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-rw-r--r--kernel/workqueue.c25
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 6202b08..beeeac9 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -1841,17 +1841,11 @@ static void pool_mayday_timeout(unsigned long __pool)
* spin_lock_irq(pool->lock) which may be released and regrabbed
* multiple times. Does GFP_KERNEL allocations. Called only from
* manager.
- *
- * Return:
- * %false if no action was taken and pool->lock stayed locked, %true
- * otherwise.
*/
-static bool maybe_create_worker(struct worker_pool *pool)
+static void maybe_create_worker(struct worker_pool *pool)
__releases(&pool->lock)
__acquires(&pool->lock)
{
- if (!need_to_create_worker(pool))
- return false;
restart:
spin_unlock_irq(&pool->lock);
@@ -1877,7 +1871,6 @@ restart:
*/
if (need_to_create_worker(pool))
goto restart;
- return true;
}
/**
@@ -1897,16 +1890,14 @@ restart:
* multiple times. Does GFP_KERNEL allocations.
*
* Return:
- * %false if the pool don't need management and the caller can safely start
- * processing works, %true indicates that the function released pool->lock
- * and reacquired it to perform some management function and that the
- * conditions that the caller verified while holding the lock before
- * calling the function might no longer be true.
+ * %false if the pool doesn't need management and the caller can safely
+ * start processing works, %true if management function was performed and
+ * the conditions that the caller verified before calling the function may
+ * no longer be true.
*/
static bool manage_workers(struct worker *worker)
{
struct worker_pool *pool = worker->pool;
- bool ret = false;
/*
* Anyone who successfully grabs manager_arb wins the arbitration
@@ -1919,12 +1910,12 @@ static bool manage_workers(struct worker *worker)
* actual management, the pool may stall indefinitely.
*/
if (!mutex_trylock(&pool->manager_arb))
- return ret;
+ return false;
- ret |= maybe_create_worker(pool);
+ maybe_create_worker(pool);
mutex_unlock(&pool->manager_arb);
- return ret;
+ return true;
}
/**
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