CPU_UP_PREPARE binds cwq->thread to the new CPU. So CPU_UP_CANCELED tries to
wake up the task which is bound to the failed CPU.

With this patch we don't bind cwq->thread until CPU becomes online. The first
wake_up() after kthread_create() is a bit special, make a simple helper for
that.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

--- OLD/kernel/workqueue.c~2_BIND       2007-05-01 22:18:15.000000000 +0400
+++ OLD/kernel/workqueue.c      2007-05-02 00:17:01.000000000 +0400
@@ -631,15 +631,21 @@ static int create_workqueue_thread(struc
 
        cwq->thread = p;
        cwq->should_stop = 0;
-       if (!is_single_threaded(wq))
-               kthread_bind(p, cpu);
-
-       if (is_single_threaded(wq) || cpu_online(cpu))
-               wake_up_process(p);
 
        return 0;
 }
 
+static void start_workqueue_thread(struct cpu_workqueue_struct *cwq, int cpu)
+{
+       struct task_struct *p = cwq->thread;
+
+       if (p != NULL) {
+               if (cpu >= 0)
+                       kthread_bind(p, cpu);
+               wake_up_process(p);
+       }
+}
+
 struct workqueue_struct *__create_workqueue(const char *name,
                                            int singlethread, int freezeable)
 {
@@ -665,6 +671,7 @@ struct workqueue_struct *__create_workqu
        if (singlethread) {
                cwq = init_cpu_workqueue(wq, singlethread_cpu);
                err = create_workqueue_thread(cwq, singlethread_cpu);
+               start_workqueue_thread(cwq, -1);
        } else {
                mutex_lock(&workqueue_mutex);
                list_add(&wq->list, &workqueues);
@@ -674,6 +681,7 @@ struct workqueue_struct *__create_workqu
                        if (err || !cpu_online(cpu))
                                continue;
                        err = create_workqueue_thread(cwq, cpu);
+                       start_workqueue_thread(cwq, cpu);
                }
                mutex_unlock(&workqueue_mutex);
        }
@@ -773,12 +781,11 @@ static int __devinit workqueue_cpu_callb
                        return NOTIFY_BAD;
 
                case CPU_ONLINE:
-                       wake_up_process(cwq->thread);
+                       start_workqueue_thread(cwq, cpu);
                        break;
 
                case CPU_UP_CANCELED:
-                       if (cwq->thread)
-                               wake_up_process(cwq->thread);
+                       start_workqueue_thread(cwq, -1);
                case CPU_DEAD:
                        cleanup_workqueue_thread(cwq, cpu);
                        break;

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