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1 #ifndef _LINUX_KTHREAD_H
2 #define _LINUX_KTHREAD_H
3 /* Simple interface for creating and stopping kernel threads without mess. */
4 #include <linux/err.h>
5 #include <linux/sched.h>
7 struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_node(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
8 void *data,
9 int node,
10 const char namefmt[], ...)
11 __attribute__((format(printf, 4, 5)));
13 #define kthread_create(threadfn, data, namefmt, arg...) \
14 kthread_create_on_node(threadfn, data, -1, namefmt, ##arg)
17 /**
18 * kthread_run - create and wake a thread.
19 * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
20 * @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
21 * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread.
23 * Description: Convenient wrapper for kthread_create() followed by
24 * wake_up_process(). Returns the kthread or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
26 #define kthread_run(threadfn, data, namefmt, ...) \
27 ({ \
28 struct task_struct *__k \
29 = kthread_create(threadfn, data, namefmt, ## __VA_ARGS__); \
30 if (!IS_ERR(__k)) \
31 wake_up_process(__k); \
32 __k; \
35 void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu);
36 int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k);
37 int kthread_should_stop(void);
38 void *kthread_data(struct task_struct *k);
40 int kthreadd(void *unused);
41 extern struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;
42 extern int tsk_fork_get_node(struct task_struct *tsk);
45 * Simple work processor based on kthread.
47 * This provides easier way to make use of kthreads. A kthread_work
48 * can be queued and flushed using queue/flush_kthread_work()
49 * respectively. Queued kthread_works are processed by a kthread
50 * running kthread_worker_fn().
52 * A kthread_work can't be freed while it is executing.
54 struct kthread_work;
55 typedef void (*kthread_work_func_t)(struct kthread_work *work);
57 struct kthread_worker {
58 spinlock_t lock;
59 struct list_head work_list;
60 struct task_struct *task;
63 struct kthread_work {
64 struct list_head node;
65 kthread_work_func_t func;
66 wait_queue_head_t done;
67 atomic_t flushing;
68 int queue_seq;
69 int done_seq;
72 #define KTHREAD_WORKER_INIT(worker) { \
73 .lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED((worker).lock), \
74 .work_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT((worker).work_list), \
77 #define KTHREAD_WORK_INIT(work, fn) { \
78 .node = LIST_HEAD_INIT((work).node), \
79 .func = (fn), \
80 .done = __WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_INITIALIZER((work).done), \
81 .flushing = ATOMIC_INIT(0), \
84 #define DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORKER(worker) \
85 struct kthread_worker worker = KTHREAD_WORKER_INIT(worker)
87 #define DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORK(work, fn) \
88 struct kthread_work work = KTHREAD_WORK_INIT(work, fn)
91 * kthread_worker.lock and kthread_work.done need their own lockdep class
92 * keys if they are defined on stack with lockdep enabled. Use the
93 * following macros when defining them on stack.
95 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
96 # define KTHREAD_WORKER_INIT_ONSTACK(worker) \
97 ({ init_kthread_worker(&worker); worker; })
98 # define DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORKER_ONSTACK(worker) \
99 struct kthread_worker worker = KTHREAD_WORKER_INIT_ONSTACK(worker)
100 # define KTHREAD_WORK_INIT_ONSTACK(work, fn) \
101 ({ init_kthread_work((&work), fn); work; })
102 # define DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORK_ONSTACK(work, fn) \
103 struct kthread_work work = KTHREAD_WORK_INIT_ONSTACK(work, fn)
104 #else
105 # define DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORKER_ONSTACK(worker) DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORKER(worker)
106 # define DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORK_ONSTACK(work, fn) DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORK(work, fn)
107 #endif
109 extern void __init_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker,
110 const char *name, struct lock_class_key *key);
112 #define init_kthread_worker(worker) \
113 do { \
114 static struct lock_class_key __key; \
115 __init_kthread_worker((worker), "("#worker")->lock", &__key); \
116 } while (0)
118 #define init_kthread_work(work, fn) \
119 do { \
120 memset((work), 0, sizeof(struct kthread_work)); \
121 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&(work)->node); \
122 (work)->func = (fn); \
123 init_waitqueue_head(&(work)->done); \
124 } while (0)
126 int kthread_worker_fn(void *worker_ptr);
128 bool queue_kthread_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
129 struct kthread_work *work);
130 void flush_kthread_work(struct kthread_work *work);
131 void flush_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker);
133 #endif /* _LINUX_KTHREAD_H */