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1/* Kernel thread helper functions.
2 * Copyright (C) 2004 IBM Corporation, Rusty Russell.
3 *
73c27992 4 * Creation is done via kthreadd, so that we get a clean environment
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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>
58568d2a 12#include <linux/cpuset.h>
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13#include <linux/unistd.h>
14#include <linux/file.h>
15#include <linux/module.h>
97d1f15b 16#include <linux/mutex.h>
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17#include <linux/slab.h>
18#include <linux/freezer.h>
ad8d75ff 19#include <trace/events/sched.h>
1da177e4 20
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21static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kthread_create_lock);
22static LIST_HEAD(kthread_create_list);
23struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;
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24
25struct kthread_create_info
26{
73c27992 27 /* Information passed to kthread() from kthreadd. */
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28 int (*threadfn)(void *data);
29 void *data;
1da177e4 30
73c27992 31 /* Result passed back to kthread_create() from kthreadd. */
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32 struct task_struct *result;
33 struct completion done;
65f27f38 34
73c27992 35 struct list_head list;
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36};
37
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38struct kthread {
39 int should_stop;
40 struct completion exited;
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41};
42
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43#define to_kthread(tsk) \
44 container_of((tsk)->vfork_done, struct kthread, exited)
1da177e4 45
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46/**
47 * kthread_should_stop - should this kthread return now?
48 *
72fd4a35 49 * When someone calls kthread_stop() on your kthread, it will be woken
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50 * and this will return true. You should then return, and your return
51 * value will be passed through to kthread_stop().
52 */
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53int kthread_should_stop(void)
54{
63706172 55 return to_kthread(current)->should_stop;
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56}
57EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_should_stop);
58
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59static int kthread(void *_create)
60{
63706172 61 /* Copy data: it's on kthread's stack */
1da177e4 62 struct kthread_create_info *create = _create;
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63 int (*threadfn)(void *data) = create->threadfn;
64 void *data = create->data;
65 struct kthread self;
66 int ret;
1da177e4 67
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68 self.should_stop = 0;
69 init_completion(&self.exited);
70 current->vfork_done = &self.exited;
1da177e4 71
1da177e4 72 /* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
a076e4bc 73 __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
3217ab97 74 create->result = current;
cdd140bd 75 complete(&create->done);
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76 schedule();
77
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78 ret = -EINTR;
79 if (!self.should_stop)
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80 ret = threadfn(data);
81
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82 /* we can't just return, we must preserve "self" on stack */
83 do_exit(ret);
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84}
85
73c27992 86static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create)
1da177e4 87{
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88 int pid;
89
90 /* We want our own signal handler (we take no signals by default). */
91 pid = kernel_thread(kthread, create, CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD);
cdd140bd 92 if (pid < 0) {
1da177e4 93 create->result = ERR_PTR(pid);
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94 complete(&create->done);
95 }
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96}
97
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98/**
99 * kthread_create - create a kthread.
100 * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
101 * @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
102 * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread.
103 *
104 * Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel
105 * thread. The thread will be stopped: use wake_up_process() to start
301ba045 106 * it. See also kthread_run().
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107 *
108 * When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its
72fd4a35 109 * argument. @threadfn() can either call do_exit() directly if it is a
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110 * standalone thread for which noone will call kthread_stop(), or
111 * return when 'kthread_should_stop()' is true (which means
112 * kthread_stop() has been called). The return value should be zero
113 * or a negative error number; it will be passed to kthread_stop().
114 *
115 * Returns a task_struct or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
116 */
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117struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
118 void *data,
119 const char namefmt[],
120 ...)
121{
122 struct kthread_create_info create;
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123
124 create.threadfn = threadfn;
125 create.data = data;
1da177e4 126 init_completion(&create.done);
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127
128 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
129 list_add_tail(&create.list, &kthread_create_list);
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130 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
131
cbd9b67b 132 wake_up_process(kthreadd_task);
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133 wait_for_completion(&create.done);
134
1da177e4 135 if (!IS_ERR(create.result)) {
1c99315b 136 struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 0 };
1da177e4 137 va_list args;
1c99315b 138
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139 va_start(args, namefmt);
140 vsnprintf(create.result->comm, sizeof(create.result->comm),
141 namefmt, args);
142 va_end(args);
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143 /*
144 * root may have changed our (kthreadd's) priority or CPU mask.
