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);
102 * kthread_freezable_should_stop - should this freezable kthread return now?
103 * @was_frozen: optional out parameter, indicates whether %current was frozen
105 * kthread_should_stop() for freezable kthreads, which will enter
106 * refrigerator if necessary. This function is safe from kthread_stop() /
107 * freezer deadlock and freezable kthreads should use this function instead
108 * of calling try_to_freeze() directly.
110 bool kthread_freezable_should_stop(bool *was_frozen)
116 if (unlikely(freezing(current)))
117 frozen = __refrigerator(true);
120 *was_frozen = frozen;
122 return kthread_should_stop();
124 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_freezable_should_stop);
127 * kthread_data - return data value specified on kthread creation
128 * @task: kthread task in question
130 * Return the data value specified when kthread @task was created.
131 * The caller is responsible for ensuring the validity of @task when
132 * calling this function.
134 void *kthread_data(struct task_struct *task)
136 return to_kthread(task)->data;
140 * probe_kthread_data - speculative version of kthread_data()
141 * @task: possible kthread task in question
143 * @task could be a kthread task. Return the data value specified when it
144 * was created if accessible. If @task isn't a kthread task or its data is
145 * inaccessible for any reason, %NULL is returned. This function requires
146 * that @task itself is safe to dereference.
148 void *probe_kthread_data(struct task_struct *task)
150 struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(task);
153 probe_kernel_read(&data, &kthread->data, sizeof(data));
157 static void __kthread_parkme(struct kthread *self)
159 __set_current_state(TASK_PARKED);
160 while (test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK, &self->flags)) {
161 if (!test_and_set_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PARKED, &self->flags))
162 complete(&self->parked);
164 __set_current_state(TASK_PARKED);
166 clear_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PARKED, &self->flags);
167 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
170 void kthread_parkme(void)
172 __kthread_parkme(to_kthread(current));
175 static int kthread(void *_create)
177 /* Copy data: it's on kthread's stack */
178 struct kthread_create_info *create = _create;
179 int (*threadfn)(void *data) = create->threadfn;
180 void *data = create->data;
186 init_completion(&self.exited);
187 init_completion(&self.parked);
188 current->vfork_done = &self.exited;
190 /* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
191 __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
192 create->result = current;
193 complete(&create->done);
198 if (!test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP, &self.flags)) {
199 __kthread_parkme(&self);
200 ret = threadfn(data);
202 /* we can't just return, we must preserve "self" on stack */
206 /* called from do_fork() to get node information for about to be created task */
207 int tsk_fork_get_node(struct task_struct *tsk)
210 if (tsk == kthreadd_task)
211 return tsk->pref_node_fork;
213 return numa_node_id();
216 static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create)
221 current->pref_node_fork = create->node;
223 /* We want our own signal handler (we take no signals by default). */
224 pid = kernel_thread(kthread, create, CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD);
226 create->result = ERR_PTR(pid);
227 complete(&create->done);
232 * kthread_create_on_node - create a kthread.
233 * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
234 * @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
235 * @node: memory node number.
236 * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread.
238 * Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel
239 * thread. The thread will be stopped: use wake_up_process() to start
240 * it. See also kthread_run().
242 * If thread is going to be bound on a particular cpu, give its node
243 * in @node, to get NUMA affinity for kthread stack, or else give -1.
244 * When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its
245 * argument. @threadfn() can either call do_exit() directly if it is a
246 * standalone thread for which no one will call kthread_stop(), or
247 * return when 'kthread_should_stop()' is true (which means
248 * kthread_stop() has been called). The return value should be zero
249 * or a negative error number; it will be passed to kthread_stop().
251 * Returns a task_struct or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
253 struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_node(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
254 void *data, int node,
255 const char namefmt[],
258 struct kthread_create_info create;
260 create.threadfn = threadfn;
263 init_completion(&create.done);
265 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
266 list_add_tail(&create.list, &kthread_create_list);
267 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
269 wake_up_process(kthreadd_task);
270 wait_for_completion(&create.done);
272 if (!IS_ERR(create.result)) {
273 static const struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 0 };
276 va_start(args, namefmt);
277 vsnprintf(create.result->comm, sizeof(create.result->comm),
281 * root may have changed our (kthreadd's) priority or CPU mask.
