io-wq: fork worker threads from original task

Instead of using regular kthread kernel threads, create kernel threads
that are like a real thread that the task would create. This ensures that
we get all the context that we need, without having to carry that state
around. This greatly reduces the code complexity, and the risk of missing
state for a given request type.

With the move away from kthread, we can also dump everything related to
assigned state to the new threads.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

fs/io-wq.c

@@ -13,12 +13,9 @@
 #include <linux/sched/mm.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/rculist_nulls.h>
-#include <linux/fs_struct.h>
-#include <linux/blk-cgroup.h>
-#include <linux/audit.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/tracehook.h>
 
 #include "../kernel/sched/sched.h"
 #include "io-wq.h"
@@ -57,13 +54,6 @@ struct io_worker {
 	spinlock_t lock;
 
 	struct rcu_head rcu;
-	struct mm_struct *mm;
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP
-	struct cgroup_subsys_state *blkcg_css;
-#endif
-	const struct cred *cur_creds;
-	const struct cred *saved_creds;
-	struct nsproxy *restore_nsproxy;
 };
 
 #if BITS_PER_LONG == 64
@@ -122,6 +112,8 @@ struct io_wq {
 	struct completion done;
 
 	struct hlist_node cpuhp_node;
+
+	pid_t task_pid;
 };
 
 static enum cpuhp_state io_wq_online;
@@ -137,61 +129,6 @@ static void io_worker_release(struct io_worker *worker)
 		wake_up_process(worker->task);
 }
 
-/*
- * Note: drops the wqe->lock if returning true! The caller must re-acquire
- * the lock in that case. Some callers need to restart handling if this
- * happens, so we can't just re-acquire the lock on behalf of the caller.
- */
-static bool __io_worker_unuse(struct io_wqe *wqe, struct io_worker *worker)
-{
-	bool dropped_lock = false;
-
-	if (worker->saved_creds) {
-		revert_creds(worker->saved_creds);
-		worker->cur_creds = worker->saved_creds = NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (current->files) {
-		__acquire(&wqe->lock);
-		raw_spin_unlock_irq(&wqe->lock);
-		dropped_lock = true;
-
-		task_lock(current);
-		current->files = NULL;
-		current->nsproxy = worker->restore_nsproxy;
-		task_unlock(current);
-	}
-
-	if (current->fs)
-		current->fs = NULL;
-
-	/*
-	 * If we have an active mm, we need to drop the wq lock before unusing
-	 * it. If we do, return true and let the caller retry the idle loop.
-	 */
-	if (worker->mm) {
-		if (!dropped_lock) {
-			__acquire(&wqe->lock);
-			raw_spin_unlock_irq(&wqe->lock);
-			dropped_lock = true;
-		}
-		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
-		kthread_unuse_mm(worker->mm);
-		mmput(worker->mm);
-		worker->mm = NULL;
-	}
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP
-	if (worker->blkcg_css) {
-		kthread_associate_blkcg(NULL);
-		worker->blkcg_css = NULL;
-	}
-#endif
-	if (current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur != RLIM_INFINITY)
-		current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur = RLIM_INFINITY;
-	return dropped_lock;
-}
-
 static inline struct io_wqe_acct *io_work_get_acct(struct io_wqe *wqe,
 						   struct io_wq_work *work)
 {
@@ -237,10 +174,6 @@ static void io_worker_exit(struct io_worker *worker)
 	raw_spin_lock_irq(&wqe->lock);
 	hlist_nulls_del_rcu(&worker->nulls_node);
 	list_del_rcu(&worker->all_list);
-	if (__io_worker_unuse(wqe, worker)) {
-		__release(&wqe->lock);
-		raw_spin_lock_irq(&wqe->lock);
-	}
 	acct->nr_workers--;
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&wqe->lock);
 
@@ -323,14 +256,7 @@ static void io_wqe_dec_running(struct io_worker *worker)
 
 static void io_worker_start(struct io_worker *worker)
 {
-	allow_kernel_signal(SIGINT);
-
-	current->flags |= PF_IO_WORKER;
-	current->fs = NULL;
-	current->files = NULL;
-
 	worker->flags |= (IO_WORKER_F_UP | IO_WORKER_F_RUNNING);
-	worker->restore_nsproxy = current->nsproxy;
 	io_wqe_inc_running(worker);
 }
 
@@ -387,7 +313,7 @@ static bool __io_worker_idle(struct io_wqe *wqe, struct io_worker *worker)
 		hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu(&worker->nulls_node, &wqe->free_list);
 	}
 
