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,
8 #include <linux/sched.h>
9 #include <linux/kthread.h>
10 #include <linux/completion.h>
11 #include <linux/err.h>
12 #include <linux/unistd.h>
13 #include <linux/file.h>
14 #include <linux/module.h>
15 #include <linux/mutex.h>
16 #include <trace/sched.h>
18 #define KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL (-5)
20 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kthread_create_lock
);
21 static LIST_HEAD(kthread_create_list
);
22 struct task_struct
*kthreadd_task
;
24 struct kthread_create_info
26 /* Information passed to kthread() from kthreadd. */
27 int (*threadfn
)(void *data
);
29 struct completion started
;
31 /* Result passed back to kthread_create() from kthreadd. */
32 struct task_struct
*result
;
33 struct completion done
;
35 struct list_head list
;
38 struct kthread_stop_info
40 struct task_struct
*k
;
42 struct completion done
;
45 /* Thread stopping is done by setthing this var: lock serializes
46 * multiple kthread_stop calls. */
47 static DEFINE_MUTEX(kthread_stop_lock
);
48 static struct kthread_stop_info kthread_stop_info
;
51 * kthread_should_stop - should this kthread return now?
53 * When someone calls kthread_stop() on your kthread, it will be woken
54 * and this will return true. You should then return, and your return
55 * value will be passed through to kthread_stop().
57 int kthread_should_stop(void)
59 return (kthread_stop_info
.k
== current
);
61 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_should_stop
);
63 static int kthread(void *_create
)
65 struct kthread_create_info
*create
= _create
;
66 int (*threadfn
)(void *data
);
70 /* Copy data: it's on kthread's stack */
71 threadfn
= create
->threadfn
;
74 /* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
75 __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
76 complete(&create
->started
);
79 if (!kthread_should_stop())
82 /* It might have exited on its own, w/o kthread_stop. Check. */
83 if (kthread_should_stop()) {
84 kthread_stop_info
.err
= ret
;
85 complete(&kthread_stop_info
.done
);
90 static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info
*create
)
94 /* We want our own signal handler (we take no signals by default). */
95 pid
= kernel_thread(kthread
, create
, CLONE_FS
| CLONE_FILES
| SIGCHLD
);
97 create
->result
= ERR_PTR(pid
);
99 struct sched_param param
= { .sched_priority
= 0 };
100 wait_for_completion(&create
->started
);
101 read_lock(&tasklist_lock
);
102 create
->result
= find_task_by_pid_ns(pid
, &init_pid_ns
);
103 read_unlock(&tasklist_lock
);
105 * root may have changed our (kthreadd's) priority or CPU mask.
106 * The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
108 sched_setscheduler(create
->result
, SCHED_NORMAL
, ¶m
);
109 set_user_nice(create
->result
, KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL
);
110 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(create
->result
, CPU_MASK_ALL_PTR
);
112 complete(&create
->done
);
116 * kthread_create - create a kthread.
117 * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
118 * @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
119 * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread.
121 * Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel
122 * thread. The thread will be stopped: use wake_up_process() to start
123 * it. See also kthread_run(), kthread_create_on_cpu().
125 * When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its
126 * argument. @threadfn() can either call do_exit() directly if it is a
127 * standalone thread for which noone will call kthread_stop(), or
128 * return when 'kthread_should_stop()' is true (which means
129 * kthread_stop() has been called). The return value should be zero
130 * or a negative error number; it will be passed to kthread_stop().
132 * Returns a task_struct or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
134 struct task_struct
*kthread_create(int (*threadfn
)(void *data
),
136 const char namefmt
[],
139 struct kthread_create_info create
;
141 create
.threadfn
= threadfn
;
143 init_completion(&create
.started
);
144 init_completion(&create
.done
);
146 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock
);
147 list_add_tail(&create
.list
, &kthread_create_list
);
148 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock
);
150 wake_up_process(kthreadd_task
);
151 wait_for_completion(&create
.done
);
153 if (!IS_ERR(create
.result
)) {
155 va_start(args
, namefmt
);
156 vsnprintf(create
.result
->comm
, sizeof(create
.result
->comm
),
160 return create
.result
;
162 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create
);
165 * kthread_bind - bind a just-created kthread to a cpu.
166 * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
167 * @cpu: cpu (might not be online, must be possible) for @k to run on.
169 * Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(),
170 * except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be
171 * stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create()).
173 void kthread_bind(struct task_struct
*k
, unsigned int cpu
)
175 /* Must have done schedule() in kthread() before we set_task_cpu */
176 if (!wait_task_inactive(k
, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
)) {
180 set_task_cpu(k
, cpu
);
181 k
->cpus_allowed
= cpumask_of_cpu(cpu
);
182 k
->rt
.nr_cpus_allowed
= 1;
183 k
->flags
|= PF_THREAD_BOUND
;
185 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind
);
188 * kthread_stop - stop a thread created by kthread_create().
189 * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
191 * Sets kthread_should_stop() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
192 * waits for it to exit. Your threadfn() must not call do_exit()
193 * itself if you use this function! This can also be called after
194 * kthread_create() instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread
195 * will exit without calling threadfn().
197 * Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
200 int kthread_stop(struct task_struct
*k
)
204 mutex_lock(&kthread_stop_lock
);
206 /* It could exit after stop_info.k set, but before wake_up_process. */
209 trace_sched_kthread_stop(k
);
211 /* Must init completion *before* thread sees kthread_stop_info.k */
212 init_completion(&kthread_stop_info
.done
);
215 /* Now set kthread_should_stop() to true, and wake it up. */
216 kthread_stop_info
.k
= k
;
220 /* Once it dies, reset stop ptr, gather result and we're done. */
221 wait_for_completion(&kthread_stop_info
.done
);
222 kthread_stop_info
.k
= NULL
;
223 ret
= kthread_stop_info
.err
;
224 mutex_unlock(&kthread_stop_lock
);
226 trace_sched_kthread_stop_ret(ret
);
230 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop
);
232 int kthreadd(void *unused
)
234 struct task_struct
*tsk
= current
;
236 /* Setup a clean context for our children to inherit. */
237 set_task_comm(tsk
, "kthreadd");
239 set_user_nice(tsk
, KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL
);
240 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk
, CPU_MASK_ALL_PTR
);
242 current
->flags
|= PF_NOFREEZE
| PF_FREEZER_NOSIG
;
245 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
);
246 if (list_empty(&kthread_create_list
))
248 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING
);
250 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock
);
251 while (!list_empty(&kthread_create_list
)) {
252 struct kthread_create_info
*create
;
254 create
= list_entry(kthread_create_list
.next
,
255 struct kthread_create_info
, list
);
256 list_del_init(&create
->list
);
257 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock
);
259 create_kthread(create
);
261 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock
);
263 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock
);