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1 /* Kernel thread helper functions.
2 * Copyright (C) 2004 IBM Corporation, Rusty Russell.
4 * Creation is done via kthreadd, so that we get a clean environment
5 * even if we're invoked from userspace (think modprobe, hotplug cpu,
6 * etc.).
7 */
8 #include <linux/sched.h>
9 #include <linux/kthread.h>
10 #include <linux/completion.h>
11 #include <linux/err.h>
12 #include <linux/cpuset.h>
13 #include <linux/unistd.h>
14 #include <linux/file.h>
15 #include <linux/module.h>
16 #include <linux/mutex.h>
17 #include <linux/slab.h>
18 #include <linux/freezer.h>
19 #include <trace/events/sched.h>
21 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kthread_create_lock);
22 static LIST_HEAD(kthread_create_list);
23 struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;
25 struct kthread_create_info
27 /* Information passed to kthread() from kthreadd. */
28 int (*threadfn)(void *data);
29 void *data;
30 int node;
32 /* Result passed back to kthread_create() from kthreadd. */
33 struct task_struct *result;
34 struct completion done;
36 struct list_head list;
39 struct kthread {
40 int should_stop;
41 void *data;
42 struct completion exited;
45 #define to_kthread(tsk) \
46 container_of((tsk)->vfork_done, struct kthread, exited)
48 /**
49 * kthread_should_stop - should this kthread return now?
51 * When someone calls kthread_stop() on your kthread, it will be woken
52 * and this will return true. You should then return, and your return
53 * value will be passed through to kthread_stop().
55 int kthread_should_stop(void)
57 return to_kthread(current)->should_stop;
59 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_should_stop);
61 /**
62 * kthread_data - return data value specified on kthread creation
63 * @task: kthread task in question
65 * Return the data value specified when kthread @task was created.
66 * The caller is responsible for ensuring the validity of @task when
67 * calling this function.
69 void *kthread_data(struct task_struct *task)
71 return to_kthread(task)->data;
74 static int kthread(void *_create)
76 /* Copy data: it's on kthread's stack */
77 struct kthread_create_info *create = _create;
78 int (*threadfn)(void *data) = create->threadfn;
79 void *data = create->data;
80 struct kthread self;
81 int ret;
83 self.should_stop = 0;
84 self.data = data;
85 init_completion(&self.exited);
86 current->vfork_done = &self.exited;
88 /* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
89 __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
90 create->result = current;
91 complete(&create->done);
92 schedule();
94 ret = -EINTR;
95 if (!self.should_stop)
96 ret = threadfn(data);
98 /* we can't just return, we must preserve "self" on stack */
99 do_exit(ret);
102 /* called from do_fork() to get node information for about to be created task */
103 int tsk_fork_get_node(struct task_struct *tsk)
105 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
106 if (tsk == kthreadd_task)
107 return tsk->pref_node_fork;
108 #endif
109 return numa_node_id();
112 static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create)
114 int pid;
116 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
117 current->pref_node_fork = create->node;
118 #endif
119 /* We want our own signal handler (we take no signals by default). */
120 pid = kernel_thread(kthread, create, CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD);
121 if (pid < 0) {
122 create->result = ERR_PTR(pid);
123 complete(&create->done);
128 * kthread_create_on_node - create a kthread.
129 * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
130 * @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
131 * @node: memory node number.
132 * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread.
134 * Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel
135 * thread. The thread will be stopped: use wake_up_process() to start
136 * it. See also kthread_run().
138 * If thread is going to be bound on a particular cpu, give its node
139 * in @node, to get NUMA affinity for kthread stack, or else give -1.
140 * When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its
141 * argument. @threadfn() can either call do_exit() directly if it is a
142 * standalone thread for which no one will call kthread_stop(), or
143 * return when 'kthread_should_stop()' is true (which means
144 * kthread_stop() has been called). The return value should be zero
145 * or a negative error number; it will be passed to kthread_stop().
147 * Returns a task_struct or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
149 struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_node(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
150 void *data,
151 int node,
152 const char namefmt[],
153 ...)
155 struct kthread_create_info create;
157 create.threadfn = threadfn;
158 create.data = data;
159 create.node = node;
160 init_completion(&create.done);
162 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
163 list_add_tail(&create.list, &kthread_create_list);
164 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
166 wake_up_process(kthreadd_task);
167 wait_for_completion(&create.done);
169 if (!IS_ERR(create.result)) {
170 static const struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 0 };
171 va_list args;
173 va_start(args, namefmt);
174 vsnprintf(create.result->comm, sizeof(create.result->comm),
175 namefmt, args);
176 va_end(args);
178 * root may have changed our (kthreadd's) priority or CPU mask.
179 * The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
181 sched_setscheduler_nocheck(create.result, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
182 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(create.result, cpu_all_mask);
184 return create.result;
186 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create_on_node);
189 * kthread_bind - bind a just-created kthread to a cpu.
190 * @p: thread created by kthread_create().
191 * @cpu: cpu (might not be online, must be possible) for @k to run on.
193 * Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(),
194 * except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be
195 * stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create()).
197 void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
199 /* Must have done schedule() in kthread() before we set_task_cpu */
200 if (!wait_task_inactive(p, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)) {
201 WARN_ON(1);
202 return;
205 /* It's safe because the task is inactive. */
206 do_set_cpus_allowed(p, cpumask_of(cpu));
207 p->flags |= PF_THREAD_BOUND;
209 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
212 * kthread_stop - stop a thread created by kthread_create().
213 * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
215 * Sets kthread_should_stop() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
216 * waits for it to exit. This can also be called after kthread_create()
217 * instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread will exit without
218 * calling threadfn().
220 * If threadfn() may call do_exit() itself, the caller must ensure
221 * task_struct can't go away.
