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If a task is queueing async work and also handling signals, then we can run into the case where create_io_thread() is interrupted and returns failure because of that. If this happens for creating the first worker in a group, then that worker will never get created and we can hang the ring. If we do get a fork failure, retry from task_work. With signals we have to be a bit careful as we cannot simply queue as task_work, as we'll still have signals pending at that point. Punt over a normal workqueue first and then create from task_work after that. Lastly, ensure that we handle fatal worker creations. Worker creation failures are normally not fatal, only if we fail to create one in an empty worker group can we not make progress. Right now that is ignored, ensure that we handle that and run cancel on the work item. There are two paths that create new workers - one is the "existing worker going to sleep", and the other is "no workers found for this work, create one". The former is never fatal, as workers do exist in the group. Only the latter needs to be carefully handled. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.