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-rw-r--r--MAINTAINERS2
-rw-r--r--drivers/vhost/Kconfig5
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched/vhost_task.h23
-rw-r--r--kernel/Makefile1
-rw-r--r--kernel/vhost_task.c117
5 files changed, 148 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 8d5bc223f305..186d37c2b4e0 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -22176,7 +22176,9 @@ L: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
L: netdev@vger.kernel.org
S: Maintained
T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost.git
+F: kernel/vhost_task.c
F: drivers/vhost/
+F: include/linux/sched/vhost_task.h
F: include/linux/vhost_iotlb.h
F: include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/Kconfig b/drivers/vhost/Kconfig
index 587fbae06182..b455d9ab6f3d 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/vhost/Kconfig
@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@ config VHOST_RING
This option is selected by any driver which needs to access
the host side of a virtio ring.
+config VHOST_TASK
+ bool
+ default n
+
config VHOST
tristate
select VHOST_IOTLB
+ select VHOST_TASK
help
This option is selected by any driver which needs to access
the core of vhost.
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/vhost_task.h b/include/linux/sched/vhost_task.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6123c10b99cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/sched/vhost_task.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _LINUX_VHOST_TASK_H
+#define _LINUX_VHOST_TASK_H
+
+#include <linux/completion.h>
+
+struct task_struct;
+
+struct vhost_task {
+ int (*fn)(void *data);
+ void *data;
+ struct completion exited;
+ unsigned long flags;
+ struct task_struct *task;
+};
+
+struct vhost_task *vhost_task_create(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg,
+ const char *name);
+void vhost_task_start(struct vhost_task *vtsk);
+void vhost_task_stop(struct vhost_task *vtsk);
+bool vhost_task_should_stop(struct vhost_task *vtsk);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 10ef068f598d..6fc72b3afbde 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ obj-y = fork.o exec_domain.o panic.o \
obj-$(CONFIG_USERMODE_DRIVER) += usermode_driver.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES) += kmod.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MULTIUSER) += groups.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_VHOST_TASK) += vhost_task.o
ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
# Do not trace internal ftrace files
diff --git a/kernel/vhost_task.c b/kernel/vhost_task.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7cbd66f889e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/vhost_task.c
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Oracle Corporation
+ */
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/completion.h>
+#include <linux/sched/task.h>
+#include <linux/sched/vhost_task.h>
+#include <linux/sched/signal.h>
+
+enum vhost_task_flags {
+ VHOST_TASK_FLAGS_STOP,
+};
+
+static int vhost_task_fn(void *data)
+{
+ struct vhost_task *vtsk = data;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = vtsk->fn(vtsk->data);
+ complete(&vtsk->exited);
+ do_exit(ret);
+}
+
+/**
+ * vhost_task_stop - stop a vhost_task
+ * @vtsk: vhost_task to stop
+ *
+ * Callers must call vhost_task_should_stop and return from their worker
+ * function when it returns true;
+ */
+void vhost_task_stop(struct vhost_task *vtsk)
+{
+ pid_t pid = vtsk->task->pid;
+
+ set_bit(VHOST_TASK_FLAGS_STOP, &vtsk->flags);
+ wake_up_process(vtsk->task);
+ /*
+ * Make sure vhost_task_fn is no longer accessing the vhost_task before
+ * freeing it below. If userspace crashed or exited without closing,
+ * then the vhost_task->task could already be marked dead so
+ * kernel_wait will return early.
+ */
+ wait_for_completion(&vtsk->exited);
+ /*
+ * If we are just closing/removing a device and the parent process is
+ * not exiting then reap the task.
+ */
+ kernel_wait4(pid, NULL, __WCLONE, NULL);
+ kfree(vtsk);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_task_stop);
+
+/**
+ * vhost_task_should_stop - should the vhost task return from the work function
+ * @vtsk: vhost_task to stop
+ */
+bool vhost_task_should_stop(struct vhost_task *vtsk)
+{
+ return test_bit(VHOST_TASK_FLAGS_STOP, &vtsk->flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_task_should_stop);
+
+/**
+ * vhost_task_create - create a copy of a process to be used by the kernel
+ * @fn: thread stack
+ * @arg: data to be passed to fn
+ * @name: the thread's name
+ *
+ * This returns a specialized task for use by the vhost layer or NULL on
+ * failure. The returned task is inactive, and the caller must fire it up
+ * through vhost_task_start().
+ */
+struct vhost_task *vhost_task_create(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg,
+ const char *name)
+{
+ struct kernel_clone_args args = {
+ .flags = CLONE_FS | CLONE_UNTRACED | CLONE_VM,
+ .exit_signal = 0,
+ .fn = vhost_task_fn,
+ .name = name,
+ .user_worker = 1,
+ .no_files = 1,
+ .ignore_signals = 1,
+ };
+ struct vhost_task *vtsk;
+ struct task_struct *tsk;
+
+ vtsk = kzalloc(sizeof(*vtsk), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!vtsk)
+ return NULL;
+ init_completion(&vtsk->exited);
+ vtsk->data = arg;
+ vtsk->fn = fn;
+
+ args.fn_arg = vtsk;
+
+ tsk = copy_process(NULL, 0, NUMA_NO_NODE, &args);
+ if (IS_ERR(tsk)) {
+ kfree(vtsk);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ vtsk->task = tsk;
+ return vtsk;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_task_create);
+
+/**
+ * vhost_task_start - start a vhost_task created with vhost_task_create
+ * @vtsk: vhost_task to wake up
+ */
+void vhost_task_start(struct vhost_task *vtsk)
+{
+ wake_up_new_task(vtsk->task);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_task_start);