On 12/04/2014 11:11 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Currently, pool->lock nests inside pool->lock.  There's no inherent
> reason for this order.  The only place where the two locks are held
> together is pool_mayday_timeout() and it just got decided that way.
> 
> This nesting order turns out to complicate things with the planned
> rescuer_thread() update.  Let's invert them.  This doesn't cause any
> behavior differences.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <[email protected]>
> Cc: NeilBrown <[email protected]>
> Cc: Dongsu Park <[email protected]>
> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Lai Jiangshan <[email protected]>

> ---
>  kernel/workqueue.c |    8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> --- a/kernel/workqueue.c
> +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
> @@ -1804,8 +1804,8 @@ static void pool_mayday_timeout(unsigned
>       struct worker_pool *pool = (void *)__pool;
>       struct work_struct *work;
>  
> -     spin_lock_irq(&wq_mayday_lock);         /* for wq->maydays */
> -     spin_lock(&pool->lock);
> +     spin_lock_irq(&pool->lock);
> +     spin_lock(&wq_mayday_lock);             /* for wq->maydays */
>  
>       if (need_to_create_worker(pool)) {
>               /*
> @@ -1818,8 +1818,8 @@ static void pool_mayday_timeout(unsigned
>                       send_mayday(work);
>       }
>  
> -     spin_unlock(&pool->lock);
> -     spin_unlock_irq(&wq_mayday_lock);
> +     spin_unlock(&wq_mayday_lock);
> +     spin_unlock_irq(&pool->lock);
>  
>       mod_timer(&pool->mayday_timer, jiffies + MAYDAY_INTERVAL);
>  }
> 

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