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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/export.h>
16 #include <linux/mutex.h>
17 #include <linux/slab.h>
18 #include <linux/freezer.h>
19 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
20 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
21 #include <linux/cgroup.h>
22 #include <trace/events/sched.h>
24 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kthread_create_lock);
25 static LIST_HEAD(kthread_create_list);
26 struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;
28 struct kthread_create_info
30 /* Information passed to kthread() from kthreadd. */
31 int (*threadfn)(void *data);
32 void *data;
33 int node;
35 /* Result passed back to kthread_create() from kthreadd. */
36 struct task_struct *result;
37 struct completion *done;
39 struct list_head list;
42 struct kthread {
43 unsigned long flags;
44 unsigned int cpu;
45 void *data;
46 struct completion parked;
47 struct completion exited;
50 enum KTHREAD_BITS {
51 KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU = 0,
52 KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP,
53 KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK,
54 KTHREAD_IS_PARKED,
57 #define __to_kthread(vfork) \
58 container_of(vfork, struct kthread, exited)
60 static inline struct kthread *to_kthread(struct task_struct *k)
62 return __to_kthread(k->vfork_done);
65 static struct kthread *to_live_kthread(struct task_struct *k)
67 struct completion *vfork = ACCESS_ONCE(k->vfork_done);
68 if (likely(vfork))
69 return __to_kthread(vfork);
70 return NULL;
73 /**
74 * kthread_should_stop - should this kthread return now?
76 * When someone calls kthread_stop() on your kthread, it will be woken
77 * and this will return true. You should then return, and your return
78 * value will be passed through to kthread_stop().
80 bool kthread_should_stop(void)
82 return test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP, &to_kthread(current)->flags);
84 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_should_stop);
86 /**
87 * kthread_should_park - should this kthread park now?
89 * When someone calls kthread_park() on your kthread, it will be woken
90 * and this will return true. You should then do the necessary
91 * cleanup and call kthread_parkme()
93 * Similar to kthread_should_stop(), but this keeps the thread alive
94 * and in a park position. kthread_unpark() "restarts" the thread and
95 * calls the thread function again.
97 bool kthread_should_park(void)
99 return test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK, &to_kthread(current)->flags);
101 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_should_park);
104 * kthread_freezable_should_stop - should this freezable kthread return now?
105 * @was_frozen: optional out parameter, indicates whether %current was frozen
107 * kthread_should_stop() for freezable kthreads, which will enter
108 * refrigerator if necessary. This function is safe from kthread_stop() /
109 * freezer deadlock and freezable kthreads should use this function instead
110 * of calling try_to_freeze() directly.
112 bool kthread_freezable_should_stop(bool *was_frozen)
114 bool frozen = false;
116 might_sleep();
118 if (unlikely(freezing(current)))
119 frozen = __refrigerator(true);
121 if (was_frozen)
122 *was_frozen = frozen;
124 return kthread_should_stop();
126 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_freezable_should_stop);
129 * kthread_data - return data value specified on kthread creation
130 * @task: kthread task in question
132 * Return the data value specified when kthread @task was created.
133 * The caller is responsible for ensuring the validity of @task when
134 * calling this function.
136 void *kthread_data(struct task_struct *task)
138 return to_kthread(task)->data;
142 * probe_kthread_data - speculative version of kthread_data()
143 * @task: possible kthread task in question
145 * @task could be a kthread task. Return the data value specified when it
146 * was created if accessible. If @task isn't a kthread task or its data is
147 * inaccessible for any reason, %NULL is returned. This function requires
148 * that @task itself is safe to dereference.
