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 <trace/events/sched.h>
23 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kthread_create_lock
);
24 static LIST_HEAD(kthread_create_list
);
25 struct task_struct
*kthreadd_task
;
27 struct kthread_create_info
29 /* Information passed to kthread() from kthreadd. */
30 int (*threadfn
)(void *data
);
34 /* Result passed back to kthread_create() from kthreadd. */
35 struct task_struct
*result
;
36 struct completion
*done
;
38 struct list_head list
;
45 struct completion parked
;
46 struct completion exited
;
50 KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU
= 0,
56 #define __to_kthread(vfork) \
57 container_of(vfork, struct kthread, exited)
59 static inline struct kthread
*to_kthread(struct task_struct
*k
)
61 return __to_kthread(k
->vfork_done
);
64 static struct kthread
*to_live_kthread(struct task_struct
*k
)
66 struct completion
*vfork
= ACCESS_ONCE(k
->vfork_done
);
68 return __to_kthread(vfork
);
73 * kthread_should_stop - should this kthread return now?
75 * When someone calls kthread_stop() on your kthread, it will be woken
76 * and this will return true. You should then return, and your return
77 * value will be passed through to kthread_stop().
79 bool kthread_should_stop(void)
81 return test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP
, &to_kthread(current
)->flags
);
83 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_should_stop
);
86 * kthread_should_park - should this kthread park now?
88 * When someone calls kthread_park() on your kthread, it will be woken
89 * and this will return true. You should then do the necessary
90 * cleanup and call kthread_parkme()
92 * Similar to kthread_should_stop(), but this keeps the thread alive
93 * and in a park position. kthread_unpark() "restarts" the thread and
94 * calls the thread function again.
96 bool kthread_should_park(void)
98 return test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK
, &to_kthread(current
)->flags
);
100 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_should_park
);
103 * kthread_freezable_should_stop - should this freezable kthread return now?
104 * @was_frozen: optional out parameter, indicates whether %current was frozen
106 * kthread_should_stop() for freezable kthreads, which will enter
107 * refrigerator if necessary. This function is safe from kthread_stop() /
108 * freezer deadlock and freezable kthreads should use this function instead
109 * of calling try_to_freeze() directly.
111 bool kthread_freezable_should_stop(bool *was_frozen
)
117 if (unlikely(freezing(current
)))
118 frozen
= __refrigerator(true);
121 *was_frozen
= frozen
;
123 return kthread_should_stop();
125 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_freezable_should_stop
);
128 * kthread_data - return data value specified on kthread creation
129 * @task: kthread task in question
131 * Return the data value specified when kthread @task was created.
132 * The caller is responsible for ensuring the validity of @task when
133 * calling this function.
135 void *kthread_data(struct task_struct
*task
)
137 return to_kthread(task
)->data
;
141 * probe_kthread_data - speculative version of kthread_data()
142 * @task: possible kthread task in question
144 * @task could be a kthread task. Return the data value specified when it
145 * was created if accessible. If @task isn't a kthread task or its data is
146 * inaccessible for any reason, %NULL is returned. This function requires
147 * that @task itself is safe to dereference.
149 void *probe_kthread_data(struct task_struct
*task
)
151 struct kthread
*kthread
= to_kthread(task
);
154 probe_kernel_read(&data
, &kthread
->data
, sizeof(data
));
158 static void __kthread_parkme(struct kthread
*self
)
160 __set_current_state(TASK_PARKED
);
161 while (test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK
, &self
->flags
)) {
162 if (!test_and_set_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PARKED
, &self
->flags
))
163 complete(&self
->parked
);
165 __set_current_state(TASK_PARKED
);
167 clear_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PARKED
, &self
->flags
);
168 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING
);
171 void kthread_parkme(void)
173 __kthread_parkme(to_kthread(current
));
175 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_parkme
);
177 static int kthread(void *_create
)
179 /* Copy data: it's on kthread's stack */
180 struct kthread_create_info
*create
= _create
;
181 int (*threadfn
)(void *data
) = create
->threadfn
;
182 void *data
= create
->data
;
183 struct completion
*done
;
189 init_completion(&self
.exited
);
190 init_completion(&self
.parked
);
191 current
->vfork_done
= &self
.exited
;
193 /* If user was SIGKILLed, I release the structure. */
194 done
= xchg(&create
->done
, NULL
);
199 /* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
200 __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
201 create
->result
= current
;
207 if (!test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP
, &self
.flags
)) {
208 __kthread_parkme(&self
);
209 ret
= threadfn(data
);
211 /* we can't just return, we must preserve "self" on stack */
215 /* called from do_fork() to get node information for about to be created task */
216 int tsk_fork_get_node(struct task_struct
*tsk
)
219 if (tsk
== kthreadd_task
)
220 return tsk
->pref_node_fork
;
225 static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info
*create
)
230 current
->pref_node_fork
= create
->node
;
232 /* We want our own signal handler (we take no signals by default). */
233 pid
= kernel_thread(kthread
, create
, CLONE_FS
| CLONE_FILES
| SIGCHLD
);
235 /* If user was SIGKILLed, I release the structure. */
236 struct completion
*done
= xchg(&create
->done
, NULL
);
242 create
->result
= ERR_PTR(pid
);
248 * kthread_create_on_node - create a kthread.
