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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2014-02-24 15:59:22 -0800
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2014-02-24 15:59:22 -0800
commit3c701651c8c5f35e846512070cdbf2f5980db62c (patch)
tree529271b31a849062491afce37527cb41dab65746 /kernel/workqueue.c
parentf6723b569a67aa4042b4ddc72822bf7f4395f3d2 (diff)
parentcfbf8d4857c26a8a307fb7cd258074c9dcd8c691 (diff)
Merge 3.14-rc4 into usb-next
We want the USB fixes in here as well. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/workqueue.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/workqueue.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 82ef9f3b7473..193e977a10ea 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -1851,6 +1851,12 @@ static void destroy_worker(struct worker *worker)
if (worker->flags & WORKER_IDLE)
pool->nr_idle--;
+ /*
+ * Once WORKER_DIE is set, the kworker may destroy itself at any
+ * point. Pin to ensure the task stays until we're done with it.
+ */
+ get_task_struct(worker->task);
+
list_del_init(&worker->entry);
worker->flags |= WORKER_DIE;
@@ -1859,6 +1865,7 @@ static void destroy_worker(struct worker *worker)
spin_unlock_irq(&pool->lock);
kthread_stop(worker->task);
+ put_task_struct(worker->task);
kfree(worker);
spin_lock_irq(&pool->lock);