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Move kthread API kernel-doc from kthread.h to kthread.c & fix it.
Add kthread API to kernel-api DocBook.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Randy Dunlap authored and Linus Torvalds committed Jun 25, 2006
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
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<sect1><title>Internal Functions</title>
!Ikernel/exit.c
!Ikernel/signal.c
!Iinclude/linux/kthread.h
!Ekernel/kthread.c
</sect1>

<sect1><title>Kernel objects manipulation</title>
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65 changes: 3 additions & 62 deletions include/linux/kthread.h
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#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>

/**
* kthread_create: create a kthread.
* @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
* @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
* @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread.
*
* Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel
* thread. The thread will be stopped: use wake_up_process() to start
* it. See also kthread_run(), kthread_create_on_cpu().
*
* When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its
* argument. @threadfn can either call do_exit() directly if it is a
* standalone thread for which noone will call kthread_stop(), or
* return when 'kthread_should_stop()' is true (which means
* kthread_stop() has been called). The return value should be zero
* or a negative error number: it will be passed to kthread_stop().
*
* Returns a task_struct or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
*/
struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
void *data,
const char namefmt[], ...);

/**
* kthread_run: create and wake a thread.
* kthread_run - create and wake a thread.
* @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
* @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
* @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread.
*
* Description: Convenient wrapper for kthread_create() followed by
* wake_up_process(). Returns the kthread, or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM). */
* wake_up_process(). Returns the kthread or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
*/
#define kthread_run(threadfn, data, namefmt, ...) \
({ \
struct task_struct *__k \
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__k; \
})

/**
* kthread_bind: bind a just-created kthread to a cpu.
* @k: thread created by kthread_create().
* @cpu: cpu (might not be online, must be possible) for @k to run on.
*
* Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(),
* except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be
* stopped (ie. just returned from kthread_create().
*/
void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu);

/**
* kthread_stop: stop a thread created by kthread_create().
* @k: thread created by kthread_create().
*
* Sets kthread_should_stop() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
* waits for it to exit. Your threadfn() must not call do_exit()
* itself if you use this function! This can also be called after
* kthread_create() instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread
* will exit without calling threadfn().
*
* Returns the result of threadfn(), or -EINTR if wake_up_process()
* was never called. */
int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k);

/**
* kthread_stop_sem: stop a thread created by kthread_create().
* @k: thread created by kthread_create().
* @s: semaphore that @k waits on while idle.
*
* Does essentially the same thing as kthread_stop() above, but wakes
* @k by calling up(@s).
*
* Returns the result of threadfn(), or -EINTR if wake_up_process()
* was never called. */
int kthread_stop_sem(struct task_struct *k, struct semaphore *s);

/**
* kthread_should_stop: should this kthread return now?
*
* When someone calls kthread_stop on your kthread, it will be woken
* and this will return true. You should then return, and your return
* value will be passed through to kthread_stop().
*/
int kthread_should_stop(void);

#endif /* _LINUX_KTHREAD_H */
61 changes: 60 additions & 1 deletion kernel/kthread.c
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static DEFINE_MUTEX(kthread_stop_lock);
static struct kthread_stop_info kthread_stop_info;

/**
* kthread_should_stop - should this kthread return now?
*
* When someone calls kthread_stop on your kthread, it will be woken
* and this will return true. You should then return, and your return
* value will be passed through to kthread_stop().
*/
int kthread_should_stop(void)
{
return (kthread_stop_info.k == current);
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complete(&create->done);
}

/**
* kthread_create - create a kthread.
* @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current).
* @data: data ptr for @threadfn.
* @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread.
*
* Description: This helper function creates and names a kernel
* thread. The thread will be stopped: use wake_up_process() to start
* it. See also kthread_run(), kthread_create_on_cpu().
*
* When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its
* argument. @threadfn can either call do_exit() directly if it is a
* standalone thread for which noone will call kthread_stop(), or
* return when 'kthread_should_stop()' is true (which means
* kthread_stop() has been called). The return value should be zero
* or a negative error number; it will be passed to kthread_stop().
*
* Returns a task_struct or ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM).
*/
struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
void *data,
const char namefmt[],
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}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create);

/**
* kthread_bind - bind a just-created kthread to a cpu.
* @k: thread created by kthread_create().
* @cpu: cpu (might not be online, must be possible) for @k to run on.
*
* Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(),
* except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be
* stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create().
*/
void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu)
{
BUG_ON(k->state != TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
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}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);

/**
* kthread_stop - stop a thread created by kthread_create().
* @k: thread created by kthread_create().
*
* Sets kthread_should_stop() for @k to return true, wakes it, and
* waits for it to exit. Your threadfn() must not call do_exit()
* itself if you use this function! This can also be called after
* kthread_create() instead of calling wake_up_process(): the thread
* will exit without calling threadfn().
*
* Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
* was never called.
*/
int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k)
{
return kthread_stop_sem(k, NULL);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);

/**
* kthread_stop_sem - stop a thread created by kthread_create().
* @k: thread created by kthread_create().
* @s: semaphore that @k waits on while idle.
*
* Does essentially the same thing as kthread_stop() above, but wakes
* @k by calling up(@s).
*
* Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
* was never called.
*/
int kthread_stop_sem(struct task_struct *k, struct semaphore *s)
{
int ret;
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return 0;
}
core_initcall(helper_init);

core_initcall(helper_init);

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