workqueue: remove the confusing POOL_FREEZING

Currently, the global freezing state is propagated to worker_pools via
POOL_FREEZING and then to each workqueue; however, the middle step -
propagation through worker_pools - can be skipped as long as one or
more max_active adjustments happens for each workqueue after the
update to the global state is visible.  The global workqueue freezing
state and the max_active adjustments during workqueue creation and
[un]freezing are serialized with wq_pool_mutex, so it's trivial to
guarantee that max_actives stay in sync with global freezing state.

POOL_FREEZING is unnecessary and makes the code more confusing and
complicates freeze_workqueues_begin() and thaw_workqueues() by
requiring them to walk through all pools.

Remove POOL_FREEZING and use workqueue_freezing directly instead.

tj: Description and comment updates.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>

kernel/workqueue.c

@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ enum {
 	 * worker_attach_to_pool() is in progress.
 	 */
 	POOL_DISASSOCIATED	= 1 << 2,	/* cpu can't serve workers */
-	POOL_FREEZING		= 1 << 3,	/* freeze in progress */
 
 	/* worker flags */
 	WORKER_DIE		= 1 << 1,	/* die die die */
@@ -3533,9 +3532,6 @@ static struct worker_pool *get_unbound_pool(const struct workqueue_attrs *attrs)
 	if (!pool || init_worker_pool(pool) < 0)
 		goto fail;
 
-	if (workqueue_freezing)
-		pool->flags |= POOL_FREEZING;
-
 	lockdep_set_subclass(&pool->lock, 1);	/* see put_pwq() */
 	copy_workqueue_attrs(pool->attrs, attrs);
 
@@ -3642,7 +3638,12 @@ static void pwq_adjust_max_active(struct pool_workqueue *pwq)
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&pwq->pool->lock);
 
-	if (!freezable || !(pwq->pool->flags & POOL_FREEZING)) {
+	/*
+	 * During [un]freezing, the caller is responsible for ensuring that
+	 * this function is called at least once after @workqueue_freezing
+	 * is updated and visible.
+	 */
+	if (!freezable || !workqueue_freezing) {
 		pwq->max_active = wq->saved_max_active;
 
 		while (!list_empty(&pwq->delayed_works) &&
@@ -4751,24 +4752,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(work_on_cpu);
  */
 void freeze_workqueues_begin(void)
 {
-	struct worker_pool *pool;
 	struct workqueue_struct *wq;
 	struct pool_workqueue *pwq;
-	int pi;
 
 	mutex_lock(&wq_pool_mutex);
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(workqueue_freezing);
 	workqueue_freezing = true;
 
-	/* set FREEZING */
-	for_each_pool(pool, pi) {
-		spin_lock_irq(&pool->lock);
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(pool->flags & POOL_FREEZING);
-		pool->flags |= POOL_FREEZING;
-		spin_unlock_irq(&pool->lock);
-	}
-
 	list_for_each_entry(wq, &workqueues, list) {
 		mutex_lock(&wq->mutex);
 		for_each_pwq(pwq, wq)
@@ -4838,21 +4829,13 @@ void thaw_workqueues(void)
 {
 	struct workqueue_struct *wq;
 	struct pool_workqueue *pwq;
-	struct worker_pool *pool;
-	int pi;
 
 	mutex_lock(&wq_pool_mutex);
 
 	if (!workqueue_freezing)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	/* clear FREEZING */
-	for_each_pool(pool, pi) {
-		spin_lock_irq(&pool->lock);
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(!(pool->flags & POOL_FREEZING));
-		pool->flags &= ~POOL_FREEZING;
-		spin_unlock_irq(&pool->lock);
-	}
+	workqueue_freezing = false;
 
 	/* restore max_active and repopulate worklist */
 	list_for_each_entry(wq, &workqueues, list) {
@@ -4862,7 +4845,6 @@ void thaw_workqueues(void)
 		mutex_unlock(&wq->mutex);
 	}
 
-	workqueue_freezing = false;
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&wq_pool_mutex);
 }