From: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>,
Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 31/33] kthread: Document kthread_affine_preferred()
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:48:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250829154814.47015-32-frederic@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250829154814.47015-1-frederic@kernel.org>
The documentation of this new API has been overlooked during its
introduction. Fill the gap.
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
---
kernel/kthread.c | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index f3397cf7542a..b989aeaa441a 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -857,6 +857,18 @@ int kthreadd(void *unused)
return 0;
}
+/**
+ * kthread_affine_preferred - Define a kthread's preferred affinity
+ * @p: thread created by kthread_create().
+ * @cpumask: preferred mask of CPUs (might not be online, must be possible) for @k
+ * to run on.
+ *
+ * Similar to kthread_bind_mask() except that the affinity is not a requirement
+ * but rather a preference that can be constrained by CPU isolation or CPU hotplug.
+ * Must be called before the first wakeup of the kthread.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if the affinity has been applied.
+ */
int kthread_affine_preferred(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *mask)
{
struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(p);
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-29 15:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-29 15:47 [PATCH 00/33 v2] cpuset/isolation: Honour kthreads preferred affinity Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:47 ` [PATCH 01/33] sched/isolation: Remove housekeeping static key Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 21:34 ` Waiman Long
2025-09-18 12:04 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-09-01 10:26 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-09-18 13:18 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-09-11 20:57 ` Phil Auld
2025-08-29 15:47 ` [PATCH 02/33] PCI: Protect against concurrent change of housekeeping cpumask Frederic Weisbecker
[not found] ` <458c5db8-0c31-4c02-9c41-b7eca851d04a@redhat.com>
2025-09-18 14:00 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-09-22 21:51 ` Waiman Long
2025-09-23 9:07 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:47 ` [PATCH 03/33] cpu: Revert "cpu/hotplug: Prevent self deadlock on CPU hot-unplug" Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:47 ` [PATCH 04/33] memcg: Prepare to protect against concurrent isolated cpuset change Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:47 ` [PATCH 05/33] mm: vmstat: " Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:47 ` [PATCH 06/33] sched/isolation: Save boot defined domain flags Frederic Weisbecker
2025-09-11 21:02 ` Phil Auld
2025-08-29 15:47 ` [PATCH 07/33] cpuset: Convert boot_hk_cpus to use HK_TYPE_DOMAIN_BOOT Frederic Weisbecker
2025-09-11 21:03 ` Phil Auld
2025-08-29 15:47 ` [PATCH 08/33] driver core: cpu: Convert /sys/devices/system/cpu/isolated " Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:47 ` [PATCH 09/33] net: Keep ignoring isolated cpuset change Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:47 ` [PATCH 10/33] block: Protect against concurrent " Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:47 ` [PATCH 11/33] cpu: Provide lockdep check for CPU hotplug lock write-held Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:47 ` [PATCH 12/33] cpuset: Provide lockdep check for cpuset lock held Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:47 ` [PATCH 13/33] sched/isolation: Convert housekeeping cpumasks to rcu pointers Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:47 ` [PATCH 14/33] cpuset: Update HK_TYPE_DOMAIN cpumask from cpuset Frederic Weisbecker
2025-09-01 0:40 ` Waiman Long
2025-09-22 14:57 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:47 ` [PATCH 15/33] sched/isolation: Flush memcg workqueues on cpuset isolated partition change Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:47 ` [PATCH 16/33] sched/isolation: Flush vmstat " Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:47 ` [PATCH 17/33] cpuset: Propagate cpuset isolation update to workqueue through housekeeping Frederic Weisbecker
2025-09-01 2:51 ` Waiman Long
2025-09-22 15:10 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:47 ` [PATCH 18/33] cpuset: Remove cpuset_cpu_is_isolated() Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:48 ` [PATCH 19/33] sched/isolation: Remove HK_TYPE_TICK test from cpu_is_isolated() Frederic Weisbecker
2025-09-02 14:28 ` Waiman Long
2025-09-02 15:48 ` Waiman Long
2025-09-22 15:20 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-09-22 15:19 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-09-22 21:59 ` Waiman Long
2025-09-23 9:11 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:48 ` [PATCH 20/33] PCI: Remove superfluous HK_TYPE_WQ check Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:48 ` [PATCH 21/33] kthread: Refine naming of affinity related fields Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:48 ` [PATCH 22/33] kthread: Include unbound kthreads in the managed affinity list Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:48 ` [PATCH 23/33] kthread: Include kthreadd to " Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:48 ` [PATCH 24/33] kthread: Rely on HK_TYPE_DOMAIN for preferred affinity management Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:48 ` [PATCH 25/33] sched: Switch the fallback task allowed cpumask to HK_TYPE_DOMAIN Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:48 ` [PATCH 26/33] cgroup/cpuset: Fail if isolated and nohz_full don't leave any housekeeping Frederic Weisbecker
2025-09-02 15:44 ` Waiman Long
2025-09-23 9:17 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-09-23 9:24 ` Gabriele Monaco
2025-08-29 15:48 ` [PATCH 27/33] sched/arm64: Move fallback task cpumask to HK_TYPE_DOMAIN Frederic Weisbecker
2025-09-02 16:43 ` Waiman Long
2025-09-23 9:43 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:48 ` [PATCH 28/33] kthread: Honour kthreads preferred affinity after cpuset changes Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:48 ` [PATCH 29/33] kthread: Comment on the purpose and placement of kthread_affine_node() call Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:48 ` [PATCH 30/33] kthread: Add API to update preferred affinity on kthread runtime Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:48 ` Frederic Weisbecker [this message]
2025-08-29 15:48 ` [RFC PATCH 32/33] genirq: Correctly handle preferred kthreads affinity Frederic Weisbecker
2025-08-29 15:48 ` [PATCH 33/33] doc: Add housekeeping documentation Frederic Weisbecker
2025-09-02 19:12 ` [PATCH 00/33 v2] cpuset/isolation: Honour kthreads preferred affinity Waiman Long
2025-09-23 9:48 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-10-13 20:31 [PATCH 00/33 v3] " Frederic Weisbecker
2025-10-13 20:31 ` [PATCH 31/33] kthread: Document kthread_affine_preferred() Frederic Weisbecker
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