150 void *probe_kthread_data(struct task_struct *task)
152 struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(task);
153 void *data = NULL;
155 probe_kernel_read(&data, &kthread->data, sizeof(data));
156 return data;
159 static void __kthread_parkme(struct kthread *self)
161 __set_current_state(TASK_PARKED);
162 while (test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK, &self->flags)) {
163 if (!test_and_set_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PARKED, &self->flags))
164 complete(&self->parked);
165 schedule();
166 __set_current_state(TASK_PARKED);
168 clear_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PARKED, &self->flags);
169 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
172 void kthread_parkme(void)
174 __kthread_parkme(to_kthread(current));
176 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_parkme);
178 static int kthread(void *_create)
180 /* Copy data: it's on kthread's stack */
181 struct kthread_create_info *create = _create;
182 int (*threadfn)(void *data) = create->threadfn;
183 void *data = create->data;
184 struct completion *done;
185 struct kthread self;
186 int ret;
188 self.flags = 0;
189 self.data = data;
190 init_completion(&self.exited);
191 init_completion(&self.parked);
192 current->vfork_done = &self.exited;
194 /* If user was SIGKILLed, I release the structure. */
195 done = xchg(&create->done, NULL);
196 if (!done) {
197 kfree(create);
198 do_exit(-EINTR);
200 /* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
201 __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
202 create->result = current;
203 complete(done);
204 schedule();
206 ret = -EINTR;
208 if (!test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP, &self.flags)) {
209 cgroup_kthread_ready();
210 __kthread_parkme(&self);
211 ret = threadfn(data);
213 /* we can't just return, we must preserve "self" on stack */
214 do_exit(ret);
217 /* called from do_fork() to get node information for about to be created task */
218 int tsk_fork_get_node(struct task_struct *tsk)
220 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
221 if (tsk == kthreadd_task)
222 return tsk->pref_node_fork;
223 #endif
224 return NUMA_NO_NODE;
227 static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create)
229 int pid;
231 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
232 current->pref_node_fork = create->node;
233 #endif
234 /* We want our own signal handler (we take no signals by default). */
235 pid = kernel_thread(kthread, create, CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD);
236 if (pid < 0) {
237 /* If user was SIGKILLed, I release the structure. */
238 struct completion *done = xchg(&create->done, NULL);
240 if (!done) {
241 kfree(create);
242 return;
244 create->result = ERR_PTR(pid);
245 complete(done);
250 * kthread_create_on_node - create a kthread.
251 * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
252 * @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
253 * @node: task and thread structures for the thread are allocated on this node
254 * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread.
256 * Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel
257 * thread. The thread will be stopped: use wake_up_process() to start
258 * it. See also kthread_run(). The new thread has SCHED_NORMAL policy and
259 * is affine to all CPUs.
261 * If thread is going to be bound on a particular cpu, give its node
262 * in @node, to get NUMA affinity for kthread stack, or else give NUMA_NO_NODE.
263 * When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its
264 * argument. @threadfn() can either call do_exit() directly if it is a
265 * standalone thread for which no one will call kthread_stop(), or
266 * return when 'kthread_should_stop()' is true (which means
267 * kthread_stop() has been called). The return value should be zero
268 * or a negative error number; it will be passed to kthread_stop().
270 * Returns a task_struct or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) or ERR_PTR(-EINTR).
272 struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_node(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
273 void *data, int node,
274 const char namefmt[],
275 ...)
277 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
278 struct task_struct *task;
279 struct kthread_create_info *create = kmalloc(sizeof(*create),
280 GFP_KERNEL);
282 if (!create)
283 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
284 create->threadfn = threadfn;
285 create->data = data;
286 create->node = node;
287 create->done = &done;
289 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
290 list_add_tail(&create->list, &kthread_create_list);
291 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
293 wake_up_process(kthreadd_task);
295 * Wait for completion in killable state, for I might be chosen by
296 * the OOM killer while kthreadd is trying to allocate memory for
297 * new kernel thread.
299 if (unlikely(wait_for_completion_killable(&done))) {
301 * If I was SIGKILLed before kthreadd (or new kernel thread)
302 * calls complete(), leave the cleanup of this structure to
303 * that thread.
305 if (xchg(&create->done, NULL))
306 return ERR_PTR(-EINTR);
308 * kthreadd (or new kernel thread) will call complete()
309 * shortly.
311 wait_for_completion(&done);
313 task = create->result;
314 if (!IS_ERR(task)) {
315 static const struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 0 };
316 va_list args;
318 va_start(args, namefmt);
319 vsnprintf(task->comm, sizeof(task->comm), namefmt, args);
320 va_end(args);
322 * root may have changed our (kthreadd's) priority or CPU mask.
323 * The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
325 sched_setscheduler_nocheck(task, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
326 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(task, cpu_all_mask);
328 kfree(create);
329 return task;
331 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create_on_node);
333 static void __kthread_bind_mask(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *mask, long state)
335 unsigned long flags;
337 if (!wait_task_inactive(p, state)) {
338 WARN_ON(1);
339 return;
342 /* It's safe because the task is inactive. */
343 raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&p->pi_lock, flags);
344 do_set_cpus_allowed(p, mask);
345 p->flags |= PF_NO_SETAFFINITY;
346 raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->pi_lock, flags);
349 static void __kthread_bind(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu, long state)
351 __kthread_bind_mask(p, cpumask_of(cpu), state);
354 void kthread_bind_mask(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *mask)
356 __kthread_bind_mask(p, mask, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
360 * kthread_bind - bind a just-created kthread to a cpu.
361 * @p: thread created by kthread_create().
