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authorSteffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>2010-01-06 11:47:10 +0300
committerHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>2010-01-06 11:47:10 +0300
commit16295bec6398a3eedc9377e1af6ff4c71b98c300 (patch)
tree992d82d920b5e6b81fe08df58f8c2d677244f759
parent863b557a88f8c033f7419fabafef4712a5055f85 (diff)
downloadlinux-16295bec6398a3eedc9377e1af6ff4c71b98c300.tar.xz
padata: Generic parallelization/serialization interface
This patch introduces an interface to process data objects in parallel. The parallelized objects return after serialization in the same order as they were before the parallelization. Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
-rw-r--r--include/linux/padata.h88
-rw-r--r--init/Kconfig4
-rw-r--r--kernel/Makefile1
-rw-r--r--kernel/padata.c690
4 files changed, 783 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/padata.h b/include/linux/padata.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..51611da9c498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/padata.h
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+ * padata.h - header for the padata parallelization interface
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 secunet Security Networks AG
+ * Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef PADATA_H
+#define PADATA_H
+
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+
+struct padata_priv {
+ struct list_head list;
+ struct parallel_data *pd;
+ int cb_cpu;
+ int seq_nr;
+ int info;
+ void (*parallel)(struct padata_priv *padata);
+ void (*serial)(struct padata_priv *padata);
+};
+
+struct padata_list {
+ struct list_head list;
+ spinlock_t lock;
+};
+
+struct padata_queue {
+ struct padata_list parallel;
+ struct padata_list reorder;
+ struct padata_list serial;
+ struct work_struct pwork;
+ struct work_struct swork;
+ struct parallel_data *pd;
+ atomic_t num_obj;
+ int cpu_index;
+};
+
+struct parallel_data {
+ struct padata_instance *pinst;
+ struct padata_queue *queue;
+ atomic_t seq_nr;
+ atomic_t reorder_objects;
+ atomic_t refcnt;
+ unsigned int max_seq_nr;
+ cpumask_var_t cpumask;
+ spinlock_t lock;
+};
+
+struct padata_instance {
+ struct notifier_block cpu_notifier;
+ struct workqueue_struct *wq;
+ struct parallel_data *pd;
+ cpumask_var_t cpumask;
+ struct mutex lock;
+ u8 flags;
+#define PADATA_INIT 1
+#define PADATA_RESET 2
+};
+
+extern struct padata_instance *padata_alloc(const struct cpumask *cpumask,
+ struct workqueue_struct *wq);
+extern void padata_free(struct padata_instance *pinst);
+extern int padata_do_parallel(struct padata_instance *pinst,
+ struct padata_priv *padata, int cb_cpu);
+extern void padata_do_serial(struct padata_priv *padata);
+extern int padata_set_cpumask(struct padata_instance *pinst,
+ cpumask_var_t cpumask);
+extern int padata_add_cpu(struct padata_instance *pinst, int cpu);
+extern int padata_remove_cpu(struct padata_instance *pinst, int cpu);
+extern void padata_start(struct padata_instance *pinst);
+extern void padata_stop(struct padata_instance *pinst);
+#endif
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index a23da9f01803..9fd23bcc1709 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1252,4 +1252,8 @@ source "block/Kconfig"
config PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
bool
+config PADATA
+ depends on SMP
+ bool
+
source "kernel/Kconfig.locks"
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 864ff75d65f2..6aebdeb2aa34 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_DEBUG) += slow-work-debugfs.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS) += perf_event.o
obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT) += hw_breakpoint.o
obj-$(CONFIG_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER) += user-return-notifier.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PADATA) += padata.o
ifneq ($(CONFIG_SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER),y)
# According to Alan Modra <alan@linuxcare.com.au>, the -fno-omit-frame-pointer is
diff --git a/kernel/padata.c b/kernel/padata.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6f9bcb8313d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/padata.c
@@ -0,0 +1,690 @@
+/*
+ * padata.c - generic interface to process data streams in parallel
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 secunet Security Networks AG
+ * Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/cpumask.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/padata.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
+
+#define MAX_SEQ_NR INT_MAX - NR_CPUS
+#define MAX_OBJ_NUM 10000 * NR_CPUS
+
+static int padata_index_to_cpu(struct parallel_data *pd, int cpu_index)
+{
+ int cpu, target_cpu;
+
+ target_cpu = cpumask_first(pd->cpumask);
+ for (cpu = 0; cpu < cpu_index; cpu++)
+ target_cpu = cpumask_next(target_cpu, pd->cpumask);
+
+ return target_cpu;
+}
+
+static int padata_cpu_hash(struct padata_priv *padata)
+{
+ int cpu_index;
+ struct parallel_data *pd;
+
+ pd = padata->pd;
+
+ /*
+ * Hash the sequence numbers to the cpus by taking
+ * seq_nr mod. number of cpus in use.
