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/module.h>
16 #include <linux/mutex.h>
17 #include <trace/events/sched.h>
19 #define KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL (-5)
21 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kthread_create_lock);
22 static LIST_HEAD(kthread_create_list);
23 struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;
25 struct kthread_create_info
27 /* Information passed to kthread() from kthreadd. */
28 int (*threadfn)(void *data);
30 struct completion started;
32 /* Result passed back to kthread_create() from kthreadd. */
33 struct task_struct *result;
34 struct completion done;
36 struct list_head list;
39 struct kthread_stop_info
41 struct task_struct *k;
43 struct completion done;
46 /* Thread stopping is done by setthing this var: lock serializes
47 * multiple kthread_stop calls. */
48 static DEFINE_MUTEX(kthread_stop_lock);
49 static struct kthread_stop_info kthread_stop_info;
52 * kthread_should_stop - should this kthread return now?
54 * When someone calls kthread_stop() on your kthread, it will be woken
55 * and this will return true. You should then return, and your return
56 * value will be passed through to kthread_stop().
58 int kthread_should_stop(void)
60 return (kthread_stop_info.k == current);
62 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_should_stop);
64 static int kthread(void *_create)
66 struct kthread_create_info *create = _create;
67 int (*threadfn)(void *data);
71 /* Copy data: it's on kthread's stack */
72 threadfn = create->threadfn;
75 /* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
76 __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
77 create->result = current;
78 complete(&create->started);
81 if (!kthread_should_stop())
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);
92 static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create)
96 /* We want our own signal handler (we take no signals by default). */
97 pid = kernel_thread(kthread, create, CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD);
99 create->result = ERR_PTR(pid);
101 wait_for_completion(&create->started);
102 complete(&create->done);
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.
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().
115 * When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its
116 * argument. @threadfn() can either call do_exit() directly if it is a
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().
122 * Returns a task_struct or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
124 struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
126 const char namefmt[],
129 struct kthread_create_info create;
131 create.threadfn = threadfn;
133 init_completion(&create.started);
134 init_completion(&create.done);
136 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
137 list_add_tail(&create.list, &kthread_create_list);
138 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
140 wake_up_process(kthreadd_task);
141 wait_for_completion(&create.done);
143 if (!IS_ERR(create.result)) {
144 struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 0 };
147 va_start(args, namefmt);
148 vsnprintf(create.result->comm, sizeof(create.result->comm),
152 * root may have changed our (kthreadd's) priority or CPU mask.
153 * The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
155 sched_setscheduler_nocheck(create.result, SCHED_NORMAL, ¶m);
156 set_user_nice(create.result, KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL);
157 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(create.result, cpu_all_mask);
159 return create.result;
161 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create);
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.
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
170 * stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create()).
172 void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu)
174 /* Must have done schedule() in kthread() before we set_task_cpu */
175 if (!wait_task_inactive(k, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)) {
179 set_task_cpu(k, cpu);
180 k->cpus_allowed = cpumask_of_cpu(cpu);
181 k->rt.nr_cpus_allowed = 1;
182 k->flags |= PF_THREAD_BOUND;
184 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
187 * kthread_stop - stop a thread created by kthread_create().
188 * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
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().
196 * Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
199 int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k)
203 mutex_lock(&kthread_stop_lock);
205 /* It could exit after stop_info.k set, but before wake_up_process. */
208 trace_sched_kthread_stop(k);
210 /* Must init completion *before* thread sees kthread_stop_info.k */
211 init_completion(&kthread_stop_info.done);
214 /* Now set kthread_should_stop() to true, and wake it up. */
215 kthread_stop_info.k = k;
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;
223 mutex_unlock(&kthread_stop_lock);
225 trace_sched_kthread_stop_ret(ret);
229 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);
231 int kthreadd(void *unused)
233 struct task_struct *tsk = current;
235 /* Setup a clean context for our children to inherit. */
236 set_task_comm(tsk, "kthreadd");
238 set_user_nice(tsk, KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL);
239 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, cpu_all_mask);
240 set_mems_allowed(node_possible_map);
242 current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE | PF_FREEZER_NOSIG;
245 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
246 if (list_empty(&kthread_create_list))
248 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
250 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
251 while (!list_empty(&kthread_create_list)) {
252 struct kthread_create_info *create;
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);
259 create_kthread(create);
261 spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
263 spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);