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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 <trace/events/sched.h>
19 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kthread_create_lock);
20 static LIST_HEAD(kthread_create_list);
21 struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;
23 struct kthread_create_info
25 /* Information passed to kthread() from kthreadd. */
26 int (*threadfn)(void *data);
27 void *data;
29 /* Result passed back to kthread_create() from kthreadd. */
30 struct task_struct *result;
31 struct completion done;
33 struct list_head list;
36 struct kthread {
37 int should_stop;
38 struct completion exited;
41 #define to_kthread(tsk) \
42 container_of((tsk)->vfork_done, struct kthread, exited)
44 /**
45 * kthread_should_stop - should this kthread return now?
47 * When someone calls kthread_stop() on your kthread, it will be woken
48 * and this will return true. You should then return, and your return
49 * value will be passed through to kthread_stop().
51 int kthread_should_stop(void)
53 return to_kthread(current)->should_stop;
55 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_should_stop);
57 static int kthread(void *_create)
59 /* Copy data: it's on kthread's stack */
60 struct kthread_create_info *create = _create;
61 int (*threadfn)(void *data) = create->threadfn;
62 void *data = create->data;
63 struct kthread self;
64 int ret;
66 self.should_stop = 0;
67 init_completion(&self.exited);
68 current->vfork_done = &self.exited;
70 /* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
71 __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
72 create->result = current;
73 complete(&create->done);
74 schedule();
76 ret = -EINTR;
77 if (!self.should_stop)
78 ret = threadfn(data);
80 /* we can't just return, we must preserve "self" on stack */
81 do_exit(ret);
84 static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create)
86 int pid;
88 /* We want our own signal handler (we take no signals by default). */
89 pid = kernel_thread(kthread, create, CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD);
90 if (pid < 0) {
91 create->result = ERR_PTR(pid);
92 complete(&create->done);
96 /**
97 * kthread_create - create a kthread.
98 * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
99 * @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
100 * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread.
102 * Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel
103 * thread. The thread will be stopped: use wake_up_process() to start
104 * it. See also kthread_run().
106 * When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its
107 * argument. @threadfn() can either call do_exit() directly if it is a
108 * standalone thread for which noone will call kthread_stop(), or
109 * return when 'kthread_should_stop()' is true (which means
110 * kthread_stop() has been called). The return value should be zero
111 * or a negative error number; it will be passed to kthread_stop().
113 * Returns a task_struct or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
115 struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
116 void *data,
117 const char namefmt[],
118 ...)
120 struct kthread_create_info create;
122 create.threadfn = threadfn;
123 create.data = data;
124 init_completion(&create.done);
126 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
127 list_add_tail(&create.list, &kthread_create_list);
128 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
130 wake_up_process(kthreadd_task);
131 wait_for_completion(&create.done);
133 if (!IS_ERR(create.result)) {
134 struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 0 };
135 va_list args;
137 va_start(args, namefmt);
138 vsnprintf(create.result->comm, sizeof(create.result->comm),
139 namefmt, args);
140 va_end(args);
142 * root may have changed our (kthreadd's) priority or CPU mask.
143 * The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
145 sched_setscheduler_nocheck(create.result, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
146 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(create.result, cpu_all_mask);
148 return create.result;
150 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create);
153 * kthread_bind - bind a just-created kthread to a cpu.
154 * @p: thread created by kthread_create().
155 * @cpu: cpu (might not be online, must be possible) for @k to run on.
157 * Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(),
158 * except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be
159 * stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create()).
161 void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
163 /* Must have done schedule() in kthread() before we set_task_cpu */
164 if (!wait_task_inactive(p, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)) {
165 WARN_ON(1);
166 return;
169 p->cpus_allowed = cpumask_of_cpu(cpu);
170 p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed = 1;
171 p->flags |= PF_THREAD_BOUND;
173 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
176 * kthread_stop - stop a thread created by kthread_create().
177 * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
179 * Sets kthread_should_stop() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
180 * waits for it to exit. This can also be called after kthread_create()
181 * instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread will exit without
182 * calling threadfn().
184 * If threadfn() may call do_exit() itself, the caller must ensure
185 * task_struct can't go away.
187 * Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
188 * was never called.
190 int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k)
192 struct kthread *kthread;
193 int ret;
195 trace_sched_kthread_stop(k);
196 get_task_struct(k);
198 kthread = to_kthread(k);
199 barrier(); /* it might have exited */
200 if (k->vfork_done != NULL) {
201 kthread->should_stop = 1;
202 wake_up_process(k);
203 wait_for_completion(&kthread->exited);
205 ret = k->exit_code;
207 put_task_struct(k);
208 trace_sched_kthread_stop_ret(ret);
210 return ret;
212 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);
214 int kthreadd(void *unused)
216 struct task_struct *tsk = current;
218 /* Setup a clean context for our children to inherit. */
219 set_task_comm(tsk, "kthreadd");
220 ignore_signals(tsk);
221 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, cpu_all_mask);
222 set_mems_allowed(node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY]);
224 current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE | PF_FREEZER_NOSIG;
226 for (;;) {
227 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
228 if (list_empty(&kthread_create_list))
229 schedule();
230 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
232 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
233 while (!list_empty(&kthread_create_list)) {
234 struct kthread_create_info *create;
236 create = list_entry(kthread_create_list.next,
237 struct kthread_create_info, list);
238 list_del_init(&create->list);
239 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
241 create_kthread(create);
243 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
245 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
248 return 0;