Hi,
Are there any plans to include the following kernel thread abstraction in a
future kernel version? I think it would be very helpful to have something
like that to make driver development easier.
Regards,
Johannes
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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@caldera.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] kthread abstraction, take two
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 18:03:05 +0100
This is a new version of the ktread abstraction which incorporates
suggestions by Andi Kleen, Jeff Garzik and Andrew Morton.
The changes are:
- kthread_start now takes a void * for the user-data, so it doesn't
have to be part of struct kthread.
- the main method of struct kthread now returns an integers, if it
is negative, the thread will be stopped.
- kthread_main no more does the scheduling, it has to be done by
the mainloop now.
The API is now:
int kthread_start(struct kthread *kth, void *data)
Startup a new kernel thread as described by 'kth' (details
below). Wait until it has finished initialization.
void kthread_stop(struct kthread *kth)
Stop the kernel thread described by 'kth'. Wait until is
has finished.
int kthread_running(struct kthread *kth)
Return 1 if the kernel thread described by 'kth' is running.
The 'kthread' structure contains all information for this thread.
Two fields _must_ be initialized:
const char *name;
Name of the thread.
int (*main)(struct kthread *, void);
Mainloop of the thread. This loop is repeated until the thread
is stopped. Stopping is done by either kthread_stop or a
negative return value of this method. This routine has to
release the timeslice after finishing! (i.e. call schedule() or
yield()).
Others may be filled out if needed:
int (*init)(struct kthread *, void *);
Initialize thread before the mainloop is called.
void (*cleanup)(struct kthread *, void *);
Cleanup after the mainloop is done.
void *data;
Opaque data for the thread's use
Patch for 2.5.4-pre5 is below.
Christoph
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diff -uNr -Xdontdiff ../master/linux-2.5.4-pre5/include/linux/kthread.h
linux/include/linux/kthread.h
--- ../master/linux-2.5.4-pre5/include/linux/kthread.h Thu Jan 1 01:00:00
1970
+++ linux/include/linux/kthread.h Sat Feb 9 17:43:12 2002
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_KTHREAD_H
+#define _LINUX_KTHREAD_H
+
+struct task_struct;
+
+struct kthread {
+ const char *name;
+ struct task_struct *task;
+ struct completion done;
+#define KTH_RUNNING 1
+#define KTH_SHUTDOWN 2
+ long state;
+ int (*init)(struct kthread *, void *);
+ void (*cleanup)(struct kthread *, void *);
+ int (*main)(struct kthread *, void *);
+};
+
+extern int kthread_start(struct kthread *, void *);
+extern void kthread_stop(struct kthread *);
+extern int kthread_running(struct kthread *);
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_KTHREAD_H */
diff -uNr -Xdontdiff ../master/linux-2.5.4-pre5/kernel/Makefile
linux/kernel/Makefile
--- ../master/linux-2.5.4-pre5/kernel/Makefile Fri Feb 1 16:27:04 2002
+++ linux/kernel/Makefile Sat Feb 9 17:42:58 2002
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
O_TARGET := kernel.o
export-objs = signal.o sys.o kmod.o context.o ksyms.o pm.o exec_domain.o \
- printk.o
+ printk.o kthread.o
obj-y = sched.o dma.o fork.o exec_domain.o panic.o printk.o \
module.o exit.o itimer.o info.o time.o softirq.o resource.o \
sysctl.o acct.o capability.o ptrace.o timer.o user.o \
- signal.o sys.o kmod.o context.o
+ signal.o sys.o kmod.o context.o kthread.o
obj-$(CONFIG_UID16) += uid16.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES) += ksyms.o
diff -uNr -Xdontdiff ../master/linux-2.5.4-pre5/kernel/kthread.c
linux/kernel/kthread.c
--- ../master/linux-2.5.4-pre5/kernel/kthread.c Thu Jan 1 01:00:00 1970
+++ linux/kernel/kthread.c Sat Feb 9 17:43:47 2002
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2002 Christoph Hellwig.
+ * All rights resered.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/completion.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/signal.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <asm/bitops.h>
+
+#define KTHREAD_FLAGS \
+ (CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES|CLONE_SIGHAND)
+
+struct kthread_args {
+ struct kthread *kth;
+ void *data;
+};
+
+
+static int kthread_stopped(struct kthread *kth)
+{
+ struct task_struct *task = kth->task;
+ unsigned long signr;
+ siginfo_t info;
+
+ spin_lock_irq(&task->sigmask_lock);
+ signr = dequeue_signal(&task->blocked, &info);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&task->sigmask_lock);
+
+ if (signr == SIGKILL && test_bit(KTH_SHUTDOWN, &kth->state))
+ return 1;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int kthread_main(void *p)
+{
+ struct kthread_args *args = p;
+ struct kthread *kth = args->kth;
+ void *data = args->data;
+
+ lock_kernel();
+ daemonize();
+ reparent_to_init();
+ strcpy(current->comm, kth->name);
+ unlock_kernel();
+
+ kth->task = current;
+
+ spin_lock_irq(¤t->sigmask_lock);
+ siginitsetinv(¤t->blocked,
+ sigmask(SIGHUP) | sigmask(SIGKILL) |
+ sigmask(SIGSTOP) | sigmask(SIGCONT));
+ spin_unlock_irq(¤t->sigmask_lock);
+
+ if (kth->init)
+ kth->init(kth, data);
+ complete(&kth->done);
+
+ do {
+ if (kth->main(kth, data) < 0)
+ break;
+ } while (!kthread_stopped(kth));
+
+ if (kth->cleanup)
+ kth->cleanup(kth, data);
+ clear_bit(KTH_RUNNING, &kth->state);
+ complete(&kth->done);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * kthread_start - start a new kernel thread
+ * @kth: kernel thread description
+ * @data: opaque data for use with the methods
+ *
+ * For off a new kernel thread as described by @kth.
+ */
+int kthread_start(struct kthread *kth, void *data)
+{
+ struct kthread_args args;
+ pid_t pid;
+
+ if (!kth->name || !kth->main)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ args.kth = kth;
+ args.data = data;
+
+ init_completion(&kth->done);
+ if ((pid = kernel_thread(kthread_main, &args, KTHREAD_FLAGS)) < 0)
+ return pid;
+ set_bit(KTH_RUNNING, &kth->state);
+ wait_for_completion(&kth->done);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * kthread_stop - stop a kernel thread
+ * @kth: kernel thread description
+ *
+ * Stop the kernel thread described by @kth.
+ */
+void kthread_stop(struct kthread *kth)
+{
+ if (kth->task) {
+ init_completion(&kth->done);
+ set_bit(KTH_SHUTDOWN, &kth->state);
+ send_sig(SIGKILL, kth->task, 1);
+ wait_for_completion(&kth->done);
+ kth->task = NULL;
+ clear_bit(KTH_SHUTDOWN, &kth->state);
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * kthread_running - check whether a kernel thread is running
+ * @kth: kernel thread description
+ *
+ * Checks whether the kernel thread described by @kth is running.
+ */
+int kthread_running(struct kthread *kth)
+{
+ return test_bit(KTH_RUNNING, &kth->state);
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_start);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_running);
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