1 #ifndef _LINUX_KTHREAD_H
2 #define _LINUX_KTHREAD_H
3 /* Simple interface for creating and stopping kernel threads without mess. */
5 #include <linux/sched.h>
7 struct task_struct
*kthread_create(int (*threadfn
)(void *data
),
9 const char namefmt
[], ...)
10 __attribute__((format(printf
, 3, 4)));
13 * kthread_run - create and wake a thread.
14 * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
15 * @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
16 * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread.
18 * Description: Convenient wrapper for kthread_create() followed by
19 * wake_up_process(). Returns the kthread or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
21 #define kthread_run(threadfn, data, namefmt, ...) \
23 struct task_struct *__k \
24 = kthread_create(threadfn, data, namefmt, ## __VA_ARGS__); \
26 wake_up_process(__k); \
30 void kthread_bind(struct task_struct
*k
, unsigned int cpu
);
31 int kthread_stop(struct task_struct
*k
);
32 int kthread_should_stop(void);
33 void *kthread_data(struct task_struct
*k
);
35 int kthreadd(void *unused
);
36 extern struct task_struct
*kthreadd_task
;
39 * Simple work processor based on kthread.
41 * This provides easier way to make use of kthreads. A kthread_work
42 * can be queued and flushed using queue/flush_kthread_work()
43 * respectively. Queued kthread_works are processed by a kthread
44 * running kthread_worker_fn().
46 * A kthread_work can't be freed while it is executing.
49 typedef void (*kthread_work_func_t
)(struct kthread_work
*work
);
51 struct kthread_worker
{
53 struct list_head work_list
;
54 struct task_struct
*task
;
58 struct list_head node
;
59 kthread_work_func_t func
;
60 wait_queue_head_t done
;
66 #define KTHREAD_WORKER_INIT(worker) { \
67 .lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED, \
68 .work_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT((worker).work_list), \
71 #define KTHREAD_WORK_INIT(work, fn) { \
72 .node = LIST_HEAD_INIT((work).node), \
74 .done = __WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_INITIALIZER((work).done), \
75 .flushing = ATOMIC_INIT(0), \
78 #define DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORKER(worker) \
79 struct kthread_worker worker = KTHREAD_WORKER_INIT(worker)
81 #define DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORK(work, fn) \
82 struct kthread_work work = KTHREAD_WORK_INIT(work, fn)
85 * kthread_worker.lock and kthread_work.done need their own lockdep class
86 * keys if they are defined on stack with lockdep enabled. Use the
87 * following macros when defining them on stack.
90 # define KTHREAD_WORKER_INIT_ONSTACK(worker) \
91 ({ init_kthread_worker(&worker); worker; })
92 # define DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORKER_ONSTACK(worker) \
93 struct kthread_worker worker = KTHREAD_WORKER_INIT_ONSTACK(worker)
94 # define KTHREAD_WORK_INIT_ONSTACK(work, fn) \
95 ({ init_kthread_work((&work), fn); work; })
96 # define DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORK_ONSTACK(work, fn) \
97 struct kthread_work work = KTHREAD_WORK_INIT_ONSTACK(work, fn)
99 # define DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORKER_ONSTACK(worker) DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORKER(worker)
100 # define DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORK_ONSTACK(work, fn) DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORK(work, fn)
103 extern void __init_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker
*worker
,
104 const char *name
, struct lock_class_key
*key
);
106 #define init_kthread_worker(worker) \
108 static struct lock_class_key __key; \
109 __init_kthread_worker((worker), "("#worker")->lock", &__key); \
112 #define init_kthread_work(work, fn) \
114 memset((work), 0, sizeof(struct kthread_work)); \
115 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&(work)->node); \
116 (work)->func = (fn); \
117 init_waitqueue_head(&(work)->done); \
120 int kthread_worker_fn(void *worker_ptr
);
122 bool queue_kthread_work(struct kthread_worker
*worker
,
123 struct kthread_work
*work
);
124 void flush_kthread_work(struct kthread_work
*work
);
125 void flush_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker
*worker
);
127 #endif /* _LINUX_KTHREAD_H */