#include /* * Thread interfaces */ typedef struct thread_priv_s { unsigned long tp_magic; /* Magic */ void (*tp_func)(void *); /* Registered function */ void *tp_args; /* Args to be passed to function */ size_t tp_len; /* Len to be passed to function */ int tp_state; /* State to start thread at */ pri_t tp_pri; /* Priority to start threat at */ volatile kthread_t *tp_task; /* Task pointer for new thread */ spinlock_t tp_lock; /* Syncronization lock */ wait_queue_head_t tp_waitq; /* Syncronization wait queue */ } thread_priv_t; static int thread_generic_wrapper(void *arg) { thread_priv_t *tp = (thread_priv_t *)arg; void (*func)(void *); void *args; char name[16]; /* Use the truncated function name as thread name */ snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s", "kthread"); daemonize(name); spin_lock(&tp->tp_lock); BUG_ON(tp->tp_magic != TP_MAGIC); func = tp->tp_func; args = tp->tp_args; tp->tp_task = get_current(); set_current_state(tp->tp_state); set_user_nice((kthread_t *)tp->tp_task, PRIO_TO_NICE(tp->tp_pri)); spin_unlock(&tp->tp_lock); wake_up(&tp->tp_waitq); /* DO NOT USE 'ARG' AFTER THIS POINT, EVER, EVER, EVER! * Local variables are used here because after the calling thread * has been woken up it will exit and this memory will no longer * be safe to access since it was declared on the callers stack. */ if (func) func(args); return 0; } void __thread_exit(void) { return; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(__thread_exit); /* thread_create() may block forever if it cannot create a thread or * allocate memory. This is preferable to returning a NULL which Solaris * style callers likely never check for... since it can't fail. */ kthread_t * __thread_create(caddr_t stk, size_t stksize, void (*proc)(void *), void *args, size_t len, proc_t *pp, int state, pri_t pri) { thread_priv_t tp; DEFINE_WAIT(wait); long pid; /* Option pp is simply ignored */ /* Variable stack size unsupported */ BUG_ON(stk != NULL); BUG_ON(stk != 0); /* Variable tp is located on the stack and not the heap because I want * to minimize any chance of a failure, since the Solaris code is designed * such that this function cannot fail. This is a little dangerous since * we're passing a stack address to a new thread but correct locking was * added to ensure the callee can use the data safely until wake_up(). */ tp.tp_magic = TP_MAGIC; tp.tp_func = proc; tp.tp_args = args; tp.tp_len = len; tp.tp_state = state; tp.tp_pri = pri; tp.tp_task = NULL; spin_lock_init(&tp.tp_lock); init_waitqueue_head(&tp.tp_waitq); spin_lock(&tp.tp_lock); /* Solaris says this must never fail so we try forever */ while ((pid = kernel_thread(thread_generic_wrapper, (void *)&tp, 0)) < 0) printk(KERN_ERR "linux-thread: Unable to create thread; " "pid = %ld\n", pid); /* All signals are ignored due to sleeping TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE */ for (;;) { prepare_to_wait(&tp.tp_waitq, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); if (tp.tp_task != NULL) break; spin_unlock(&tp.tp_lock); schedule(); spin_lock(&tp.tp_lock); } /* Verify the pid retunred matches the pid in the task struct */ BUG_ON(pid != (tp.tp_task)->pid); spin_unlock(&tp.tp_lock); return (kthread_t *)tp.tp_task; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(__thread_create);