[PATCH 12/17] freezer: clean up freeze_processes() failure path

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Mon Oct 31 2011 - 15:06:10 EST


freeze_processes() failure path is rather messy. Freezing is canceled
for workqueues and tasks which aren't frozen yet but frozen tasks are
left alone and should be thawed by the caller and of course some
callers (xen and kexec) didn't do it.

This patch updates __thaw_task() to handle cancelation correctly and
makes thaw_processes() call thaw_processes() on failure instead so
that the system is fully thawed on failure. Unnecessary
thaw_processes() calls are removed from kernel/power/hibernate.c and
user.c.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/freezer.h | 1 -
kernel/freezer.c | 25 +++++++++----------------
kernel/power/hibernate.c | 15 ++-------------
kernel/power/process.c | 12 ++++--------
kernel/power/user.c | 4 +---
5 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/freezer.h b/include/linux/freezer.h
index 253bcfe..e6657778 100644
--- a/include/linux/freezer.h
+++ b/include/linux/freezer.h
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ static inline bool try_to_freeze(void)
}

extern bool freeze_task(struct task_struct *p, bool sig_only);
-extern void cancel_freezing(struct task_struct *p);

#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER
extern int cgroup_freezing_or_frozen(struct task_struct *task);
diff --git a/kernel/freezer.c b/kernel/freezer.c
index 3be1e36..7a9f706 100644
--- a/kernel/freezer.c
+++ b/kernel/freezer.c
@@ -129,21 +129,6 @@ out_unlock:
return ret;
}

-void cancel_freezing(struct task_struct *p)
-{
- unsigned long flags;
-
- spin_lock_irqsave(&freezer_lock, flags);
- if (freezing(p)) {
- pr_debug(" clean up: %s\n", p->comm);
- clear_freeze_flag(p);
- spin_lock(&p->sighand->siglock);
- recalc_sigpending_and_wake(p);
- spin_unlock(&p->sighand->siglock);
- }
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&freezer_lock, flags);
-}
-
void __thaw_task(struct task_struct *p)
{
unsigned long flags;
@@ -153,10 +138,18 @@ void __thaw_task(struct task_struct *p)
* be visible to @p as waking up implies wmb. Waking up inside
* freezer_lock also prevents wakeups from leaking outside
* refrigerator.
+ *
+ * If !FROZEN, @p hasn't reached refrigerator, recalc sigpending to
+ * avoid leaving dangling TIF_SIGPENDING behind.
*/
spin_lock_irqsave(&freezer_lock, flags);
clear_freeze_flag(p);
- if (frozen(p))
+ if (frozen(p)) {
wake_up_process(p);
+ } else {
+ spin_lock(&p->sighand->siglock);
+ recalc_sigpending_and_wake(p);
+ spin_unlock(&p->sighand->siglock);
+ }
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&freezer_lock, flags);
}
diff --git a/kernel/power/hibernate.c b/kernel/power/hibernate.c
index 1c53f7f..def6406 100644
--- a/kernel/power/hibernate.c
+++ b/kernel/power/hibernate.c
@@ -593,17 +593,6 @@ static void power_down(void)
while(1);
}

-static int prepare_processes(void)
-{
- int error = 0;
-
- if (freeze_processes()) {
- error = -EBUSY;
- thaw_processes();
- }
- return error;
-}
-
/**
* hibernate - Carry out system hibernation, including saving the image.
*/
@@ -636,7 +625,7 @@ int hibernate(void)
sys_sync();
printk("done.\n");

- error = prepare_processes();
+ error = freeze_processes();
if (error)
goto Finish;

@@ -799,7 +788,7 @@ static int software_resume(void)
goto close_finish;

pr_debug("PM: Preparing processes for restore.\n");
- error = prepare_processes();
+ error = freeze_processes();
if (error) {
swsusp_close(FMODE_READ);
goto Done;
diff --git a/kernel/power/process.c b/kernel/power/process.c
index e59676f..85ecaec 100644
--- a/kernel/power/process.c
+++ b/kernel/power/process.c
@@ -91,11 +91,6 @@ static int try_to_freeze_tasks(bool sig_only)
elapsed_csecs = elapsed_csecs64;

if (todo) {
- /* This does not unfreeze processes that are already frozen
- * (we have slightly ugly calling convention in that respect,
- * and caller must call thaw_processes() if something fails),
- * but it cleans up leftover PF_FREEZE requests.
- */
printk("\n");
printk(KERN_ERR "Freezing of tasks %s after %d.%02d seconds "
"(%d tasks refusing to freeze, wq_busy=%d):\n",
@@ -103,14 +98,11 @@ static int try_to_freeze_tasks(bool sig_only)
elapsed_csecs / 100, elapsed_csecs % 100,
todo - wq_busy, wq_busy);

- thaw_workqueues();
-
read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
do_each_thread(g, p) {
if (!wakeup && !freezer_should_skip(p) &&
freezing(p) && !frozen(p))
sched_show_task(p);
- cancel_freezing(p);
} while_each_thread(g, p);
read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
} else {
@@ -137,6 +129,8 @@ int freeze_processes(void)
printk("\n");
BUG_ON(in_atomic());

+ if (error)
+ thaw_processes();
return error;
}

@@ -155,6 +149,8 @@ int freeze_kernel_threads(void)
printk("\n");
BUG_ON(in_atomic());

+ if (error)
+ thaw_processes();
return error;
}

diff --git a/kernel/power/user.c b/kernel/power/user.c
index 42ddbc6..afe7737 100644
--- a/kernel/power/user.c
+++ b/kernel/power/user.c
@@ -256,10 +256,8 @@ static long snapshot_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
break;

error = freeze_processes();
- if (error) {
- thaw_processes();
+ if (error)
usermodehelper_enable();
- }
if (!error)
data->frozen = 1;
break;
--
1.7.3.1

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