slow-work: kill it

slow-work doesn't have any user left.  Kill it.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>

include/linux/slow-work.h

-/* Worker thread pool for slow items, such as filesystem lookups or mkdirs
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2008 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- * 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * See Documentation/slow-work.txt
- */
-
-#ifndef _LINUX_SLOW_WORK_H
-#define _LINUX_SLOW_WORK_H
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SLOW_WORK
-
-#include <linux/sysctl.h>
-#include <linux/timer.h>
-
-struct slow_work;
-#ifdef CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_DEBUG
-struct seq_file;
-#endif
-
-/*
- * The operations used to support slow work items
- */
-struct slow_work_ops {
-	/* owner */
-	struct module *owner;
-
-	/* get a ref on a work item
-	 * - return 0 if successful, -ve if not
-	 */
-	int (*get_ref)(struct slow_work *work);
-
-	/* discard a ref to a work item */
-	void (*put_ref)(struct slow_work *work);
-
-	/* execute a work item */
-	void (*execute)(struct slow_work *work);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_DEBUG
-	/* describe a work item for debugfs */
-	void (*desc)(struct slow_work *work, struct seq_file *m);
-#endif
-};
-
-/*
- * A slow work item
- * - A reference is held on the parent object by the thread pool when it is
- *   queued
- */
-struct slow_work {
-	struct module		*owner;	/* the owning module */
-	unsigned long		flags;
-#define SLOW_WORK_PENDING	0	/* item pending (further) execution */
-#define SLOW_WORK_EXECUTING	1	/* item currently executing */
-#define SLOW_WORK_ENQ_DEFERRED	2	/* item enqueue deferred */
-#define SLOW_WORK_VERY_SLOW	3	/* item is very slow */
-#define SLOW_WORK_CANCELLING	4	/* item is being cancelled, don't enqueue */
-#define SLOW_WORK_DELAYED	5	/* item is struct delayed_slow_work with active timer */
-	const struct slow_work_ops *ops; /* operations table for this item */
-	struct list_head	link;	/* link in queue */
-#ifdef CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_DEBUG
-	struct timespec		mark;	/* jiffies at which queued or exec begun */
-#endif
-};
-
-struct delayed_slow_work {
-	struct slow_work	work;
-	struct timer_list	timer;
-};
-
-/**
- * slow_work_init - Initialise a slow work item
- * @work: The work item to initialise
- * @ops: The operations to use to handle the slow work item
- *
- * Initialise a slow work item.
- */
-static inline void slow_work_init(struct slow_work *work,
-				  const struct slow_work_ops *ops)
-{
-	work->flags = 0;
-	work->ops = ops;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&work->link);
-}
-
-/**
- * slow_work_init - Initialise a delayed slow work item
- * @work: The work item to initialise
- * @ops: The operations to use to handle the slow work item
- *
- * Initialise a delayed slow work item.
- */
-static inline void delayed_slow_work_init(struct delayed_slow_work *dwork,
-					  const struct slow_work_ops *ops)
-{
-	init_timer(&dwork->timer);
-	slow_work_init(&dwork->work, ops);
-}
-
-/**
- * vslow_work_init - Initialise a very slow work item
- * @work: The work item to initialise
- * @ops: The operations to use to handle the slow work item
- *
- * Initialise a very slow work item.  This item will be restricted such that
- * only a certain number of the pool threads will be able to execute items of
- * this type.
- */
-static inline void vslow_work_init(struct slow_work *work,
-				   const struct slow_work_ops *ops)
-{
-	work->flags = 1 << SLOW_WORK_VERY_SLOW;
-	work->ops = ops;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&work->link);
-}
-
-/**
- * slow_work_is_queued - Determine if a slow work item is on the work queue
- * work: The work item to test
- *
- * Determine if the specified slow-work item is on the work queue.  This
- * returns true if it is actually on the queue.
- *
- * If the item is executing and has been marked for requeue when execution
- * finishes, then false will be returned.
- *
- * Anyone wishing to wait for completion of execution can wait on the
- * SLOW_WORK_EXECUTING bit.
- */
-static inline bool slow_work_is_queued(struct slow_work *work)
-{
-	unsigned long flags = work->flags;
-	return flags & SLOW_WORK_PENDING && !(flags & SLOW_WORK_EXECUTING);
-}
-
-extern int slow_work_enqueue(struct slow_work *work);
-extern void slow_work_cancel(struct slow_work *work);
-extern int slow_work_register_user(struct module *owner);
-extern void slow_work_unregister_user(struct module *owner);
-
-extern int delayed_slow_work_enqueue(struct delayed_slow_work *dwork,
-				     unsigned long delay);
-
-static inline void delayed_slow_work_cancel(struct delayed_slow_work *dwork)
-{
-	slow_work_cancel(&dwork->work);
-}
-
-extern bool slow_work_sleep_till_thread_needed(struct slow_work *work,
-					       signed long *_timeout);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-extern ctl_table slow_work_sysctls[];
-#endif
-
-#endif /* CONFIG_SLOW_WORK */
-#endif /* _LINUX_SLOW_WORK_H */

