On 21 10月 21 09:10:01, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Thu, 21 Oct 2021 20:01:30 +0800 > Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > the helper macro kthread_run_on_cpu() inculdes > > "includes" > > > kthread_create_on_cpu/wake_up_process(). > > In some cases, use kthread_run_on_cpu() directly instead of > > kthread_create_on_node/kthread_bind/wake_up_process() or > > kthread_create_on_cpu/wake_up_process() or > > kthreadd_create/kthread_bind/wake_up_process() to simplify the code. > > > > Signed-off-by: Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > include/linux/kthread.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h > > index 346b0f269161..dfd125523aa9 100644 > > --- a/include/linux/kthread.h > > +++ b/include/linux/kthread.h > > @@ -56,6 +56,28 @@ bool kthread_is_per_cpu(struct task_struct *k); > > __k; \ > > }) > > > > +/** > > + * kthread_run_on_cpu - create and wake a cpu bound thread. > > + * @threadfn: the function to run until signal_pending(current). > > + * @data: data ptr for @threadfn. > > + * @cpu: The cpu on which the thread should be bound, > > + * @namefmt: printf-style name for the thread. Format is restricted > > + * to "name.*%u". Code fills in cpu number. > > + * > > + * Description: Convenient wrapper for kthread_create_on_node() > > + * followed by wake_up_process(). Returns the kthread or > > + * ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM). > > + */ > > +#define kthread_run_on_cpu(threadfn, data, cpu, namefmt) \ > > Why is this a macro and not a static inline function? > > -- Steve Hi,Thanks for your feedback, I think using static inline function is nice, but here try to keep consistent with the other macros, sush as kthread_create/kthread_init_work... Thanks, Cai. > > > +({ \ > > + struct task_struct *__k \ > > + = kthread_create_on_cpu(threadfn, data, cpu_to_node(cpu), \ > > + namefmt); \ > > + if (!IS_ERR(__k)) \ > > + wake_up_process(__k); \ > > + __k; \ > > +}) > > + > > void free_kthread_struct(struct task_struct *k); > > void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu); > > void kthread_bind_mask(struct task_struct *k, const struct cpumask *mask); >