xref: /linux/kernel/kthread.c (revision 4413e16d9d21673bb5048a2e542f1aaa00015c2e)
1 /* Kernel thread helper functions.
2  *   Copyright (C) 2004 IBM Corporation, Rusty Russell.
3  *
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,
6  * etc.).
7  */
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 <trace/events/sched.h>
20 
21 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kthread_create_lock);
22 static LIST_HEAD(kthread_create_list);
23 struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;
24 
25 struct kthread_create_info
26 {
27 	/* Information passed to kthread() from kthreadd. */
28 	int (*threadfn)(void *data);
29 	void *data;
30 	int node;
31 
32 	/* Result passed back to kthread_create() from kthreadd. */
33 	struct task_struct *result;
34 	struct completion done;
35 
36 	struct list_head list;
37 };
38 
39 struct kthread {
40 	unsigned long flags;
41 	unsigned int cpu;
42 	void *data;
43 	struct completion parked;
44 	struct completion exited;
45 };
46 
47 enum KTHREAD_BITS {
48 	KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU = 0,
49 	KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP,
50 	KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK,
51 	KTHREAD_IS_PARKED,
52 };
53 
54 #define to_kthread(tsk)	\
55 	container_of((tsk)->vfork_done, struct kthread, exited)
56 
57 /**
58  * kthread_should_stop - should this kthread return now?
59  *
60  * When someone calls kthread_stop() on your kthread, it will be woken
61  * and this will return true.  You should then return, and your return
62  * value will be passed through to kthread_stop().
63  */
64 bool kthread_should_stop(void)
65 {
66 	return test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP, &to_kthread(current)->flags);
67 }
68 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_should_stop);
69 
70 /**
71  * kthread_should_park - should this kthread park now?
72  *
73  * When someone calls kthread_park() on your kthread, it will be woken
74  * and this will return true.  You should then do the necessary
75  * cleanup and call kthread_parkme()
76  *
77  * Similar to kthread_should_stop(), but this keeps the thread alive
78  * and in a park position. kthread_unpark() "restarts" the thread and
79  * calls the thread function again.
80  */
81 bool kthread_should_park(void)
82 {
83 	return test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK, &to_kthread(current)->flags);
84 }
85 
86 /**
87  * kthread_freezable_should_stop - should this freezable kthread return now?
88  * @was_frozen: optional out parameter, indicates whether %current was frozen
89  *
90  * kthread_should_stop() for freezable kthreads, which will enter
91  * refrigerator if necessary.  This function is safe from kthread_stop() /
92  * freezer deadlock and freezable kthreads should use this function instead
93  * of calling try_to_freeze() directly.
94  */
95 bool kthread_freezable_should_stop(bool *was_frozen)
96 {
97 	bool frozen = false;
98 
99 	might_sleep();
100 
101 	if (unlikely(freezing(current)))
102 		frozen = __refrigerator(true);
103 
104 	if (was_frozen)
105 		*was_frozen = frozen;
106 
107 	return kthread_should_stop();
108 }
109 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_freezable_should_stop);
110 
111 /**
112  * kthread_data - return data value specified on kthread creation
113  * @task: kthread task in question
114  *
115  * Return the data value specified when kthread @task was created.
116  * The caller is responsible for ensuring the validity of @task when
117  * calling this function.
118  */
119 void *kthread_data(struct task_struct *task)
120 {
121 	return to_kthread(task)->data;
122 }
123 
124 static void __kthread_parkme(struct kthread *self)
125 {
126 	__set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
127 	while (test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK, &self->flags)) {
128 		if (!test_and_set_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PARKED, &self->flags))
129 			complete(&self->parked);
130 		schedule();
131 		__set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
132 	}
133 	clear_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PARKED, &self->flags);
134 	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
135 }
136 
137 void kthread_parkme(void)
138 {
139 	__kthread_parkme(to_kthread(current));
140 }
141 
142 static int kthread(void *_create)
143 {
144 	/* Copy data: it's on kthread's stack */
145 	struct kthread_create_info *create = _create;
146 	int (*threadfn)(void *data) = create->threadfn;
147 	void *data = create->data;
148 	struct kthread self;
149 	int ret;
150 
151 	self.flags = 0;
152 	self.data = data;
153 	init_completion(&self.exited);
154 	init_completion(&self.parked);
155 	current->vfork_done = &self.exited;
156 
157 	/* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
158 	__set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
159 	create->result = current;
160 	complete(&create->done);
161 	schedule();
162 
163 	ret = -EINTR;
164 
165 	if (!test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP, &self.flags)) {
166 		__kthread_parkme(&self);
167 		ret = threadfn(data);
168 	}
169 	/* we can't just return, we must preserve "self" on stack */
170 	do_exit(ret);
171 }
172 
173 /* called from do_fork() to get node information for about to be created task */
174 int tsk_fork_get_node(struct task_struct *tsk)
175 {
176 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
177 	if (tsk == kthreadd_task)
178 		return tsk->pref_node_fork;
179 #endif
180 	return numa_node_id();
181 }
182 
183 static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create)
184 {
185 	int pid;
186 
187 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
188 	current->pref_node_fork = create->node;
189 #endif
190 	/* We want our own signal handler (we take no signals by default). */
191 	pid = kernel_thread(kthread, create, CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD);
192 	if (pid < 0) {
193 		create->result = ERR_PTR(pid);
194 		complete(&create->done);
195 	}
196 }
197 
198 /**
199  * kthread_create_on_node - create a kthread.
