xref: /linux/kernel/kthread.c (revision e638fab91e5d1c4db3a80957546c32ed4bd75086)
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/module.h>
16 #include <linux/mutex.h>
17 #include <trace/events/sched.h>
18 
19 #define KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL (-5)
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 
31 	/* Result passed back to kthread_create() from kthreadd. */
32 	struct task_struct *result;
33 	struct completion done;
34 
35 	struct list_head list;
36 };
37 
38 struct kthread {
39 	int should_stop;
40 	struct completion exited;
41 };
42 
43 #define to_kthread(tsk)	\
44 	container_of((tsk)->vfork_done, struct kthread, exited)
45 
46 /**
47  * kthread_should_stop - should this kthread return now?
48  *
49  * When someone calls kthread_stop() on your kthread, it will be woken
50  * and this will return true.  You should then return, and your return
51  * value will be passed through to kthread_stop().
52  */
53 int kthread_should_stop(void)
54 {
55 	return to_kthread(current)->should_stop;
56 }
57 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_should_stop);
58 
59 static int kthread(void *_create)
60 {
61 	/* Copy data: it's on kthread's stack */
62 	struct kthread_create_info *create = _create;
63 	int (*threadfn)(void *data) = create->threadfn;
64 	void *data = create->data;
65 	struct kthread self;
66 	int ret;
67 
68 	self.should_stop = 0;
69 	init_completion(&self.exited);
70 	current->vfork_done = &self.exited;
71 
72 	/* OK, tell user we're spawned, wait for stop or wakeup */
73 	__set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
74 	create->result = current;
75 	complete(&create->done);
76 	schedule();
77 
78 	ret = -EINTR;
79 	if (!self.should_stop)
80 		ret = threadfn(data);
81 
82 	/* we can't just return, we must preserve "self" on stack */
83 	do_exit(ret);
84 }
85 
86 static void create_kthread(struct kthread_create_info *create)
87 {
88 	int pid;
89 
90 	/* We want our own signal handler (we take no signals by default). */
91 	pid = kernel_thread(kthread, create, CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD);
92 	if (pid < 0) {
93 		create->result = ERR_PTR(pid);
94 		complete(&create->done);
95 	}
96 }
97 
98 /**
99  * kthread_create - create a kthread.
100  * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
101  * @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
102  * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread.
103  *
104  * Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel
105  * thread.  The thread will be stopped: use wake_up_process() to start
106  * it.  See also kthread_run(), kthread_create_on_cpu().
107  *
108  * When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its
109  * argument. @threadfn() can either call do_exit() directly if it is a
110  * standalone thread for which noone will call kthread_stop(), or
111  * return when 'kthread_should_stop()' is true (which means
112  * kthread_stop() has been called).  The return value should be zero
113  * or a negative error number; it will be passed to kthread_stop().
114  *
115  * Returns a task_struct or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
116  */
117 struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
118 				   void *data,
119 				   const char namefmt[],
120 				   ...)
121 {
122 	struct kthread_create_info create;
123 
124 	create.threadfn = threadfn;
125 	create.data = data;
126 	init_completion(&create.done);
127 
128 	spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
129 	list_add_tail(&create.list, &kthread_create_list);
130 	spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
131 
132 	wake_up_process(kthreadd_task);
133 	wait_for_completion(&create.done);
134 
135 	if (!IS_ERR(create.result)) {
136 		struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 0 };
137 		va_list args;
138 
139 		va_start(args, namefmt);
140 		vsnprintf(create.result->comm, sizeof(create.result->comm),
141 			  namefmt, args);
142 		va_end(args);
143 		/*
144 		 * root may have changed our (kthreadd's) priority or CPU mask.
145 		 * The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
146 		 */
147 		sched_setscheduler_nocheck(create.result, SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
148 		set_user_nice(create.result, KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL);
149 		set_cpus_allowed_ptr(create.result, cpu_all_mask);
150 	}
151 	return create.result;
152 }
153 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create);
154 
155 /**
156  * kthread_bind - bind a just-created kthread to a cpu.
157  * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
158  * @cpu: cpu (might not be online, must be possible) for @k to run on.
159  *
160  * Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(),
161  * except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be
162  * stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create()).
163  */
164 void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu)
165 {
166 	/* Must have done schedule() in kthread() before we set_task_cpu */
167 	if (!wait_task_inactive(k, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)) {
168 		WARN_ON(1);
169 		return;
170 	}
171 	set_task_cpu(k, cpu);
172 	k->cpus_allowed = cpumask_of_cpu(cpu);
173 	k->rt.nr_cpus_allowed = 1;
174 	k->flags |= PF_THREAD_BOUND;
175 }
176 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
177 
178 /**
179  * kthread_stop - stop a thread created by kthread_create().
180  * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
181  *
182  * Sets kthread_should_stop() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
183  * waits for it to exit. This can also be called after kthread_create()
184  * instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread will exit without
185  * calling threadfn().
186  *
187  * If threadfn() may call do_exit() itself, the caller must ensure
188  * task_struct can't go away.
189  *
190  * Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
191  * was never called.
192  */
193 int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k)
194 {
195 	struct kthread *kthread;
196 	int ret;
197 
198 	trace_sched_kthread_stop(k);
199 	get_task_struct(k);
200 
201 	kthread = to_kthread(k);
202 	barrier(); /* it might have exited */
203 	if (k->vfork_done != NULL) {
204 		kthread->should_stop = 1;
205 		wake_up_process(k);
206 		wait_for_completion(&kthread->exited);
207 	}
208 	ret = k->exit_code;
209 
210 	put_task_struct(k);
211 	trace_sched_kthread_stop_ret(ret);
212 
213 	return ret;
214 }
215 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);
216 
217 int kthreadd(void *unused)
218 {
219 	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
220 
221 	/* Setup a clean context for our children to inherit. */
222 	set_task_comm(tsk, "kthreadd");
223 	ignore_signals(tsk);
224 	set_user_nice(tsk, KTHREAD_NICE_LEVEL);
225 	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, cpu_all_mask);
226 	set_mems_allowed(node_possible_map);
227 
228 	current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE | PF_FREEZER_NOSIG;
229 
230 	for (;;) {
231 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
232 		if (list_empty(&kthread_create_list))
233 			schedule();
234 		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
235 
236 		spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
237 		while (!list_empty(&kthread_create_list)) {
238 			struct kthread_create_info *create;
239 
240 			create = list_entry(kthread_create_list.next,
241 					    struct kthread_create_info, list);
242 			list_del_init(&create->list);
243 			spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
244 
245 			create_kthread(create);
246 
247 			spin_lock(&kthread_create_lock);
248 		}
249 		spin_unlock(&kthread_create_lock);
250 	}
251 
252 	return 0;
253 }
254