init/Kconfig

@@ -1143,30 +1143,6 @@ config TRACEPOINTS
 
 source "arch/Kconfig"
 
-config SLOW_WORK
-	default n
-	bool
-	help
-	  The slow work thread pool provides a number of dynamically allocated
-	  threads that can be used by the kernel to perform operations that
-	  take a relatively long time.
-
-	  An example of this would be CacheFiles doing a path lookup followed
-	  by a series of mkdirs and a create call, all of which have to touch
-	  disk.
-
-	  See Documentation/slow-work.txt.
-
-config SLOW_WORK_DEBUG
-	bool "Slow work debugging through debugfs"
-	default n
-	depends on SLOW_WORK && DEBUG_FS
-	help
-	  Display the contents of the slow work run queue through debugfs,
-	  including items currently executing.
-
-	  See Documentation/slow-work.txt.
-
 endmenu		# General setup
 
 config HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT

kernel/Makefile

@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_TRACING) += trace/
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_DS) += trace/
 obj-$(CONFIG_RING_BUFFER) += trace/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += sched_cpupri.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_SLOW_WORK) += slow-work.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_DEBUG) += slow-work-debugfs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS) += perf_event.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT) += hw_breakpoint.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER) += user-return-notifier.o

kernel/slow-work-debugfs.c

-/* Slow work debugging
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- * 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
- */
-
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/slow-work.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/time.h>
-#include <linux/seq_file.h>
-#include "slow-work.h"
-
-#define ITERATOR_SHIFT		(BITS_PER_LONG - 4)
-#define ITERATOR_SELECTOR	(0xfUL << ITERATOR_SHIFT)
-#define ITERATOR_COUNTER	(~ITERATOR_SELECTOR)
-
-void slow_work_new_thread_desc(struct slow_work *work, struct seq_file *m)
-{
-	seq_puts(m, "Slow-work: New thread");
-}
-
-/*
- * Render the time mark field on a work item into a 5-char time with units plus
- * a space
- */
-static void slow_work_print_mark(struct seq_file *m, struct slow_work *work)
-{
-	struct timespec now, diff;
-
-	now = CURRENT_TIME;
-	diff = timespec_sub(now, work->mark);
-
-	if (diff.tv_sec < 0)
-		seq_puts(m, "  -ve ");
-	else if (diff.tv_sec == 0 && diff.tv_nsec < 1000)
-		seq_printf(m, "%3luns ", diff.tv_nsec);
-	else if (diff.tv_sec == 0 && diff.tv_nsec < 1000000)
-		seq_printf(m, "%3luus ", diff.tv_nsec / 1000);
-	else if (diff.tv_sec == 0 && diff.tv_nsec < 1000000000)
-		seq_printf(m, "%3lums ", diff.tv_nsec / 1000000);
-	else if (diff.tv_sec <= 1)
-		seq_puts(m, "   1s ");
-	else if (diff.tv_sec < 60)
-		seq_printf(m, "%4lus ", diff.tv_sec);
-	else if (diff.tv_sec < 60 * 60)
-		seq_printf(m, "%4lum ", diff.tv_sec / 60);
-	else if (diff.tv_sec < 60 * 60 * 24)
-		seq_printf(m, "%4luh ", diff.tv_sec / 3600);
-	else
-		seq_puts(m, "exces ");
-}
-
-/*
- * Describe a slow work item for debugfs
- */
-static int slow_work_runqueue_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
-{
-	struct slow_work *work;
-	struct list_head *p = v;
-	unsigned long id;
-
-	switch ((unsigned long) v) {
-	case 1:
-		seq_puts(m, "THR PID   ITEM ADDR        FL MARK  DESC\n");
-		return 0;
-	case 2:
-		seq_puts(m, "=== ===== ================ == ===== ==========\n");
-		return 0;
-
-	case 3 ... 3 + SLOW_WORK_THREAD_LIMIT - 1:
