Re: [PATCH] cancel_rearming_delayed_work infinite loop fix

[Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>]

Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> wrote:
> cancel_rearming_delayed_work{queue} is broken, because it is
> possible to enter an infinite loop if:
> We call the function on a work that is currently not executing or pending.

Why are you calling it on a work that was never scheduled? Sounds like
a bug to me.

> void cancel_rearming_delayed_workqueue(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
>                                       struct work_struct *work)
> {
> -       while (!cancel_delayed_work(work))
> +       do {
> +               cancel_delayed_work(work);
>                flush_workqueue(wq);
> +       } while (test_bit(0, &work->pending));

This is broken.  If the work just starts running before your test_bit
you'd exit without cancelling it properly.

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