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diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 3edaa380dc7b..1578973c5740 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static int kthread(void *_create)
do_exit(ret);
}
-/* called from do_fork() to get node information for about to be created task */
+/* called from kernel_clone() to get node information for about to be created task */
int tsk_fork_get_node(struct task_struct *tsk)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
@@ -493,11 +493,36 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_cpu(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
return p;
kthread_bind(p, cpu);
/* CPU hotplug need to bind once again when unparking the thread. */
- set_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU, &to_kthread(p)->flags);
to_kthread(p)->cpu = cpu;
return p;
}
+void kthread_set_per_cpu(struct task_struct *k, int cpu)
+{
+ struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(k);
+ if (!kthread)
+ return;
+
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!(k->flags & PF_NO_SETAFFINITY));
+
+ if (cpu < 0) {
+ clear_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU, &kthread->flags);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ kthread->cpu = cpu;
+ set_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU, &kthread->flags);
+}
+
+bool kthread_is_per_cpu(struct task_struct *k)
+{
+ struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(k);
+ if (!kthread)
+ return false;
+
+ return test_bit(KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU, &kthread->flags);
+}
+
/**
* kthread_unpark - unpark a thread created by kthread_create().
* @k: thread created by kthread_create().
@@ -704,8 +729,15 @@ 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();
@@ -775,7 +807,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create_worker);
/**
* kthread_create_worker_on_cpu - create a kthread worker and bind it
- * it to a given CPU and the associated NUMA node.
+ * to a given CPU and the associated NUMA node.
* @cpu: CPU number
* @flags: flags modifying the default behavior of the worker
* @namefmt: printf-style name for the kthread worker (task).
@@ -786,7 +818,25 @@ 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 +884,8 @@ 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 +949,8 @@ 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 +1301,7 @@ 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 +1309,19 @@ 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 +1341,18 @@ 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();