249 * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
250 * @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
251 * @node: task and thread structures for the thread are allocated on this node
252 * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread.
254 * Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel
255 * thread. The thread will be stopped: use wake_up_process() to start
256 * it. See also kthread_run(). The new thread has SCHED_NORMAL policy and
257 * is affine to all CPUs.
259 * If thread is going to be bound on a particular cpu, give its node
260 * in @node, to get NUMA affinity for kthread stack, or else give NUMA_NO_NODE.
261 * When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its
262 * argument. @threadfn() can either call do_exit() directly if it is a
263 * standalone thread for which no one will call kthread_stop(), or
264 * return when 'kthread_should_stop()' is true (which means
265 * kthread_stop() has been called). The return value should be zero
266 * or a negative error number; it will be passed to kthread_stop().
268 * Returns a task_struct or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) or ERR_PTR(-EINTR).
270 struct task_struct
*kthread_create_on_node(int (*threadfn
)(void *data
),
271 void *data
, int node
,
272 const char namefmt
[],
275 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
276 struct task_struct
*task
;
277 struct kthread_create_info
*create
= kmalloc(sizeof(*create
),
281 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM
);
282 create
->threadfn
= threadfn
;
285 create
->done
= &done
;
287 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock
);
288 list_add_tail(&create
->list
, &kthread_create_list
);
289 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock
);
291 wake_up_process(kthreadd_task
);
293 * Wait for completion in killable state, for I might be chosen by
294 * the OOM killer while kthreadd is trying to allocate memory for
297 if (unlikely(wait_for_completion_killable(&done
))) {
299 * If I was SIGKILLed before kthreadd (or new kernel thread)
300 * calls complete(), leave the cleanup of this structure to
303 if (xchg(&create
->done
, NULL
))
304 return ERR_PTR(-EINTR
);
306 * kthreadd (or new kernel thread) will call complete()
309 wait_for_completion(&done
);
311 task
= create
->result
;
313 static const struct sched_param param
= { .sched_priority
= 0 };
316 va_start(args
, namefmt
);
317 vsnprintf(task
->comm
, sizeof(task
->comm
), namefmt
, args
);
320 * root may have changed our (kthreadd's) priority or CPU mask.
321 * The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
323 sched_setscheduler_nocheck(task
, SCHED_NORMAL
, ¶m
);
324 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(task
, cpu_all_mask
);
329 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create_on_node
);
331 static void __kthread_bind_mask(struct task_struct
*p
, const struct cpumask
*mask
, long state
)
335 if (!wait_task_inactive(p
, state
)) {
340 /* It's safe because the task is inactive. */
341 raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&p
->pi_lock
, flags
);
342 do_set_cpus_allowed(p
, mask
);
343 p
->flags
|= PF_NO_SETAFFINITY
;
344 raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p
->pi_lock
, flags
);
347 static void __kthread_bind(struct task_struct
*p
, unsigned int cpu
, long state
)
349 __kthread_bind_mask(p
, cpumask_of(cpu
), state
);
352 void kthread_bind_mask(struct task_struct
*p
, const struct cpumask
*mask
)
354 __kthread_bind_mask(p
, mask
, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
358 * kthread_bind - bind a just-created kthread to a cpu.
359 * @p: thread created by kthread_create().
360 * @cpu: cpu (might not be online, must be possible) for @k to run on.
362 * Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(),
363 * except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be
364 * stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create()).
