task_work: documentation

No functional changes, just comments.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Oleg Nesterov 2013-09-11 14:23:31 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 205e550a0f
commit 892f6668f3
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@ -4,6 +4,23 @@
static struct callback_head work_exited; /* all we need is ->next == NULL */
/**
* task_work_add - ask the @task to execute @work->func()
* @task: the task which should run the callback
* @work: the callback to run
* @notify: send the notification if true
*
* Queue @work for task_work_run() below and notify the @task if @notify.
* Fails if the @task is exiting/exited and thus it can't process this @work.
* Otherwise @work->func() will be called when the @task returns from kernel
* mode or exits.
*
* This is like the signal handler which runs in kernel mode, but it doesn't
* try to wake up the @task.
*
* RETURNS:
* 0 if succeeds or -ESRCH.
*/
int
task_work_add(struct task_struct *task, struct callback_head *work, bool notify)
{
@ -21,6 +38,17 @@ task_work_add(struct task_struct *task, struct callback_head *work, bool notify)
return 0;
}
/**
* task_work_cancel - cancel a pending work added by task_work_add()
* @task: the task which should execute the work
* @func: identifies the work to remove
*
* Find the last queued pending work with ->func == @func and remove
* it from queue.
*
* RETURNS:
* The found work or NULL if not found.
*/
struct callback_head *
task_work_cancel(struct task_struct *task, task_work_func_t func)
{
@ -46,6 +74,14 @@ task_work_cancel(struct task_struct *task, task_work_func_t func)
return work;
}
/**
* task_work_run - execute the works added by task_work_add()
*
* Flush the pending works. Should be used by the core kernel code.
* Called before the task returns to the user-mode or stops, or when
* it exits. In the latter case task_work_add() can no longer add the
* new work after task_work_run() returns.
*/
void task_work_run(void)
{
struct task_struct *task = current;