workqueue: fix deadlock in worker_maybe_bind_and_lock()
If a rescuer and stop_machine() bringing down a CPU race with each other, they may deadlock on non-preemptive kernel. The CPU won't accept a new task, so the rescuer can't migrate to the target CPU, while stop_machine() can't proceed because the rescuer is holding one of the CPU retrying migration. GCWQ_DISASSOCIATED is never cleared and worker_maybe_bind_and_lock() retries indefinitely. This problem can be reproduced semi reliably while the system is entering suspend. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1122051 A lot of kudos to Thilo-Alexander for reporting this tricky issue and painstaking testing. stable: This affects all kernels with cmwq, so all kernels since and including v2.6.36 need this fix. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: Thilo-Alexander Ginkel <thilo@ginkel.com> Tested-by: Thilo-Alexander Ginkel <thilo@ginkel.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org
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