-		id = (unsigned long) v - 3;
-
-		read_lock(&slow_work_execs_lock);
-		work = slow_work_execs[id];
-		if (work) {
-			smp_read_barrier_depends();
-
-			seq_printf(m, "%3lu %5d %16p %2lx ",
-				   id, slow_work_pids[id], work, work->flags);
-			slow_work_print_mark(m, work);
-
-			if (work->ops->desc)
-				work->ops->desc(work, m);
-			seq_putc(m, '\n');
-		}
-		read_unlock(&slow_work_execs_lock);
-		return 0;
-
-	default:
-		work = list_entry(p, struct slow_work, link);
-		seq_printf(m, "%3s     - %16p %2lx ",
-			   work->flags & SLOW_WORK_VERY_SLOW ? "vsq" : "sq",
-			   work, work->flags);
-		slow_work_print_mark(m, work);
-
-		if (work->ops->desc)
-			work->ops->desc(work, m);
-		seq_putc(m, '\n');
-		return 0;
-	}
-}
-
-/*
- * map the iterator to a work item
- */
-static void *slow_work_runqueue_index(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *_pos)
-{
-	struct list_head *p;
-	unsigned long count, id;
-
-	switch (*_pos >> ITERATOR_SHIFT) {
-	case 0x0:
-		if (*_pos == 0)
-			*_pos = 1;
-		if (*_pos < 3)
-			return (void *)(unsigned long) *_pos;
-		if (*_pos < 3 + SLOW_WORK_THREAD_LIMIT)
-			for (id = *_pos - 3;
-			     id < SLOW_WORK_THREAD_LIMIT;
-			     id++, (*_pos)++)
-				if (slow_work_execs[id])
-					return (void *)(unsigned long) *_pos;
-		*_pos = 0x1UL << ITERATOR_SHIFT;
-
-	case 0x1:
-		count = *_pos & ITERATOR_COUNTER;
-		list_for_each(p, &slow_work_queue) {
-			if (count == 0)
-				return p;
-			count--;
-		}
-		*_pos = 0x2UL << ITERATOR_SHIFT;
-
-	case 0x2:
-		count = *_pos & ITERATOR_COUNTER;
-		list_for_each(p, &vslow_work_queue) {
-			if (count == 0)
-				return p;
-			count--;
-		}
-		*_pos = 0x3UL << ITERATOR_SHIFT;
-
-	default:
-		return NULL;
-	}
-}
-
-/*
- * set up the iterator to start reading from the first line
- */
-static void *slow_work_runqueue_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *_pos)
-{
-	spin_lock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
-	return slow_work_runqueue_index(m, _pos);
-}
-
-/*
- * move to the next line
- */
-static void *slow_work_runqueue_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *_pos)
-{
-	struct list_head *p = v;
-	unsigned long selector = *_pos >> ITERATOR_SHIFT;
-
-	(*_pos)++;
-	switch (selector) {
-	case 0x0:
-		return slow_work_runqueue_index(m, _pos);
-
-	case 0x1:
-		if (*_pos >> ITERATOR_SHIFT == 0x1) {
-			p = p->next;
-			if (p != &slow_work_queue)
-				return p;
-		}
-		*_pos = 0x2UL << ITERATOR_SHIFT;
-		p = &vslow_work_queue;
-
-	case 0x2:
-		if (*_pos >> ITERATOR_SHIFT == 0x2) {
-			p = p->next;
-			if (p != &vslow_work_queue)
-				return p;
-		}
-		*_pos = 0x3UL << ITERATOR_SHIFT;
-
-	default:
-		return NULL;
-	}
-}
-
-/*
- * clean up after reading
- */
-static void slow_work_runqueue_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
-{
-	spin_unlock_irq(&slow_work_queue_lock);
-}
-
-static const struct seq_operations slow_work_runqueue_ops = {
-	.start		= slow_work_runqueue_start,
-	.stop		= slow_work_runqueue_stop,
-	.next		= slow_work_runqueue_next,
-	.show		= slow_work_runqueue_show,
-};
-
-/*
- * open "/sys/kernel/debug/slow_work/runqueue" to list queue contents
- */
-static int slow_work_runqueue_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-{
-	return seq_open(file, &slow_work_runqueue_ops);
-}
-
-const struct file_operations slow_work_runqueue_fops = {
-	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
-	.open		= slow_work_runqueue_open,
-	.read		= seq_read,
-	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
-	.release	= seq_release,
-};

