tree dacb5ae1d88abf8f5e0daec176abdd2710d5555e
parent d1c3ed669a2d452cacfb48c2d171a1f364dae2ed
author Yijing Wang <wangyijing@huawei.com> 1357870554 +0800
committer Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> 1358024193 -0700

PCI: pciehp: Use per-slot workqueues to avoid deadlock

When we have a hotplug-capable PCIe port with a second hotplug-capable
PCIe port below it, removing the device below the upstream port causes
a deadlock.

The deadlock happens because we use the pciehp_wq workqueue to run
pciehp_power_thread(), which uses pciehp_disable_slot() to remove devices
below the upstream port.  When we remove the downstream PCIe port, we call
pciehp_remove(), the pciehp driver's .remove() method.  That calls
flush_workqueue(pciehp_wq), which deadlocks because the
pciehp_power_thread() work item is still running.

This patch avoids the deadlock by creating a workqueue for every PCIe port
and removing the single shared workqueue.

Here's the call path that leads to the deadlock:

  pciehp_queue_pushbutton_work
    queue_work(pciehp_wq)                   # queue pciehp_power_thread
    ...

  pciehp_power_thread
    pciehp_disable_slot
      remove_board
	pciehp_unconfigure_device
	  pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device
	    ...
	      pciehp_remove                 # pciehp driver .remove method
		pciehp_release_ctrl
		  pcie_cleanup_slot
		    flush_workqueue(pciehp_wq)

This is fairly urgent because it can be caused by simply unplugging a
Thunderbolt adapter, as reported by Daniel below.

[bhelgaas: changelog]
Reference: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAMVG2ssiRgcTD1bej2tkUUfsWmpL5eNtPcNif9va2-Gzb2u8nQ@mail.gmail.com
Reported-and-tested-by: Daniel J Blueman <daniel@quora.org>
Reviewed-by: Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Yijing Wang <wangyijing@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
CC: stable@vger.kernel.org