282 * The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
284 sched_setscheduler_nocheck(create.result, SCHED_NORMAL, ¶m);
285 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(create.result, cpu_all_mask);
287 return create.result;
289 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create_on_node);
291 static void __kthread_bind(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu, long state)
293 /* Must have done schedule() in kthread() before we set_task_cpu */
294 if (!wait_task_inactive(p, state)) {
298 /* It's safe because the task is inactive. */
299 do_set_cpus_allowed(p, cpumask_of(cpu));
300 p->flags |= PF_NO_SETAFFINITY;
304 * kthread_bind - bind a just-created kthread to a cpu.
305 * @p: thread created by kthread_create().
306 * @cpu: cpu (might not be online, must be possible) for @k to run on.
308 * Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(),
309 * except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be
310 * stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create()).
312 void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
314 __kthread_bind(p, cpu, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
316 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
319 * kthread_create_on_cpu - Create a cpu bound kthread
320 * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
321 * @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
322 * @cpu: The cpu on which the thread should be bound,
323 * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread. Format is restricted
324 * to "name.*%u". Code fills in cpu number.
326 * Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel thread
327 * The thread will be woken and put into park mode.
329 struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_cpu(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
330 void *data, unsigned int cpu,
333 struct task_struct *p;
335 p = kthread_create_on_node(threadfn, data, cpu_to_node(cpu), namefmt,
339 set_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU, &to_kthread(p)->flags);
340 to_kthread(p)->cpu = cpu;
341 /* Park the thread to get it out of TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE state */
346 static void __kthread_unpark(struct task_struct *k, struct kthread *kthread)
348 clear_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK, &kthread->flags);
350 * We clear the IS_PARKED bit here as we don't wait
351 * until the task has left the park code. So if we'd
352 * park before that happens we'd see the IS_PARKED bit
353 * which might be about to be cleared.
355 if (test_and_clear_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PARKED, &kthread->flags)) {
356 if (test_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU, &kthread->flags))
357 __kthread_bind(k, kthread->cpu, TASK_PARKED);
358 wake_up_state(k, TASK_PARKED);
363 * kthread_unpark - unpark a thread created by kthread_create().
364 * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
366 * Sets kthread_should_park() for @k to return false, wakes it, and
367 * waits for it to return. If the thread is marked percpu then its
368 * bound to the cpu again.
370 void kthread_unpark(struct task_struct *k)
372 struct kthread *kthread = to_live_kthread(k);
375 __kthread_unpark(k, kthread);
379 * kthread_park - park a thread created by kthread_create().
380 * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
382 * Sets kthread_should_park() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
383 * waits for it to return. This can also be called after kthread_create()
384 * instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread will park without
385 * calling threadfn().
387 * Returns 0 if the thread is parked, -ENOSYS if the thread exited.
388 * If called by the kthread itself just the park bit is set.
390 int kthread_park(struct task_struct *k)
392 struct kthread *kthread = to_live_kthread(k);
396 if (!test_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PARKED, &kthread->flags)) {
397 set_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK, &kthread->flags);
400 wait_for_completion(&kthread->parked);
409 * kthread_stop - stop a thread created by kthread_create().
410 * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
412 * Sets kthread_should_stop() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
413 * waits for it to exit. This can also be called after kthread_create()
414 * instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread will exit without
415 * calling threadfn().
417 * If threadfn() may call do_exit() itself, the caller must ensure
418 * task_struct can't go away.
420 * Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
423 int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k)
425 struct kthread *kthread;
428 trace_sched_kthread_stop(k);
431 kthread = to_live_kthread(k);
433 set_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP, &kthread->flags);
434 __kthread_unpark(k, kthread);
436 wait_for_completion(&kthread->exited);
441 trace_sched_kthread_stop_ret(ret);
444 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);
446 int kthreadd(void *unused)
448 struct task_struct *tsk = current;
450 /* Setup a clean context for our children to inherit. */
451 set_task_comm(tsk, "kthreadd");
453 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, cpu_all_mask);
454 set_mems_allowed(node_states[N_MEMORY]);
456 current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE;
459 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
460 if (list_empty(&kthread_create_list))
462 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
464 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
465 while (!list_empty(&kthread_create_list)) {
466 struct kthread_create_info *create;
468 create = list_entry(kthread_create_list.next,
469 struct kthread_create_info, list);
470 list_del_init(&create->list);
471 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
473 create_kthread(create);
475 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
477 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
483 void __init_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker,
485 struct lock_class_key *key)
487 spin_lock_init(&worker->lock);
488 lockdep_set_class_and_name(&worker->lock, key, name);
489 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&worker->work_list);
492 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__init_kthread_worker);
495 * kthread_worker_fn - kthread function to process kthread_worker
496 * @worker_ptr: pointer to initialized kthread_worker
498 * This function can be used as @threadfn to kthread_create() or
499 * kthread_run() with @worker_ptr argument pointing to an initialized
500 * kthread_worker. The started kthread will process work_list until
501 * the it is stopped with kthread_stop(). A kthread can also call
502 * this function directly after extra initialization.
