dm vdo: add thread and synchronization utilities

This patch adds utilities for managing and using named threads, as well as
several locking and synchronization utilities. These utilities help dm-vdo
minimize thread transitions and manage interactions between threads.

Co-developed-by: J. corwin Coburn <corwin@hurlbutnet.net>
Signed-off-by: J. corwin Coburn <corwin@hurlbutnet.net>
Co-developed-by: Michael Sclafani <dm-devel@lists.linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Michael Sclafani <dm-devel@lists.linux.dev>
Co-developed-by: Thomas Jaskiewicz <tom@jaskiewicz.us>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Jaskiewicz <tom@jaskiewicz.us>
Co-developed-by: Bruce Johnston <bjohnsto@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Bruce Johnston <bjohnsto@redhat.com>
Co-developed-by: Ken Raeburn <raeburn@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ken Raeburn <raeburn@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Sakai <msakai@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 92 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-vdo/thread-registry.c b/drivers/md/dm-vdo/thread-registry.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c887158c224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-vdo/thread-registry.c
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 Red Hat
+ */
+
+#include "thread-registry.h"
+
+#include <linux/rculist.h>
+
+#include "permassert.h"
+
+/*
+ * We need to be careful when using other facilities that may use thread registry functions in
+ * their normal operation. For example, we do not want to invoke the logger while holding a lock.
+ */
+
+void uds_initialize_thread_registry(struct thread_registry *registry)
+{
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&registry->links);
+	spin_lock_init(&registry->lock);
+}
+
+/* Register the current thread and associate it with a data pointer. */
+void uds_register_thread(struct thread_registry *registry,
+			 struct registered_thread *new_thread, const void *pointer)
+{
+	struct registered_thread *thread;
+	bool found_it = false;
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new_thread->links);
+	new_thread->pointer = pointer;
+	new_thread->task = current;
+
+	spin_lock(&registry->lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(thread, &registry->links, links) {
+		if (thread->task == current) {
+			/* There should be no existing entry. */
+			list_del_rcu(&thread->links);
+			found_it = true;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	list_add_tail_rcu(&new_thread->links, &registry->links);
+	spin_unlock(&registry->lock);
+
+	ASSERT_LOG_ONLY(!found_it, "new thread not already in registry");
+	if (found_it) {
+		/* Ensure no RCU iterators see it before re-initializing. */
+		synchronize_rcu();
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&thread->links);
+	}
+}
+
+void uds_unregister_thread(struct thread_registry *registry)
+{
+	struct registered_thread *thread;
+	bool found_it = false;
+
+	spin_lock(&registry->lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(thread, &registry->links, links) {
+		if (thread->task == current) {
+			list_del_rcu(&thread->links);
+			found_it = true;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&registry->lock);
+
+	ASSERT_LOG_ONLY(found_it, "thread found in registry");
+	if (found_it) {
+		/* Ensure no RCU iterators see it before re-initializing. */
+		synchronize_rcu();
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&thread->links);
+	}
+}
+
+const void *uds_lookup_thread(struct thread_registry *registry)
+{
+	struct registered_thread *thread;
+	const void *result = NULL;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(thread, &registry->links, links) {
+		if (thread->task == current) {
+			result = thread->pointer;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return result;
+}