200  * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
201  * @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
202  * @node: memory node number.
203  * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread.
204  *
205  * Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel
206  * thread.  The thread will be stopped: use wake_up_process() to start
207  * it.  See also kthread_run().
208  *
209  * If thread is going to be bound on a particular cpu, give its node
210  * in @node, to get NUMA affinity for kthread stack, or else give -1.
211  * When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its
212  * argument. @threadfn() can either call do_exit() directly if it is a
213  * standalone thread for which no one will call kthread_stop(), or
214  * return when 'kthread_should_stop()' is true (which means
215  * kthread_stop() has been called).  The return value should be zero
216  * or a negative error number; it will be passed to kthread_stop().
217  *
218  * Returns a task_struct or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
219  */
220 struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_node(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
221 					   void *data, int node,
222 					   const char namefmt[],
223 					   ...)
224 {
225 	struct kthread_create_info create;
226 
227 	create.threadfn = threadfn;
228 	create.data = data;
229 	create.node = node;
230 	init_completion(&create.done);
231 
232 	spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
233 	list_add_tail(&create.list, &kthread_create_list);
234 	spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
235 
236 	wake_up_process(kthreadd_task);
237 	wait_for_completion(&create.done);
238 
239 	if (!IS_ERR(create.result)) {
240 		static const struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 0 };
241 		va_list args;
242 
243 		va_start(args, namefmt);
244 		vsnprintf(create.result->comm, sizeof(create.result->comm),
245 			  namefmt, args);
246 		va_end(args);
247 		/*
248 		 * root may have changed our (kthreadd's) priority or CPU mask.
249 		 * The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
250 		 */
251 		sched_setscheduler_nocheck(create.result, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
252 		set_cpus_allowed_ptr(create.result, cpu_all_mask);
253 	}
254 	return create.result;
255 }
256 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create_on_node);
257 
258 static void __kthread_bind(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
259 {
260 	/* It's safe because the task is inactive. */
261 	do_set_cpus_allowed(p, cpumask_of(cpu));
262 	p->flags |= PF_THREAD_BOUND;
263 }
264 
265 /**
266  * kthread_bind - bind a just-created kthread to a cpu.
267  * @p: thread created by kthread_create().
268  * @cpu: cpu (might not be online, must be possible) for @k to run on.
269  *
270  * Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(),
271  * except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be
272  * stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create()).
273  */
274 void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
275 {
276 	/* Must have done schedule() in kthread() before we set_task_cpu */
277 	if (!wait_task_inactive(p, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)) {
278 		WARN_ON(1);
279 		return;
280 	}
281 	__kthread_bind(p, cpu);
282 }
283 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
284 
285 /**
286  * kthread_create_on_cpu - Create a cpu bound kthread
287  * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
288  * @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
289  * @cpu: The cpu on which the thread should be bound,
290  * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread. Format is restricted
291  *	     to "name.*%u". Code fills in cpu number.
292  *
293  * Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel thread
294  * The thread will be woken and put into park mode.
295  */
296 struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_cpu(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
297 					  void *data, unsigned int cpu,
298 					  const char *namefmt)
299 {
300 	struct task_struct *p;
301 
302 	p = kthread_create_on_node(threadfn, data, cpu_to_node(cpu), namefmt,
303 				   cpu);
304 	if (IS_ERR(p))
305 		return p;
306 	set_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU, &to_kthread(p)->flags);
307 	to_kthread(p)->cpu = cpu;
308 	/* Park the thread to get it out of TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE state */
309 	kthread_park(p);
310 	return p;
311 }
312 
313 static struct kthread *task_get_live_kthread(struct task_struct *k)
314 {
315 	struct kthread *kthread;
316 
317 	get_task_struct(k);
318 	kthread = to_kthread(k);
319 	/* It might have exited */
320 	barrier();
321 	if (k->vfork_done != NULL)
322 		return kthread;
323 	return NULL;
324 }
325 
326 /**
327  * kthread_unpark - unpark a thread created by kthread_create().
