From cc440e8738e5c875297ac0e90316745093be7e28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 12:21:05 -0700 Subject: kernel: provide create_io_thread() helper Provide a generic helper for setting up an io_uring worker. Returns a task_struct so that the caller can do whatever setup is needed, then call wake_up_new_task() to kick it into gear. Add a kernel_clone_args member, io_thread, which tells copy_process() to mark the task with PF_IO_WORKER. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> --- include/linux/sched/task.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'include') 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); -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2