From bc0caf099d9df4dd0fad24992b043b40541f4200 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tejun Heo Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 11:23:31 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] workqueue: fix race condition in unbound workqueue free path 8864b4e59 ("workqueue: implement get/put_pwq()") implemented pwq (pool_workqueue) refcnting which frees workqueue when the last pwq goes away. It determined whether it was the last pwq by testing wq->pwqs is empty. Unfortunately, the test was done outside wq->mutex and multiple pwq release could race and try to free wq multiple times leading to oops. Test wq->pwqs emptiness while holding wq->mutex. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo --- Reading git-format-patch failed