+ */
+ cpu_index = padata->seq_nr % cpumask_weight(pd->cpumask);
+
+ return padata_index_to_cpu(pd, cpu_index);
+}
+
+static void padata_parallel_worker(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ struct padata_queue *queue;
+ struct parallel_data *pd;
+ struct padata_instance *pinst;
+ LIST_HEAD(local_list);
+
+ local_bh_disable();
+ queue = container_of(work, struct padata_queue, pwork);
+ pd = queue->pd;
+ pinst = pd->pinst;
+
+ spin_lock(&queue->parallel.lock);
+ list_replace_init(&queue->parallel.list, &local_list);
+ spin_unlock(&queue->parallel.lock);
+
+ while (!list_empty(&local_list)) {
+ struct padata_priv *padata;
+
+ padata = list_entry(local_list.next,
+ struct padata_priv, list);
+
+ list_del_init(&padata->list);
+
+ padata->parallel(padata);
+ }
+
+ local_bh_enable();
+}
+
+/*
+ * padata_do_parallel - padata parallelization function
+ *
+ * @pinst: padata instance
+ * @padata: object to be parallelized
+ * @cb_cpu: cpu the serialization callback function will run on,
+ * must be in the cpumask of padata.
+ *
+ * The parallelization callback function will run with BHs off.
+ * Note: Every object which is parallelized by padata_do_parallel
+ * must be seen by padata_do_serial.
+ */
+int padata_do_parallel(struct padata_instance *pinst,
+ struct padata_priv *padata, int cb_cpu)
+{
+ int target_cpu, err;
+ struct padata_queue *queue;
+ struct parallel_data *pd;
+
+ rcu_read_lock_bh();
+
+ pd = rcu_dereference(pinst->pd);
+
+ err = 0;
+ if (!(pinst->flags & PADATA_INIT))
+ goto out;
+
+ err = -EBUSY;
+ if ((pinst->flags & PADATA_RESET))
+ goto out;
+
+ if (atomic_read(&pd->refcnt) >= MAX_OBJ_NUM)
+ goto out;
+
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cb_cpu, pd->cpumask))
+ goto out;
+
+ err = -EINPROGRESS;
+ atomic_inc(&pd->refcnt);
+ padata->pd = pd;
+ padata->cb_cpu = cb_cpu;
+
+ if (unlikely(atomic_read(&pd->seq_nr) == pd->max_seq_nr))
+ atomic_set(&pd->seq_nr, -1);
+
+ padata->seq_nr = atomic_inc_return(&pd->seq_nr);
+
+ target_cpu = padata_cpu_hash(padata);
+ queue = per_cpu_ptr(pd->queue, target_cpu);
+
+ spin_lock(&queue->parallel.lock);
+ list_add_tail(&padata->list, &queue->parallel.list);
+ spin_unlock(&queue->parallel.lock);
+
+ queue_work_on(target_cpu, pinst->wq, &queue->pwork);
+
+out:
+ rcu_read_unlock_bh();
+
+ return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(padata_do_parallel);
+
+static struct padata_priv *padata_get_next(struct parallel_data *pd)
+{
+ int cpu, num_cpus, empty, calc_seq_nr;
+ int seq_nr, next_nr, overrun, next_overrun;
+ struct padata_queue *queue, *next_queue;
+ struct padata_priv *padata;
+ struct padata_list *reorder;
+
+ empty = 0;
+ next_nr = -1;
+ next_overrun = 0;
+ next_queue = NULL;
+
+ num_cpus = cpumask_weight(pd->cpumask);
+
+ for_each_cpu(cpu, pd->cpumask) {
+ queue = per_cpu_ptr(pd->queue, cpu);
+ reorder = &queue->reorder;
+
+ /*
+ * Calculate the seq_nr of the object that should be
+ * next in this queue.
