WorkStruct: Pass the work_struct pointer instead of context data
Pass the work_struct pointer to the work function rather than context data.
The work function can use container_of() to work out the data.
For the cases where the container of the work_struct may go away the moment the
pending bit is cleared, it is made possible to defer the release of the
structure by deferring the clearing of the pending bit.
To make this work, an extra flag is introduced into the management side of the
work_struct. This governs auto-release of the structure upon execution.
Ordinarily, the work queue executor would release the work_struct for further
scheduling or deallocation by clearing the pending bit prior to jumping to the
work function. This means that, unless the driver makes some guarantee itself
that the work_struct won't go away, the work function may not access anything
else in the work_struct or its container lest they be deallocated.. This is a
problem if the auxiliary data is taken away (as done by the last patch).
However, if the pending bit is *not* cleared before jumping to the work
function, then the work function *may* access the work_struct and its container
with no problems. But then the work function must itself release the
work_struct by calling work_release().
In most cases, automatic release is fine, so this is the default. Special
initiators exist for the non-auto-release case (ending in _NAR).
Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index f2ab61f..fa76468 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1422,9 +1422,9 @@
static unsigned int ip_cnt;
-static void rekey_seq_generator(void *private_);
+static void rekey_seq_generator(struct work_struct *work);
-static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(rekey_work, rekey_seq_generator, NULL);
+static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(rekey_work, rekey_seq_generator);
/*
* Lock avoidance:
@@ -1438,7 +1438,7 @@
* happen, and even if that happens only a not perfectly compliant
* ISN is generated, nothing fatal.
*/
-static void rekey_seq_generator(void *private_)
+static void rekey_seq_generator(struct work_struct *work)
{
struct keydata *keyptr = &ip_keydata[1 ^ (ip_cnt & 1)];
diff --git a/drivers/char/sysrq.c b/drivers/char/sysrq.c
index 5f49280..c64f5bc 100644
--- a/drivers/char/sysrq.c
+++ b/drivers/char/sysrq.c
@@ -219,13 +219,13 @@
.enable_mask = SYSRQ_ENABLE_SIGNAL,
};
-static void moom_callback(void *ignored)
+static void moom_callback(struct work_struct *ignored)
{
out_of_memory(&NODE_DATA(0)->node_zonelists[ZONE_NORMAL],
GFP_KERNEL, 0);
}
-static DECLARE_WORK(moom_work, moom_callback, NULL);
+static DECLARE_WORK(moom_work, moom_callback);
static void sysrq_handle_moom(int key, struct tty_struct *tty)
{
diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index 7297acf..83e9e7d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@
/**
* do_tty_hangup - actual handler for hangup events
- * @data: tty device
+ * @work: tty device
*
* This can be called by the "eventd" kernel thread. That is process
* synchronous but doesn't hold any locks, so we need to make sure we
@@ -1274,9 +1274,10 @@
* tasklist_lock to walk task list for hangup event
*
*/
-static void do_tty_hangup(void *data)
+static void do_tty_hangup(struct work_struct *work)
{
- struct tty_struct *tty = (struct tty_struct *) data;
+ struct tty_struct *tty =
+ container_of(work, struct tty_struct, hangup_work);
struct file * cons_filp = NULL;
struct file *filp, *f = NULL;
struct task_struct *p;
@@ -1433,7 +1434,7 @@
printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s vhangup...\n", tty_name(tty, buf));
#endif
- do_tty_hangup((void *) tty);
+ do_tty_hangup(&tty->hangup_work);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_vhangup);
@@ -3304,12 +3305,13 @@
* Nasty bug: do_SAK is being called in interrupt context. This can
* deadlock. We punt it up to process context. AKPM - 16Mar2001
*/
-static void __do_SAK(void *arg)
+static void __do_SAK(struct work_struct *work)
{
+ struct tty_struct *tty =
+ container_of(work, struct tty_struct, SAK_work);
#ifdef TTY_SOFT_SAK
tty_hangup(tty);
#else
- struct tty_struct *tty = arg;
struct task_struct *g, *p;
int session;
int i;
@@ -3388,7 +3390,7 @@
{
if (!tty)
return;
- PREPARE_WORK(&tty->SAK_work, __do_SAK, tty);
+ PREPARE_WORK(&tty->SAK_work, __do_SAK);
schedule_work(&tty->SAK_work);
}
@@ -3396,7 +3398,7 @@
/**
* flush_to_ldisc
- * @private_: tty structure passed from work queue.
+ * @work: tty structure passed from work queue.
*
* This routine is called out of the software interrupt to flush data
* from the buffer chain to the line discipline.
@@ -3406,9 +3408,10 @@
* receive_buf method is single threaded for each tty instance.
*/
-static void flush_to_ldisc(void *private_)
+static void flush_to_ldisc(struct work_struct *work)
{
- struct tty_struct *tty = (struct tty_struct *) private_;
+ struct tty_struct *tty =
+ container_of(work, struct tty_struct, buf.work.work);
unsigned long flags;
struct tty_ldisc *disc;
struct tty_buffer *tbuf, *head;
@@ -3553,7 +3556,7 @@
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tty->buf.lock, flags);
if (tty->low_latency)
- flush_to_ldisc((void *) tty);
+ flush_to_ldisc(&tty->buf.work.work);
else
schedule_delayed_work(&tty->buf.work, 1);
}
@@ -3580,17 +3583,17 @@
tty->overrun_time = jiffies;
tty->buf.head = tty->buf.tail = NULL;
tty_buffer_init(tty);
- INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&tty->buf.work, flush_to_ldisc, tty);
+ INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&tty->buf.work, flush_to_ldisc);
init_MUTEX(&tty->buf.pty_sem);
mutex_init(&tty->termios_mutex);
init_waitqueue_head(&tty->write_wait);
init_waitqueue_head(&tty->read_wait);
- INIT_WORK(&tty->hangup_work, do_tty_hangup, tty);
+ INIT_WORK(&tty->hangup_work, do_tty_hangup);
mutex_init(&tty->atomic_read_lock);
mutex_init(&tty->atomic_write_lock);
spin_lock_init(&tty->read_lock);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tty->tty_files);
- INIT_WORK(&tty->SAK_work, NULL, NULL);
+ INIT_WORK(&tty->SAK_work, NULL);
}
/*
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt.c b/drivers/char/vt.c
index 8e4413f..8ee04adc 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
static void set_vesa_blanking(char __user *p);
static void set_cursor(struct vc_data *vc);
static void hide_cursor(struct vc_data *vc);
-static void console_callback(void *ignored);
+static void console_callback(struct work_struct *ignored);
static void blank_screen_t(unsigned long dummy);
static void set_palette(struct vc_data *vc);
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
static int blankinterval = 10*60*HZ;
static int vesa_off_interval;
-static DECLARE_WORK(console_work, console_callback, NULL);
+static DECLARE_WORK(console_work, console_callback);
/*
* fg_console is the current virtual console,
@@ -2154,7 +2154,7 @@
* with other console code and prevention of re-entrancy is
* ensured with console_sem.
*/
-static void console_callback(void *ignored)
+static void console_callback(struct work_struct *ignored)
{
acquire_console_sem();