223 * Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
224 * was never called.
226 int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k)
228 struct kthread *kthread;
229 int ret;
231 trace_sched_kthread_stop(k);
232 get_task_struct(k);
234 kthread = to_kthread(k);
235 barrier(); /* it might have exited */
236 if (k->vfork_done != NULL) {
237 kthread->should_stop = 1;
238 wake_up_process(k);
239 wait_for_completion(&kthread->exited);
241 ret = k->exit_code;
243 put_task_struct(k);
244 trace_sched_kthread_stop_ret(ret);
246 return ret;
248 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);
250 int kthreadd(void *unused)
252 struct task_struct *tsk = current;
254 /* Setup a clean context for our children to inherit. */
255 set_task_comm(tsk, "kthreadd");
256 ignore_signals(tsk);
257 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, cpu_all_mask);
258 set_mems_allowed(node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY]);
260 current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE | PF_FREEZER_NOSIG;
262 for (;;) {
263 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
264 if (list_empty(&kthread_create_list))
265 schedule();
266 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
268 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
269 while (!list_empty(&kthread_create_list)) {
270 struct kthread_create_info *create;
272 create = list_entry(kthread_create_list.next,
273 struct kthread_create_info, list);
274 list_del_init(&create->list);
275 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
277 create_kthread(create);
279 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
281 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
284 return 0;
287 void __init_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker,
288 const char *name,
289 struct lock_class_key *key)
291 spin_lock_init(&worker->lock);
292 lockdep_set_class_and_name(&worker->lock, key, name);
293 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&worker->work_list);
294 worker->task = NULL;
296 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__init_kthread_worker);
299 * kthread_worker_fn - kthread function to process kthread_worker
300 * @worker_ptr: pointer to initialized kthread_worker
302 * This function can be used as @threadfn to kthread_create() or
303 * kthread_run() with @worker_ptr argument pointing to an initialized
304 * kthread_worker. The started kthread will process work_list until
305 * the it is stopped with kthread_stop(). A kthread can also call
306 * this function directly after extra initialization.
308 * Different kthreads can be used for the same kthread_worker as long
309 * as there's only one kthread attached to it at any given time. A
310 * kthread_worker without an attached kthread simply collects queued
311 * kthread_works.
313 int kthread_worker_fn(void *worker_ptr)
315 struct kthread_worker *worker = worker_ptr;
316 struct kthread_work *work;
318 WARN_ON(worker->task);
319 worker->task = current;
320 repeat:
321 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); /* mb paired w/ kthread_stop */
323 if (kthread_should_stop()) {
324 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
325 spin_lock_irq(&worker->lock);
326 worker->task = NULL;
327 spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
328 return 0;
331 work = NULL;
332 spin_lock_irq(&worker->lock);
333 if (!list_empty(&worker->work_list)) {
334 work = list_first_entry(&worker->work_list,
335 struct kthread_work, node);
336 list_del_init(&work->node);
338 spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
340 if (work) {
341 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
342 work->func(work);
343 smp_wmb(); /* wmb worker-b0 paired with flush-b1 */
344 work->done_seq = work->queue_seq;
345 smp_mb(); /* mb worker-b1 paired with flush-b0 */
346 if (atomic_read(&work->flushing))
347 wake_up_all(&work->done);
348 } else if (!freezing(current))
349 schedule();
351 try_to_freeze();
352 goto repeat;
354 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_worker_fn);
357 * queue_kthread_work - queue a kthread_work
358 * @worker: target kthread_worker
359 * @work: kthread_work to queue
361 * Queue @work to work processor @task for async execution. @task
362 * must have been created with kthread_worker_create(). Returns %true
363 * if @work was successfully queued, %false if it was already pending.
365 bool queue_kthread_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
366 struct kthread_work *work)
368 bool ret = false;
369 unsigned long flags;
371 spin_lock_irqsave(&worker->lock, flags);
372 if (list_empty(&work->node)) {
373 list_add_tail(&work->node, &worker->work_list);
374 work->queue_seq++;
375 if (likely(worker->task))
376 wake_up_process(worker->task);
377 ret = true;
379 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&worker->lock, flags);
380 return ret;
382 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(queue_kthread_work);
385 * flush_kthread_work - flush a kthread_work
386 * @work: work to flush
388 * If @work is queued or executing, wait for it to finish execution.
390 void flush_kthread_work(struct kthread_work *work)
392 int seq = work->queue_seq;
394 atomic_inc(&work->flushing);
397 * mb flush-b0 paired with worker-b1, to make sure either
398 * worker sees the above increment or we see done_seq update.
400 smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();
402 /* A - B <= 0 tests whether B is in front of A regardless of overflow */
403 wait_event(work->done, seq - work->done_seq <= 0);
404 atomic_dec(&work->flushing);
407 * rmb flush-b1 paired with worker-b0, to make sure our caller
408 * sees every change made by work->func().
410 smp_mb__after_atomic_dec();
412 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_kthread_work);
414 struct kthread_flush_work {
415 struct kthread_work work;
416 struct completion done;
419 static void kthread_flush_work_fn(struct kthread_work *work)
421 struct kthread_flush_work *fwork =
422 container_of(work, struct kthread_flush_work, work);
423 complete(&fwork->done);
427 * flush_kthread_worker - flush all current works on a kthread_worker
428 * @worker: worker to flush
430 * Wait until all currently executing or pending works on @worker are
431 * finished.
433 void flush_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker)
435 struct kthread_flush_work fwork = {
436 KTHREAD_WORK_INIT(fwork.work, kthread_flush_work_fn),
437 COMPLETION_INITIALIZER_ONSTACK(fwork.done),
440 queue_kthread_work(worker, &fwork.work);
441 wait_for_completion(&fwork.done);
443 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_kthread_worker);