-	return __io_worker_unuse(wqe, worker);
+	return false;
 }
 
 static inline unsigned int io_get_work_hash(struct io_wq_work *work)
@@ -426,96 +352,23 @@ static struct io_wq_work *io_get_next_work(struct io_wqe *wqe)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void io_wq_switch_mm(struct io_worker *worker, struct io_wq_work *work)
+static void io_flush_signals(void)
 {
-	if (worker->mm) {
-		kthread_unuse_mm(worker->mm);
-		mmput(worker->mm);
-		worker->mm = NULL;
+	if (unlikely(test_tsk_thread_flag(current, TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL))) {
+		if (current->task_works)
+			task_work_run();
+		clear_tsk_thread_flag(current, TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL);
 	}
-
-	if (mmget_not_zero(work->identity->mm)) {
-		kthread_use_mm(work->identity->mm);
-		worker->mm = work->identity->mm;
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/* failed grabbing mm, ensure work gets cancelled */
-	work->flags |= IO_WQ_WORK_CANCEL;
-}
-
-static inline void io_wq_switch_blkcg(struct io_worker *worker,
-				      struct io_wq_work *work)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP
-	if (!(work->flags & IO_WQ_WORK_BLKCG))
-		return;
-	if (work->identity->blkcg_css != worker->blkcg_css) {
-		kthread_associate_blkcg(work->identity->blkcg_css);
-		worker->blkcg_css = work->identity->blkcg_css;
-	}
-#endif
-}
-
-static void io_wq_switch_creds(struct io_worker *worker,
-			       struct io_wq_work *work)
-{
-	const struct cred *old_creds = override_creds(work->identity->creds);
-
-	worker->cur_creds = work->identity->creds;
-	if (worker->saved_creds)
-		put_cred(old_creds); /* creds set by previous switch */
-	else
-		worker->saved_creds = old_creds;
-}
-
-static void io_impersonate_work(struct io_worker *worker,
-				struct io_wq_work *work)
-{
-	if ((work->flags & IO_WQ_WORK_FILES) &&
-	    current->files != work->identity->files) {
-		task_lock(current);
-		current->files = work->identity->files;
-		current->nsproxy = work->identity->nsproxy;
-		task_unlock(current);
-		if (!work->identity->files) {
-			/* failed grabbing files, ensure work gets cancelled */
-			work->flags |= IO_WQ_WORK_CANCEL;
-		}
-	}
-	if ((work->flags & IO_WQ_WORK_FS) && current->fs != work->identity->fs)
-		current->fs = work->identity->fs;
-	if ((work->flags & IO_WQ_WORK_MM) && work->identity->mm != worker->mm)
-		io_wq_switch_mm(worker, work);
-	if ((work->flags & IO_WQ_WORK_CREDS) &&
-	    worker->cur_creds != work->identity->creds)
-		io_wq_switch_creds(worker, work);
-	if (work->flags & IO_WQ_WORK_FSIZE)
-		current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur = work->identity->fsize;
-	else if (current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur != RLIM_INFINITY)
-		current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur = RLIM_INFINITY;
-	io_wq_switch_blkcg(worker, work);
-#ifdef CONFIG_AUDIT
-	current->loginuid = work->identity->loginuid;
-	current->sessionid = work->identity->sessionid;
-#endif
 }
 
 static void io_assign_current_work(struct io_worker *worker,
 				   struct io_wq_work *work)
 {
 	if (work) {
-		/* flush pending signals before assigning new work */
-		if (signal_pending(current))
-			flush_signals(current);
+		io_flush_signals();
 		cond_resched();
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_AUDIT
-	current->loginuid = KUIDT_INIT(AUDIT_UID_UNSET);
-	current->sessionid = AUDIT_SID_UNSET;
-#endif
-
 	spin_lock_irq(&worker->lock);
 	worker->cur_work = work;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&worker->lock);
@@ -556,7 +409,6 @@ static void io_worker_handle_work(struct io_worker *worker)
 			unsigned int hash = io_get_work_hash(work);
 
 			next_hashed = wq_next_work(work);
-			io_impersonate_work(worker, work);
 			wq->do_work(work);
 			io_assign_current_work(worker, NULL);
 
@@ -608,10 +460,11 @@ static int io_wqe_worker(void *data)
 			goto loop;
 		}
 		raw_spin_unlock_irq(&wqe->lock);
-		if (signal_pending(current))
-			flush_signals(current);
+		io_flush_signals();
 		if (schedule_timeout(WORKER_IDLE_TIMEOUT))
 			continue;
+		if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
+			break;
 		/* timed out, exit unless we're the fixed worker */
 		if (test_bit(IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT, &wq->state) ||
 		    !(worker->flags & IO_WORKER_F_FIXED))
@@ -635,8 +488,10 @@ static int io_wqe_worker(void *data)
  */
 void io_wq_worker_running(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	struct io_worker *worker = kthread_data(tsk);
+	struct io_worker *worker = tsk->pf_io_worker;
 
