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/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
);
35 /* Result passed back to kthread_create() from kthreadd. */
36 struct task_struct
*result
;
37 struct completion
*done
;
39 struct list_head list
;
46 struct completion parked
;
47 struct completion exited
;
51 KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU
= 0,
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
);
69 return __to_kthread(vfork
);
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
);
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
)
118 if (unlikely(freezing(current
)))
119 frozen
= __refrigerator(true);
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
);
155 probe_kernel_read(&data
, &kthread
->data
, sizeof(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
);
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
;
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
);
200 /* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
201 __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
202 create
->result
= current
;
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 */
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
)
221 if (tsk
== kthreadd_task
)
222 return tsk
->pref_node_fork
;
227 static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info
*create
)
232 current
->pref_node_fork
= create
->node
;
234 /* We want our own signal handler (we take no signals by default). */
235 pid
= kernel_thread(kthread
, create
, CLONE_FS
| CLONE_FILES
| SIGCHLD
);
237 /* If user was SIGKILLed, I release the structure. */
238 struct completion
*done
= xchg(&create
->done
, NULL
);
244 create
->result
= ERR_PTR(pid
);
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
[],
277 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
278 struct task_struct
*task
;
279 struct kthread_create_info
*create
= kmalloc(sizeof(*create
),
283 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM
);
284 create
->threadfn
= threadfn
;
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
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
305 if (xchg(&create
->done
, NULL
))
306 return ERR_PTR(-EINTR
);
308 * kthreadd (or new kernel thread) will call complete()
311 wait_for_completion(&done
);
313 task
= create
->result
;
315 static const struct sched_param param
= { .sched_priority
= 0 };
318 va_start(args
, namefmt
);
319 vsnprintf(task
->comm
, sizeof(task
->comm
), namefmt
, 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
, ¶m
);
326 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(task
, cpu_all_mask
);
331 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create_on_node
);
333 static void __kthread_bind_mask(struct task_struct
*p
, const struct cpumask
*mask
, long state
)
337 if (!wait_task_inactive(p
, state
)) {
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
,
389 struct task_struct
*p
;
391 p
= kthread_create_on_node(threadfn
, data
, cpu_to_node(cpu
), namefmt
,
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 */
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
);
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
);
453 if (!test_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PARKED
, &kthread
->flags
)) {
454 set_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK
, &kthread
->flags
);
457 wait_for_completion(&kthread
->parked
);
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()
481 int kthread_stop(struct task_struct
*k
)
483 struct kthread
*kthread
;
486 trace_sched_kthread_stop(k
);
489 kthread
= to_live_kthread(k
);
491 set_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP
, &kthread
->flags
);
492 __kthread_unpark(k
, kthread
);
494 wait_for_completion(&kthread
->exited
);
499 trace_sched_kthread_stop_ret(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");
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();
518 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
);
519 if (list_empty(&kthread_create_list
))
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
);
542 void __init_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker
*worker
,
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
);
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
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
;
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
);
582 spin_unlock_irq(&worker
->lock
);
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
);
597 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING
);
599 } else if (!freezing(current
))
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
)
635 spin_lock_irqsave(&worker
->lock
, flags
);
636 if (list_empty(&work
->node
)) {
637 insert_kthread_work(worker
, work
, &worker
->work_list
);
640 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&worker
->lock
, flags
);
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
;
673 worker
= work
->worker
;
677 spin_lock_irq(&worker
->lock
);
678 if (work
->worker
!= worker
) {
679 spin_unlock_irq(&worker
->lock
);
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
);
690 spin_unlock_irq(&worker
->lock
);
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
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
);