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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 656715d216b4..253311af47c6 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -3539,10 +3539,9 @@ repeat:
if (pwq->nr_active && need_to_create_worker(pool)) {
raw_spin_lock(&wq_mayday_lock);
/*
- * Queue iff we aren't racing destruction
- * and somebody else hasn't queued it already.
+ * Queue iff somebody else hasn't queued it already.
*/
- if (wq->rescuer && list_empty(&pwq->mayday_node)) {
+ if (list_empty(&pwq->mayday_node)) {
get_pwq(pwq);
list_add_tail(&pwq->mayday_node, &wq->maydays);
}
@@ -5905,16 +5904,10 @@ void destroy_workqueue(struct workqueue_struct *wq)
/* kill rescuer, if sanity checks fail, leave it w/o rescuer */
if (wq->rescuer) {
- struct worker *rescuer = wq->rescuer;
-
- /* this prevents new queueing */
- raw_spin_lock_irq(&wq_mayday_lock);
- wq->rescuer = NULL;
- raw_spin_unlock_irq(&wq_mayday_lock);
-
/* rescuer will empty maydays list before exiting */
- kthread_stop(rescuer->task);
- kfree(rescuer);
+ kthread_stop(wq->rescuer->task);
+ kfree(wq->rescuer);
+ wq->rescuer = NULL;
}
/*