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[linux-2.6-block.git] / kernel / kthread.c
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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;
30 struct completion started;
31
73c27992 32 /* Result passed back to kthread_create() from kthreadd. */
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33 struct task_struct *result;
34 struct completion done;
65f27f38 35
73c27992 36 struct list_head list;
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37};
38
39struct kthread_stop_info
40{
41 struct task_struct *k;
42 int err;
43 struct completion done;
44};
45
46/* Thread stopping is done by setthing this var: lock serializes
47 * multiple kthread_stop calls. */
97d1f15b 48static DEFINE_MUTEX(kthread_stop_lock);
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49static struct kthread_stop_info kthread_stop_info;
50
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51/**
52 * kthread_should_stop - should this kthread return now?
53 *
72fd4a35 54 * When someone calls kthread_stop() on your kthread, it will be woken
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55 * and this will return true. You should then return, and your return
56 * value will be passed through to kthread_stop().
57 */
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58int kthread_should_stop(void)
59{
60 return (kthread_stop_info.k == current);
61}
62EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_should_stop);
63
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64static int kthread(void *_create)
65{
66 struct kthread_create_info *create = _create;
67 int (*threadfn)(void *data);
68 void *data;
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69 int ret = -EINTR;
70
73c27992 71 /* Copy data: it's on kthread's stack */
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72 threadfn = create->threadfn;
73 data = create->data;
74
1da177e4 75 /* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
a076e4bc 76 __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
3217ab97 77 create->result = current;
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78 complete(&create->started);
79 schedule();
80
81 if (!kthread_should_stop())
82 ret = threadfn(data);
83
84 /* It might have exited on its own, w/o kthread_stop. Check. */
85 if (kthread_should_stop()) {
86 kthread_stop_info.err = ret;
87 complete(&kthread_stop_info.done);
88 }
89 return 0;
90}
91
73c27992 92static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create)
1da177e4 93{
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94 int pid;
95
96 /* We want our own signal handler (we take no signals by default). */
97 pid = kernel_thread(kthread, create, CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD);
1c99315b 98 if (pid < 0)
1da177e4 99 create->result = ERR_PTR(pid);
1c99315b 100 else
1da177e4 101 wait_for_completion(&create->started);
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102 complete(&create->done);
103}
104
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105/**
106 * kthread_create - create a kthread.
107 * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
108 * @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
109 * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread.
110 *
111 * Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel
112 * thread. The thread will be stopped: use wake_up_process() to start
113 * it. See also kthread_run(), kthread_create_on_cpu().
114 *
115 * When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its
72fd4a35 116 * argument. @threadfn() can either call do_exit() directly if it is a
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117 * standalone thread for which noone will call kthread_stop(), or
118 * return when 'kthread_should_stop()' is true (which means
119 * kthread_stop() has been called). The return value should be zero
120 * or a negative error number; it will be passed to kthread_stop().
121 *
122 * Returns a task_struct or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
123 */
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124struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
125 void *data,
126 const char namefmt[],
127 ...)
128{
129 struct kthread_create_info create;
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130
131 create.threadfn = threadfn;
132 create.data = data;
133 init_completion(&create.started);
134 init_completion(&create.done);
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135
136 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
137 list_add_tail(&create.list, &kthread_create_list);
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138 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
139
cbd9b67b 140 wake_up_process(kthreadd_task);
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141 wait_for_completion(&create.done);
142
1da177e4 143 if (!IS_ERR(create.result)) {
1c99315b 144 struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 0 };
1da177e4 145 va_list args;
1c99315b 146
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147 va_start(args, namefmt);
148 vsnprintf(create.result->comm, sizeof(create.result->comm),
149 namefmt, args);
150 va_end(args);
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151 /*
152 * root may have changed our (kthreadd's) priority or CPU mask.
153 * The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
154 */
155 sched_setscheduler_nocheck(create.result, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
156 set_user_nice(create.result, KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL);
157 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(create.result, cpu_all_mask);
1da177e4 158 }
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159 return create.result;
160}
161EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create);
162
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163/**
164 * kthread_bind - bind a just-created kthread to a cpu.
165 * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
166 * @cpu: cpu (might not be online, must be possible) for @k to run on.
167 *
168 * Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(),
169 * except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be
72fd4a35 170 * stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create()).
9e37bd30 171 */
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172void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu)
173{
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174 /* Must have done schedule() in kthread() before we set_task_cpu */
175 if (!wait_task_inactive(k, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)) {
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176 WARN_ON(1);
177 return;
178 }
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179 set_task_cpu(k, cpu);
180 k->cpus_allowed = cpumask_of_cpu(cpu);
9f0e738f 181 k->rt.nr_cpus_allowed = 1;
9985b0ba 182 k->flags |= PF_THREAD_BOUND;
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183}
184EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
185
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186/**
187 * kthread_stop - stop a thread created by kthread_create().
188 * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
189 *
190 * Sets kthread_should_stop() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
191 * waits for it to exit. Your threadfn() must not call do_exit()
192 * itself if you use this function! This can also be called after
193 * kthread_create() instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread
194 * will exit without calling threadfn().
195 *
196 * Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
197 * was never called.
198 */
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199int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k)
200{
201 int ret;
202
97d1f15b 203 mutex_lock(&kthread_stop_lock);
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204
205 /* It could exit after stop_info.k set, but before wake_up_process. */
206 get_task_struct(k);
207
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208 trace_sched_kthread_stop(k);
209
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210 /* Must init completion *before* thread sees kthread_stop_info.k */
211 init_completion(&kthread_stop_info.done);
d59dd462 212 smp_wmb();
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213
214 /* Now set kthread_should_stop() to true, and wake it up. */
215 kthread_stop_info.k = k;
52e92e57 216 wake_up_process(k);
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217 put_task_struct(k);
218
219 /* Once it dies, reset stop ptr, gather result and we're done. */
220 wait_for_completion(&kthread_stop_info.done);
221 kthread_stop_info.k = NULL;
222 ret = kthread_stop_info.err;
97d1f15b 223 mutex_unlock(&kthread_stop_lock);
1da177e4 224
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225 trace_sched_kthread_stop_ret(ret);
226
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227 return ret;
228}
52e92e57 229EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);
1da177e4 230
e804a4a4 231int kthreadd(void *unused)
1da177e4 232{
73c27992 233 struct task_struct *tsk = current;
1da177e4 234
e804a4a4 235 /* Setup a clean context for our children to inherit. */
73c27992 236 set_task_comm(tsk, "kthreadd");
10ab825b 237 ignore_signals(tsk);
4f05b98d 238 set_user_nice(tsk, KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL);
1a2142af 239 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, cpu_all_mask);
58568d2a 240 set_mems_allowed(node_possible_map);
73c27992 241
ebb12db5 242 current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE | PF_FREEZER_NOSIG;
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243
244 for (;;) {
245 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
246 if (list_empty(&kthread_create_list))
247 schedule();
248 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
249
250 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
251 while (!list_empty(&kthread_create_list)) {
252 struct kthread_create_info *create;
253
254 create = list_entry(kthread_create_list.next,
255 struct kthread_create_info, list);
256 list_del_init(&create->list);
257 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
258
259 create_kthread(create);
260
261 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
262 }
263 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
264 }
265
266 return 0;
267}