kernel/slow-work.h

-/* Slow work private definitions
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
- * 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
- */
-
-#define SLOW_WORK_CULL_TIMEOUT (5 * HZ)	/* cull threads 5s after running out of
-					 * things to do */
-#define SLOW_WORK_OOM_TIMEOUT (5 * HZ)	/* can't start new threads for 5s after
-					 * OOM */
-
-#define SLOW_WORK_THREAD_LIMIT	255	/* abs maximum number of slow-work threads */
-
-/*
- * slow-work.c
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_DEBUG
-extern struct slow_work *slow_work_execs[];
-extern pid_t slow_work_pids[];
-extern rwlock_t slow_work_execs_lock;
-#endif
-
-extern struct list_head slow_work_queue;
-extern struct list_head vslow_work_queue;
-extern spinlock_t slow_work_queue_lock;
-
-/*
- * slow-work-debugfs.c
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_DEBUG
-extern const struct file_operations slow_work_runqueue_fops;
-
-extern void slow_work_new_thread_desc(struct slow_work *, struct seq_file *);
-#endif
-
-/*
- * Helper functions
- */
-static inline void slow_work_set_thread_pid(int id, pid_t pid)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_DEBUG
-	slow_work_pids[id] = pid;
-#endif
-}
-
-static inline void slow_work_mark_time(struct slow_work *work)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_DEBUG
-	work->mark = CURRENT_TIME;
-#endif
-}
-
-static inline void slow_work_begin_exec(int id, struct slow_work *work)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_DEBUG
-	slow_work_execs[id] = work;
-#endif
-}
-
-static inline void slow_work_end_exec(int id, struct slow_work *work)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_DEBUG
-	write_lock(&slow_work_execs_lock);
-	slow_work_execs[id] = NULL;
-	write_unlock(&slow_work_execs_lock);
-#endif
-}

kernel/sysctl.c

@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/ftrace.h>
-#include <linux/slow-work.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
 #include <linux/pipe_fs_i.h>
@@ -906,13 +905,6 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_SLOW_WORK
-	{
-		.procname	= "slow-work",
-		.mode		= 0555,
-		.child		= slow_work_sysctls,
-	},
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
 	{
 		.procname	= "perf_event_paranoid",