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David Howells 65f27f3844 WorkStruct: Pass the work_struct pointer instead of context data ... Pass the work_struct pointer to the work function rather than context data. The work function can use container_of() to work out the data. For the cases where the container of the work_struct may go away the moment the pending bit is cleared, it is made possible to defer the release of the structure by deferring the clearing of the pending bit. To make this work, an extra flag is introduced into the management side of the work_struct. This governs auto-release of the structure upon execution. Ordinarily, the work queue executor would release the work_struct for further scheduling or deallocation by clearing the pending bit prior to jumping to the work function. This means that, unless the driver makes some guarantee itself that the work_struct won't go away, the work function may not access anything else in the work_struct or its container lest they be deallocated.. This is a problem if the auxiliary data is taken away (as done by the last patch). However, if the pending bit is *not* cleared before jumping to the work function, then the work function *may* access the work_struct and its container with no problems. But then the work function must itself release the work_struct by calling work_release(). In most cases, automatic release is fine, so this is the default. Special initiators exist for the non-auto-release case (ending in _NAR). Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>		2006-11-22 14:55:48 +00:00
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irq	[PATCH] some irq_chip variables point to NULL	2006-11-16 11:43:37 -08:00
power	WorkStruct: Pass the work_struct pointer instead of context data	2006-11-22 14:55:48 +00:00
time	[PATCH] time_adjust cleared before use	2006-10-28 11:30:55 -07:00
.gitignore
acct.c	[PATCH] csa: convert CONFIG tag for extended accounting routines	2006-10-01 00:39:29 -07:00
audit.c	[PATCH] kauditd_thread warning fix	2006-10-06 08:53:39 -07:00
audit.h	[PATCH] audit: AUDIT_PERM support	2006-09-11 13:32:30 -04:00
auditfilter.c	[PATCH] arch filter lists with < or > should not be accepted	2006-10-04 08:31:16 -04:00
auditsc.c	[PATCH] name_count array overrun	2006-10-04 08:31:21 -04:00
capability.c	[PATCH] pidspace: is_init()	2006-09-29 09:18:12 -07:00
compat.c	[PATCH] Create compat_sys_migrate_pages	2006-11-03 12:27:59 -08:00
configs.c
cpu.c	[PATCH] Fix the spurious unlock_cpu_hotplug false warnings	2006-11-06 01:46:22 -08:00
cpuset.c	[PATCH] cpuset ANSI prototype	2006-10-10 15:37:23 -07:00
delayacct.c	[PATCH] lockdep: fix delayacct locking bug	2006-11-06 01:46:23 -08:00
dma.c	[PATCH] kernel-doc for kernel/dma.c	2006-10-03 08:03:41 -07:00
exec_domain.c
exit.c	[PATCH] taskstats_tgid_free: fix usage	2006-10-28 11:30:54 -07:00
extable.c
fork.c	Revert "[PATCH] fix Data Acess error in dup_fd"	2006-11-14 15:20:51 -08:00
futex.c	[PATCH] schedule removal of FUTEX_FD	2006-11-03 12:27:58 -08:00
futex_compat.c	[PATCH] __user annotations: futex	2006-10-10 15:37:22 -07:00
hrtimer.c	[PATCH] posix-timers: Fix clock_nanosleep() doesn't return the remaining time in compatibility mode	2006-09-29 09:18:15 -07:00
itimer.c
kallsyms.c	[PATCH] Create kallsyms_lookup_size_offset()	2006-10-03 08:03:41 -07:00
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c	[PATCH] kexec warning fix	2006-09-29 09:18:15 -07:00
kfifo.c	[PATCH] memory ordering in __kfifo primitives	2006-09-29 09:18:13 -07:00
kmod.c	WorkStruct: Pass the work_struct pointer instead of context data	2006-11-22 14:55:48 +00:00
kprobes.c	[PATCH] kretprobe spinlock deadlock patch	2006-10-02 07:57:16 -07:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c	WorkStruct: Pass the work_struct pointer instead of context data	2006-11-22 14:55:48 +00:00
