linux-toradex.git/include/linux/kthread.h, branch v5.10-rc3

Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)

2020-06-11T20:25:53+00:00

Merge some more updates from Andrew Morton:

 - various hotfixes and minor things

 - hch's use_mm/unuse_mm clearnups

Subsystems affected by this patch series: mm/hugetlb, scripts, kcov,
lib, nilfs, checkpatch, lib, mm/debug, ocfs2, lib, misc.

* emailed patches from Andrew Morton :
  kernel: set USER_DS in kthread_use_mm
  kernel: better document the use_mm/unuse_mm API contract
  kernel: move use_mm/unuse_mm to kthread.c
  kernel: move use_mm/unuse_mm to kthread.c
  stacktrace: cleanup inconsistent variable type
  lib: test get_count_order/long in test_bitops.c
  mm: add comments on pglist_data zones
  ocfs2: fix spelling mistake and grammar
  mm/debug_vm_pgtable: fix kernel crash by checking for THP support
  lib: fix bitmap_parse() on 64-bit big endian archs
  checkpatch: correct check for kernel parameters doc
  nilfs2: fix null pointer dereference at nilfs_segctor_do_construct()
  lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c: document deliberate use of `&'
  kcov: check kcov_softirq in kcov_remote_stop()
  scripts/spelling: add a few more typos
  khugepaged: selftests: fix timeout condition in wait_for_scan()

kernel: better document the use_mm/unuse_mm API contract

2020-06-11T02:14:18+00:00

Switch the function documentation to kerneldoc comments, and add
WARN_ON_ONCE asserts that the calling thread is a kernel thread and does
not have ->mm set (or has ->mm set in the case of unuse_mm).

Also give the functions a kthread_ prefix to better document the use case.

[hch@lst.de: fix a comment typo, cover the newly merged use_mm/unuse_mm caller in vfio]
  Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200416053158.586887-3-hch@lst.de
[sfr@canb.auug.org.au: powerpc/vas: fix up for {un}use_mm() rename]
  Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200422163935.5aa93ba5@canb.auug.org.au

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig 
Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Tested-by: Jens Axboe 
Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe 
Acked-by: Felix Kuehling 
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman  [usb]
Acked-by: Haren Myneni 
Cc: Alex Deucher 
Cc: Al Viro 
Cc: Felipe Balbi 
Cc: Jason Wang 
Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" 
Cc: Zhenyu Wang 
Cc: Zhi Wang 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200404094101.672954-6-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

kernel: move use_mm/unuse_mm to kthread.c

2020-06-11T02:14:18+00:00

Patch series "improve use_mm / unuse_mm", v2.

This series improves the use_mm / unuse_mm interface by better documenting
the assumptions, and my taking the set_fs manipulations spread over the
callers into the core API.

This patch (of 3):

Use the proper API instead.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200404094101.672954-1-hch@lst.de

These helpers are only for use with kernel threads, and I will tie them
more into the kthread infrastructure going forward.  Also move the
prototypes to kthread.h - mmu_context.h was a little weird to start with
as it otherwise contains very low-level MM bits.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Tested-by: Jens Axboe 
Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe 
Acked-by: Felix Kuehling 
Cc: Alex Deucher 
Cc: Al Viro 
Cc: Felipe Balbi 
Cc: Jason Wang 
Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" 
Cc: Zhenyu Wang 
Cc: Zhi Wang 
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200404094101.672954-1-hch@lst.de
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200416053158.586887-1-hch@lst.de
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200404094101.672954-5-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

kthread: save thread function

2020-05-09T01:23:10+00:00

It's handy to keep the kthread_fn just as a unique cookie to identify
classes of kthreads.  E.g. if you can verify that a given task is
running your thread_fn, then you may know what sort of type kthread_data
points to.

We'll use this in nfsd to pass some information into the vfs.  Note it
will need kthread_data() exported too.

Original-patch-by: Tejun Heo 
Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields

kthread: mark timer used by delayed kthread works as IRQ safe

2020-04-02T16:35:25+00:00

The timer used by delayed kthread works are IRQ safe because the used
kthread_delayed_work_timer_fn() is IRQ safe.

It is properly marked when initialized by KTHREAD_DELAYED_WORK_INIT().
But TIMER_IRQSAFE flag is missing when initialized by
kthread_init_delayed_work().

The missing flag might trigger invalid warning from del_timer_sync() when
kthread_mod_delayed_work() is called with interrupts disabled.