+	if (!worker)
+		return;
 	if (!(worker->flags & IO_WORKER_F_UP))
 		return;
 	if (worker->flags & IO_WORKER_F_RUNNING)
@@ -652,9 +507,10 @@ void io_wq_worker_running(struct task_struct *tsk)
  */
 void io_wq_worker_sleeping(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	struct io_worker *worker = kthread_data(tsk);
-	struct io_wqe *wqe = worker->wqe;
+	struct io_worker *worker = tsk->pf_io_worker;
 
+	if (!worker)
+		return;
 	if (!(worker->flags & IO_WORKER_F_UP))
 		return;
 	if (!(worker->flags & IO_WORKER_F_RUNNING))
@@ -662,32 +518,27 @@ void io_wq_worker_sleeping(struct task_struct *tsk)
 
 	worker->flags &= ~IO_WORKER_F_RUNNING;
 
-	raw_spin_lock_irq(&wqe->lock);
+	raw_spin_lock_irq(&worker->wqe->lock);
 	io_wqe_dec_running(worker);
-	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&wqe->lock);
+	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&worker->wqe->lock);
 }
 
-static bool create_io_worker(struct io_wq *wq, struct io_wqe *wqe, int index)
+static int task_thread(void *data, int index)
 {
+	struct io_worker *worker = data;
+	struct io_wqe *wqe = worker->wqe;
 	struct io_wqe_acct *acct = &wqe->acct[index];
-	struct io_worker *worker;
+	struct io_wq *wq = wqe->wq;
+	char buf[TASK_COMM_LEN];
 
-	worker = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*worker), GFP_KERNEL, wqe->node);
-	if (!worker)
-		return false;
+	sprintf(buf, "iou-wrk-%d", wq->task_pid);
+	set_task_comm(current, buf);
 
-	refcount_set(&worker->ref, 1);
-	worker->nulls_node.pprev = NULL;
-	worker->wqe = wqe;
-	spin_lock_init(&worker->lock);
+	current->pf_io_worker = worker;
+	worker->task = current;
 
-	worker->task = kthread_create_on_node(io_wqe_worker, worker, wqe->node,
-				"io_wqe_worker-%d/%d", index, wqe->node);
-	if (IS_ERR(worker->task)) {
-		kfree(worker);
-		return false;
-	}
-	kthread_bind_mask(worker->task, cpumask_of_node(wqe->node));
+	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask_of_node(wqe->node));
+	current->flags |= PF_NO_SETAFFINITY;
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irq(&wqe->lock);
 	hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu(&worker->nulls_node, &wqe->free_list);
@@ -703,8 +554,58 @@ static bool create_io_worker(struct io_wq *wq, struct io_wqe *wqe, int index)
 	if (index == IO_WQ_ACCT_UNBOUND)
 		atomic_inc(&wq->user->processes);
 
+	io_wqe_worker(data);
+	do_exit(0);
+}
+
+static int task_thread_bound(void *data)
+{
+	return task_thread(data, IO_WQ_ACCT_BOUND);
+}
+
+static int task_thread_unbound(void *data)
+{
+	return task_thread(data, IO_WQ_ACCT_UNBOUND);
+}
+
+static pid_t fork_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg)
+{
+	unsigned long flags = CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES|CLONE_SIGHAND|CLONE_THREAD|
+				CLONE_IO|SIGCHLD;
+	struct kernel_clone_args args = {
+		.flags		= ((lower_32_bits(flags) | CLONE_VM |
+				    CLONE_UNTRACED) & ~CSIGNAL),
+		.exit_signal	= (lower_32_bits(flags) & CSIGNAL),
+		.stack		= (unsigned long)fn,
+		.stack_size	= (unsigned long)arg,
+	};
+
+	return kernel_clone(&args);
+}
+
+static bool create_io_worker(struct io_wq *wq, struct io_wqe *wqe, int index)
+{
+	struct io_worker *worker;
+	pid_t pid;
+
+	worker = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*worker), GFP_KERNEL, wqe->node);
+	if (!worker)
+		return false;
+
+	refcount_set(&worker->ref, 1);
+	worker->nulls_node.pprev = NULL;
+	worker->wqe = wqe;
+	spin_lock_init(&worker->lock);
+
+	if (index == IO_WQ_ACCT_BOUND)
+		pid = fork_thread(task_thread_bound, worker);
+	else
+		pid = fork_thread(task_thread_unbound, worker);
+	if (pid < 0) {
+		kfree(worker);
+		return false;
+	}
 	refcount_inc(&wq->refs);
-	wake_up_process(worker->task);
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -756,12 +657,17 @@ static bool io_wq_worker_wake(struct io_worker *worker, void *data)
 static int io_wq_manager(void *data)
 {
 	struct io_wq *wq = data;
+	char buf[TASK_COMM_LEN];
 	int node;
 