362 * @cpu: cpu (might not be online, must be possible) for @k to run on.
364 * Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(),
365 * except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be
366 * stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create()).
368 void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
370 __kthread_bind(p, cpu, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
372 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
375 * kthread_create_on_cpu - Create a cpu bound kthread
376 * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
377 * @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
378 * @cpu: The cpu on which the thread should be bound,
379 * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread. Format is restricted
380 * to "name.*%u". Code fills in cpu number.
382 * Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel thread
383 * The thread will be woken and put into park mode.
385 struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_cpu(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
386 void *data, unsigned int cpu,
387 const char *namefmt)
389 struct task_struct *p;
391 p = kthread_create_on_node(threadfn, data, cpu_to_node(cpu), namefmt,
392 cpu);
393 if (IS_ERR(p))
394 return p;
395 set_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU, &to_kthread(p)->flags);
396 to_kthread(p)->cpu = cpu;
397 /* Park the thread to get it out of TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE state */
398 kthread_park(p);
399 return p;
402 static void __kthread_unpark(struct task_struct *k, struct kthread *kthread)
404 clear_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK, &kthread->flags);
406 * We clear the IS_PARKED bit here as we don't wait
407 * until the task has left the park code. So if we'd
408 * park before that happens we'd see the IS_PARKED bit
409 * which might be about to be cleared.
411 if (test_and_clear_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PARKED, &kthread->flags)) {
412 if (test_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU, &kthread->flags))
413 __kthread_bind(k, kthread->cpu, TASK_PARKED);
414 wake_up_state(k, TASK_PARKED);
419 * kthread_unpark - unpark a thread created by kthread_create().
420 * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
422 * Sets kthread_should_park() for @k to return false, wakes it, and
423 * waits for it to return. If the thread is marked percpu then its
424 * bound to the cpu again.
426 void kthread_unpark(struct task_struct *k)
428 struct kthread *kthread = to_live_kthread(k);
430 if (kthread)
431 __kthread_unpark(k, kthread);
433 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_unpark);
436 * kthread_park - park a thread created by kthread_create().
437 * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
439 * Sets kthread_should_park() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
440 * waits for it to return. This can also be called after kthread_create()
441 * instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread will park without
442 * calling threadfn().
444 * Returns 0 if the thread is parked, -ENOSYS if the thread exited.
445 * If called by the kthread itself just the park bit is set.
447 int kthread_park(struct task_struct *k)
449 struct kthread *kthread = to_live_kthread(k);
450 int ret = -ENOSYS;
452 if (kthread) {
453 if (!test_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PARKED, &kthread->flags)) {
454 set_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK, &kthread->flags);
455 if (k != current) {
456 wake_up_process(k);
457 wait_for_completion(&kthread->parked);
460 ret = 0;
462 return ret;
464 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_park);
467 * kthread_stop - stop a thread created by kthread_create().
468 * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
470 * Sets kthread_should_stop() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
471 * waits for it to exit. This can also be called after kthread_create()
472 * instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread will exit without
473 * calling threadfn().
475 * If threadfn() may call do_exit() itself, the caller must ensure
476 * task_struct can't go away.
478 * Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
479 * was never called.
481 int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k)
483 struct kthread *kthread;
484 int ret;
486 trace_sched_kthread_stop(k);
488 get_task_struct(k);
489 kthread = to_live_kthread(k);
490 if (kthread) {
491 set_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP, &kthread->flags);
492 __kthread_unpark(k, kthread);
493 wake_up_process(k);
494 wait_for_completion(&kthread->exited);
496 ret = k->exit_code;
497 put_task_struct(k);
499 trace_sched_kthread_stop_ret(ret);
500 return ret;
502 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);
504 int kthreadd(void *unused)
506 struct task_struct *tsk = current;
508 /* Setup a clean context for our children to inherit. */
509 set_task_comm(tsk, "kthreadd");
510 ignore_signals(tsk);
511 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, cpu_all_mask);
512 set_mems_allowed(node_states[N_MEMORY]);
514 current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE;
515 cgroup_init_kthreadd();
517 for (;;) {
518 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
519 if (list_empty(&kthread_create_list))
520 schedule();
521 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
523 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
524 while (!list_empty(&kthread_create_list)) {
525 struct kthread_create_info *create;
527 create = list_entry(kthread_create_list.next,
528 struct kthread_create_info, list);
529 list_del_init(&create->list);
530 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
532 create_kthread(create);
534 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
536 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
539 return 0;
542 void __init_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker,
543 const char *name,
544 struct lock_class_key *key)
546 spin_lock_init(&worker->lock);
547 lockdep_set_class_and_name(&worker->lock, key, name);
548 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&worker->work_list);
549 worker->task = NULL;
551 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__init_kthread_worker);
554 * kthread_worker_fn - kthread function to process kthread_worker
555 * @worker_ptr: pointer to initialized kthread_worker
557 * This function can be used as @threadfn to kthread_create() or
558 * kthread_run() with @worker_ptr argument pointing to an initialized
559 * kthread_worker. The started kthread will process work_list until
560 * the it is stopped with kthread_stop(). A kthread can also call
561 * this function directly after extra initialization.
