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    workqueue: fix race condition in flush_workqueue() · 4ce48b37
    Tejun Heo authored
    When one flusher is cascading to the next flusher, it first sets
    wq->first_flusher to the next one and sets up the next flush cycle.
    If there's nothing to do for the next cycle, it clears
    wq->flush_flusher and proceeds to the one after that.
    
    If the woken up flusher checks wq->first_flusher before it gets
    cleared, it will incorrectly assume the role of the first flusher,
    which triggers BUG_ON() sanity check.
    
    Fix it by checking wq->first_flusher again after grabbing the mutex.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
    4ce48b37
workqueue.c 93.9 KB