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15 
16 /*
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18  */
19 
20 /*
21  * ZTHR Infrastructure
22  * ===================
23  *
24  * ZTHR threads are used for isolated operations that span multiple txgs
25  * within a SPA. They generally exist from SPA creation/loading and until
26  * the SPA is exported/destroyed. The ideal requirements for an operation
27  * to be modeled with a zthr are the following:
28  *
29  * 1] The operation needs to run over multiple txgs.
30  * 2] There is be a single point of reference in memory or on disk that
31  *    indicates whether the operation should run/is running or is
32  *    stopped.
33  *
34  * If the operation satisfies the above then the following rules guarantee
35  * a certain level of correctness:
36  *
37  * 1] Any thread EXCEPT the zthr changes the work indicator from stopped
38  *    to running but not the opposite.
39  * 2] Only the zthr can change the work indicator from running to stopped
40  *    (e.g. when it is done) but not the opposite.
41  *
42  * This way a normal zthr cycle should go like this:
43  *
44  * 1] An external thread changes the work indicator from stopped to
45  *    running and wakes up the zthr.
46  * 2] The zthr wakes up, checks the indicator and starts working.
47  * 3] When the zthr is done, it changes the indicator to stopped, allowing
48  *    a new cycle to start.
49  *
50  * Besides being awakened by other threads, a zthr can be configured
51  * during creation to wakeup on it's own after a specified interval
52  * [see zthr_create_timer()].
53  *
54  * == ZTHR creation
55  *
56  * Every zthr needs three inputs to start running:
57  *
58  * 1] A user-defined checker function (checkfunc) that decides whether
59  *    the zthr should start working or go to sleep. The function should
60  *    return TRUE when the zthr needs to work or FALSE to let it sleep,
61  *    and should adhere to the following signature:
62  *    boolean_t checkfunc_name(void *args, zthr_t *t);
63  *
64  * 2] A user-defined ZTHR function (func) which the zthr executes when
65  *    it is not sleeping. The function should adhere to the following
66  *    signature type:
67  *    int func_name(void *args, zthr_t *t);
68  *
69  * 3] A void args pointer that will be passed to checkfunc and func
70  *    implicitly by the infrastructure.
71  *
72  * The reason why the above API needs two different functions,
73  * instead of one that both checks and does the work, has to do with
74  * the zthr's internal lock (zthr_lock) and the allowed cancellation
75  * windows. We want to hold the zthr_lock while running checkfunc
76  * but not while running func. This way the zthr can be cancelled
77  * while doing work and not while checking for work.
78  *
79  * To start a zthr:
80  *     zthr_t *zthr_pointer = zthr_create(checkfunc, func, args);
81  * or
82  *     zthr_t *zthr_pointer = zthr_create_timer(checkfunc, func,
83  *         args, max_sleep);
84  *
85  * After that you should be able to wakeup, cancel, and resume the
86  * zthr from another thread using zthr_pointer.
87  *
88  * NOTE: ZTHR threads could potentially wake up spuriously and the
89  * user should take this into account when writing a checkfunc.
90  * [see ZTHR state transitions]
91  *
92  * == ZTHR cancellation
93  *
94  * ZTHR threads must be cancelled when their SPA is being exported
95  * or when they need to be paused so they don't interfere with other
96  * operations.
97  *
98  * To cancel a zthr:
99  *     zthr_cancel(zthr_pointer);
100  *
101  * To resume it:
102  *     zthr_resume(zthr_pointer);
103  *
104  * A zthr will implicitly check if it has received a cancellation
105  * signal every time func returns and everytime it wakes up [see ZTHR
106  * state transitions below].
107  *
108  * At times, waiting for the zthr's func to finish its job may take
109  * time. This may be very time-consuming for some operations that
110  * need to cancel the SPA's zthrs (e.g spa_export). For this scenario
111  * the user can explicitly make their ZTHR function aware of incoming
112  * cancellation signals using zthr_iscancelled(). A common pattern for
113  * that looks like this:
114  *
115  * int
116  * func_name(void *args, zthr_t *t)
117  * {
118  *     ... <unpack args> ...