366 void kthread_bind(struct task_struct
*p
, unsigned int cpu
)
368 __kthread_bind(p
, cpu
, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
370 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind
);
373 * kthread_create_on_cpu - Create a cpu bound kthread
374 * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
375 * @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
376 * @cpu: The cpu on which the thread should be bound,
377 * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread. Format is restricted
378 * to "name.*%u". Code fills in cpu number.
380 * Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel thread
381 * The thread will be woken and put into park mode.
383 struct task_struct
*kthread_create_on_cpu(int (*threadfn
)(void *data
),
384 void *data
, unsigned int cpu
,
387 struct task_struct
*p
;
389 p
= kthread_create_on_node(threadfn
, data
, cpu_to_node(cpu
), namefmt
,
393 set_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU
, &to_kthread(p
)->flags
);
394 to_kthread(p
)->cpu
= cpu
;
395 /* Park the thread to get it out of TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE state */
400 static void __kthread_unpark(struct task_struct
*k
, struct kthread
*kthread
)
402 clear_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK
, &kthread
->flags
);
404 * We clear the IS_PARKED bit here as we don't wait
405 * until the task has left the park code. So if we'd
406 * park before that happens we'd see the IS_PARKED bit
407 * which might be about to be cleared.
409 if (test_and_clear_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PARKED
, &kthread
->flags
)) {
410 if (test_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU
, &kthread
->flags
))
411 __kthread_bind(k
, kthread
->cpu
, TASK_PARKED
);
412 wake_up_state(k
, TASK_PARKED
);
417 * kthread_unpark - unpark a thread created by kthread_create().
418 * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
420 * Sets kthread_should_park() for @k to return false, wakes it, and
421 * waits for it to return. If the thread is marked percpu then its
422 * bound to the cpu again.
424 void kthread_unpark(struct task_struct
*k
)
426 struct kthread
*kthread
= to_live_kthread(k
);
429 __kthread_unpark(k
, kthread
);
431 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_unpark
);
434 * kthread_park - park a thread created by kthread_create().
435 * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
437 * Sets kthread_should_park() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
438 * waits for it to return. This can also be called after kthread_create()
439 * instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread will park without
440 * calling threadfn().
442 * Returns 0 if the thread is parked, -ENOSYS if the thread exited.
443 * If called by the kthread itself just the park bit is set.
445 int kthread_park(struct task_struct
*k
)
447 struct kthread
*kthread
= to_live_kthread(k
);
451 if (!test_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PARKED
, &kthread
->flags
)) {
452 set_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK
, &kthread
->flags
);
455 wait_for_completion(&kthread
->parked
);
462 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_park
);
465 * kthread_stop - stop a thread created by kthread_create().
466 * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
468 * Sets kthread_should_stop() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
469 * waits for it to exit. This can also be called after kthread_create()
470 * instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread will exit without
471 * calling threadfn().
473 * If threadfn() may call do_exit() itself, the caller must ensure
474 * task_struct can't go away.
476 * Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
479 int kthread_stop(struct task_struct
*k
)
481 struct kthread
*kthread
;
484 trace_sched_kthread_stop(k
);
487 kthread
= to_live_kthread(k
);
489 set_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP
, &kthread
->flags
);
490 __kthread_unpark(k
, kthread
);
492 wait_for_completion(&kthread
->exited
);
497 trace_sched_kthread_stop_ret(ret
);
500 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop
);
502 int kthreadd(void *unused
)
504 struct task_struct
*tsk
= current
;
506 /* Setup a clean context for our children to inherit. */
507 set_task_comm(tsk
, "kthreadd");
509 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk
, cpu_all_mask
);
510 set_mems_allowed(node_states
[N_MEMORY
]);
512 current
->flags
|= PF_NOFREEZE
;
515 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
);
516 if (list_empty(&kthread_create_list
))
518 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING
);
520 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock
);
521 while (!list_empty(&kthread_create_list
)) {
522 struct kthread_create_info
*create
;
524 create
= list_entry(kthread_create_list
.next
,
525 struct kthread_create_info
, list
);
526 list_del_init(&create
->list
);
527 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock
);
529 create_kthread(create
);
531 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock
);
533 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock
);
539 void __init_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker
*worker
,
541 struct lock_class_key
*key
)
543 spin_lock_init(&worker
->lock
);
544 lockdep_set_class_and_name(&worker
->lock
, key
, name
);
545 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&worker
->work_list
);
548 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__init_kthread_worker
);
551 * kthread_worker_fn - kthread function to process kthread_worker
552 * @worker_ptr: pointer to initialized kthread_worker
554 * This function can be used as @threadfn to kthread_create() or
555 * kthread_run() with @worker_ptr argument pointing to an initialized
556 * kthread_worker. The started kthread will process work_list until
557 * the it is stopped with kthread_stop(). A kthread can also call
558 * this function directly after extra initialization.