-	refcount_set(&wq->refs, 1);
+	sprintf(buf, "iou-mgr-%d", wq->task_pid);
+	set_task_comm(current, buf);
+	current->flags |= PF_IO_WORKER;
+	wq->manager = current;
+
 	complete(&wq->done);
 
-	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
+	while (!test_bit(IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT, &wq->state)) {
 		for_each_node(node) {
 			struct io_wqe *wqe = wq->wqes[node];
 			bool fork_worker[2] = { false, false };
@@ -782,11 +688,13 @@ static int io_wq_manager(void *data)
 		}
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 		schedule_timeout(HZ);
+		if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
+			set_bit(IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT, &wq->state);
 	}
 
 	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&wq->refs)) {
 		complete(&wq->done);
-		return 0;
+		do_exit(0);
 	}
 	/* if ERROR is set and we get here, we have workers to wake */
 	if (test_bit(IO_WQ_BIT_ERROR, &wq->state)) {
@@ -795,7 +703,7 @@ static int io_wq_manager(void *data)
 			io_wq_for_each_worker(wq->wqes[node], io_wq_worker_wake, NULL);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
-	return 0;
+	do_exit(0);
 }
 
 static bool io_wq_can_queue(struct io_wqe *wqe, struct io_wqe_acct *acct,
@@ -919,7 +827,7 @@ static bool io_wq_worker_cancel(struct io_worker *worker, void *data)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&worker->lock, flags);
 	if (worker->cur_work &&
 	    match->fn(worker->cur_work, match->data)) {
-		send_sig(SIGINT, worker->task, 1);
+		set_notify_signal(worker->task);
 		match->nr_running++;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&worker->lock, flags);
@@ -1075,21 +983,20 @@ struct io_wq *io_wq_create(unsigned bounded, struct io_wq_data *data)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wqe->all_list);
 	}
 
+	wq->task_pid = current->pid;
 	init_completion(&wq->done);
+	refcount_set(&wq->refs, 1);
 
-	wq->manager = kthread_create(io_wq_manager, wq, "io_wq_manager");
-	if (!IS_ERR(wq->manager)) {
-		wake_up_process(wq->manager);
+	current->flags |= PF_IO_WORKER;
+	ret = fork_thread(io_wq_manager, wq);
+	current->flags &= ~PF_IO_WORKER;
+	if (ret >= 0) {
 		wait_for_completion(&wq->done);
-		if (test_bit(IO_WQ_BIT_ERROR, &wq->state)) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			goto err;
-		}
 		reinit_completion(&wq->done);
 		return wq;
 	}
 
-	ret = PTR_ERR(wq->manager);
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&wq->refs))
 		complete(&wq->done);
 err:
 	cpuhp_state_remove_instance_nocalls(io_wq_online, &wq->cpuhp_node);
@@ -1110,7 +1017,7 @@ void io_wq_destroy(struct io_wq *wq)
 
 	set_bit(IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT, &wq->state);
 	if (wq->manager)
-		kthread_stop(wq->manager);
+		wake_up_process(wq->manager);
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for_each_node(node)

fs/io-wq.h

@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ static inline void io_wq_worker_running(struct task_struct *tsk)
 
 static inline bool io_wq_current_is_worker(void)
 {
-	return in_task() && (current->flags & PF_IO_WORKER);
+	return in_task() && (current->flags & PF_IO_WORKER) &&
+		current->pf_io_worker;
 }
 #endif

fs/io_uring.c

@@ -1633,6 +1633,9 @@ static struct io_kiocb *__io_queue_async_work(struct io_kiocb *req)
 	struct io_kiocb *link = io_prep_linked_timeout(req);
 	struct io_uring_task *tctx = req->task->io_uring;
 
+	BUG_ON(!tctx);
+	BUG_ON(!tctx->io_wq);
+
 	trace_io_uring_queue_async_work(ctx, io_wq_is_hashed(&req->work), req,
 					&req->work, req->flags);
 	io_wq_enqueue(tctx->io_wq, &req->work);
@@ -9240,6 +9243,10 @@ static int io_uring_flush(struct file *file, void *data)
 	struct io_uring_task *tctx = current->io_uring;
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = file->private_data;
 
+	/* Ignore helper thread files exit */
+	if (current->flags & PF_IO_WORKER)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (fatal_signal_pending(current) || (current->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
 		io_uring_cancel_task_requests(ctx, NULL);
 		io_req_caches_free(ctx, current);

include/linux/sched.h

@@ -895,6 +895,9 @@ struct task_struct {
 	/* CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID: */
 	int __user			*clear_child_tid;
 
+	/* PF_IO_WORKER */
+	void				*pf_io_worker;
+
 	u64				utime;
 	u64				stime;
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SCALED_CPUTIME