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authorKrzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@oss.qualcomm.com>2026-03-05 22:45:40 +0100
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2026-03-10 07:03:39 -1000
commit1dfc9d60a69ec148e1cb709256617d86e5f0e8f8 (patch)
tree37a33b165b996e347e0b3b9364a8fde20f78b57f /kernel/workqueue.c
parent6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f (diff)
workqueue: devres: Add device-managed allocate workqueue
Add a Resource-managed version of alloc_workqueue() to fix common problem of drivers mixing devm() calls with destroy_workqueue. Such naive and discouraged driver approach leads to difficult to debug bugs when the driver: 1. Allocates workqueue in standard way and destroys it in driver remove() callback, 2. Sets work struct with devm_work_autocancel(), 3. Registers interrupt handler with devm_request_threaded_irq(). Which leads to following unbind/removal path: 1. destroy_workqueue() via driver remove(), Any interrupt coming now would still execute the interrupt handler, which queues work on destroyed workqueue. 2. devm_irq_release(), 3. devm_work_drop() -> cancel_work_sync() on destroyed workqueue. devm_alloc_workqueue() has two benefits: 1. Solves above problem of mix-and-match devres and non-devres code in driver, 2. Simplify any sane drivers which were correctly using alloc_workqueue() + devm_add_action_or_reset(). Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@oss.qualcomm.com> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/workqueue.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/workqueue.c28
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index aeaec79bc09c..19d20f3039d9 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
#include <linux/mempolicy.h>
#include <linux/freezer.h>
#include <linux/debug_locks.h>
+#include <linux/device/devres.h>
#include <linux/lockdep.h>
#include <linux/idr.h>
#include <linux/jhash.h>
@@ -5891,6 +5892,33 @@ struct workqueue_struct *alloc_workqueue_noprof(const char *fmt,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alloc_workqueue_noprof);
+static void devm_workqueue_release(void *res)
+{
+ destroy_workqueue(res);
+}
+
+__printf(2, 5) struct workqueue_struct *
+devm_alloc_workqueue(struct device *dev, const char *fmt, unsigned int flags,
+ int max_active, ...)
+{
+ struct workqueue_struct *wq;
+ va_list args;
+ int ret;
+
+ va_start(args, max_active);
+ wq = alloc_workqueue(fmt, flags, max_active, args);
+ va_end(args);
+ if (!wq)
+ return NULL;
+
+ ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, devm_workqueue_release, wq);
+ if (ret)
+ return NULL;
+
+ return wq;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_alloc_workqueue);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
__printf(1, 5)
struct workqueue_struct *