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workqueue: reimplement cancel_delayed_work() using try_to_grab_pending()

cancel_delayed_work() can't be called from IRQ handlers due to its use of del_timer_sync() and can't cancel work items which are already transferred from timer to worklist. Also, unlike other flush and cancel functions, a canceled delayed_work would still point to the last associated cpu_workqueue. If the workqueue is destroyed afterwards and the work item is re-used on a different workqueue, the queueing code can oops trying to dereference already freed cpu_workqueue. This patch reimplements cancel_delayed_work() using try_to_grab_pending() and set_work_cpu_and_clear_pending(). This allows the function to be called from IRQ handlers and makes its behavior consistent with other flush / cancel functions.

Tejun Heo committed 14 years ago

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@@ -2948,6 +2948,36 @@ bool flush_delayed_work(struct delayed_work *dwork) · 2947 unmodified lines
2948}2948}
2949EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_delayed_work);2949EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_delayed_work);
2950 2950
2951/**
2952 * cancel_delayed_work - cancel a delayed work
2953 * @dwork: delayed_work to cancel
2954 *
2955 * Kill off a pending delayed_work. Returns %true if @dwork was pending
2956 * and canceled; %false if wasn't pending. Note that the work callback
2957 * function may still be running on return, unless it returns %true and the
2958 * work doesn't re-arm itself. Explicitly flush or use
2959 * cancel_delayed_work_sync() to wait on it.
2960 *
2961 * This function is safe to call from any context including IRQ handler.
2962 */
2963bool cancel_delayed_work(struct delayed_work *dwork)
2964{
2965 unsigned long flags;
2966 int ret;
2967
2968 do {
2969 ret = try_to_grab_pending(&dwork->work, true, &flags);
2970 } while (unlikely(ret == -EAGAIN));
2971
2972 if (unlikely(ret < 0))
2973 return false;
2974
2975 set_work_cpu_and_clear_pending(&dwork->work, work_cpu(&dwork->work));
2976 local_irq_restore(flags);
2977 return true;
2978}
2979EXPORT_SYMBOL(cancel_delayed_work);
2980
2951/**2981/**
2952 * cancel_delayed_work_sync - cancel a delayed work and wait for it to finish2982 * cancel_delayed_work_sync - cancel a delayed work and wait for it to finish
2953 * @dwork: the delayed work cancel2983 * @dwork: the delayed work cancel

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