linux-kernel - [RFC 2/7] vhost: Add kthread support in function vhost_worker

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Message-ID: <20240819092851.441670-3-lulu@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 17:27:28 +0800
From: Cindy Lu <lulu@...hat.com>
To: lulu@...hat.com,
	jasowang@...hat.com,
	mst@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: [RFC 2/7] vhost: Add kthread support in function vhost_worker_queue()

Added back the previously removed function vhost_worker_queue() and
renamed it to vhost_worker_queue_khtread(). The new vhost_worker_queue()
will select the different mode based on the value of the parameter.

Signed-off-by: Cindy Lu <lulu@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 drivers/vhost/vhost.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index da701f6b3f2c..6261c9df468e 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ void vhost_poll_stop(struct vhost_poll *poll)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_poll_stop);
 
-static void vhost_worker_queue(struct vhost_worker *worker,
-			       struct vhost_work *work)
+static void vhost_worker_queue_task(struct vhost_worker *worker,
+				    struct vhost_work *work)
 {
 	if (!test_and_set_bit(VHOST_WORK_QUEUED, &work->flags)) {
 		/* We can only add the work to the list after we're
@@ -249,6 +249,32 @@ static void vhost_worker_queue(struct vhost_worker *worker,
 	}
 }
 
+static void vhost_work_queue_kthread(struct vhost_worker *worker,
+				     struct vhost_work *work)
+{
+	if (!worker)
+		return;
+
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(VHOST_WORK_QUEUED, &work->flags)) {
+		/* We can only add the work to the list after we're
+		 * sure it was not in the list.
+		 * test_and_set_bit() implies a memory barrier.
+		 */
+		llist_add(&work->node, &worker->work_list);
+
+		wake_up_process(worker->task);
+	}
+}
+
+static void vhost_worker_queue(struct vhost_worker *worker,
+			       struct vhost_work *work)
+{
+	if (use_kthread) {
+		vhost_work_queue_kthread(worker, work);
+	} else {
+		vhost_worker_queue_task(worker, work);
+	}
+}
 bool vhost_vq_work_queue(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, struct vhost_work *work)
 {
 	struct vhost_worker *worker;
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
index bb75a292d50c..c7f126fd09e8 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ struct vhost_work {
 };
 
 struct vhost_worker {
+	struct task_struct	*task;
 	struct vhost_task	*vtsk;
 	struct vhost_dev	*dev;
 	/* Used to serialize device wide flushing with worker swapping. */
-- 
2.45.0