+ */
+ overrun = 0;
+ calc_seq_nr = (atomic_read(&queue->num_obj) * num_cpus)
+ + queue->cpu_index;
+
+ if (unlikely(calc_seq_nr > pd->max_seq_nr)) {
+ calc_seq_nr = calc_seq_nr - pd->max_seq_nr - 1;
+ overrun = 1;
+ }
+
+ if (!list_empty(&reorder->list)) {
+ padata = list_entry(reorder->list.next,
+ struct padata_priv, list);
+
+ seq_nr = padata->seq_nr;
+ BUG_ON(calc_seq_nr != seq_nr);
+ } else {
+ seq_nr = calc_seq_nr;
+ empty++;
+ }
+
+ if (next_nr < 0 || seq_nr < next_nr
+ || (next_overrun && !overrun)) {
+ next_nr = seq_nr;
+ next_overrun = overrun;
+ next_queue = queue;
+ }
+ }
+
+ padata = NULL;
+
+ if (empty == num_cpus)
+ goto out;
+
+ reorder = &next_queue->reorder;
+
+ if (!list_empty(&reorder->list)) {
+ padata = list_entry(reorder->list.next,
+ struct padata_priv, list);
+
+ if (unlikely(next_overrun)) {
+ for_each_cpu(cpu, pd->cpumask) {
+ queue = per_cpu_ptr(pd->queue, cpu);
+ atomic_set(&queue->num_obj, 0);
+ }
+ }
+
+ spin_lock(&reorder->lock);
+ list_del_init(&padata->list);
+ atomic_dec(&pd->reorder_objects);
+ spin_unlock(&reorder->lock);
+
+ atomic_inc(&next_queue->num_obj);
+
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ if (next_nr % num_cpus == next_queue->cpu_index) {
+ padata = ERR_PTR(-ENODATA);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ padata = ERR_PTR(-EINPROGRESS);
+out:
+ return padata;
+}
+
+static void padata_reorder(struct parallel_data *pd)
+{
+ struct padata_priv *padata;
+ struct padata_queue *queue;
+ struct padata_instance *pinst = pd->pinst;
+
+try_again:
+ if (!spin_trylock_bh(&pd->lock))
+ goto out;
+
+ while (1) {
+ padata = padata_get_next(pd);
+
+ if (!padata || PTR_ERR(padata) == -EINPROGRESS)
+ break;
+
+ if (PTR_ERR(padata) == -ENODATA) {
+ spin_unlock_bh(&pd->lock);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ queue = per_cpu_ptr(pd->queue, padata->cb_cpu);
+
+ spin_lock(&queue->serial.lock);
+ list_add_tail(&padata->list, &queue->serial.list);
+ spin_unlock(&queue->serial.lock);
+
+ queue_work_on(padata->cb_cpu, pinst->wq, &queue->swork);
+ }
+
+ spin_unlock_bh(&pd->lock);
+
+ if (atomic_read(&pd->reorder_objects))
+ goto try_again;
+
+out:
+ return;
+}
+
+static void padata_serial_worker(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ struct padata_queue *queue;
+ struct parallel_data *pd;
+ LIST_HEAD(local_list);
+
+ local_bh_disable();
+ queue = container_of(work, struct padata_queue, swork);
+ pd = queue->pd;
+
+ spin_lock(&queue->serial.lock);
+ list_replace_init(&queue->serial.list, &local_list);
+ spin_unlock(&queue->serial.lock);
+
+ while (!list_empty(&local_list)) {
+ struct padata_priv *padata;
+
+ padata = list_entry(local_list.next,
+ struct padata_priv, list);
+
+ list_del_init(&padata->list);
+
+ padata->serial(padata);
+ atomic_dec(&pd->refcnt);
+ }
+ local_bh_enable();
+}
+
+/*
+ * padata_do_serial - padata serialization function
+ *
+ * @padata: object to be serialized.
+ *
+ * padata_do_serial must be called for every parallelized object.
+ * The serialization callback function will run with BHs off.
