Merge tag 'v3.10.68' into update

This is the 3.10.68 stable release

kernel/workqueue.c

@@ -1950,17 +1950,13 @@ 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.
- *
- * RETURNS:
- * %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;
+		return;
 restart:
 	spin_unlock_irq(&pool->lock);
 
@@ -1977,7 +1973,7 @@ restart:
 			start_worker(worker);
 			if (WARN_ON_ONCE(need_to_create_worker(pool)))
 				goto restart;
-			return true;
+			return;
 		}
 
 		if (!need_to_create_worker(pool))
@@ -1994,7 +1990,7 @@ restart:
 	spin_lock_irq(&pool->lock);
 	if (need_to_create_worker(pool))
 		goto restart;
-	return true;
+	return;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2007,15 +2003,9 @@ restart:
  * LOCKING:
  * spin_lock_irq(pool->lock) which may be released and regrabbed
  * multiple times.  Called only from manager.
- *
- * RETURNS:
- * %false if no action was taken and pool->lock stayed locked, %true
- * otherwise.
  */
-static bool maybe_destroy_workers(struct worker_pool *pool)
+static void maybe_destroy_workers(struct worker_pool *pool)
 {
-	bool ret = false;
-
 	while (too_many_workers(pool)) {
 		struct worker *worker;
 		unsigned long expires;
@@ -2029,10 +2019,7 @@ static bool maybe_destroy_workers(struct worker_pool *pool)
 		}
 
 		destroy_worker(worker);
-		ret = true;
 	}
-
-	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2052,13 +2039,14 @@ static bool maybe_destroy_workers(struct worker_pool *pool)
  * multiple times.  Does GFP_KERNEL allocations.
  *
  * RETURNS:
- * spin_lock_irq(pool->lock) which may be released and regrabbed
- * multiple times.  Does GFP_KERNEL allocations.
+ * %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;
 
 	/*
 	 * Managership is governed by two mutexes - manager_arb and
@@ -2082,7 +2070,7 @@ static bool manage_workers(struct worker *worker)
 	 * manager_mutex.
 	 */
 	if (!mutex_trylock(&pool->manager_arb))
-		return ret;
+		return false;
 
 	/*
 	 * With manager arbitration won, manager_mutex would be free in
@@ -2092,7 +2080,6 @@ static bool manage_workers(struct worker *worker)
 		spin_unlock_irq(&pool->lock);
 		mutex_lock(&pool->manager_mutex);
 		spin_lock_irq(&pool->lock);
-		ret = true;
 	}
 
 	pool->flags &= ~POOL_MANAGE_WORKERS;
@@ -2101,12 +2088,12 @@ static bool manage_workers(struct worker *worker)
 	 * Destroy and then create so that may_start_working() is true
 	 * on return.
 	 */
-	ret |= maybe_destroy_workers(pool);
-	ret |= maybe_create_worker(pool);
+	maybe_destroy_workers(pool);
+	maybe_create_worker(pool);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&pool->manager_mutex);
 	mutex_unlock(&pool->manager_arb);
-	return ret;
+	return true;
 }
 
 /**