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11da177e4SLinus Torvalds /*
21da177e4SLinus Torvalds  * JFFS2 -- Journalling Flash File System, Version 2.
31da177e4SLinus Torvalds  *
4c00c310eSDavid Woodhouse  * Copyright © 2001-2007 Red Hat, Inc.
51da177e4SLinus Torvalds  *
61da177e4SLinus Torvalds  * Created by David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
71da177e4SLinus Torvalds  *
81da177e4SLinus Torvalds  * For licensing information, see the file 'LICENCE' in this directory.
91da177e4SLinus Torvalds  *
101da177e4SLinus Torvalds  */
111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
121da177e4SLinus Torvalds #include <linux/kernel.h>
131da177e4SLinus Torvalds #include <linux/jffs2.h>
141da177e4SLinus Torvalds #include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
151da177e4SLinus Torvalds #include <linux/completion.h>
164e57b681STim Schmielau #include <linux/sched.h>
177dfb7103SNigel Cunningham #include <linux/freezer.h>
1891e0955bSGerard Lledo #include <linux/kthread.h>
191da177e4SLinus Torvalds #include "nodelist.h"
201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
221da177e4SLinus Torvalds static int jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(void *);
231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
241da177e4SLinus Torvalds void jffs2_garbage_collect_trigger(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
251da177e4SLinus Torvalds {
261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	if (c->gc_task && jffs2_thread_should_wake(c))
281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 		send_sig(SIGHUP, c->gc_task, 1);
291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
301da177e4SLinus Torvalds }
311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
321da177e4SLinus Torvalds /* This must only ever be called when no GC thread is currently running */
331da177e4SLinus Torvalds int jffs2_start_garbage_collect_thread(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
341da177e4SLinus Torvalds {
3591e0955bSGerard Lledo 	struct task_struct *tsk;
361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	int ret = 0;
371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
384b4d1cc7SEric Sesterhenn 	BUG_ON(c->gc_task);
391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
40fff7afd7SThomas Gleixner 	init_completion(&c->gc_thread_start);
411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	init_completion(&c->gc_thread_exit);
421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
4391e0955bSGerard Lledo 	tsk = kthread_run(jffs2_garbage_collect_thread, c, "jffs2_gcd_mtd%d", c->mtd->index);
4491e0955bSGerard Lledo 	if (IS_ERR(tsk)) {
4591e0955bSGerard Lledo 		printk(KERN_WARNING "fork failed for JFFS2 garbage collect thread: %ld\n", -PTR_ERR(tsk));
461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 		complete(&c->gc_thread_exit);
4791e0955bSGerard Lledo 		ret = PTR_ERR(tsk);
481da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	} else {
491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 		/* Wait for it... */
5091e0955bSGerard Lledo 		D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "JFFS2: Garbage collect thread is pid %d\n", tsk->pid));
51fff7afd7SThomas Gleixner 		wait_for_completion(&c->gc_thread_start);
5291e0955bSGerard Lledo 		ret = tsk->pid;
531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	}
541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	return ret;
561da177e4SLinus Torvalds }
571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
581da177e4SLinus Torvalds void jffs2_stop_garbage_collect_thread(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
591da177e4SLinus Torvalds {
60e2d48b1aSThomas Gleixner 	int wait = 0;
611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	if (c->gc_task) {
631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 		D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2: Killing GC task %d\n", c->gc_task->pid));
641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 		send_sig(SIGKILL, c->gc_task, 1);
65e2d48b1aSThomas Gleixner 		wait = 1;
661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	}
671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
68e2d48b1aSThomas Gleixner 	if (wait)
691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 		wait_for_completion(&c->gc_thread_exit);
701da177e4SLinus Torvalds }
711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
721da177e4SLinus Torvalds static int jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(void *_c)
731da177e4SLinus Torvalds {
741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	struct jffs2_sb_info *c = _c;
751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	allow_signal(SIGKILL);
771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	allow_signal(SIGSTOP);
781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	allow_signal(SIGCONT);
791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	c->gc_task = current;
81fff7afd7SThomas Gleixner 	complete(&c->gc_thread_start);
821da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	set_user_nice(current, 10);
841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
8583144186SRafael J. Wysocki 	set_freezable();
861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	for (;;) {
871da177e4SLinus Torvalds 		allow_signal(SIGHUP);
88e716dd36SDavid Woodhouse 	again:
89b27cf88eSDavid Woodhouse 		spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 		if (!jffs2_thread_should_wake(c)) {
911da177e4SLinus Torvalds 			set_current_state (TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
92b27cf88eSDavid Woodhouse 			spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 			D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread sleeping...\n"));
941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 			schedule();
95b27cf88eSDavid Woodhouse 		} else
96b27cf88eSDavid Woodhouse 			spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
97b27cf88eSDavid Woodhouse 
981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
99efab0b5dSAndres Salomon 		/* Problem - immediately after bootup, the GCD spends a lot
100efab0b5dSAndres Salomon 		 * of time in places like jffs2_kill_fragtree(); so much so
101efab0b5dSAndres Salomon 		 * that userspace processes (like gdm and X) are starved
102efab0b5dSAndres Salomon 		 * despite plenty of cond_resched()s and renicing.  Yield()
103efab0b5dSAndres Salomon 		 * doesn't help, either (presumably because userspace and GCD
104efab0b5dSAndres Salomon 		 * are generally competing for a higher latency resource -
105efab0b5dSAndres Salomon 		 * disk).
106efab0b5dSAndres Salomon 		 * This forces the GCD to slow the hell down.   Pulling an
107efab0b5dSAndres Salomon 		 * inode in with read_inode() is much preferable to having
108efab0b5dSAndres Salomon 		 * the GC thread get there first. */
109efab0b5dSAndres Salomon 		schedule_timeout_interruptible(msecs_to_jiffies(50));
1101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
11191e0955bSGerard Lledo 		if (kthread_should_stop()) {
11291e0955bSGerard Lledo 			D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread():  kthread_stop() called.\n"));
11391e0955bSGerard Lledo 			goto die;
11491e0955bSGerard Lledo 		}
11591e0955bSGerard Lledo 
1161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 		/* Put_super will send a SIGKILL and then wait on the sem.
1171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 		 */
118e136e769SRafael J. Wysocki 		while (signal_pending(current) || freezing(current)) {
1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 			siginfo_t info;
1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 			unsigned long signr;
1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
122e716dd36SDavid Woodhouse 			if (try_to_freeze())
123e716dd36SDavid Woodhouse 				goto again;
124e716dd36SDavid Woodhouse 
1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 			signr = dequeue_signal_lock(current, &current->blocked, &info);
1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 			switch(signr) {
1281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 			case SIGSTOP:
1291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 				D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(): SIGSTOP received.\n"));
1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 				set_current_state(TASK_STOPPED);
1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 				schedule();
1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 				break;
1331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 			case SIGKILL:
1351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 				D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(): SIGKILL received.\n"));
1361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 				goto die;
1371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
1381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 			case SIGHUP:
1391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 				D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(): SIGHUP received.\n"));
1401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 				break;
1411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 			default:
1421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 				D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(): signal %ld received\n", signr));
1431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 			}
1441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 		}
1451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 		/* We don't want SIGHUP to interrupt us. STOP and KILL are OK though. */
1461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 		disallow_signal(SIGHUP);
1471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 
1481da177e4SLinus Torvalds 		D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(): pass\n"));
1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 		if (jffs2_garbage_collect_pass(c) == -ENOSPC) {
1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 			printk(KERN_NOTICE "No space for garbage collection. Aborting GC thread\n");
1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 			goto die;
1521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 		}
1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	}
1541da177e4SLinus Torvalds  die:
1551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
1561da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	c->gc_task = NULL;
1571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
1581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 	complete_and_exit(&c->gc_thread_exit, 0);
1591da177e4SLinus Torvalds }
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