid null pointer dereference at failure paths drm/vmwgfx: Make sure backing mobs are cleared when allocated. Update driver date. drm/vmwgfx: Remove some unused surface formats MAINTAINERS: add maintainer entry for Armada DRM driver arm64: Fix !CONFIG_SMP kernel build arm64: mm: Add double logical invert to pte accessors dm cache: fix truncation bug when mapping I/O to >2TB fast device perf tools: Fix strict alias issue for find_first_bit powerpc/powernv: Fix indirect XSCOM unmangling powerpc/powernv: Fix opal_xscom_{read,write} prototype powerpc/powernv: Refactor PHB diag-data dump powerpc/powernv: Dump PHB diag-data immediately powerpc: Increase stack redzone for 64-bit userspace to 512 bytes powerpc/ftrace: bugfix for test_24bit_addr powerpc/crashdump : Fix page frame number check in copy_oldmem_page powerpc/le: Ensure that the 'stop-self' RTAS token is handled correctly kvm, vmx: Really fix lazy FPU on nested guest perf tools: fix BFD detection on opensuse drm/radeon: enable speaker allocation setup on dce3.2 ...
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/workqueue.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/workqueue.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 82ef9f3b7473..193e977a10ea 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -1851,6 +1851,12 @@ static void destroy_worker(struct worker *worker)
if (worker->flags & WORKER_IDLE)
pool->nr_idle--;
+ /*
+ * Once WORKER_DIE is set, the kworker may destroy itself at any
+ * point. Pin to ensure the task stays until we're done with it.
+ */
+ get_task_struct(worker->task);
+
list_del_init(&worker->entry);
worker->flags |= WORKER_DIE;
@@ -1859,6 +1865,7 @@ static void destroy_worker(struct worker *worker)
spin_unlock_irq(&pool->lock);
kthread_stop(worker->task);
+ put_task_struct(worker->task);
kfree(worker);
spin_lock_irq(&pool->lock);