On Wed, 23 May 2007, Oleg Nesterov wrote:

> On 05/23, Alan Stern wrote:
> >
> > Okay, it's clear that the two threads are in deadlock.  It's not clear 
> > how the deadlock arose to begin with -- apparently there was a remote 
> > wakeup request for a root hub at the same time as a device below that 
> > root hub was disconnected, which doesn't make much sense.
> 
> Please note that this flush_workqueue() was not safe anyway. We are freezing
> tasks, and ksuspend_usb_wq is freezeable. So, it could be frozen before
> "khubd" task, and we have another deadlock.

Correct.  I was planning to replace the flush_workqueue() anyway for 
that very reason; this is a good excuse to do it.

> > Anyway, this looks like a good place to use cancel_work_sync().  The
> 
> Could you use cancel_rearming_delayed_work() ? (It should be renamed to
> cancel_delayed_work_sync()).

Good idea.  Here's a revised patch.

Alan Stern


Index: usb-2.6/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
===================================================================
--- usb-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ usb-2.6/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -1228,6 +1228,30 @@ static void release_address(struct usb_d
        }
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND
+
+static void usb_stop_pm(struct usb_device *udev)
+{
+       /* Synchronize with the ksuspend thread to prevent any more
+        * autosuspend requests from being submitted, and decrement
+        * the parent's count of unsuspended children.
+        */
+       usb_pm_lock(udev);
+       if (udev->parent && !udev->discon_suspended)
+               usb_autosuspend_device(udev->parent);
+       usb_pm_unlock(udev);
+
+       /* Stop any autosuspend requests already submitted */
+       cancel_rearming_delayed_work(&udev->autosuspend);
+}
+
+#else
+
+static inline void usb_stop_pm(struct usb_device *udev)
+{ }
+
+#endif
+
 /**
  * usb_disconnect - disconnect a device (usbcore-internal)
  * @pdev: pointer to device being disconnected
@@ -1294,14 +1318,7 @@ void usb_disconnect(struct usb_device **
        *pdev = NULL;
        spin_unlock_irq(&device_state_lock);
 
-       /* Synchronize with the ksuspend thread to prevent any more
-        * autosuspend requests from being submitted, and decrement
-        * the parent's count of unsuspended children.
-        */
-       usb_pm_lock(udev);
-       if (udev->parent && !udev->discon_suspended)
-               usb_autosuspend_device(udev->parent);
-       usb_pm_unlock(udev);
+       usb_stop_pm(udev);
 
        put_device(&udev->dev);
 }
Index: usb-2.6/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
===================================================================
--- usb-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
+++ usb-2.6/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
@@ -184,10 +184,6 @@ static void usb_release_dev(struct devic
 
        udev = to_usb_device(dev);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND
-       cancel_delayed_work(&udev->autosuspend);
-       flush_workqueue(ksuspend_usb_wq);
-#endif
        usb_destroy_configuration(udev);
        usb_put_hcd(bus_to_hcd(udev->bus));
        kfree(udev->product);
Index: usb-2.6/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
===================================================================
--- usb-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
+++ usb-2.6/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
@@ -1683,7 +1683,7 @@ void usb_remove_hcd(struct usb_hcd *hcd)
        spin_unlock_irq (&hcd_root_hub_lock);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
-       flush_workqueue(ksuspend_usb_wq);
+       cancel_work_sync(&hcd->wakeup_work);
 #endif
 
        mutex_lock(&usb_bus_list_lock);


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