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-rw-r--r--kernel/workqueue.c12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 9ae0693ca520..c0b6eb1e0b83 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -1901,6 +1901,12 @@ static void send_mayday(struct work_struct *work)
/* mayday mayday mayday */
if (list_empty(&pwq->mayday_node)) {
+ /*
+ * If @pwq is for an unbound wq, its base ref may be put at
+ * any time due to an attribute change. Pin @pwq until the
+ * rescuer is done with it.
+ */
+ get_pwq(pwq);
list_add_tail(&pwq->mayday_node, &wq->maydays);
wake_up_process(wq->rescuer->task);
}
@@ -2430,6 +2436,12 @@ repeat:
process_scheduled_works(rescuer);
/*
+ * Put the reference grabbed by send_mayday(). @pool won't
+ * go away while we're holding its lock.
+ */
+ put_pwq(pwq);
+
+ /*
* Leave this pool. If keep_working() is %true, notify a
* regular worker; otherwise, we end up with 0 concurrency
* and stalling the execution.