145 * The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
146 */
147 sched_setscheduler_nocheck(create.result, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
1c99315b 148 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(create.result, cpu_all_mask);
1da177e4 149 }
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150 return create.result;
151}
152EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create);
153
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154/**
155 * kthread_bind - bind a just-created kthread to a cpu.
156 * @p: thread created by kthread_create().
157 * @cpu: cpu (might not be online, must be possible) for @k to run on.
158 *
159 * Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(),
160 * except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be
161 * stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create()).
162 */
163void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
164{
165 /* Must have done schedule() in kthread() before we set_task_cpu */
166 if (!wait_task_inactive(p, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)) {
167 WARN_ON(1);
168 return;
169 }
170
171 p->cpus_allowed = cpumask_of_cpu(cpu);
172 p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed = 1;
173 p->flags |= PF_THREAD_BOUND;
174}
175EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
176
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177/**
178 * kthread_stop - stop a thread created by kthread_create().
179 * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
180 *
181 * Sets kthread_should_stop() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
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182 * waits for it to exit. This can also be called after kthread_create()
183 * instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread will exit without
184 * calling threadfn().
185 *
186 * If threadfn() may call do_exit() itself, the caller must ensure
187 * task_struct can't go away.
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188 *
189 * Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
190 * was never called.
191 */
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192int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k)
193{
63706172 194 struct kthread *kthread;
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195 int ret;
196
0a16b607 197 trace_sched_kthread_stop(k);
63706172 198 get_task_struct(k);
0a16b607 199
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200 kthread = to_kthread(k);
201 barrier(); /* it might have exited */
202 if (k->vfork_done != NULL) {
203 kthread->should_stop = 1;
204 wake_up_process(k);
205 wait_for_completion(&kthread->exited);
206 }
207 ret = k->exit_code;
1da177e4 208
1da177e4 209 put_task_struct(k);
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210 trace_sched_kthread_stop_ret(ret);
211
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212 return ret;
213}
52e92e57 214EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);
1da177e4 215
e804a4a4 216int kthreadd(void *unused)
1da177e4 217{
73c27992 218 struct task_struct *tsk = current;
1da177e4 219
e804a4a4 220 /* Setup a clean context for our children to inherit. */
73c27992 221 set_task_comm(tsk, "kthreadd");
10ab825b 222 ignore_signals(tsk);
1a2142af 223 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, cpu_all_mask);
5ab116c9 224 set_mems_allowed(node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY]);
73c27992 225
ebb12db5 226 current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE | PF_FREEZER_NOSIG;
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227
228 for (;;) {
229 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
230 if (list_empty(&kthread_create_list))
231 schedule();
232 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
233
234 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
235 while (!list_empty(&kthread_create_list)) {
236 struct kthread_create_info *create;
237
238 create = list_entry(kthread_create_list.next,
239 struct kthread_create_info, list);
240 list_del_init(&create->list);
241 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
242
243 create_kthread(create);
244
245 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
246 }
247 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
248 }
249
250 return 0;
251}
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252
253/**
254 * kthread_worker_fn - kthread function to process kthread_worker
255 * @worker_ptr: pointer to initialized kthread_worker
256 *
257 * This function can be used as @threadfn to kthread_create() or
258 * kthread_run() with @worker_ptr argument pointing to an initialized
259 * kthread_worker. The started kthread will process work_list until
260 * the it is stopped with kthread_stop(). A kthread can also call
261 * this function directly after extra initialization.
262 *
263 * Different kthreads can be used for the same kthread_worker as long
264 * as there's only one kthread attached to it at any given time. A
265 * kthread_worker without an attached kthread simply collects queued
266 * kthread_works.
