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@ 2016-02-22 14:56 Petr Mladek
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From: Petr Mladek @ 2016-02-22 14:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton, Oleg Nesterov, Tejun Heo, Ingo Molnar,
	Peter Zijlstra
  Cc: Steven Rostedt, Paul E. McKenney, Josh Triplett, Thomas Gleixner,
	Linus Torvalds, Jiri Kosina, Borislav Petkov, Michal Hocko,
	linux-mm, Vlastimil Babka, linux-api, linux-kernel, Petr Mladek,
	Catalin Marinas, linux-watchdog, Corey Minyard,
	openipmi-developer, Doug Ledford, Sean Hefty, Hal Rosenstock,
	linux-rdma, Maxim Levitsky, Zhang Rui, Eduardo Valentin,
	Jacob Pan <jacob.j>

My intention is to make it easier to manipulate and maintain kthreads.
Especially, I want to replace all the custom main cycles with a
generic one. Also I want to make the kthreads sleep in a consistent
state in a common place when there is no work.

My first attempt was with a brand new API (iterant kthread), see
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.api/11892 . But I was
directed to improve the existing kthread worker API. This is
the 4th iteration of the new direction.


1nd..10th patches: improve the existing kthread worker API

11th..16th, 18th, 20th patches: convert several kthreads into
      the kthread worker API, namely: khugepaged, ring buffer
      benchmark, hung_task, kmemleak, ipmi, IB/fmr_pool,
      memstick/r592, intel_powerclamp
      
17th, 19th patches: do some preparation steps; they usually do
      some clean up that makes sense even without the conversion.


Changes against v4:

  + added worker->delayed_work_list; it simplified the check
    for pending work; we do not longer need the new timer_active()
    function; also we do not need the link work->timer. On the
    other hand we need to distinguish between the normal and
    the delayed work by a boolean parameter passed to
    the common functions, e.g. __cancel_kthread_work_sync()
    
  + replaced most try_lock repeat cycles with a WARN_ON();
    the API does not allow to use the work with more workers;
    so such a situation would be a bug; it removed the
    complex try_lock_kthread_work() function that supported
    more modes;

  + renamed kthread_work_pending() to queuing_blocked();
    added this function later when really needed

  + renamed try_to_cancel_kthread_work() to __cancel_kthread_work();
    in fact, this a common implementation for the async cancel()
    function

  + removed a dull check for invalid cpu number in
    create_kthread_worker_on_cpu(); removed some other unnecessary
    code structures as suggested by Tejun

  + consistently used bool return value in all new __cancel functions

  + fixed ordering of cpu and flags parameters in
    create_kthread_worker_on_cpu() vs. create_kthread_worker()

  + used memset in the init_kthread_worker()

  + updated many comments as suggested by Tejun and as
    required the above changes

  + removed obsolete patch adding timer_active()

  + removed obsolete patch for using try_lock in flush_kthread_worker()

  + double checked all existing users of kthread worker API
    that they reinitialized the work when the worker was started
    and would not print false warnings; all looked fine

  + added taken acks for the Intel Powerclamp conversion
    

Changes against v3:

  + allow to free struct kthread_work from its callback; do not touch
    the struct from the worker post-mortem; as a side effect, the structure
    must be reinitialized when the worker gets restarted; updated
    khugepaged, and kmemleak accordingly

  + call del_timer_sync() with worker->lock; instead, detect canceling
    in the timer callback and give up an attempt to get the lock there;
    do busy loop with spin_is_locked() to reduce cache bouncing

  + renamed ipmi+func() -> ipmi_kthread_worker_func() as suggested
    by Corey

  + added some collected Reviewed-by

  
Changes against v2:

  + used worker->lock to synchronize the operations with the work
    instead of the PENDING bit as suggested by Tejun Heo; it simplified
    the implementation in several ways

  + added timer_active(); used it together with del_timer_sync()
    to cancel the work a less tricky way

  + removed the controversial conversion of the RCU kthreads

  + added several other examples: hung_task, kmemleak, ipmi,
    IB/fmr_pool, memstick/r592, intel_powerclamp

  + the helper fixes for the ring buffer benchmark has been improved
    as suggested by Steven; they already are in the Linus tree now

  + fixed a possible race between the check for existing khugepaged
    worker and queuing the work
 

Changes against v1:

  + remove wrappers to manipulate the scheduling policy and priority

  + remove questionable wakeup_and_destroy_kthread_worker() variant

  + do not check for chained work when draining the queue

  + allocate struct kthread worker in create_kthread_work() and
    use more simple checks for running worker

  + add support for delayed kthread works and use them instead
    of waiting inside the works

  + rework the "unrelated" fixes for the ring buffer benchmark
    as discussed in the 1st RFC; also sent separately

  + convert also the consumer in the ring buffer benchmark


I have tested this patch set against the stable Linus tree
for 4.5-rc5.