119  *     while (!work_done && !zthr_iscancelled(t)) {
120  *         ... <do more work> ...
121  *     }
122  *     return (0);
123  * }
124  *
125  * == ZTHR exit
126  *
127  * For the rare cases where the zthr wants to stop running voluntarily
128  * while running its ZTHR function (func), we provide zthr_exit().
129  * When a zthr has voluntarily stopped running, it can be resumed with
130  * zthr_resume(), just like it would if it was cancelled by some other
131  * thread.
132  *
133  * == ZTHR cleanup
134  *
135  * Cancelling a zthr doesn't clean up its metadata (internal locks,
136  * function pointers to func and checkfunc, etc..). This is because
137  * we want to keep them around in case we want to resume the execution
138  * of the zthr later. Similarly for zthrs that exit themselves.
139  *
140  * To completely cleanup a zthr, cancel it first to ensure that it
141  * is not running and then use zthr_destroy().
142  *
143  * == ZTHR state transitions
144  *
145  *    zthr creation
146  *      +
147  *      |
148  *      |      woke up
149  *      |   +--------------+ sleep
150  *      |   |                  ^
151  *      |   |                  |
152  *      |   |                  | FALSE
153  *      |   |                  |
154  *      v   v     FALSE        +
155  *   cancelled? +---------> checkfunc?
156  *      +   ^                  +
157  *      |   |                  |
158  *      |   |                  | TRUE
159  *      |   |                  |
160  *      |   |  func returned   v
161  *      |   +---------------+ func
162  *      |
163  *      | TRUE
164  *      |
165  *      v
166  *   zthr stopped running
167  *
168  */
169 
170 #include <sys/zfs_context.h>
171 #include <sys/zthr.h>
172 
173 void
174 zthr_exit(zthr_t *t, int rc)
175 {
176 	ASSERT3P(t->zthr_thread, ==, curthread);
177 	mutex_enter(&t->zthr_lock);
178 	t->zthr_thread = NULL;
179 	t->zthr_rc = rc;
180 	cv_broadcast(&t->zthr_cv);
181 	mutex_exit(&t->zthr_lock);
182 	thread_exit();
183 }
184 
185 static void
186 zthr_procedure(void *arg)
187 {
188 	zthr_t *t = arg;
189 	int rc = 0;
190 
191 	mutex_enter(&t->zthr_lock);
192 	while (!t->zthr_cancel) {
193 		if (t->zthr_checkfunc(t->zthr_arg, t)) {
194 			mutex_exit(&t->zthr_lock);
195 			rc = t->zthr_func(t->zthr_arg, t);
196 			mutex_enter(&t->zthr_lock);
197 		} else {
198 			/* go to sleep */
199 			if (t->zthr_wait_time == 0) {
200 				cv_wait(&t->zthr_cv, &t->zthr_lock);
201 			} else {
202 				(void) cv_timedwait_hires(&t->zthr_cv,
203 				    &t->zthr_lock, t->zthr_wait_time,
204 				    MSEC2NSEC(1), 0);
205 			}
206 		}
207 	}
208 	mutex_exit(&t->zthr_lock);
209 
210 	zthr_exit(t, rc);
211 }
212 
213 zthr_t *
214 zthr_create(zthr_checkfunc_t *checkfunc, zthr_func_t *func, void *arg)
215 {
216 	return (zthr_create_timer(checkfunc, func, arg, (hrtime_t)0));
217 }
218 
219 /*
220  * Create a zthr with specified maximum sleep time.  If the time
221  * in sleeping state exceeds max_sleep, a wakeup(do the check and
222  * start working if required) will be triggered.
