Hello, On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 10:36:57PM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote: > OK. Then, I propose below patch. If you are OK with this approach, I can > keep this via my tree as a linux-next only experimental patch for one or > two weeks, in order to see if someone complains. I don't mind you testing that way but this and would much prefer this and related changes in the wq tree. > +static void warn_if_flushing_global_workqueue(struct workqueue_struct *wq) > +{ > +#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING > + static DEFINE_RATELIMIT_STATE(flush_warn_rs, 600 * HZ, 1); > + const char *name; > + > + if (wq == system_wq) > + name = "system_wq"; > + else if (wq == system_highpri_wq) > + name = "system_highpri_wq"; > + else if (wq == system_long_wq) > + name = "system_long_wq"; > + else if (wq == system_unbound_wq) > + name = "system_unbound_wq"; > + else if (wq == system_freezable_wq) > + name = "system_freezable_wq"; > + else if (wq == system_power_efficient_wq) > + name = "system_power_efficient_wq"; > + else if (wq == system_freezable_power_efficient_wq) > + name = "system_freezable_power_efficient_wq"; > + else > + return; > + ratelimit_set_flags(&flush_warn_rs, RATELIMIT_MSG_ON_RELEASE); > + if (!__ratelimit(&flush_warn_rs)) > + return; > + pr_warn("Since system-wide WQ is shared, flushing system-wide WQ can introduce unexpected locking dependency. Please replace %s usage in your code with your local WQ.\n", > + name); > + dump_stack(); > +#endif Instead of doing the above, please add a wq flag to mark system wqs and trigger the warning that way and I'd leave it regardless of PROVE_LOCKING. Thanks. -- tejun