560 * Different kthreads can be used for the same kthread_worker as long
561 * as there's only one kthread attached to it at any given time. A
562 * kthread_worker without an attached kthread simply collects queued
565 int kthread_worker_fn(void *worker_ptr
)
567 struct kthread_worker
*worker
= worker_ptr
;
568 struct kthread_work
*work
;
570 WARN_ON(worker
->task
);
571 worker
->task
= current
;
573 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
); /* mb paired w/ kthread_stop */
575 if (kthread_should_stop()) {
576 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING
);
577 spin_lock_irq(&worker
->lock
);
579 spin_unlock_irq(&worker
->lock
);
584 spin_lock_irq(&worker
->lock
);
585 if (!list_empty(&worker
->work_list
)) {
586 work
= list_first_entry(&worker
->work_list
,
587 struct kthread_work
, node
);
588 list_del_init(&work
->node
);
590 worker
->current_work
= work
;
591 spin_unlock_irq(&worker
->lock
);
594 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING
);
596 } else if (!freezing(current
))
602 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_worker_fn
);
604 /* insert @work before @pos in @worker */
605 static void insert_kthread_work(struct kthread_worker
*worker
,
606 struct kthread_work
*work
,
607 struct list_head
*pos
)
609 lockdep_assert_held(&worker
->lock
);
611 list_add_tail(&work
->node
, pos
);
612 work
->worker
= worker
;
613 if (!worker
->current_work
&& likely(worker
->task
))
614 wake_up_process(worker
->task
);
618 * queue_kthread_work - queue a kthread_work
619 * @worker: target kthread_worker
620 * @work: kthread_work to queue
622 * Queue @work to work processor @task for async execution. @task
623 * must have been created with kthread_worker_create(). Returns %true
624 * if @work was successfully queued, %false if it was already pending.
626 bool queue_kthread_work(struct kthread_worker
*worker
,
627 struct kthread_work
*work
)
632 spin_lock_irqsave(&worker
->lock
, flags
);
633 if (list_empty(&work
->node
)) {
634 insert_kthread_work(worker
, work
, &worker
->work_list
);
637 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&worker
->lock
, flags
);
640 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(queue_kthread_work
);
642 struct kthread_flush_work
{
643 struct kthread_work work
;
644 struct completion done
;
647 static void kthread_flush_work_fn(struct kthread_work
*work
)
649 struct kthread_flush_work
*fwork
=
650 container_of(work
, struct kthread_flush_work
, work
);
651 complete(&fwork
->done
);
655 * flush_kthread_work - flush a kthread_work
656 * @work: work to flush
658 * If @work is queued or executing, wait for it to finish execution.
660 void flush_kthread_work(struct kthread_work
*work
)
662 struct kthread_flush_work fwork
= {
663 KTHREAD_WORK_INIT(fwork
.work
, kthread_flush_work_fn
),
664 COMPLETION_INITIALIZER_ONSTACK(fwork
.done
),
666 struct kthread_worker
*worker
;
670 worker
= work
->worker
;
674 spin_lock_irq(&worker
->lock
);
675 if (work
->worker
!= worker
) {
676 spin_unlock_irq(&worker
->lock
);
680 if (!list_empty(&work
->node
))
681 insert_kthread_work(worker
, &fwork
.work
, work
->node
.next
);
682 else if (worker
->current_work
== work
)
683 insert_kthread_work(worker
, &fwork
.work
, worker
->work_list
.next
);
687 spin_unlock_irq(&worker
->lock
);
690 wait_for_completion(&fwork
.done
);
692 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_kthread_work
);
695 * flush_kthread_worker - flush all current works on a kthread_worker
696 * @worker: worker to flush
698 * Wait until all currently executing or pending works on @worker are
701 void flush_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker
*worker
)
703 struct kthread_flush_work fwork
= {
704 KTHREAD_WORK_INIT(fwork
.work
, kthread_flush_work_fn
),
705 COMPLETION_INITIALIZER_ONSTACK(fwork
.done
),
708 queue_kthread_work(worker
, &fwork
.work
);
709 wait_for_completion(&fwork
.done
);
711 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_kthread_worker
);