Comments against v3 can be found at
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.mm/144964


Petr Mladek (20):
  kthread/smpboot: Do not park in kthread_create_on_cpu()
  kthread: Allow to call __kthread_create_on_node() with va_list args
  kthread: Add create_kthread_worker*()
  kthread: Add drain_kthread_worker()
  kthread: Add destroy_kthread_worker()
  kthread: Detect when a kthread work is used by more workers
  kthread: Initial support for delayed kthread work
  kthread: Allow to cancel kthread work
  kthread: Allow to modify delayed kthread work
  kthread: Better support freezable kthread workers
  mm/huge_page: Convert khugepaged() into kthread worker API
  ring_buffer: Convert benchmark kthreads into kthread worker API
  hung_task: Convert hungtaskd into kthread worker API
  kmemleak: Convert kmemleak kthread into kthread worker API
  ipmi: Convert kipmi kthread into kthread worker API
  IB/fmr_pool: Convert the cleanup thread into kthread worker API
  memstick/r592: Better synchronize debug messages in r592_io kthread
  memstick/r592: convert r592_io kthread into kthread worker API
  thermal/intel_powerclamp: Remove duplicated code that starts the
    kthread
  thermal/intel_powerclamp: Convert the kthread to kthread worker API

 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c     | 121 ++++----
 drivers/infiniband/core/fmr_pool.c   |  54 ++--
 drivers/memstick/host/r592.c         |  61 ++--
 drivers/memstick/host/r592.h         |   5 +-
 drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c   | 302 +++++++++++--------
 include/linux/kthread.h              |  56 ++++
 kernel/hung_task.c                   |  41 ++-
 kernel/kthread.c                     | 555 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 kernel/smpboot.c                     |   5 +
 kernel/trace/ring_buffer_benchmark.c | 133 ++++-----
 mm/huge_memory.c                     | 138 +++++----
 mm/kmemleak.c                        |  87 +++---
 12 files changed, 1064 insertions(+), 494 deletions(-)

CC: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
CC: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org
CC: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
CC: openipmi-developer@lists.sourceforge.net
CC: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
CC: Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@intel.com>
CC: Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@gmail.com>
CC: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
CC: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com>
CC: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
CC: Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@gmail.com>
CC: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>
CC: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org

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2016-02-22 14:56 [PATCH v5 00/20] kthread: Use kthread worker API more widely Petr Mladek
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2016-02-22 14:56   ` [PATCH v5 01/20] kthread/smpboot: Do not park in kthread_create_on_cpu() Petr Mladek
2016-02-22 14:56   ` [PATCH v5 03/20] kthread: Add create_kthread_worker*() Petr Mladek
2016-02-22 15:48     ` kbuild test robot
2016-02-24 15:56       ` Petr Mladek
2016-02-22 14:56 ` [PATCH v5 02/20] kthread: Allow to call __kthread_create_on_node() with va_list args Petr Mladek
2016-02-22 14:56 ` [PATCH v5 04/20] kthread: Add drain_kthread_worker() Petr Mladek
2016-02-25 12:35   ` Peter Zijlstra
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2016-02-26 15:23       ` Petr Mladek
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2016-02-27 15:18           ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-22 14:56 ` [PATCH v5 05/20] kthread: Add destroy_kthread_worker() Petr Mladek
     [not found]   ` <1456153030-12400-6-git-send-email-pmladek-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>
2016-02-25 12:36     ` Peter Zijlstra
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2016-02-26 15:15         ` Petr Mladek
2016-02-22 14:56 ` [PATCH v5 06/20] kthread: Detect when a kthread work is used by more workers Petr Mladek
2016-02-22 14:56 ` [PATCH v5 07/20] kthread: Initial support for delayed kthread work Petr Mladek
2016-02-22 16:06   ` kbuild test robot
2016-02-24 16:09     ` Petr Mladek
2016-02-22 14:56 ` [PATCH v5 08/20] kthread: Allow to cancel " Petr Mladek
     [not found]   ` <1456153030-12400-9-git-send-email-pmladek-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>
2016-02-22 16:50     ` kbuild test robot
2016-02-24 16:18       ` Petr Mladek
2016-02-25 12:59         ` Peter Zijlstra
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2016-02-26 15:38             ` Petr Mladek
2016-02-26 16:25               ` Peter Zijlstra
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2016-02-26 17:00                   ` Petr Mladek
     [not found]                     ` <20160226170056.GA12548-KsEp0d+Q8qECVLCxKZUutA@public.gmane.org>
2016-02-27 15:16                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-22 14:56 ` [PATCH v5 09/20] kthread: Allow to modify delayed " Petr Mladek
2016-02-22 14:57 ` [PATCH v5 10/20] kthread: Better support freezable kthread workers Petr Mladek
2016-02-22 17:33   ` kbuild test robot
2016-02-24 16:25     ` Petr Mladek
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2016-02-25 13:01     ` Peter Zijlstra
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2016-02-26 15:43         ` Petr Mladek
2016-02-22 14:57 ` [PATCH v5 11/20] mm/huge_page: Convert khugepaged() into kthread worker API Petr Mladek
2016-02-22 14:57 ` [PATCH v5 12/20] ring_buffer: Convert benchmark kthreads " Petr Mladek
2016-02-22 14:57 ` [PATCH v5 13/20] hung_task: Convert hungtaskd " Petr Mladek
2016-02-22 14:57 ` [PATCH v5 14/20] kmemleak: Convert kmemleak kthread " Petr Mladek
2016-02-22 14:57 ` [PATCH v5 15/20] ipmi: Convert kipmi " Petr Mladek
2016-02-22 14:57 ` [PATCH v5 16/20] IB/fmr_pool: Convert the cleanup thread " Petr Mladek
2016-02-22 14:57 ` [PATCH v5 17/20] memstick/r592: Better synchronize debug messages in r592_io kthread Petr Mladek
2016-02-22 14:57 ` [PATCH v5 18/20] memstick/r592: convert r592_io kthread into kthread worker API Petr Mladek
2016-02-22 14:57 ` [PATCH v5 19/20] thermal/intel_powerclamp: Remove duplicated code that starts the kthread Petr Mladek
2016-02-22 14:57 ` [PATCH v5 20/20] thermal/intel_powerclamp: Convert the kthread to kthread worker API Petr Mladek

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