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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/kthread.c')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/kthread.c | 53 |
1 files changed, 51 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c index e29773c82b70..a5eceecd4513 100644 --- a/kernel/kthread.c +++ b/kernel/kthread.c @@ -704,8 +704,15 @@ repeat: raw_spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock); if (work) { + kthread_work_func_t func = work->func; __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); + trace_sched_kthread_work_execute_start(work); work->func(work); + /* + * Avoid dereferencing work after this point. The trace + * event only cares about the address. + */ + trace_sched_kthread_work_execute_end(work, func); } else if (!freezing(current)) schedule(); @@ -786,7 +793,25 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create_worker); * A good practice is to add the cpu number also into the worker name. * For example, use kthread_create_worker_on_cpu(cpu, "helper/%d", cpu). * - * Returns a pointer to the allocated worker on success, ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) + * CPU hotplug: + * The kthread worker API is simple and generic. It just provides a way + * to create, use, and destroy workers. + * + * It is up to the API user how to handle CPU hotplug. They have to decide + * how to handle pending work items, prevent queuing new ones, and + * restore the functionality when the CPU goes off and on. There are a + * few catches: + * + * - CPU affinity gets lost when it is scheduled on an offline CPU. + * + * - The worker might not exist when the CPU was off when the user + * created the workers. + * + * Good practice is to implement two CPU hotplug callbacks and to + * destroy/create the worker when the CPU goes down/up. + * + * Return: + * The pointer to the allocated worker on success, ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) * when the needed structures could not get allocated, and ERR_PTR(-EINTR) * when the worker was SIGKILLed. */ @@ -834,6 +859,8 @@ static void kthread_insert_work(struct kthread_worker *worker, { kthread_insert_work_sanity_check(worker, work); + trace_sched_kthread_work_queue_work(worker, work); + list_add_tail(&work->node, pos); work->worker = worker; if (!worker->current_work && likely(worker->task)) @@ -897,7 +924,8 @@ void kthread_delayed_work_timer_fn(struct timer_list *t) /* Move the work from worker->delayed_work_list. */ WARN_ON_ONCE(list_empty(&work->node)); list_del_init(&work->node); - kthread_insert_work(worker, work, &worker->work_list); + if (!work->canceling) + kthread_insert_work(worker, work, &worker->work_list); raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&worker->lock, flags); } @@ -1248,6 +1276,7 @@ void kthread_use_mm(struct mm_struct *mm) tsk->active_mm = mm; } tsk->mm = mm; + membarrier_update_current_mm(mm); switch_mm_irqs_off(active_mm, mm, tsk); local_irq_enable(); task_unlock(tsk); @@ -1255,8 +1284,19 @@ void kthread_use_mm(struct mm_struct *mm) finish_arch_post_lock_switch(); #endif + /* + * When a kthread starts operating on an address space, the loop + * in membarrier_{private,global}_expedited() may not observe + * that tsk->mm, and not issue an IPI. Membarrier requires a + * memory barrier after storing to tsk->mm, before accessing + * user-space memory. A full memory barrier for membarrier + * {PRIVATE,GLOBAL}_EXPEDITED is implicitly provided by + * mmdrop(), or explicitly with smp_mb(). + */ if (active_mm != mm) mmdrop(active_mm); + else + smp_mb(); to_kthread(tsk)->oldfs = force_uaccess_begin(); } @@ -1276,9 +1316,18 @@ void kthread_unuse_mm(struct mm_struct *mm) force_uaccess_end(to_kthread(tsk)->oldfs); task_lock(tsk); + /* + * When a kthread stops operating on an address space, the loop + * in membarrier_{private,global}_expedited() may not observe + * that tsk->mm, and not issue an IPI. Membarrier requires a + * memory barrier after accessing user-space memory, before + * clearing tsk->mm. + */ + smp_mb__after_spinlock(); sync_mm_rss(mm); local_irq_disable(); tsk->mm = NULL; + membarrier_update_current_mm(NULL); /* active_mm is still 'mm' */ enter_lazy_tlb(mm, tsk); local_irq_enable(); |