linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 1/6] kthread: Add the helper function kthread_run_on

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Date:   Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:57:04 +0800
From:   Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@...du.com>
To:     <rostedt@...dmis.org>
CC:     Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@...du.com>,
        Bernard Metzler <bmt@...ich.ibm.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        "Davidlohr Bueso" <dave@...olabs.net>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        "Josh Triplett" <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...nel.org>,
        <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <rcu@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/6] kthread: Add the helper function kthread_run_on_cpu()

the helper function kthread_run_on_cpu() includes
kthread_create_on_cpu/wake_up_process().
In some cases, use kthread_run_on_cpu() directly instead of
kthread_create_on_node/kthread_bind/wake_up_process() or
kthread_create_on_cpu/wake_up_process() or
kthreadd_create/kthread_bind/wake_up_process() to simplify the code.

Signed-off-by: Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@...du.com>
---
v1->v2:
	*Remove cpu_to_node from kthread_create_on_cpu params.
	*Updated the macro description comment.
v2->v3:
	*Convert this helper macro to static inline function
	*Fix typo in changelog

v1 link:
	https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211021120135.3003-2-caihuoqing@baidu.com/
v2 link:
	https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211021122758.3092-2-caihuoqing@baidu.com/

 include/linux/kthread.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h
index 346b0f269161..db47aae7c481 100644
--- a/include/linux/kthread.h
+++ b/include/linux/kthread.h
@@ -56,6 +56,31 @@ bool kthread_is_per_cpu(struct task_struct *k);
 	__k;								   \
 })
 
+/**
+ * kthread_run_on_cpu - create and wake a cpu bound thread.
+ * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
+ * @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
+ * @cpu: The cpu on which the thread should be bound,
+ * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread. Format is restricted
+ *	     to "name.*%u". Code fills in cpu number.
+ *
+ * Description: Convenient wrapper for kthread_create_on_cpu()
+ * followed by wake_up_process().  Returns the kthread or
+ * ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
+ */
+static inline struct task_struct *
+kthread_run_on_cpu(int (*threadfn)(void *data), void *data,
+			unsigned int cpu, const char *namefmt)
+{
+	struct task_struct *p;
+
+	p = kthread_create_on_cpu(threadfn, data, cpu, namefmt);
+	if (!IS_ERR(p))
+		wake_up_process(p);
+
+	return p;
+}
+
 void free_kthread_struct(struct task_struct *k);
 void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu);
 void kthread_bind_mask(struct task_struct *k, const struct cpumask *mask);
-- 
2.25.1