504 * Different kthreads can be used for the same kthread_worker as long
505 * as there's only one kthread attached to it at any given time. A
506 * kthread_worker without an attached kthread simply collects queued
509 int kthread_worker_fn(void *worker_ptr)
511 struct kthread_worker *worker = worker_ptr;
512 struct kthread_work *work;
514 WARN_ON(worker->task);
515 worker->task = current;
517 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); /* mb paired w/ kthread_stop */
519 if (kthread_should_stop()) {
520 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
521 spin_lock_irq(&worker->lock);
523 spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
528 spin_lock_irq(&worker->lock);
529 if (!list_empty(&worker->work_list)) {
530 work = list_first_entry(&worker->work_list,
531 struct kthread_work, node);
532 list_del_init(&work->node);
534 worker->current_work = work;
535 spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
538 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
540 } else if (!freezing(current))
546 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_worker_fn);
548 /* insert @work before @pos in @worker */
549 static void insert_kthread_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
550 struct kthread_work *work,
551 struct list_head *pos)
553 lockdep_assert_held(&worker->lock);
555 list_add_tail(&work->node, pos);
556 work->worker = worker;
557 if (likely(worker->task))
558 wake_up_process(worker->task);
562 * queue_kthread_work - queue a kthread_work
563 * @worker: target kthread_worker
564 * @work: kthread_work to queue
566 * Queue @work to work processor @task for async execution. @task
567 * must have been created with kthread_worker_create(). Returns %true
568 * if @work was successfully queued, %false if it was already pending.
570 bool queue_kthread_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
571 struct kthread_work *work)
576 spin_lock_irqsave(&worker->lock, flags);
577 if (list_empty(&work->node)) {
578 insert_kthread_work(worker, work, &worker->work_list);
581 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&worker->lock, flags);
584 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(queue_kthread_work);
586 struct kthread_flush_work {
587 struct kthread_work work;
588 struct completion done;
591 static void kthread_flush_work_fn(struct kthread_work *work)
593 struct kthread_flush_work *fwork =
594 container_of(work, struct kthread_flush_work, work);
595 complete(&fwork->done);
599 * flush_kthread_work - flush a kthread_work
600 * @work: work to flush
602 * If @work is queued or executing, wait for it to finish execution.
604 void flush_kthread_work(struct kthread_work *work)
606 struct kthread_flush_work fwork = {
607 KTHREAD_WORK_INIT(fwork.work, kthread_flush_work_fn),
608 COMPLETION_INITIALIZER_ONSTACK(fwork.done),
610 struct kthread_worker *worker;
614 worker = work->worker;
618 spin_lock_irq(&worker->lock);
619 if (work->worker != worker) {
620 spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
624 if (!list_empty(&work->node))
625 insert_kthread_work(worker, &fwork.work, work->node.next);
626 else if (worker->current_work == work)
627 insert_kthread_work(worker, &fwork.work, worker->work_list.next);
631 spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
634 wait_for_completion(&fwork.done);
636 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_kthread_work);
639 * flush_kthread_worker - flush all current works on a kthread_worker
640 * @worker: worker to flush
642 * Wait until all currently executing or pending works on @worker are
645 void flush_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker)
647 struct kthread_flush_work fwork = {
648 KTHREAD_WORK_INIT(fwork.work, kthread_flush_work_fn),
649 COMPLETION_INITIALIZER_ONSTACK(fwork.done),
652 queue_kthread_work(worker, &fwork.work);
653 wait_for_completion(&fwork.done);
655 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_kthread_worker);