267 */
268int kthread_worker_fn(void *worker_ptr)
269{
270 struct kthread_worker *worker = worker_ptr;
271 struct kthread_work *work;
272
273 WARN_ON(worker->task);
274 worker->task = current;
275repeat:
276 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); /* mb paired w/ kthread_stop */
277
278 if (kthread_should_stop()) {
279 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
280 spin_lock_irq(&worker->lock);
281 worker->task = NULL;
282 spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
283 return 0;
284 }
285
286 work = NULL;
287 spin_lock_irq(&worker->lock);
288 if (!list_empty(&worker->work_list)) {
289 work = list_first_entry(&worker->work_list,
290 struct kthread_work, node);
291 list_del_init(&work->node);
292 }
293 spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
294
295 if (work) {
296 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
297 work->func(work);
298 smp_wmb(); /* wmb worker-b0 paired with flush-b1 */
299 work->done_seq = work->queue_seq;
300 smp_mb(); /* mb worker-b1 paired with flush-b0 */
301 if (atomic_read(&work->flushing))
302 wake_up_all(&work->done);
303 } else if (!freezing(current))
304 schedule();
305
306 try_to_freeze();
307 goto repeat;
308}
309EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_worker_fn);
310
311/**
312 * queue_kthread_work - queue a kthread_work
313 * @worker: target kthread_worker
314 * @work: kthread_work to queue
315 *
316 * Queue @work to work processor @task for async execution. @task
317 * must have been created with kthread_worker_create(). Returns %true
318 * if @work was successfully queued, %false if it was already pending.
319 */
320bool queue_kthread_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
321 struct kthread_work *work)
322{
323 bool ret = false;
324 unsigned long flags;
325
326 spin_lock_irqsave(&worker->lock, flags);
327 if (list_empty(&work->node)) {
328 list_add_tail(&work->node, &worker->work_list);
329 work->queue_seq++;
330 if (likely(worker->task))
331 wake_up_process(worker->task);
332 ret = true;
333 }
334 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&worker->lock, flags);
335 return ret;
336}
337EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(queue_kthread_work);
338
339/**
340 * flush_kthread_work - flush a kthread_work
341 * @work: work to flush
342 *
343 * If @work is queued or executing, wait for it to finish execution.
344 */
345void flush_kthread_work(struct kthread_work *work)
346{
347 int seq = work->queue_seq;
348
349 atomic_inc(&work->flushing);
350
351 /*
352 * mb flush-b0 paired with worker-b1, to make sure either
353 * worker sees the above increment or we see done_seq update.
354 */
355 smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();
356
357 /* A - B <= 0 tests whether B is in front of A regardless of overflow */
358 wait_event(work->done, seq - work->done_seq <= 0);
359 atomic_dec(&work->flushing);
360
361 /*
362 * rmb flush-b1 paired with worker-b0, to make sure our caller
363 * sees every change made by work->func().
364 */
365 smp_mb__after_atomic_dec();
366}
367EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_kthread_work);
368
369struct kthread_flush_work {
370 struct kthread_work work;
371 struct completion done;
372};
373
374static void kthread_flush_work_fn(struct kthread_work *work)
375{
376 struct kthread_flush_work *fwork =
377 container_of(work, struct kthread_flush_work, work);
378 complete(&fwork->done);
379}
380
381/**
382 * flush_kthread_worker - flush all current works on a kthread_worker
383 * @worker: worker to flush
384 *
385 * Wait until all currently executing or pending works on @worker are
386 * finished.
387 */
388void flush_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker)
389{
390 struct kthread_flush_work fwork = {
391 KTHREAD_WORK_INIT(fwork.work, kthread_flush_work_fn),
392 COMPLETION_INITIALIZER_ONSTACK(fwork.done),
393 };
394
395 queue_kthread_work(worker, &fwork.work);
396 wait_for_completion(&fwork.done);
397}
398EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_kthread_worker);