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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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19static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kthread_create_lock);
20static LIST_HEAD(kthread_create_list);
21struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;
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22
23struct kthread_create_info
24{
73c27992 25 /* Information passed to kthread() from kthreadd. */
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26 int (*threadfn)(void *data);
27 void *data;
1da177e4 28
73c27992 29 /* Result passed back to kthread_create() from kthreadd. */
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30 struct task_struct *result;
31 struct completion done;
65f27f38 32
73c27992 33 struct list_head list;
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34};
35
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36struct kthread {
37 int should_stop;
38 struct completion exited;
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39};
40
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41#define to_kthread(tsk) \
42 container_of((tsk)->vfork_done, struct kthread, exited)
1da177e4 43
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44/**
45 * kthread_should_stop - should this kthread return now?
46 *
72fd4a35 47 * When someone calls kthread_stop() on your kthread, it will be woken
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48 * and this will return true. You should then return, and your return
49 * value will be passed through to kthread_stop().
50 */
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51int kthread_should_stop(void)
52{
63706172 53 return to_kthread(current)->should_stop;
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54}
55EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_should_stop);
56
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57static int kthread(void *_create)
58{
63706172 59 /* Copy data: it's on kthread's stack */
1da177e4 60 struct kthread_create_info *create = _create;
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61 int (*threadfn)(void *data) = create->threadfn;
62 void *data = create->data;
63 struct kthread self;
64 int ret;
1da177e4 65
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66 self.should_stop = 0;
67 init_completion(&self.exited);
68 current->vfork_done = &self.exited;
1da177e4 69
1da177e4 70 /* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
a076e4bc 71 __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
3217ab97 72 create->result = current;
cdd140bd 73 complete(&create->done);
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74 schedule();
75
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76 ret = -EINTR;
77 if (!self.should_stop)
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78 ret = threadfn(data);
79
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80 /* we can't just return, we must preserve "self" on stack */
81 do_exit(ret);
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82}
83
73c27992 84static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create)
1da177e4 85{
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86 int pid;
87
88 /* We want our own signal handler (we take no signals by default). */
89 pid = kernel_thread(kthread, create, CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD);
cdd140bd 90 if (pid < 0) {
1da177e4 91 create->result = ERR_PTR(pid);
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92 complete(&create->done);
93 }
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94}
95
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96/**
97 * kthread_create - create a kthread.
98 * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
99 * @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
100 * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread.
101 *
102 * Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel
103 * thread. The thread will be stopped: use wake_up_process() to start
301ba045 104 * it. See also kthread_run().
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105 *
106 * When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its
72fd4a35 107 * argument. @threadfn() can either call do_exit() directly if it is a
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108 * standalone thread for which noone will call kthread_stop(), or
109 * return when 'kthread_should_stop()' is true (which means
110 * kthread_stop() has been called). The return value should be zero
111 * or a negative error number; it will be passed to kthread_stop().
112 *
113 * Returns a task_struct or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
114 */
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115struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
116 void *data,
117 const char namefmt[],
118 ...)
119{
120 struct kthread_create_info create;
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121
122 create.threadfn = threadfn;
123 create.data = data;
1da177e4 124 init_completion(&create.done);
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125
126 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
127 list_add_tail(&create.list, &kthread_create_list);
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128 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
129
cbd9b67b 130 wake_up_process(kthreadd_task);
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131 wait_for_completion(&create.done);
132
1da177e4 133 if (!IS_ERR(create.result)) {
1c99315b 134 struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 0 };
1da177e4 135 va_list args;
1c99315b 136
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137 va_start(args, namefmt);
138 vsnprintf(create.result->comm, sizeof(create.result->comm),
139 namefmt, args);
140 va_end(args);
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141 /*
142 * root may have changed our (kthreadd's) priority or CPU mask.
143 * The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
144 */
145 sched_setscheduler_nocheck(create.result, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
1c99315b 146 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(create.result, cpu_all_mask);
1da177e4 147 }
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148 return create.result;
149}
150EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create);
151
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152/**
153 * kthread_bind - bind a just-created kthread to a cpu.
154 * @p: thread created by kthread_create().
155 * @cpu: cpu (might not be online, must be possible) for @k to run on.
156 *
157 * Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(),
158 * except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be
159 * stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create()).
160 */
161void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
162{
163 /* Must have done schedule() in kthread() before we set_task_cpu */
164 if (!wait_task_inactive(p, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)) {
165 WARN_ON(1);
166 return;
167 }
168
169 p->cpus_allowed = cpumask_of_cpu(cpu);
170 p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed = 1;
171 p->flags |= PF_THREAD_BOUND;
172}
173EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
174
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175/**
176 * kthread_stop - stop a thread created by kthread_create().
177 * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
178 *
179 * Sets kthread_should_stop() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
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180 * waits for it to exit. This can also be called after kthread_create()
181 * instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread will exit without
182 * calling threadfn().
183 *
184 * If threadfn() may call do_exit() itself, the caller must ensure
185 * task_struct can't go away.
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186 *
187 * Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
188 * was never called.
189 */
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190int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k)
191{
63706172 192 struct kthread *kthread;
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193 int ret;
194
0a16b607 195 trace_sched_kthread_stop(k);
63706172 196 get_task_struct(k);
0a16b607 197
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198 kthread = to_kthread(k);
199 barrier(); /* it might have exited */
200 if (k->vfork_done != NULL) {
201 kthread->should_stop = 1;
202 wake_up_process(k);
203 wait_for_completion(&kthread->exited);
204 }
205 ret = k->exit_code;
1da177e4 206
1da177e4 207 put_task_struct(k);
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208 trace_sched_kthread_stop_ret(ret);
209
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210 return ret;
211}
52e92e57 212EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);
1da177e4 213
e804a4a4 214int kthreadd(void *unused)
1da177e4 215{
73c27992 216 struct task_struct *tsk = current;
1da177e4 217
e804a4a4 218 /* Setup a clean context for our children to inherit. */
73c27992 219 set_task_comm(tsk, "kthreadd");
10ab825b 220 ignore_signals(tsk);
1a2142af 221 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, cpu_all_mask);
5ab116c9 222 set_mems_allowed(node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY]);
73c27992 223
ebb12db5 224 current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE | PF_FREEZER_NOSIG;
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225
226 for (;;) {
227 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
228 if (list_empty(&kthread_create_list))
229 schedule();
230 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
231
232 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
233 while (!list_empty(&kthread_create_list)) {
234 struct kthread_create_info *create;
235
236 create = list_entry(kthread_create_list.next,
237 struct kthread_create_info, list);
238 list_del_init(&create->list);
239 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
240
241 create_kthread(create);
242
243 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
244 }
245 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
246 }
247
248 return 0;
249}