+ */
+void padata_do_serial(struct padata_priv *padata)
+{
+ int cpu;
+ struct padata_queue *queue;
+ struct parallel_data *pd;
+
+ pd = padata->pd;
+
+ cpu = get_cpu();
+ queue = per_cpu_ptr(pd->queue, cpu);
+
+ spin_lock(&queue->reorder.lock);
+ atomic_inc(&pd->reorder_objects);
+ list_add_tail(&padata->list, &queue->reorder.list);
+ spin_unlock(&queue->reorder.lock);
+
+ put_cpu();
+
+ padata_reorder(pd);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(padata_do_serial);
+
+static struct parallel_data *padata_alloc_pd(struct padata_instance *pinst,
+ const struct cpumask *cpumask)
+{
+ int cpu, cpu_index, num_cpus;
+ struct padata_queue *queue;
+ struct parallel_data *pd;
+
+ cpu_index = 0;
+
+ pd = kzalloc(sizeof(struct parallel_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!pd)
+ goto err;
+
+ pd->queue = alloc_percpu(struct padata_queue);
+ if (!pd->queue)
+ goto err_free_pd;
+
+ if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&pd->cpumask, GFP_KERNEL))
+ goto err_free_queue;
+
+ for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+ queue = per_cpu_ptr(pd->queue, cpu);
+
+ queue->pd = pd;
+
+ if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, cpumask)
+ && cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, cpu_active_mask)) {
+ queue->cpu_index = cpu_index;
+ cpu_index++;
+ } else
+ queue->cpu_index = -1;
+
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&queue->reorder.list);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&queue->parallel.list);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&queue->serial.list);
+ spin_lock_init(&queue->reorder.lock);
+ spin_lock_init(&queue->parallel.lock);
+ spin_lock_init(&queue->serial.lock);
+
+ INIT_WORK(&queue->pwork, padata_parallel_worker);
+ INIT_WORK(&queue->swork, padata_serial_worker);
+ atomic_set(&queue->num_obj, 0);
+ }
+
+ cpumask_and(pd->cpumask, cpumask, cpu_active_mask);
+
+ num_cpus = cpumask_weight(pd->cpumask);
+ pd->max_seq_nr = (MAX_SEQ_NR / num_cpus) * num_cpus - 1;
+
+ atomic_set(&pd->seq_nr, -1);
+ atomic_set(&pd->reorder_objects, 0);
+ atomic_set(&pd->refcnt, 0);
+ pd->pinst = pinst;
+ spin_lock_init(&pd->lock);
+
+ return pd;
+
+err_free_queue:
+ free_percpu(pd->queue);
+err_free_pd:
+ kfree(pd);
+err:
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+static void padata_free_pd(struct parallel_data *pd)
+{
+ free_cpumask_var(pd->cpumask);
+ free_percpu(pd->queue);
+ kfree(pd);
+}
+
+static void padata_replace(struct padata_instance *pinst,
+ struct parallel_data *pd_new)
+{
+ struct parallel_data *pd_old = pinst->pd;
+
+ pinst->flags |= PADATA_RESET;
+
+ rcu_assign_pointer(pinst->pd, pd_new);
+
+ synchronize_rcu();
+
+ while (atomic_read(&pd_old->refcnt) != 0)
+ yield();
+
+ flush_workqueue(pinst->wq);
+
+ padata_free_pd(pd_old);
+
+ pinst->flags &= ~PADATA_RESET;
+}
+
+/*
+ * padata_set_cpumask - set the cpumask that padata should use
+ *
+ * @pinst: padata instance
+ * @cpumask: the cpumask to use
+ */
+int padata_set_cpumask(struct padata_instance *pinst,
+ cpumask_var_t cpumask)
+{
+ struct parallel_data *pd;
+ int err = 0;
+
+ might_sleep();
+
+ mutex_lock(&pinst->lock);
+
+ pd = padata_alloc_pd(pinst, cpumask);
+ if (!pd) {
+ err = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ cpumask_copy(pinst->cpumask, cpumask);
+
+ padata_replace(pinst, pd);
+
+out:
+ mutex_unlock(&pinst->lock);
+
+ return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(padata_set_cpumask);
+
+static int __padata_add_cpu(struct padata_instance *pinst, int cpu)
+{
+ struct parallel_data *pd;
+
+ if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, cpu_active_mask)) {
+ pd = padata_alloc_pd(pinst, pinst->cpumask);
+ if (!pd)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ padata_replace(pinst, pd);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * padata_add_cpu - add a cpu to the padata cpumask
+ *
+ * @pinst: padata instance
+ * @cpu: cpu to add
+ */
+int padata_add_cpu(struct padata_instance *pinst, int cpu)
+{
+ int err;
+
+ might_sleep();
+
+ mutex_lock(&pinst->lock);
+
+ cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, pinst->cpumask);
+ err = __padata_add_cpu(pinst, cpu);
+
+ mutex_unlock(&pinst->lock);
+
+ return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(padata_add_cpu);
+
+static int __padata_remove_cpu(struct padata_instance *pinst, int cpu)
+{
