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-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched/task.h2
-rw-r--r--kernel/fork.c30
2 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/task.h b/include/linux/sched/task.h
index c0f71f2e7160..ef02be869cf2 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/task.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/task.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct kernel_clone_args {
/* Number of elements in *set_tid */
size_t set_tid_size;
int cgroup;
+ int io_thread;
struct cgroup *cgrp;
struct css_set *cset;
};
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ extern void exit_files(struct task_struct *);
extern void exit_itimers(struct signal_struct *);
extern pid_t kernel_clone(struct kernel_clone_args *kargs);
+struct task_struct *create_io_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, int node);
struct task_struct *fork_idle(int);
struct mm_struct *copy_init_mm(void);
extern pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags);
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index d66cd1014211..d3171e8e88e5 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1940,6 +1940,8 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
p = dup_task_struct(current, node);
if (!p)
goto fork_out;
+ if (args->io_thread)
+ p->flags |= PF_IO_WORKER;
/*
* This _must_ happen before we call free_task(), i.e. before we jump
@@ -2411,6 +2413,34 @@ struct mm_struct *copy_init_mm(void)
}
/*
+ * This is like kernel_clone(), but shaved down and tailored to just
+ * creating io_uring workers. It returns a created task, or an error pointer.
+ * The returned task is inactive, and the caller must fire it up through
+ * wake_up_new_task(p). All signals are blocked in the created task.
+ */
+struct task_struct *create_io_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, int node)
+{
+ unsigned long flags = CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES|CLONE_SIGHAND|CLONE_THREAD|
+ CLONE_IO;
+ struct kernel_clone_args args = {
+ .flags = ((lower_32_bits(flags) | CLONE_VM |
+ CLONE_UNTRACED) & ~CSIGNAL),
+ .exit_signal = (lower_32_bits(flags) & CSIGNAL),
+ .stack = (unsigned long)fn,
+ .stack_size = (unsigned long)arg,
+ .io_thread = 1,
+ };
+ struct task_struct *tsk;
+
+ tsk = copy_process(NULL, 0, node, &args);
+ if (!IS_ERR(tsk)) {
+ sigfillset(&tsk->blocked);
+ sigdelsetmask(&tsk->blocked, sigmask(SIGKILL));
+ }
+ return tsk;
+}
+
+/*
* Ok, this is the main fork-routine.
*
* It copies the process, and if successful kick-starts