328  * @k:		thread created by kthread_create().
329  *
330  * Sets kthread_should_park() for @k to return false, wakes it, and
331  * waits for it to return. If the thread is marked percpu then its
332  * bound to the cpu again.
333  */
334 void kthread_unpark(struct task_struct *k)
335 {
336 	struct kthread *kthread = task_get_live_kthread(k);
337 
338 	if (kthread) {
339 		clear_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK, &kthread->flags);
340 		/*
341 		 * We clear the IS_PARKED bit here as we don't wait
342 		 * until the task has left the park code. So if we'd
343 		 * park before that happens we'd see the IS_PARKED bit
344 		 * which might be about to be cleared.
345 		 */
346 		if (test_and_clear_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PARKED, &kthread->flags)) {
347 			if (test_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU, &kthread->flags))
348 				__kthread_bind(k, kthread->cpu);
349 			wake_up_process(k);
350 		}
351 	}
352 	put_task_struct(k);
353 }
354 
355 /**
356  * kthread_park - park a thread created by kthread_create().
357  * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
358  *
359  * Sets kthread_should_park() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
360  * waits for it to return. This can also be called after kthread_create()
361  * instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread will park without
362  * calling threadfn().
363  *
364  * Returns 0 if the thread is parked, -ENOSYS if the thread exited.
365  * If called by the kthread itself just the park bit is set.
366  */
367 int kthread_park(struct task_struct *k)
368 {
369 	struct kthread *kthread = task_get_live_kthread(k);
370 	int ret = -ENOSYS;
371 
372 	if (kthread) {
373 		if (!test_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PARKED, &kthread->flags)) {
374 			set_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK, &kthread->flags);
375 			if (k != current) {
376 				wake_up_process(k);
377 				wait_for_completion(&kthread->parked);
378 			}
379 		}
380 		ret = 0;
381 	}
382 	put_task_struct(k);
383 	return ret;
384 }
385 
386 /**
387  * kthread_stop - stop a thread created by kthread_create().
388  * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
389  *
390  * Sets kthread_should_stop() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
391  * waits for it to exit. This can also be called after kthread_create()
392  * instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread will exit without
393  * calling threadfn().
394  *
395  * If threadfn() may call do_exit() itself, the caller must ensure
396  * task_struct can't go away.
397  *
398  * Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
399  * was never called.
400  */
401 int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k)
402 {
403 	struct kthread *kthread = task_get_live_kthread(k);
404 	int ret;
405 
406 	trace_sched_kthread_stop(k);
407 	if (kthread) {
408 		set_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP, &kthread->flags);
409 		clear_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK, &kthread->flags);
410 		wake_up_process(k);
411 		wait_for_completion(&kthread->exited);
412 	}
413 	ret = k->exit_code;
414 
415 	put_task_struct(k);
416 	trace_sched_kthread_stop_ret(ret);
417 
418 	return ret;
419 }
420 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);
421 
422 int kthreadd(void *unused)
423 {
424 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
425 
426 	/* Setup a clean context for our children to inherit. */
427 	set_task_comm(tsk, "kthreadd");
428 	ignore_signals(tsk);
429 	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, cpu_all_mask);
430 	set_mems_allowed(node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY]);
431 
432 	current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE;
433 
434 	for (;;) {
435 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
436 		if (list_empty(&kthread_create_list))
437 			schedule();
438 		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
439 
440 		spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
441 		while (!list_empty(&kthread_create_list)) {
442 			struct kthread_create_info *create;
443 
444 			create = list_entry(kthread_create_list.next,
445 					    struct kthread_create_info, list);
446 			list_del_init(&create->list);
447 			spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
448 
449 			create_kthread(create);
450 
451 			spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
452 		}
453 		spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
454 	}
455 
456 	return 0;
457 }
458 
459 void __init_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker,
460 				const char *name,
461 				struct lock_class_key *key)
462 {
463 	spin_lock_init(&worker->lock);
464 	lockdep_set_class_and_name(&worker->lock, key, name);
465 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&worker->work_list);
466 	worker->task = NULL;
467 }
468 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__init_kthread_worker);
469 
470 /**
471  * kthread_worker_fn - kthread function to process kthread_worker
472  * @worker_ptr: pointer to initialized kthread_worker
473  *
474  * This function can be used as @threadfn to kthread_create() or
475  * kthread_run() with @worker_ptr argument pointing to an initialized
476  * kthread_worker.  The started kthread will process work_list until
477  * the it is stopped with kthread_stop().  A kthread can also call
478  * this function directly after extra initialization.