223  */
224 zthr_t *
225 zthr_create_timer(zthr_checkfunc_t *checkfunc, zthr_func_t *func,
226     void *arg, hrtime_t max_sleep)
227 {
228 	zthr_t *t = kmem_zalloc(sizeof (*t), KM_SLEEP);
229 	mutex_init(&t->zthr_lock, NULL, MUTEX_DEFAULT, NULL);
230 	cv_init(&t->zthr_cv, NULL, CV_DEFAULT, NULL);
231 
232 	mutex_enter(&t->zthr_lock);
233 	t->zthr_checkfunc = checkfunc;
234 	t->zthr_func = func;
235 	t->zthr_arg = arg;
236 	t->zthr_wait_time = max_sleep;
237 
238 	t->zthr_thread = thread_create(NULL, 0, zthr_procedure, t,
239 	    0, &p0, TS_RUN, minclsyspri);
240 	mutex_exit(&t->zthr_lock);
241 
242 	return (t);
243 }
244 
245 void
246 zthr_destroy(zthr_t *t)
247 {
248 	VERIFY3P(t->zthr_thread, ==, NULL);
249 	mutex_destroy(&t->zthr_lock);
250 	cv_destroy(&t->zthr_cv);
251 	kmem_free(t, sizeof (*t));
252 }
253 
254 /*
255  * Note: If the zthr is not sleeping and misses the wakeup
256  * (e.g it is running its ZTHR function), it will check if
257  * there is work to do before going to sleep using its checker
258  * function [see ZTHR state transition in ZTHR block comment].
259  * Thus, missing the wakeup still yields the expected behavior.
260  */
261 void
262 zthr_wakeup(zthr_t *t)
263 {
264 	mutex_enter(&t->zthr_lock);
265 	cv_broadcast(&t->zthr_cv);
266 	mutex_exit(&t->zthr_lock);
267 }
268 
269 /*
270  * Note: If the zthr is not running (e.g. has been cancelled
271  * already), this is a no-op.
272  */
273 int
274 zthr_cancel(zthr_t *t)
275 {
276 	int rc = 0;
277 
278 	mutex_enter(&t->zthr_lock);
279 
280 	/* broadcast in case the zthr is sleeping */
281 	cv_broadcast(&t->zthr_cv);
282 
283 	t->zthr_cancel = B_TRUE;
284 	while (t->zthr_thread != NULL)
285 		cv_wait(&t->zthr_cv, &t->zthr_lock);
286 	t->zthr_cancel = B_FALSE;
287 	rc = t->zthr_rc;
288 	mutex_exit(&t->zthr_lock);
289 
290 	return (rc);
291 }
292 
293 void
294 zthr_resume(zthr_t *t)
295 {
296 	ASSERT3P(t->zthr_thread, ==, NULL);
297 
298 	mutex_enter(&t->zthr_lock);
299 
300 	ASSERT3P(&t->zthr_checkfunc, !=, NULL);
301 	ASSERT3P(&t->zthr_func, !=, NULL);
302 	ASSERT(!t->zthr_cancel);
303 
304 	t->zthr_thread = thread_create(NULL, 0, zthr_procedure, t,
305 	    0, &p0, TS_RUN, minclsyspri);
306 
307 	mutex_exit(&t->zthr_lock);
308 }
309 
310 /*
311  * This function is intended to be used by the zthr itself
312  * to check if another thread has signal it to stop running.
313  *
314  * returns TRUE if we are in the middle of trying to cancel
315  *     this thread.
316  *
317  * returns FALSE otherwise.
318  */
319 boolean_t
320 zthr_iscancelled(zthr_t *t)
321 {
322 	boolean_t cancelled;
323 
324 	ASSERT3P(t->zthr_thread, ==, curthread);
325 
326 	mutex_enter(&t->zthr_lock);
327 	cancelled = t->zthr_cancel;
328 	mutex_exit(&t->zthr_lock);
329 
330 	return (cancelled);
331 }
332 
333 boolean_t
334 zthr_isrunning(zthr_t *t)
335 {
336 	boolean_t running;
337 
338 	mutex_enter(&t->zthr_lock);
339 	running = (t->zthr_thread != NULL);
340 	mutex_exit(&t->zthr_lock);
341 
342 	return (running);
343 }
344