Hello, On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 01:17:27PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote: > diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c > index 567ec49b4872..8e9548649c86 100644 > --- a/kernel/kthread.c > +++ b/kernel/kthread.c > @@ -574,6 +574,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__kthread_init_worker); > * The works are not allowed to keep any locks, disable preemption or interrupts > * when they finish. There is defined a safe point for freezing when one work > * finishes and before a new one is started. > + * > + * Also the works must not be handled by more workers at the same time, see also ^ than one > + * kthread_queue_work(). > */ > int kthread_worker_fn(void *worker_ptr) > { > @@ -710,12 +713,21 @@ kthread_create_worker_on_cpu(int cpu, const char namefmt[], ...) > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create_worker_on_cpu); > > +static void kthread_insert_work_sanity_check(struct kthread_worker *worker, > + struct kthread_work *work) > +{ > + lockdep_assert_held(&worker->lock); > + WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&work->node)); > + /* Do not use a work with more workers, see kthread_queue_work() */ ^ ditto, maybe just say ">1 workers"? Looks good otherwise. Thanks. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>