563 * Different kthreads can be used for the same kthread_worker as long
564 * as there's only one kthread attached to it at any given time. A
565 * kthread_worker without an attached kthread simply collects queued
566 * kthread_works.
568 int kthread_worker_fn(void *worker_ptr)
570 struct kthread_worker *worker = worker_ptr;
571 struct kthread_work *work;
573 WARN_ON(worker->task);
574 worker->task = current;
575 repeat:
576 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); /* mb paired w/ kthread_stop */
578 if (kthread_should_stop()) {
579 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
580 spin_lock_irq(&worker->lock);
581 worker->task = NULL;
582 spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
583 return 0;
586 work = NULL;
587 spin_lock_irq(&worker->lock);
588 if (!list_empty(&worker->work_list)) {
589 work = list_first_entry(&worker->work_list,
590 struct kthread_work, node);
591 list_del_init(&work->node);
593 worker->current_work = work;
594 spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
596 if (work) {
597 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
598 work->func(work);
599 } else if (!freezing(current))
600 schedule();
602 try_to_freeze();
603 goto repeat;
605 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_worker_fn);
607 /* insert @work before @pos in @worker */
608 static void insert_kthread_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
609 struct kthread_work *work,
610 struct list_head *pos)
612 lockdep_assert_held(&worker->lock);
614 list_add_tail(&work->node, pos);
615 work->worker = worker;
616 if (!worker->current_work && likely(worker->task))
617 wake_up_process(worker->task);
621 * queue_kthread_work - queue a kthread_work
622 * @worker: target kthread_worker
623 * @work: kthread_work to queue
625 * Queue @work to work processor @task for async execution. @task
626 * must have been created with kthread_worker_create(). Returns %true
627 * if @work was successfully queued, %false if it was already pending.
629 bool queue_kthread_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
630 struct kthread_work *work)
632 bool ret = false;
633 unsigned long flags;
635 spin_lock_irqsave(&worker->lock, flags);
636 if (list_empty(&work->node)) {
637 insert_kthread_work(worker, work, &worker->work_list);
638 ret = true;
640 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&worker->lock, flags);
641 return ret;
643 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(queue_kthread_work);
645 struct kthread_flush_work {
646 struct kthread_work work;
647 struct completion done;
650 static void kthread_flush_work_fn(struct kthread_work *work)
652 struct kthread_flush_work *fwork =
653 container_of(work, struct kthread_flush_work, work);
654 complete(&fwork->done);
658 * flush_kthread_work - flush a kthread_work
659 * @work: work to flush
661 * If @work is queued or executing, wait for it to finish execution.
663 void flush_kthread_work(struct kthread_work *work)
665 struct kthread_flush_work fwork = {
666 KTHREAD_WORK_INIT(fwork.work, kthread_flush_work_fn),
667 COMPLETION_INITIALIZER_ONSTACK(fwork.done),
669 struct kthread_worker *worker;
670 bool noop = false;
672 retry:
673 worker = work->worker;
674 if (!worker)
675 return;
677 spin_lock_irq(&worker->lock);
678 if (work->worker != worker) {
679 spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
680 goto retry;
683 if (!list_empty(&work->node))
684 insert_kthread_work(worker, &fwork.work, work->node.next);
685 else if (worker->current_work == work)
686 insert_kthread_work(worker, &fwork.work, worker->work_list.next);
687 else
688 noop = true;
690 spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
692 if (!noop)
693 wait_for_completion(&fwork.done);
695 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_kthread_work);
698 * flush_kthread_worker - flush all current works on a kthread_worker
699 * @worker: worker to flush
701 * Wait until all currently executing or pending works on @worker are
702 * finished.
704 void flush_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker)
706 struct kthread_flush_work fwork = {
707 KTHREAD_WORK_INIT(fwork.work, kthread_flush_work_fn),
708 COMPLETION_INITIALIZER_ONSTACK(fwork.done),
711 queue_kthread_work(worker, &fwork.work);
712 wait_for_completion(&fwork.done);
714 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_kthread_worker);