+ struct parallel_data *pd;
+
+ if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, cpu_online_mask)) {
+ pd = padata_alloc_pd(pinst, pinst->cpumask);
+ if (!pd)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ padata_replace(pinst, pd);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * padata_remove_cpu - remove a cpu from the padata cpumask
+ *
+ * @pinst: padata instance
+ * @cpu: cpu to remove
+ */
+int padata_remove_cpu(struct padata_instance *pinst, int cpu)
+{
+ int err;
+
+ might_sleep();
+
+ mutex_lock(&pinst->lock);
+
+ cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, pinst->cpumask);
+ err = __padata_remove_cpu(pinst, cpu);
+
+ mutex_unlock(&pinst->lock);
+
+ return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(padata_remove_cpu);
+
+/*
+ * padata_start - start the parallel processing
+ *
+ * @pinst: padata instance to start
+ */
+void padata_start(struct padata_instance *pinst)
+{
+ might_sleep();
+
+ mutex_lock(&pinst->lock);
+ pinst->flags |= PADATA_INIT;
+ mutex_unlock(&pinst->lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(padata_start);
+
+/*
+ * padata_stop - stop the parallel processing
+ *
+ * @pinst: padata instance to stop
+ */
+void padata_stop(struct padata_instance *pinst)
+{
+ might_sleep();
+
+ mutex_lock(&pinst->lock);
+ pinst->flags &= ~PADATA_INIT;
+ mutex_unlock(&pinst->lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(padata_stop);
+
+static int __cpuinit padata_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
+ unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
+{
+ int err;
+ struct padata_instance *pinst;
+ int cpu = (unsigned long)hcpu;
+
+ pinst = container_of(nfb, struct padata_instance, cpu_notifier);
+
+ switch (action) {
+ case CPU_ONLINE:
+ case CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN:
+ if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, pinst->cpumask))
+ break;
+ mutex_lock(&pinst->lock);
+ err = __padata_add_cpu(pinst, cpu);
+ mutex_unlock(&pinst->lock);
+ if (err)
+ return NOTIFY_BAD;
+ break;
+
+ case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE:
+ case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE_FROZEN:
+ if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, pinst->cpumask))
+ break;
+ mutex_lock(&pinst->lock);
+ err = __padata_remove_cpu(pinst, cpu);
+ mutex_unlock(&pinst->lock);
+ if (err)
+ return NOTIFY_BAD;
+ break;
+
+ case CPU_UP_CANCELED:
+ case CPU_UP_CANCELED_FROZEN:
+ if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, pinst->cpumask))
+ break;
+ mutex_lock(&pinst->lock);
+ __padata_remove_cpu(pinst, cpu);
+ mutex_unlock(&pinst->lock);
+
+ case CPU_DOWN_FAILED:
+ case CPU_DOWN_FAILED_FROZEN:
+ if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, pinst->cpumask))
+ break;
+ mutex_lock(&pinst->lock);
+ __padata_add_cpu(pinst, cpu);
+ mutex_unlock(&pinst->lock);
+ }
+
+ return NOTIFY_OK;
+}
+
+/*
+ * padata_alloc - allocate and initialize a padata instance
+ *
+ * @cpumask: cpumask that padata uses for parallelization
+ * @wq: workqueue to use for the allocated padata instance
+ */
+struct padata_instance *padata_alloc(const struct cpumask *cpumask,
+ struct workqueue_struct *wq)
+{
+ int err;
+ struct padata_instance *pinst;
+ struct parallel_data *pd;
+
+ pinst = kzalloc(sizeof(struct padata_instance), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!pinst)
+ goto err;
+
+ pd = padata_alloc_pd(pinst, cpumask);
+ if (!pd)
+ goto err_free_inst;
+
+ rcu_assign_pointer(pinst->pd, pd);
+
+ pinst->wq = wq;
+
+ cpumask_copy(pinst->cpumask, cpumask);
+
+ pinst->flags = 0;
+
+ pinst->cpu_notifier.notifier_call = padata_cpu_callback;
+ pinst->cpu_notifier.priority = 0;
+ err = register_hotcpu_notifier(&pinst->cpu_notifier);
+ if (err)
+ goto err_free_pd;
+
+ mutex_init(&pinst->lock);
+
+ return pinst;
+
+err_free_pd:
+ padata_free_pd(pd);
+err_free_inst:
+ kfree(pinst);
+err:
+ return NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(padata_alloc);
+
+/*
+ * padata_free - free a padata instance
+ *
+ * @ padata_inst: padata instance to free
+ */
+void padata_free(struct padata_instance *pinst)
+{
+ padata_stop(pinst);
+
+ synchronize_rcu();
+
+ while (atomic_read(&pinst->pd->refcnt) != 0)
+ yield();
+
+ unregister_hotcpu_notifier(&pinst->cpu_notifier);
+ padata_free_pd(pinst->pd);
+ kfree(pinst);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(padata_free);