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1 /*
2 * JFFS2 -- Journalling Flash File System, Version 2.
4 * Copyright © 2001-2007 Red Hat, Inc.
6 * Created by David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
8 * For licensing information, see the file 'LICENCE' in this directory.
12 #include <linux/kernel.h>
13 #include <linux/jffs2.h>
14 #include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
15 #include <linux/completion.h>
16 #include <linux/sched.h>
17 #include <linux/freezer.h>
18 #include "nodelist.h"
21 static int jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(void *);
23 void jffs2_garbage_collect_trigger(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
25 spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
26 if (c->gc_task && jffs2_thread_should_wake(c))
27 send_sig(SIGHUP, c->gc_task, 1);
28 spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
31 /* This must only ever be called when no GC thread is currently running */
32 int jffs2_start_garbage_collect_thread(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
34 pid_t pid;
35 int ret = 0;
37 BUG_ON(c->gc_task);
39 init_completion(&c->gc_thread_start);
40 init_completion(&c->gc_thread_exit);
42 pid = kernel_thread(jffs2_garbage_collect_thread, c, CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES);
43 if (pid < 0) {
44 printk(KERN_WARNING "fork failed for JFFS2 garbage collect thread: %d\n", -pid);
45 complete(&c->gc_thread_exit);
46 ret = pid;
47 } else {
48 /* Wait for it... */
49 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "JFFS2: Garbage collect thread is pid %d\n", pid));
50 wait_for_completion(&c->gc_thread_start);
53 return ret;
56 void jffs2_stop_garbage_collect_thread(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
58 int wait = 0;
59 spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
60 if (c->gc_task) {
61 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2: Killing GC task %d\n", c->gc_task->pid));
62 send_sig(SIGKILL, c->gc_task, 1);
63 wait = 1;
65 spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
66 if (wait)
67 wait_for_completion(&c->gc_thread_exit);
70 static int jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(void *_c)
72 struct jffs2_sb_info *c = _c;
74 daemonize("jffs2_gcd_mtd%d", c->mtd->index);
75 allow_signal(SIGKILL);
76 allow_signal(SIGSTOP);
77 allow_signal(SIGCONT);
79 c->gc_task = current;
80 complete(&c->gc_thread_start);
82 set_user_nice(current, 10);
84 for (;;) {
85 allow_signal(SIGHUP);
87 if (!jffs2_thread_should_wake(c)) {
88 set_current_state (TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
89 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread sleeping...\n"));
90 /* Yes, there's a race here; we checked jffs2_thread_should_wake()
91 before setting current->state to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE. But it doesn't
92 matter - We don't care if we miss a wakeup, because the GC thread
93 is only an optimisation anyway. */
94 schedule();
97 if (try_to_freeze())
98 continue;
100 /* This thread is purely an optimisation. But if it runs when
101 other things could be running, it actually makes things a
102 lot worse. Use yield() and put it at the back of the runqueue
103 every time. Especially during boot, pulling an inode in
104 with read_inode() is much preferable to having the GC thread
105 get there first. */
106 yield();
108 /* Put_super will send a SIGKILL and then wait on the sem.
110 while (signal_pending(current)) {
111 siginfo_t info;
112 unsigned long signr;
114 signr = dequeue_signal_lock(current, &current->blocked, &info);
116 switch(signr) {
117 case SIGSTOP:
118 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(): SIGSTOP received.\n"));
119 set_current_state(TASK_STOPPED);
120 schedule();
121 break;
123 case SIGKILL:
124 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(): SIGKILL received.\n"));
125 goto die;
127 case SIGHUP:
128 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(): SIGHUP received.\n"));
129 break;
130 default:
131 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(): signal %ld received\n", signr));
134 /* We don't want SIGHUP to interrupt us. STOP and KILL are OK though. */
135 disallow_signal(SIGHUP);
137 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(): pass\n"));
138 if (jffs2_garbage_collect_pass(c) == -ENOSPC) {
139 printk(KERN_NOTICE "No space for garbage collection. Aborting GC thread\n");
140 goto die;
143 die:
144 spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
145 c->gc_task = NULL;
146 spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
147 complete_and_exit(&c->gc_thread_exit, 0);