kthread: implement kthread_worker

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>

1 files changed, 149 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 83911c78017..8b63c7fee73 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/freezer.h>
 #include <trace/events/sched.h>
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kthread_create_lock);
@@ -247,3 +249,150 @@ int kthreadd(void *unused)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+/**
+ * kthread_worker_fn - kthread function to process kthread_worker
+ * @worker_ptr: pointer to initialized kthread_worker
+ *
+ * This function can be used as @threadfn to kthread_create() or
+ * kthread_run() with @worker_ptr argument pointing to an initialized
+ * kthread_worker.  The started kthread will process work_list until
+ * the it is stopped with kthread_stop().  A kthread can also call
+ * this function directly after extra initialization.
+ *
+ * Different kthreads can be used for the same kthread_worker as long
+ * as there's only one kthread attached to it at any given time.  A
+ * kthread_worker without an attached kthread simply collects queued
+ * kthread_works.
+ */
+int kthread_worker_fn(void *worker_ptr)
+{
+	struct kthread_worker *worker = worker_ptr;
+	struct kthread_work *work;
+
+	WARN_ON(worker->task);
+	worker->task = current;
+repeat:
+	set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);	/* mb paired w/ kthread_stop */
+
+	if (kthread_should_stop()) {
+		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+		spin_lock_irq(&worker->lock);
+		worker->task = NULL;
+		spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	work = NULL;
+	spin_lock_irq(&worker->lock);
+	if (!list_empty(&worker->work_list)) {
+		work = list_first_entry(&worker->work_list,
+					struct kthread_work, node);
+		list_del_init(&work->node);
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
+
+	if (work) {
+		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+		work->func(work);
+		smp_wmb();	/* wmb worker-b0 paired with flush-b1 */
+		work->done_seq = work->queue_seq;
+		smp_mb();	/* mb worker-b1 paired with flush-b0 */
+		if (atomic_read(&work->flushing))
+			wake_up_all(&work->done);
+	} else if (!freezing(current))
+		schedule();
+
+	try_to_freeze();
+	goto repeat;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_worker_fn);
+
+/**
+ * queue_kthread_work - queue a kthread_work
+ * @worker: target kthread_worker
+ * @work: kthread_work to queue
+ *
+ * Queue @work to work processor @task for async execution.  @task
+ * must have been created with kthread_worker_create().  Returns %true
+ * if @work was successfully queued, %false if it was already pending.
+ */
+bool queue_kthread_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
+			struct kthread_work *work)
+{
+	bool ret = false;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&worker->lock, flags);
+	if (list_empty(&work->node)) {
+		list_add_tail(&work->node, &worker->work_list);
+		work->queue_seq++;
+		if (likely(worker->task))
+			wake_up_process(worker->task);
+		ret = true;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&worker->lock, flags);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(queue_kthread_work);
+
+/**
+ * flush_kthread_work - flush a kthread_work
+ * @work: work to flush
+ *
+ * If @work is queued or executing, wait for it to finish execution.
+ */
+void flush_kthread_work(struct kthread_work *work)
+{
+	int seq = work->queue_seq;
+
+	atomic_inc(&work->flushing);
+
+	/*
+	 * mb flush-b0 paired with worker-b1, to make sure either
+	 * worker sees the above increment or we see done_seq update.
+	 */
+	smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();
+
+	/* A - B <= 0 tests whether B is in front of A regardless of overflow */
+	wait_event(work->done, seq - work->done_seq <= 0);
+	atomic_dec(&work->flushing);
+
+	/*
+	 * rmb flush-b1 paired with worker-b0, to make sure our caller
+	 * sees every change made by work->func().
+	 */
+	smp_mb__after_atomic_dec();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_kthread_work);
+
+struct kthread_flush_work {
+	struct kthread_work	work;
+	struct completion	done;
+};
+
+static void kthread_flush_work_fn(struct kthread_work *work)
+{
+	struct kthread_flush_work *fwork =
+		container_of(work, struct kthread_flush_work, work);
+	complete(&fwork->done);
+}
+
+/**
+ * flush_kthread_worker - flush all current works on a kthread_worker
+ * @worker: worker to flush
+ *
+ * Wait until all currently executing or pending works on @worker are
+ * finished.
+ */
+void flush_kthread_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker)
+{
+	struct kthread_flush_work fwork = {
+		KTHREAD_WORK_INIT(fwork.work, kthread_flush_work_fn),
+		COMPLETION_INITIALIZER_ONSTACK(fwork.done),
+	};
+
+	queue_kthread_work(worker, &fwork.work);
+	wait_for_completion(&fwork.done);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_kthread_worker);