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- Make it clear that the `node' arg refers to memory allocations only:
kthread_create_on_node() does not pin the new thread to that node's
CPUs.
- Encourage the use of NUMA_NO_NODE.
[nzimmer@sgi.com: use NUMA_NO_NODE in kthread_create() also]
Cc: Nathan Zimmer <nzimmer@sgi.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Because sched_setscheduler() checks p->flags & PF_NO_SETAFFINITY
without locks, a caller might observe an old value and race with the
set_cpus_allowed_ptr() call from __kthread_bind() and effectively undo
it:
__kthread_bind()
do_set_cpus_allowed()
<SYSCALL>
sched_setaffinity()
if (p->flags & PF_NO_SETAFFINITIY)
set_cpus_allowed_ptr()
p->flags |= PF_NO_SETAFFINITY
Fix the bug by putting everything under the regular scheduler locks.
This also closes a hole in the serialization of task_struct::{nr_,}cpus_allowed.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: dedekind1@gmail.com
Cc: juri.lelli@arm.com
Cc: mgorman@suse.de
Cc: riel@redhat.com
Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150515154833.545640346@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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The wait_queue_head_t kthread_work->done is unused since
flush_kthread_work() has been re-implemented. Let's remove it
including the initialization code. This makes
DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORK_ONSTACK() unnecessary, removed.
tj: Updated description. Removed DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORK_ONSTACK().
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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One of the problems that arise when converting dedicated custom threadpool
to workqueue is that the shared worker pool used by workqueue anonimizes
each worker making it more difficult to identify what the worker was doing
on which target from the output of sysrq-t or debug dump from oops, BUG()
and friends.
For example, after writeback is converted to use workqueue instead of
priviate thread pool, there's no easy to tell which backing device a
writeback work item was working on at the time of task dump, which,
according to our writeback brethren, is important in tracking down issues
with a lot of mounted file systems on a lot of different devices.
This patchset implements a way for a work function to mark its execution
instance so that task dump of the worker task includes information to
indicate what the work item was doing.
An example WARN dump would look like the following.
WARNING: at fs/fs-writeback.c:1015 bdi_writeback_workfn+0x2b4/0x3c0()
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 Pid: 28 Comm: kworker/u18:0 Not tainted 3.9.0-rc1-work+ #24
Hardware name: empty empty/S3992, BIOS 080011 10/26/2007
Workqueue: writeback bdi_writeback_workfn (flush-8:16)
ffffffff820a3a98 ffff88015b927cb8 ffffffff81c61855 ffff88015b927cf8
ffffffff8108f500 0000000000000000 ffff88007a171948 ffff88007a1716b0
ffff88015b49df00 ffff88015b8d3940 0000000000000000 ffff88015b927d08
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff81c61855>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
[<ffffffff8108f500>] warn_slowpath_common+0x70/0xa0
...
This patch:
Implement probe_kthread_data() which returns kthread_data if accessible.
The function is equivalent to kthread_data() except that the specified
@task may not be a kthread or its vfork_done is already cleared rendering
struct kthread inaccessible. In the former case, probe_kthread_data() may
return any value. In the latter, NULL.
This will be used to safely print debug information without affecting
synchronization in the normal paths. Workqueue debug info printing on
dump_stack() and friends will make use of it.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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To avoid the full teardown/setup of per cpu kthreads in the case of
cpu hot(un)plug, provide a facility which allows to put the kthread
into a park position and unpark it when the cpu comes online again.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120716103948.236618824@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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item being executed
kthread_worker provides minimalistic workqueue-like interface for
users which need a dedicated worker thread (e.g. for realtime
priority). It has basic queue, flush_work, flush_worker operations
which mostly match the workqueue counterparts; however, due to the way
flush_work() is implemented, it has a noticeable difference of not
allowing work items to be freed while being executed.
While the current users of kthread_worker are okay with the current
behavior, the restriction does impede some valid use cases. Also,
removing this difference isn't difficult and actually makes the code
easier to understand.
This patch reimplements flush_kthread_work() such that it uses a
flush_work item instead of queue/done sequence numbers.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Writeback and thinkpad_acpi have been using thaw_process() to prevent
deadlock between the freezer and kthread_stop(); unfortunately, this
is inherently racy - nothing prevents freezing from happening between
thaw_process() and kthread_stop().
This patch implements kthread_freezable_should_stop() which enters
refrigerator if necessary but is guaranteed to return if
kthread_stop() is invoked. Both thaw_process() users are converted to
use the new function.
Note that this deadlock condition exists for many of freezable
kthreads. They need to be converted to use the new should_stop or
freezable workqueue.
Tested with synthetic test case.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <ibm-acpi@hmh.eng.br>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
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Standardize the style for compiler based printf format verification.
Standardized the location of __printf too.
Done via script and a little typing.
$ grep -rPl --include=*.[ch] -w "__attribute__" * | \
grep -vP "^(tools|scripts|include/linux/compiler-gcc.h)" | \
xargs perl -n -i -e 'local $/; while (<>) { s/\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(\s*format\s*\(\s*printf\s*,\s*(.+)\s*,\s*(.+)\s*\)\s*\)\s*\)/__printf($1, $2)/g ; print; }'
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: revert arch bits]
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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All kthreads being created from a single helper task, they all use memory
from a single node for their kernel stack and task struct.
