From 396142d9878cc1a02149616c7032b3e647205341 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jens Axboe Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 12:21:05 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] kernel: provide create_io_thread() helper Provide a generic helper for setting up an io_uring worker. Returns a task_struct so that the caller can do whatever setup is needed, then call wake_up_new_task() to kick it into gear. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- include/linux/sched/task.h | 2 ++ kernel/fork.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/sched/task.h b/include/linux/sched/task.h index c0f71f2e7160..ef02be869cf2 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched/task.h +++ b/include/linux/sched/task.h @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct kernel_clone_args { /* Number of elements in *set_tid */ size_t set_tid_size; int cgroup; + int io_thread; struct cgroup *cgrp; struct css_set *cset; }; @@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ extern void exit_files(struct task_struct *); extern void exit_itimers(struct signal_struct *); extern pid_t kernel_clone(struct kernel_clone_args *kargs); +struct task_struct *create_io_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, int node); struct task_struct *fork_idle(int); struct mm_struct *copy_init_mm(void); extern pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags); diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index d66cd1014211..549acc6324f0 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -1940,6 +1940,8 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process( p = dup_task_struct(current, node); if (!p) goto fork_out; + if (args->io_thread) + p->flags |= PF_IO_WORKER; /* * This _must_ happen before we call free_task(), i.e. before we jump @@ -2410,6 +2412,28 @@ struct mm_struct *copy_init_mm(void) return dup_mm(NULL, &init_mm); } +/* + * This is like kernel_clone(), but shaved down and tailored to just + * creating io_uring workers. It returns a created task, or an error pointer. + * The returned task is inactive, and the caller must fire it up through + * wake_up_new_task(p). + */ +struct task_struct *create_io_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, int node) +{ + unsigned long flags = CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES|CLONE_SIGHAND|CLONE_THREAD| + CLONE_IO|SIGCHLD; + struct kernel_clone_args args = { + .flags = ((lower_32_bits(flags) | CLONE_VM | + CLONE_UNTRACED) & ~CSIGNAL), + .exit_signal = (lower_32_bits(flags) & CSIGNAL), + .stack = (unsigned long)fn, + .stack_size = (unsigned long)arg, + .io_thread = 1, + }; + + return copy_process(NULL, 0, node, &args); +} + /* * Ok, this is the main fork-routine. * -- 2.30.1