latency.c	[PATCH] maximum latency tracking infrastructure	2006-10-01 00:39:19 -07:00
lockdep.c	[PATCH] lockdep: fix static keys in module-allocated percpu areas	2006-11-17 11:10:37 -08:00
lockdep_internals.h	[PATCH] lockdep: double the number of stack-trace entries	2006-09-13 07:32:14 -07:00
lockdep_proc.c
Makefile	[PATCH] srcu-3: RCU variant permitting read-side blocking	2006-10-04 07:55:30 -07:00
module.c	[PATCH] ndiswrapper: don't set the module->taints flags	2006-10-30 12:08:40 -08:00
mutex-debug.c	Lockdep: add lockdep_set_class_and_subclass() and lockdep_set_subclass()	2006-10-11 01:45:14 -04:00
mutex-debug.h
mutex.c
mutex.h
nsproxy.c	[PATCH] kernel/nsproxy.c: use kmemdup()	2006-10-20 10:26:44 -07:00
panic.c	[PATCH] x86: Clean up x86 NMI sysctls	2006-09-30 01:47:55 +02:00
params.c	[PATCH] module_subsys: initialize earlier	2006-09-29 09:18:08 -07:00
pid.c	[PATCH] introduce get_task_pid() to fix unsafe get_pid()	2006-10-02 07:57:25 -07:00
posix-cpu-timers.c	[PATCH] posix-cpu-timers: prevent signal delivery starvation	2006-10-17 08:18:43 -07:00
posix-timers.c	fix file specification in comments	2006-10-03 23:01:26 +02:00
printk.c	[PATCH] Add printk_timed_ratelimit()	2006-11-03 12:27:58 -08:00
profile.c	[PATCH] bitmap: parse input from kernel and user buffers	2006-10-11 11:14:22 -07:00
ptrace.c	[PATCH] pidspace: is_init()	2006-09-29 09:18:12 -07:00
rcupdate.c	[PATCH] rcu: simplify/improve batch tuning	2006-10-04 07:55:31 -07:00
rcutorture.c	[PATCH] rcu: add sched torture type to rcutorture	2006-10-04 07:55:31 -07:00
relay.c	[PATCH] make kernel/relay.c __user-clean	2006-10-10 15:37:22 -07:00
resource.c	[PATCH] kernel-doc for kernel/resource.c	2006-10-03 08:03:41 -07:00
rtmutex-debug.c	Remove all inclusions of <linux/config.h>	2006-10-04 03:38:54 -04:00
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c	Remove all inclusions of <linux/config.h>	2006-10-04 03:38:54 -04:00
rtmutex.c	[PATCH] clean up and remove some extra spinlocks from rtmutex	2006-09-29 09:18:09 -07:00
rtmutex.h
rtmutex_common.h
rwsem.c
sched.c	[PATCH] readjust comments of task_timeslice for kernel doc	2006-10-20 10:26:37 -07:00
seccomp.c
signal.c	Make sure "user->sigpending" count is in sync	2006-11-04 13:03:00 -08:00
softirq.c	[PATCH] check return value of cpu_callback	2006-09-29 09:18:14 -07:00
softlockup.c	[PATCH] check return value of cpu_callback	2006-09-29 09:18:14 -07:00
spinlock.c	[PATCH] Directed yield: cpu_relax variants for spinlocks and rw-locks	2006-10-01 00:39:21 -07:00
srcu.c	[PATCH] SRCU: report out-of-memory errors	2006-10-04 07:55:30 -07:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c	[PATCH] stop_machine.c copyright	2006-09-29 09:18:24 -07:00
sys.c	WorkStruct: Pass the work_struct pointer instead of context data	2006-11-22 14:55:48 +00:00
sys_ni.c	[PATCH] Create compat_sys_migrate_pages	2006-11-03 12:27:59 -08:00
sysctl.c	[PATCH] sysctl: allow a zero ctl_name in the middle of a sysctl table	2006-11-06 01:46:23 -08:00
taskstats.c	[PATCH] taskstats: fix sub-threads accounting	2006-10-31 08:07:00 -08:00
time.c	[PATCH] NTP: Move all the NTP related code to ntp.c	2006-10-01 00:39:26 -07:00
timer.c	[PATCH] kill wall_jiffies	2006-10-01 00:39:27 -07:00
tsacct.c	[PATCH] xacct_add_tsk: fix pure theoretical ->mm use-after-free	2006-10-30 12:08:41 -08:00
uid16.c
unwind.c	[PATCH] x86-64: Speed up dwarf2 unwinder	2006-10-21 18:37:01 +02:00
user.c	Fix unlikely (but possible) race condition on task->user access	2006-11-04 10:06:02 -08:00
utsname.c	[PATCH] namespaces: utsname: implement CLONE_NEWUTS flag	2006-10-02 07:57:22 -07:00
wait.c
workqueue.c	WorkStruct: Pass the work_struct pointer instead of context data	2006-11-22 14:55:48 +00:00