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1/* Kernel thread helper functions.
2 * Copyright (C) 2004 IBM Corporation, Rusty Russell.
3 *
73c27992 4 * Creation is done via kthreadd, so that we get a clean environment
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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>
58568d2a 12#include <linux/cpuset.h>
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13#include <linux/unistd.h>
14#include <linux/file.h>
15#include <linux/module.h>
97d1f15b 16#include <linux/mutex.h>
ad8d75ff 17#include <trace/events/sched.h>
1da177e4 18
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19#define KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL (-5)
20
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21static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kthread_create_lock);
22static LIST_HEAD(kthread_create_list);
23struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;
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24
25struct kthread_create_info
26{
73c27992 27 /* Information passed to kthread() from kthreadd. */
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28 int (*threadfn)(void *data);
29 void *data;
1da177e4 30
73c27992 31 /* Result passed back to kthread_create() from kthreadd. */
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32 struct task_struct *result;
33 struct completion done;
65f27f38 34
73c27992 35 struct list_head list;
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36};
37
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38struct kthread {
39 int should_stop;
40 struct completion exited;
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41};
42
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43#define to_kthread(tsk) \
44 container_of((tsk)->vfork_done, struct kthread, exited)
1da177e4 45
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46/**
47 * kthread_should_stop - should this kthread return now?
48 *
72fd4a35 49 * When someone calls kthread_stop() on your kthread, it will be woken
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50 * and this will return true. You should then return, and your return
51 * value will be passed through to kthread_stop().
52 */
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53int kthread_should_stop(void)
54{
63706172 55 return to_kthread(current)->should_stop;
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56}
57EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_should_stop);
58
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59static int kthread(void *_create)
60{
63706172 61 /* Copy data: it's on kthread's stack */
1da177e4 62 struct kthread_create_info *create = _create;
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63 int (*threadfn)(void *data) = create->threadfn;
64 void *data = create->data;
65 struct kthread self;
66 int ret;
1da177e4 67
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68 self.should_stop = 0;
69 init_completion(&self.exited);
70 current->vfork_done = &self.exited;
1da177e4 71
1da177e4 72 /* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
a076e4bc 73 __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
3217ab97 74 create->result = current;
cdd140bd 75 complete(&create->done);
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76 schedule();
77
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78 ret = -EINTR;
79 if (!self.should_stop)
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80 ret = threadfn(data);
81
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82 /* we can't just return, we must preserve "self" on stack */
83 do_exit(ret);
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84}
85
73c27992 86static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create)
1da177e4 87{
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88 int pid;
89
90 /* We want our own signal handler (we take no signals by default). */
91 pid = kernel_thread(kthread, create, CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD);
cdd140bd 92 if (pid < 0) {
1da177e4 93 create->result = ERR_PTR(pid);
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94 complete(&create->done);
95 }
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96}
97
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98/**
99 * kthread_create - create a kthread.
100 * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
101 * @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
102 * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread.
103 *
104 * Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel
105 * thread. The thread will be stopped: use wake_up_process() to start
106 * it. See also kthread_run(), kthread_create_on_cpu().
107 *
108 * When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its
72fd4a35 109 * argument. @threadfn() can either call do_exit() directly if it is a
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110 * standalone thread for which noone will call kthread_stop(), or
111 * return when 'kthread_should_stop()' is true (which means
112 * kthread_stop() has been called). The return value should be zero
113 * or a negative error number; it will be passed to kthread_stop().
114 *
115 * Returns a task_struct or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
116 */
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117struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
118 void *data,
119 const char namefmt[],
120 ...)
121{
122 struct kthread_create_info create;
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123
124 create.threadfn = threadfn;
125 create.data = data;
1da177e4 126 init_completion(&create.done);
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127
128 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
129 list_add_tail(&create.list, &kthread_create_list);
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130 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
131
cbd9b67b 132 wake_up_process(kthreadd_task);
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133 wait_for_completion(&create.done);
134
1da177e4 135 if (!IS_ERR(create.result)) {
1c99315b 136 struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 0 };
1da177e4 137 va_list args;
1c99315b 138
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139 va_start(args, namefmt);
140 vsnprintf(create.result->comm, sizeof(create.result->comm),
141 namefmt, args);
142 va_end(args);
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143 /*
144 * root may have changed our (kthreadd's) priority or CPU mask.
145 * The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
146 */
147 sched_setscheduler_nocheck(create.result, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
148 set_user_nice(create.result, KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL);
149 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(create.result, cpu_all_mask);
1da177e4 150 }
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151 return create.result;
152}
153EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create);
154
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155/**
156 * kthread_bind - bind a just-created kthread to a cpu.
157 * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
158 * @cpu: cpu (might not be online, must be possible) for @k to run on.
159 *
160 * Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(),
161 * except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be
72fd4a35 162 * stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create()).
9e37bd30 163 */
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164void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu)
165{
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166 /* Must have done schedule() in kthread() before we set_task_cpu */
167 if (!wait_task_inactive(k, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)) {
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168 WARN_ON(1);
169 return;
170 }
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171 set_task_cpu(k, cpu);
172 k->cpus_allowed = cpumask_of_cpu(cpu);
9f0e738f 173 k->rt.nr_cpus_allowed = 1;
9985b0ba 174 k->flags |= PF_THREAD_BOUND;
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175}
176EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
177
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178/**
179 * kthread_stop - stop a thread created by kthread_create().
180 * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
181 *
182 * Sets kthread_should_stop() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
183 * waits for it to exit. Your threadfn() must not call do_exit()
184 * itself if you use this function! This can also be called after
185 * kthread_create() instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread
186 * will exit without calling threadfn().
187 *
188 * Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
189 * was never called.
190 */
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191int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k)
192{
63706172 193 struct kthread *kthread;
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194 int ret;
195
0a16b607 196 trace_sched_kthread_stop(k);
63706172 197 get_task_struct(k);
0a16b607 198
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199 kthread = to_kthread(k);
200 barrier(); /* it might have exited */
201 if (k->vfork_done != NULL) {
202 kthread->should_stop = 1;
203 wake_up_process(k);
204 wait_for_completion(&kthread->exited);
205 }
206 ret = k->exit_code;
1da177e4 207
1da177e4 208 put_task_struct(k);
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209 trace_sched_kthread_stop_ret(ret);
210
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211 return ret;
212}
52e92e57 213EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);
1da177e4 214
e804a4a4 215int kthreadd(void *unused)
1da177e4 216{
73c27992 217 struct task_struct *tsk = current;
1da177e4 218
e804a4a4 219 /* Setup a clean context for our children to inherit. */
73c27992 220 set_task_comm(tsk, "kthreadd");
10ab825b 221 ignore_signals(tsk);
4f05b98d 222 set_user_nice(tsk, KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL);
1a2142af 223 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, cpu_all_mask);
58568d2a 224 set_mems_allowed(node_possible_map);
73c27992 225
ebb12db5 226 current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE | PF_FREEZER_NOSIG;
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227
228 for (;;) {
229 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
230 if (list_empty(&kthread_create_list))
231 schedule();
232 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
233
234 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
235 while (!list_empty(&kthread_create_list)) {
236 struct kthread_create_info *create;
237
238 create = list_entry(kthread_create_list.next,
239 struct kthread_create_info, list);
240 list_del_init(&create->list);
241 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
242
243 create_kthread(create);
244
245 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
246 }
247 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
248 }
249
250 return 0;
251}