On 05/01, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
> Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >
> >Alan, the usage of cancel_delayed_work() in drivers/ata/libata-core.c looks
> >suspicious to me, both ->hotplug_task and ->port_task can re-arm
> >themselves,
> >so cancel_delayed_work + flush_workqueue (or cancel_work_sync) is not
> >enough.
> >
> >Could you confirm/nack my understanding?
>
> For all rearming workqueues, one must use cancel-rearming-blahblah.
Well, yes and no. cancel_rearming_delayed_work() requires that dwork
re-arms itself unconditionally, otherwise it just hangs (actually, the
patch to fix this shortcoming is ready). However, ata_pio_task() for
example, re-arms only when ATA_BUSY.
So it is very possible that the code is correct, if the caller of
ata_port_flush_task() ensures that ATA_BUSY is not possible. Otherwise
we should change cancel_rearming_delayed_work() and use it.
Oleg.
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