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+/*
+ * 2007+ Copyright (c) Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net>
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/dst.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+/*
+ * Thread pool abstraction allows to schedule a work to be performed
+ * on behalf of kernel thread. One does not operate with threads itself,
+ * instead user provides setup and cleanup callbacks for thread pool itself,
+ * and action and cleanup callbacks for each submitted work.
+ *
+ * Each worker has private data initialized at creation time and data,
+ * provided by user at scheduling time.
+ *
+ * When action is being performed, thread can not be used by other users,
+ * instead they will sleep until there is free thread to pick their work.
+ */
+struct thread_pool_worker
+{
+	struct list_head	worker_entry;
+
+	struct task_struct	*thread;
+
+	struct thread_pool	*pool;
+
+	int			error;
+	int			has_data;
+	int			need_exit;
+	unsigned int		id;
+
+	wait_queue_head_t	wait;
+
+	void			*private;
+	void			*schedule_data;
+
+	int			(* action)(void *private, void *schedule_data);
+	void			(* cleanup)(void *private);
+};
+
+static void thread_pool_exit_worker(struct thread_pool_worker *w)
+{
+	kthread_stop(w->thread);
+
+	w->cleanup(w->private);
+	kfree(w);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Called to mark thread as ready and allow users to schedule new work.
+ */
+static void thread_pool_worker_make_ready(struct thread_pool_worker *w)
+{
+	struct thread_pool *p = w->pool;
+
+	mutex_lock(&p->thread_lock);
+
+	if (!w->need_exit) {
+		list_move_tail(&w->worker_entry, &p->ready_list);
+		w->has_data = 0;
+		mutex_unlock(&p->thread_lock);
+
+		wake_up(&p->wait);
+	} else {
+		p->thread_num--;
+		list_del(&w->worker_entry);
+		mutex_unlock(&p->thread_lock);
+
+		thread_pool_exit_worker(w);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Thread action loop: waits until there is new work.
+ */
+static int thread_pool_worker_func(void *data)
+{
+	struct thread_pool_worker *w = data;
+
+	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
+		wait_event_interruptible(w->wait,
+			kthread_should_stop() || w->has_data);
+
+		if (kthread_should_stop())
+			break;
+
+		if (!w->has_data)
+			continue;
+
+		w->action(w->private, w->schedule_data);
+		thread_pool_worker_make_ready(w);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Remove single worker without specifying which one.
+ */
+void thread_pool_del_worker(struct thread_pool *p)
+{
+	struct thread_pool_worker *w = NULL;
+
+	while (!w) {
+		wait_event(p->wait, !list_empty(&p->ready_list) || !p->thread_num);
+
+		dprintk("%s: locking list_empty: %d, thread_num: %d.\n",
+				__func__, list_empty(&p->ready_list), p->thread_num);
+
+		mutex_lock(&p->thread_lock);
+		if (!list_empty(&p->ready_list)) {
+			w = list_first_entry(&p->ready_list,
+					struct thread_pool_worker,
+					worker_entry);
+
+			dprintk("%s: deleting w: %p, thread_num: %d, list: %p [%p.%p].\n",
+					__func__, w, p->thread_num, &p->ready_list,
+					p->ready_list.prev, p->ready_list.next);
+
+			p->thread_num--;
+			list_del(&w->worker_entry);
+		}
+		mutex_unlock(&p->thread_lock);
+	}
+
+	if (w)
+		thread_pool_exit_worker(w);
+	dprintk("%s: deleted w: %p, thread_num: %d.\n",
+			__func__, w, p->thread_num);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Remove a worker with given ID.
+ */
+void thread_pool_del_worker_id(struct thread_pool *p, unsigned int id)
+{
+	struct thread_pool_worker *w;
+	int found = 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&p->thread_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(w, &p->ready_list, worker_entry) {
+		if (w->id == id) {
+			found = 1;
+			p->thread_num--;
+			list_del(&w->worker_entry);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!found) {
+		list_for_each_entry(w, &p->active_list, worker_entry) {
+			if (w->id == id) {
+				w->need_exit = 1;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&p->thread_lock);
+
+	if (found)
+		thread_pool_exit_worker(w);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Add new worker thread with given parameters.
