1 #ifndef _LINUX_KTHREAD_H
2 #define _LINUX_KTHREAD_H
3 /* Simple interface for creating and stopping kernel threads without mess. */
5 #include <linux/sched.h>
8 struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_node(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
11 const char namefmt[], ...);
13 #define kthread_create(threadfn, data, namefmt, arg...) \
14 kthread_create_on_node(threadfn, data, NUMA_NO_NODE, namefmt, ##arg)
17 struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_cpu(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
23 * kthread_run - create and wake a thread.
24 * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
25 * @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
26 * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread.
28 * Description: Convenient wrapper for kthread_create() followed by
29 * wake_up_process(). Returns the kthread or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
31 #define kthread_run(threadfn, data, namefmt, ...) \
33 struct task_struct *__k \
34 = kthread_create(threadfn, data, namefmt, ## __VA_ARGS__); \
36 wake_up_process(__k); \
40 void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu);
41 void kthread_bind_mask(struct task_struct *k, const struct cpumask *mask);
42 int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k);
43 bool kthread_should_stop(void);
44 bool kthread_should_park(void);
45 bool kthread_freezable_should_stop(bool *was_frozen);
46 void *kthread_data(struct task_struct *k);
47 void *probe_kthread_data(struct task_struct *k);
48 int kthread_park(struct task_struct *k);
49 void kthread_unpark(struct task_struct *k);
50 void kthread_parkme(void);
52 int kthreadd(void *unused);
53 extern struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;
54 extern int tsk_fork_get_node(struct task_struct *tsk);
57 * Simple work processor based on kthread.
59 * This provides easier way to make use of kthreads. A kthread_work
60 * can be queued and flushed using queue/flush_kthread_work()
61 * respectively. Queued kthread_works are processed by a kthread
62 * running kthread_worker_fn().
65 typedef void (*kthread_work_func_t)(struct kthread_work *work);
67 struct kthread_worker {
69 struct list_head work_list;
70 struct task_struct *task;
71 struct kthread_work *current_work;
75 struct list_head node;
76 kthread_work_func_t func;
77 struct kthread_worker *worker;
80 #define KTHREAD_WORKER_INIT(worker) { \
81 .lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED((worker).lock), \
82 .work_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT((worker).work_list), \
85 #define KTHREAD_WORK_INIT(work, fn) { \
86 .node = LIST_HEAD_INIT((work).node), \
90 #define DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORKER(worker) \
91 struct kthread_worker worker = KTHREAD_WORKER_INIT(worker)
93 #define DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORK(work, fn) \
94 struct kthread_work work = KTHREAD_WORK_INIT(work, fn)
97 * kthread_worker.lock needs its own lockdep class key when defined on
98 * stack with lockdep enabled. Use the following macros in such cases.
100 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
101 # define KTHREAD_WORKER_INIT_ONSTACK(worker) \
102 ({ init_kthread_worker(&worker); worker; })
103 # define DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORKER_ONSTACK(worker) \
104 struct kthread_worker worker = KTHREAD_WORKER_INIT_ONSTACK(worker)
106 # define DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORKER_ONSTACK(worker) DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORKER(worker)
109 extern void __init_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker,
110 const char *name, struct lock_class_key *key);
112 #define init_kthread_worker(worker) \
114 static struct lock_class_key __key; \
115 __init_kthread_worker((worker), "("#worker")->lock", &__key); \
118 #define init_kthread_work(work, fn) \
120 memset((work), 0, sizeof(struct kthread_work)); \
121 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&(work)->node); \
122 (work)->func = (fn); \
125 int kthread_worker_fn(void *worker_ptr);
127 bool queue_kthread_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
128 struct kthread_work *work);
129 void flush_kthread_work(struct kthread_work *work);
130 void flush_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker);
132 #endif /* _LINUX_KTHREAD_H */