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1 /*
2 * JFFS2 -- Journalling Flash File System, Version 2.
4 * Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Red Hat, Inc.
6 * Created by David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
8 * For licensing information, see the file 'LICENCE' in this directory.
10 * $Id: background.c,v 1.54 2005/05/20 21:37:12 gleixner Exp $
14 #include <linux/kernel.h>
15 #include <linux/jffs2.h>
16 #include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
17 #include <linux/completion.h>
18 #include <linux/sched.h>
19 #include "nodelist.h"
22 static int jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(void *);
24 void jffs2_garbage_collect_trigger(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
26 spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
27 if (c->gc_task && jffs2_thread_should_wake(c))
28 send_sig(SIGHUP, c->gc_task, 1);
29 spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
32 /* This must only ever be called when no GC thread is currently running */
33 int jffs2_start_garbage_collect_thread(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
35 pid_t pid;
36 int ret = 0;
38 if (c->gc_task)
39 BUG();
41 init_completion(&c->gc_thread_start);
42 init_completion(&c->gc_thread_exit);
44 pid = kernel_thread(jffs2_garbage_collect_thread, c, CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES);
45 if (pid < 0) {
46 printk(KERN_WARNING "fork failed for JFFS2 garbage collect thread: %d\n", -pid);
47 complete(&c->gc_thread_exit);
48 ret = pid;
49 } else {
50 /* Wait for it... */
51 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "JFFS2: Garbage collect thread is pid %d\n", pid));
52 wait_for_completion(&c->gc_thread_start);
55 return ret;
58 void jffs2_stop_garbage_collect_thread(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
60 int wait = 0;
61 spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
62 if (c->gc_task) {
63 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2: Killing GC task %d\n", c->gc_task->pid));
64 send_sig(SIGKILL, c->gc_task, 1);
65 wait = 1;
67 spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
68 if (wait)
69 wait_for_completion(&c->gc_thread_exit);
72 static int jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(void *_c)
74 struct jffs2_sb_info *c = _c;
76 daemonize("jffs2_gcd_mtd%d", c->mtd->index);
77 allow_signal(SIGKILL);
78 allow_signal(SIGSTOP);
79 allow_signal(SIGCONT);
81 c->gc_task = current;
82 complete(&c->gc_thread_start);
84 set_user_nice(current, 10);
86 for (;;) {
87 allow_signal(SIGHUP);
89 if (!jffs2_thread_should_wake(c)) {
90 set_current_state (TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
91 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread sleeping...\n"));
92 /* Yes, there's a race here; we checked jffs2_thread_should_wake()
93 before setting current->state to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE. But it doesn't
94 matter - We don't care if we miss a wakeup, because the GC thread
95 is only an optimisation anyway. */
96 schedule();
99 if (try_to_freeze())
100 continue;
102 cond_resched();
104 /* Put_super will send a SIGKILL and then wait on the sem.
106 while (signal_pending(current)) {
107 siginfo_t info;
108 unsigned long signr;
110 signr = dequeue_signal_lock(current, &current->blocked, &info);
112 switch(signr) {
113 case SIGSTOP:
114 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(): SIGSTOP received.\n"));
115 set_current_state(TASK_STOPPED);
116 schedule();
117 break;
119 case SIGKILL:
120 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(): SIGKILL received.\n"));
121 goto die;
123 case SIGHUP:
124 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(): SIGHUP received.\n"));
125 break;
126 default:
127 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(): signal %ld received\n", signr));
130 /* We don't want SIGHUP to interrupt us. STOP and KILL are OK though. */
131 disallow_signal(SIGHUP);
133 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(): pass\n"));
134 if (jffs2_garbage_collect_pass(c) == -ENOSPC) {
135 printk(KERN_NOTICE "No space for garbage collection. Aborting GC thread\n");
136 goto die;
139 die:
140 spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
141 c->gc_task = NULL;
142 spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
143 complete_and_exit(&c->gc_thread_exit, 0);