+ * If initialization callback fails, return error.
+ */
+int thread_pool_add_worker(struct thread_pool *p,
+		char *name,
+		unsigned int id,
+		void *(* init)(void *private),
+		void (* cleanup)(void *private),
+		void *private)
+{
+	struct thread_pool_worker *w;
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
+
+	w = kzalloc(sizeof(struct thread_pool_worker), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!w)
+		goto err_out_exit;
+
+	w->pool = p;
+	init_waitqueue_head(&w->wait);
+	w->cleanup = cleanup;
+	w->id = id;
+
+	w->thread = kthread_run(thread_pool_worker_func, w, "%s", name);
+	if (IS_ERR(w->thread)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(w->thread);
+		goto err_out_free;
+	}
+
+	w->private = init(private);
+	if (IS_ERR(w->private)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(w->private);
+		goto err_out_stop_thread;
+	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&p->thread_lock);
+	list_add_tail(&w->worker_entry, &p->ready_list);
+	p->thread_num++;
+	mutex_unlock(&p->thread_lock);
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_out_stop_thread:
+	kthread_stop(w->thread);
+err_out_free:
+	kfree(w);
+err_out_exit:
+	return err;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Destroy the whole pool.
+ */
+void thread_pool_destroy(struct thread_pool *p)
+{
+	while (p->thread_num) {
+		dprintk("%s: num: %d.\n", __func__, p->thread_num);
+		thread_pool_del_worker(p);
+	}
+
+	kfree(p);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create a pool with given number of threads.
+ * They will have sequential IDs started from zero.
+ */
+struct thread_pool *thread_pool_create(int num, char *name,
+		void *(* init)(void *private),
+		void (* cleanup)(void *private),
+		void *private)
+{
+	struct thread_pool_worker *w, *tmp;
+	struct thread_pool *p;
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
+	int i;
+
+	p = kzalloc(sizeof(struct thread_pool), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!p)
+		goto err_out_exit;
+
+	init_waitqueue_head(&p->wait);
+	mutex_init(&p->thread_lock);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->ready_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->active_list);
+	p->thread_num = 0;
+
+	for (i=0; i<num; ++i) {
+		err = thread_pool_add_worker(p, name, i, init,
+				cleanup, private);
+		if (err)
+			goto err_out_free_all;
+	}
+
+	return p;
+
+err_out_free_all:
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(w, tmp, &p->ready_list, worker_entry) {
+		list_del(&w->worker_entry);
+		thread_pool_exit_worker(w);
+	}
+	kfree(p);
+err_out_exit:
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Schedule execution of the action on a given thread,
+ * provided ID pointer has to match previously stored
+ * private data.
+ */
+int thread_pool_schedule_private(struct thread_pool *p,
+		int (* setup)(void *private, void *data),
+		int (* action)(void *private, void *data),
+		void *data, long timeout, void *id)
+{
+	struct thread_pool_worker *w, *tmp, *worker = NULL;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	while (!worker && !err) {
+		timeout = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(p->wait,
+				!list_empty(&p->ready_list),
+				timeout);
+
+		if (!timeout) {
+			err = -ETIMEDOUT;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		worker = NULL;
+		mutex_lock(&p->thread_lock);
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(w, tmp, &p->ready_list, worker_entry) {
+			if (id && id != w->private)
+				continue;
+
+			worker = w;
+
+			list_move_tail(&w->worker_entry, &p->active_list);
+
+			err = setup(w->private, data);
+			if (!err) {
+				w->schedule_data = data;
+				w->action = action;
+				w->has_data = 1;
+				wake_up(&w->wait);
+			} else {
+				list_move_tail(&w->worker_entry, &p->ready_list);
+			}
+
+			break;
+		}
+		mutex_unlock(&p->thread_lock);
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Schedule execution on arbitrary thread from the pool.
+ */
+int thread_pool_schedule(struct thread_pool *p,
+		int (* setup)(void *private, void *data),
+		int (* action)(void *private, void *data),
+		void *data, long timeout)
+{
+	return thread_pool_schedule_private(p, setup,
+			action, data, timeout, NULL);
+}