This patch suite creates kthread_create_on_node(), adding a 'cpu' parameter
to parameters already used by kthread_create().
This parameter serves in allocating memory for the new kthread on its
memory node if possible.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCK is deprecated. Use the lockdep capable variant
instead.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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spinlock in kthread_worker and wait_queue_head in kthread_work both
should be lockdep sensible, so change the interface to make it
suiltable for CONFIG_LOCKDEP.
tj: comment update
Reported-by: Nicolas <nicolas.mailhot@laposte.net>
Signed-off-by: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andy Walls <awalls@md.metrocast.net>
Tested-by: Andy Walls <awalls@md.metrocast.net>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Implement kthread_data() which takes @task pointing to a kthread and
returns @data specified when creating the kthread. The caller is
responsible for ensuring the validity of @task when calling this
function.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Implement simple work processor for kthread. This is to ease using
kthread. Single thread workqueue used to be used for things like this
but workqueue won't guarantee fixed kthread association anymore to
enable worker sharing.
This can be used in cases where specific kthread association is
necessary, for example, when it should have RT priority or be assigned
to certain cgroup.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Obvious misc patch been in my queue (& linux-next) for over a cycle.
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Currently there is a circular reference between work queue initialization
and kthread initialization. This prevents the kthread infrastructure from
initializing until after work queues have been initialized.
We want the properties of tasks created with kthread_create to be as close
as possible to the init_task and to not be contaminated by user processes.
The later we start our kthreadd that creates these tasks the harder it is
to avoid contamination from user processes and the more of a mess we have
to clean up because the defaults have changed on us.
So this patch modifies the kthread support to not use work queues but to
instead use a simple list of structures, and to have kthreadd start from
init_task immediately after our kernel thread that execs /sbin/init.
By being a true child of init_task we only have to change those process
settings that we want to have different from init_task, such as our process
name, the cpus that are allowed, blocking all signals and setting SIGCHLD
to SIG_IGN so that all of our children are reaped automatically.
By being a true child of init_task we also naturally get our ppid set to 0
and do not wind up as a child of PID == 1. Ensuring that tasks generated
by kthread_create will not slow down the functioning of the wait family of
functions.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: use interruptible sleeps]
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Remove the now-unneeded kthread_stop_sem().
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Move kthread API kernel-doc from kthread.h to kthread.c & fix it.
Add kthread API to kernel-api DocBook.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Enhance the kthread API by adding kthread_stop_sem, for use in stopping
threads that spend their idle time waiting on a semaphore.
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
These two patches provide the framework for stopping kernel threads to
allow hotplug CPU. This one just adds kthread.c and kthread.h, next
one uses it.
Most importantly, adds a Monty Python quote to the kernel.
Details:
The hotplug CPU code introduces two major problems:
1) Threads which previously never stopped (migration thread,
ksoftirqd, keventd) have to be stopped cleanly as CPUs go offline.
2) Threads which previously never had to be created now have
to be created when a CPU goes online.
Unfortunately, stopping a thread is fairly baroque, involving memory
barriers, a completion and spinning until the task is actually dead
(for example, complete_and_exit() must be used if inside a module).
There are also three problems in starting a thread:
1) Doing it from a random process context risks environment contamination:
better to do it from keventd to guarantee a clean environment, a-la
call_usermodehelper.
2) Getting the task struct without races is a hard: see kernel/sched.c
migration_call(), kernel/workqueue.c create_workqueue_thread().
3) There are races in starting a thread for a CPU which is not yet
online: migration thread does a complex dance at the moment for
a similar reason (there may be no migration thread to migrate us).
Place all this logic in some primitives to make life easier:
kthread_create() and kthread_stop(). These primitives require no
extra data-structures in the caller: they operate on normal "struct
task_struct"s.
Other changes:
- Expose keventd_up(), as keventd and migration threads will use kthread to
launch, and kthread normally uses workqueues and must recognize this case.
- Kthreads created at boot before "keventd" are spawned directly. However,
this means that they don't have all signals blocked, and hence can be
killed. The simplest solution is to always explicitly block all signals in
the kthread.
- Change over the migration threads, the workqueue threads and the
ksoftirqd threads to use kthread.
- module.c currently spawns threads directly to stop the machine, so a
module can be atomically tested for removal.
- Unfortunately, this means that the current task is manipulated (which
races with set_cpus_allowed, for example), and it can't set its priority
artificially high. Using a kernel thread can solve this cleanly, and with
kthread_run, it's simple.
- kthreads use keventd, so they inherit its cpus_allowed mask. Unset it.
All current users set it explicity anyway, but it's nice to fix.
- call_usermode_helper uses keventd, so the process created inherits its
cpus_allowed mask. Unset it.
- Prevent errors in boot when cpus_possible() contains a cpu which is not
online (ie. a cpu didn't come up). This doesn't happen on x86, since a
boot failure makes that CPU no longer possible (hacky, but it works).
- When the cpu fails to come up, some callbacks do kthread_stop(), which
doesn't work without keventd (which hasn't started yet). Call it directly,
and take care that it restores signal state (note: do_sigaction does a
flush on blocked signals, so we don't need to repeat it).
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