This patch is result of a discussion about using the API, see
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cfa886ad-e3b7-c0d2-3ff8-58d94170eab5@ti.com

Reported-by: Grygorii Strashko 
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Tested-by: Grygorii Strashko 
Acked-by: Tejun Heo 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200217120709.1974-1-pmladek@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

include/: refactor headers to allow kthread.h inclusion in psi_types.h

2019-05-15T02:52:48+00:00

kthread.h can't be included in psi_types.h because it creates a circular
inclusion with kthread.h eventually including psi_types.h and
complaining on kthread structures not being defined because they are
defined further in the kthread.h.  Resolve this by removing psi_types.h
inclusion from the headers included from kthread.h.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190319235619.260832-7-surenb@google.com
Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan 
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner 
Cc: Dennis Zhou 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Jens Axboe 
Cc: Li Zefan 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Tejun Heo 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2019-03-06T16:14:05+00:00

Pull scheduler updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main changes in this cycle were:

   - refcount conversions

   - Solve the rq->leaf_cfs_rq_list can of worms for real.

   - improve power-aware scheduling

   - add sysctl knob for Energy Aware Scheduling

   - documentation updates

   - misc other changes"

* 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (34 commits)
  kthread: Do not use TIMER_IRQSAFE
  kthread: Convert worker lock to raw spinlock
  sched/fair: Use non-atomic cpumask_{set,clear}_cpu()
  sched/fair: Remove unused 'sd' parameter from select_idle_smt()
  sched/wait: Use freezable_schedule() when possible
  sched/fair: Prune, fix and simplify the nohz_balancer_kick() comment block
  sched/fair: Explain LLC nohz kick condition
  sched/fair: Simplify nohz_balancer_kick()
  sched/topology: Fix percpu data types in struct sd_data & struct s_data
  sched/fair: Simplify post_init_entity_util_avg() by calling it with a task_struct pointer argument
  sched/fair: Fix O(nr_cgroups) in the load balancing path
  sched/fair: Optimize update_blocked_averages()
  sched/fair: Fix insertion in rq->leaf_cfs_rq_list
  sched/fair: Add tmp_alone_branch assertion
  sched/core: Use READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() in move_queued_task()/task_rq_lock()
  sched/debug: Initialize sd_sysctl_cpus if !CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
  sched/pelt: Skip updating util_est when utilization is higher than CPU's capacity
  sched/fair: Update scale invariance of PELT
  sched/fair: Move the rq_of() helper function
  sched/core: Convert task_struct.stack_refcount to refcount_t
  ...

kthread: Do not use TIMER_IRQSAFE

2019-02-28T10:18:38+00:00

The TIMER_IRQSAFE usage was introduced in commit 22597dc3d97b1 ("kthread:
initial support for delayed kthread work") which modelled the delayed
kthread code after workqueue's code. The workqueue code requires the flag
TIMER_IRQSAFE for synchronisation purpose. This is not true for kthread's
delay timer since all operations occur under a lock.

Remove TIMER_IRQSAFE from the timer initialisation and use timer_setup()
for initialisation purpose which is the official function.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior 
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek 
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190212162554.19779-2-bigeasy@linutronix.de

kthread: Convert worker lock to raw spinlock

2019-02-28T10:18:38+00:00

In order to enable the queuing of kthread work items from hardirq context
even when PREEMPT_RT_FULL is enabled, convert the worker spin_lock to a
raw_spin_lock.

This is only acceptable to do because the work performed under the lock is
well-bounded and minimal.

Reported-by: Steffen Trumtrar 
Reported-by: Tim Sander 
Signed-off-by: Julia Cartwright 
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior 
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Tested-by: Steffen Trumtrar 
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek 
Cc: Guenter Roeck 
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190212162554.19779-1-bigeasy@linutronix.de

kthread: Add __kthread_should_park()

2019-02-10T20:51:39+00:00

kthread_should_park() is used to check if the calling kthread ('current')
should park, but there is no function to check whether an arbitrary kthread
should be parked. The latter is required to plug a CPU hotplug race vs. a
parking ksoftirqd thread.

The new __kthread_should_park() receives a task_struct as parameter to
check if the corresponding kernel thread should be parked.

Call __kthread_should_park() from kthread_should_park() to avoid code
duplication.

Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke 
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Steven Rostedt 
Cc: "Paul E . McKenney" 
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior 
Cc: Douglas Anderson 
Cc: Stephen Boyd 
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190128234625.78241-2-mka@chromium.org