There are situations when we need to modify the delay of a delayed kthread
work. For example, when the work depends on an event and the initial delay
means a timeout. Then we want to queue the work immediately when the event
happens.
This patch implements kthread_mod_delayed_work() as inspired workqueues.
It cancels the timer, removes the work from any worker list and queues it
again with the given timeout.
A very special case is when the work is being canceled at the same time.
It might happen because of the regular kthread_cancel_delayed_work_sync()
or by another kthread_mod_delayed_work(). In this case, we do nothing and
let the other operation win. This should not normally happen as the caller
is supposed to synchronize these operations a reasonable way.
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kthread.h | 4 ++++
kernel/kthread.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 57 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h
index 89d4f188d9fe..4a606767ebf8 100644
--- a/include/linux/kthread.h
+++ b/include/linux/kthread.h
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ bool kthread_queue_delayed_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
struct kthread_delayed_work *dwork,
unsigned long delay);
+bool kthread_mod_delayed_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
+ struct kthread_delayed_work *dwork,
+ unsigned long delay);
+
void kthread_flush_work(struct kthread_work *work);
void kthread_flush_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker);
void kthread_drain_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker);
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 4c29340c8010..3b1d0bfe312d 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -971,6 +971,59 @@ static bool __kthread_cancel_work(struct kthread_work *work, bool is_dwork,
return false;
}
+/**
+ * kthread_mod_delayed_work - modify delay of or queue a kthread delayed work
+ * @worker: kthread worker to use
+ * @dwork: kthread delayed work to queue
+ * @delay: number of jiffies to wait before queuing
+ *
+ * If @dwork is idle, equivalent to kthread_queue_delayed_work(). Otherwise,
+ * modify @dwork's timer so that it expires after @delay. If @delay is zero,
+ * @work is guaranteed to be queued immediately.
+ *
+ * Return: %true if @dwork was pending and its timer was modified,
+ * %false otherwise.
+ *
+ * A special case is when the work is being canceled in parallel.
+ * It might be caused either by the real kthread_cancel_delayed_work_sync()
+ * or yet another kthread_mod_delayed_work() call. We let the other command
+ * win and return %false here. The caller is supposed to synchronize these
+ * operations a reasonable way.
+ *
+ * This function is safe to call from any context including IRQ handler.
+ * See __kthread_cancel_work() and kthread_delayed_work_timer_fn()
+ * for details.
+ */
+bool kthread_mod_delayed_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
+ struct kthread_delayed_work *dwork,
+ unsigned long delay)
+{
+ struct kthread_work *work = &dwork->work;
+ unsigned long flags;
+ int ret = false;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&worker->lock, flags);
+
+ /* Do not bother with canceling when never queued. */
+ if (!work->worker)
+ goto fast_queue;
+
+ /* Work must not be used with more workers, see kthread_queue_work() */
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(work->worker != worker);
+
+ /* Do not fight with another command that is canceling this work. */
+ if (work->canceling)
+ goto out;
+
+ ret = __kthread_cancel_work(work, true, &flags);
+fast_queue:
+ __kthread_queue_delayed_work(worker, dwork, delay);
+out:
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&worker->lock, flags);
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_mod_delayed_work);
+
static bool __kthread_cancel_work_sync(struct kthread_work *work, bool is_dwork)
{
struct kthread_worker *worker = work->worker;
--
1.8.5.6
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