479  *
480  * Different kthreads can be used for the same kthread_worker as long
481  * as there's only one kthread attached to it at any given time.  A
482  * kthread_worker without an attached kthread simply collects queued
483  * kthread_works.
484  */
485 int kthread_worker_fn(void *worker_ptr)
486 {
487 	struct kthread_worker *worker = worker_ptr;
488 	struct kthread_work *work;
489 
490 	WARN_ON(worker->task);
491 	worker->task = current;
492 repeat:
493 	set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);	/* mb paired w/ kthread_stop */
494 
495 	if (kthread_should_stop()) {
496 		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
497 		spin_lock_irq(&worker->lock);
498 		worker->task = NULL;
499 		spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
500 		return 0;
501 	}
502 
503 	work = NULL;
504 	spin_lock_irq(&worker->lock);
505 	if (!list_empty(&worker->work_list)) {
506 		work = list_first_entry(&worker->work_list,
507 					struct kthread_work, node);
508 		list_del_init(&work->node);
509 	}
510 	worker->current_work = work;
511 	spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
512 
513 	if (work) {
514 		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
515 		work->func(work);
516 	} else if (!freezing(current))
517 		schedule();
518 
519 	try_to_freeze();
520 	goto repeat;
521 }
522 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_worker_fn);
523 
524 /* insert @work before @pos in @worker */
525 static void insert_kthread_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
526 			       struct kthread_work *work,
527 			       struct list_head *pos)
528 {
529 	lockdep_assert_held(&worker->lock);
530 
531 	list_add_tail(&work->node, pos);
532 	work->worker = worker;
533 	if (likely(worker->task))
534 		wake_up_process(worker->task);
535 }
536 
537 /**
538  * queue_kthread_work - queue a kthread_work
539  * @worker: target kthread_worker
540  * @work: kthread_work to queue
541  *
542  * Queue @work to work processor @task for async execution.  @task
543  * must have been created with kthread_worker_create().  Returns %true
544  * if @work was successfully queued, %false if it was already pending.
545  */
546 bool queue_kthread_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
547 			struct kthread_work *work)
548 {
549 	bool ret = false;
550 	unsigned long flags;
551 
552 	spin_lock_irqsave(&worker->lock, flags);
553 	if (list_empty(&work->node)) {
554 		insert_kthread_work(worker, work, &worker->work_list);
555 		ret = true;
556 	}
557 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&worker->lock, flags);
558 	return ret;
559 }
560 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(queue_kthread_work);
561 
562 struct kthread_flush_work {
563 	struct kthread_work	work;
564 	struct completion	done;
565 };
566 
567 static void kthread_flush_work_fn(struct kthread_work *work)
568 {
569 	struct kthread_flush_work *fwork =
570 		container_of(work, struct kthread_flush_work, work);
571 	complete(&fwork->done);
572 }
573 
574 /**
575  * flush_kthread_work - flush a kthread_work
576  * @work: work to flush
577  *
578  * If @work is queued or executing, wait for it to finish execution.
579  */
580 void flush_kthread_work(struct kthread_work *work)
581 {
582 	struct kthread_flush_work fwork = {
583 		KTHREAD_WORK_INIT(fwork.work, kthread_flush_work_fn),
584 		COMPLETION_INITIALIZER_ONSTACK(fwork.done),
585 	};
586 	struct kthread_worker *worker;
587 	bool noop = false;
588 
589 retry:
590 	worker = work->worker;
591 	if (!worker)
592 		return;
593 
594 	spin_lock_irq(&worker->lock);
595 	if (work->worker != worker) {
596 		spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
597 		goto retry;
598 	}
599 
600 	if (!list_empty(&work->node))
601 		insert_kthread_work(worker, &fwork.work, work->node.next);
602 	else if (worker->current_work == work)
603 		insert_kthread_work(worker, &fwork.work, worker->work_list.next);
604 	else
605 		noop = true;
606 
607 	spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
608 
609 	if (!noop)
610 		wait_for_completion(&fwork.done);
611 }
612 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_kthread_work);
613 
614 /**
615  * flush_kthread_worker - flush all current works on a kthread_worker
616  * @worker: worker to flush
617  *
618  * Wait until all currently executing or pending works on @worker are
619  * finished.
620  */
621 void flush_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker)
622 {
623 	struct kthread_flush_work fwork = {
624 		KTHREAD_WORK_INIT(fwork.work, kthread_flush_work_fn),
625 		COMPLETION_INITIALIZER_ONSTACK(fwork.done),
626 	};
627 
628 	queue_kthread_work(worker, &fwork.work);
629 	wait_for_completion(&fwork.done);
630 }
631 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_kthread_worker);
632