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commit 0453aad676ff99787124b9b3af4a5f59fbe808e2 upstream. If io-wq worker creation fails, we retry it by queueing up a task_work. tasK_work is needed because it should be done from the user process context. The problem is that retries are not limited, and if queueing a task_work is the reason for the failure, we might get into an infinite loop. It doesn't seem to happen now but it would with the following patch executing task_work in the freezer's loop. For now, arbitrarily limit the number of attempts to create a worker. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 3146cba99aa28 ("io-wq: make worker creation resilient against signals") Reported-by: Julian Orth <ju.orth@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/8280436925db88448c7c85c6656edee1a43029ea.1720634146.git.asml.silence@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.