[PATCH] workqueue, lockdep: Fix new alloc_workqueue() error path

From: Kefeng Wang
Date: Mon Mar 18 2019 - 07:47:14 EST


If alloc_workqueue_attrs() fails, the workqueue lockdep is
uninitialized, it will trigger a warning in err_free_wq path
when try to unregister workqueue lockdep.

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 009bb421b6ce ("workqueue, lockdep: Fix an alloc_workqueue() error path")
Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/workqueue.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 4026d1871407..2c19f2968bc7 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -4242,7 +4242,7 @@ struct workqueue_struct *alloc_workqueue(const char *fmt,
if (flags & WQ_UNBOUND) {
wq->unbound_attrs = alloc_workqueue_attrs(GFP_KERNEL);
if (!wq->unbound_attrs)
- goto err_free_wq;
+ goto err_unbound_attrs;
}

va_start(args, max_active);
@@ -4296,6 +4296,7 @@ struct workqueue_struct *alloc_workqueue(const char *fmt,
wq_unregister_lockdep(wq);
wq_free_lockdep(wq);
free_workqueue_attrs(wq->unbound_attrs);
+err_unbound_attrs:
kfree(wq);
return NULL;
err_destroy:
--
2.20.1