2 * JFFS2 -- Journalling Flash File System, Version 2.
4 * Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Red Hat, Inc.
6 * Created by David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
8 * For licensing information, see the file 'LICENCE' in this directory.
10 * $Id: background.c,v 1.54 2005/05/20 21:37:12 gleixner Exp $
14 #include <linux/kernel.h>
15 #include <linux/jffs2.h>
16 #include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
17 #include <linux/completion.h>
21 static int jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(void *);
23 void jffs2_garbage_collect_trigger(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
25 spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
26 if (c->gc_task && jffs2_thread_should_wake(c))
27 send_sig(SIGHUP, c->gc_task, 1);
28 spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
31 /* This must only ever be called when no GC thread is currently running */
32 int jffs2_start_garbage_collect_thread(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
40 init_completion(&c->gc_thread_start);
41 init_completion(&c->gc_thread_exit);
43 pid = kernel_thread(jffs2_garbage_collect_thread, c, CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES);
45 printk(KERN_WARNING "fork failed for JFFS2 garbage collect thread: %d\n", -pid);
46 complete(&c->gc_thread_exit);
50 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "JFFS2: Garbage collect thread is pid %d\n", pid));
51 wait_for_completion(&c->gc_thread_start);
57 void jffs2_stop_garbage_collect_thread(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
60 spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
62 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2: Killing GC task %d\n", c->gc_task->pid));
63 send_sig(SIGKILL, c->gc_task, 1);
66 spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
68 wait_for_completion(&c->gc_thread_exit);
71 static int jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(void *_c)
73 struct jffs2_sb_info *c = _c;
75 daemonize("jffs2_gcd_mtd%d", c->mtd->index);
76 allow_signal(SIGKILL);
77 allow_signal(SIGSTOP);
78 allow_signal(SIGCONT);
81 complete(&c->gc_thread_start);
83 set_user_nice(current, 10);
88 if (!jffs2_thread_should_wake(c)) {
89 set_current_state (TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
90 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread sleeping...\n"));
91 /* Yes, there's a race here; we checked jffs2_thread_should_wake()
92 before setting current->state to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE. But it doesn't
93 matter - We don't care if we miss a wakeup, because the GC thread
94 is only an optimisation anyway. */
103 /* Put_super will send a SIGKILL and then wait on the sem.
105 while (signal_pending(current)) {
109 signr = dequeue_signal_lock(current, ¤t->blocked, &info);
113 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(): SIGSTOP received.\n"));
114 set_current_state(TASK_STOPPED);
119 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(): SIGKILL received.\n"));
123 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(): SIGHUP received.\n"));
126 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(): signal %ld received\n", signr));
129 /* We don't want SIGHUP to interrupt us. STOP and KILL are OK though. */
130 disallow_signal(SIGHUP);
132 D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(): pass\n"));
133 if (jffs2_garbage_collect_pass(c) == -ENOSPC) {
134 printk(KERN_NOTICE "No space for garbage collection. Aborting GC thread\n");
139 spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
141 spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
142 complete_and_exit(&c->gc_thread_exit, 0);