xref: /linux/kernel/task_work.c (revision 10accd2e6890b57db8e717e9aee91b791f90fe14)
1 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
2 #include <linux/task_work.h>
3 #include <linux/tracehook.h>
4 
5 static struct callback_head work_exited; /* all we need is ->next == NULL */
6 
7 /**
8  * task_work_add - ask the @task to execute @work->func()
9  * @task: the task which should run the callback
10  * @work: the callback to run
11  * @notify: send the notification if true
12  *
13  * Queue @work for task_work_run() below and notify the @task if @notify.
14  * Fails if the @task is exiting/exited and thus it can't process this @work.
15  * Otherwise @work->func() will be called when the @task returns from kernel
16  * mode or exits.
17  *
18  * This is like the signal handler which runs in kernel mode, but it doesn't
19  * try to wake up the @task.
20  *
21  * Note: there is no ordering guarantee on works queued here.
22  *
23  * RETURNS:
24  * 0 if succeeds or -ESRCH.
25  */
26 int
27 task_work_add(struct task_struct *task, struct callback_head *work, bool notify)
28 {
29 	struct callback_head *head;
30 
31 	do {
32 		head = READ_ONCE(task->task_works);
33 		if (unlikely(head == &work_exited))
34 			return -ESRCH;
35 		work->next = head;
36 	} while (cmpxchg(&task->task_works, head, work) != head);
37 
38 	if (notify)
39 		set_notify_resume(task);
40 	return 0;
41 }
42 
43 /**
44  * task_work_cancel - cancel a pending work added by task_work_add()
45  * @task: the task which should execute the work
46  * @func: identifies the work to remove
47  *
48  * Find the last queued pending work with ->func == @func and remove
49  * it from queue.
50  *
51  * RETURNS:
52  * The found work or NULL if not found.
53  */
54 struct callback_head *
55 task_work_cancel(struct task_struct *task, task_work_func_t func)
56 {
57 	struct callback_head **pprev = &task->task_works;
58 	struct callback_head *work;
59 	unsigned long flags;
60 
61 	if (likely(!task->task_works))
62 		return NULL;
63 	/*
64 	 * If cmpxchg() fails we continue without updating pprev.
65 	 * Either we raced with task_work_add() which added the
66 	 * new entry before this work, we will find it again. Or
67 	 * we raced with task_work_run(), *pprev == NULL/exited.
68 	 */
69 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&task->pi_lock, flags);
70 	while ((work = lockless_dereference(*pprev))) {
71 		if (work->func != func)
72 			pprev = &work->next;
73 		else if (cmpxchg(pprev, work, work->next) == work)
74 			break;
75 	}
76 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task->pi_lock, flags);
77 
78 	return work;
79 }
80 
81 /**
82  * task_work_run - execute the works added by task_work_add()
83  *
84  * Flush the pending works. Should be used by the core kernel code.
85  * Called before the task returns to the user-mode or stops, or when
86  * it exits. In the latter case task_work_add() can no longer add the
87  * new work after task_work_run() returns.
88  */
89 void task_work_run(void)
90 {
91 	struct task_struct *task = current;
92 	struct callback_head *work, *head, *next;
93 
94 	for (;;) {
95 		/*
96 		 * work->func() can do task_work_add(), do not set
97 		 * work_exited unless the list is empty.
98 		 */
99 		do {
100 			work = READ_ONCE(task->task_works);
101 			head = !work && (task->flags & PF_EXITING) ?
102 				&work_exited : NULL;
103 		} while (cmpxchg(&task->task_works, work, head) != work);
104 
105 		if (!work)
106 			break;
107 		/*
108 		 * Synchronize with task_work_cancel(). It can't remove
109 		 * the first entry == work, cmpxchg(task_works) should
110 		 * fail, but it can play with *work and other entries.
111 		 */
112 		raw_spin_unlock_wait(&task->pi_lock);
113 
114 		do {
115 			next = work->next;
116 			work->func(work);
117 			work = next;
118 			cond_resched();
119 		} while (work);
120 	}
121 }
122