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Stefan Metzmacher 50b7b6f29d x86/process: setup io_threads more like normal user space threads
As io_threads are fully set up USER threads it's clearer to separate the
code path from the KTHREAD logic.

The only remaining difference to user space threads is that io_threads
never return to user space again. Instead they loop within the given
worker function.

The fact that they never return to user space means they don't have an
user space thread stack. In order to indicate that to tools like gdb we
reset the stack and instruction pointers to 0.

This allows gdb attach to user space processes using io-uring, which like
means that they have io_threads, without printing worrying message like
this:

  warning: Selected architecture i386:x86-64 is not compatible with reported target architecture i386

  warning: Architecture rejected target-supplied description

The output will be something like this:

  (gdb) info threads
    Id   Target Id                  Frame
  * 1    LWP 4863 "io_uring-cp-for" syscall () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/syscall.S:38
    2    LWP 4864 "iou-mgr-4863"    0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
    3    LWP 4865 "iou-wrk-4863"    0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
  (gdb) thread 3
  [Switching to thread 3 (LWP 4865)]
  #0  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
  (gdb) bt
  #0  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
  Backtrace stopped: Cannot access memory at address 0x0

Fixes: 4727dc20e0 ("arch: setup PF_IO_WORKER threads like PF_KTHREAD")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/io-uring/044d0bad-6888-a211-e1d3-159a4aeed52d@polymtl.ca/T/#m1bbf5727e3d4e839603f6ec7ed79c7eebfba6267
Signed-off-by: Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
cc: io-uring@vger.kernel.org
cc: x86@kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210505110310.237537-1-metze@samba.org
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2021-05-05 17:47:41 -06:00
arch x86/process: setup io_threads more like normal user space threads 2021-05-05 17:47:41 -06:00
block SCSI misc on 20210428 2021-04-28 17:22:10 -07:00
certs certs: add 'x509_revocation_list' to gitignore 2021-04-26 10:48:07 -07:00
crypto for-5.13/drivers-2021-04-27 2021-04-28 14:39:37 -07:00
Documentation - removed get_fs/set_fs 2021-04-29 11:28:08 -07:00
drivers - removed get_fs/set_fs 2021-04-29 11:28:08 -07:00
fs io_uring: truncate lengths larger than MAX_RW_COUNT on provide buffers 2021-05-05 15:17:35 -06:00
include The x86 MM changes in this cycle were: 2021-04-29 11:41:43 -07:00
init Merge branch 'for-5.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2021-04-27 18:47:42 -07:00
ipc fs: make helpers idmap mount aware 2021-01-24 14:27:20 +01:00
kernel The x86 MM changes in this cycle were: 2021-04-29 11:41:43 -07:00
lib - removed get_fs/set_fs 2021-04-29 11:28:08 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add the CC-BY-4.0 license 2020-12-08 10:33:27 -07:00
mm \n 2021-04-29 11:06:13 -07:00
net Scheduler updates for this cycle are: 2021-04-28 13:33:57 -07:00
samples vfio/mdev: Correct the function signatures for the mdev_type_attributes 2021-04-12 10:36:00 -06:00
scripts Devicetree updates for v5.13: 2021-04-28 15:50:24 -07:00
security Devicetree updates for v5.13: 2021-04-28 15:50:24 -07:00
sound - Core Frameworks 2021-04-28 15:59:13 -07:00
tools Perf events changes in this cycle were: 2021-04-28 13:03:44 -07:00
usr Kbuild updates for v5.12 2021-02-25 10:17:31 -08:00
virt KVM: x86/mmu: Consider the hva in mmu_notifier retry 2021-02-22 13:16:53 -05:00
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.gitignore clang-lto series for v5.12-rc1 2021-02-23 09:28:51 -08:00
.mailmap It's been a relatively busy cycle in docsland, though more than usually 2021-04-26 13:22:43 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS - Core Frameworks 2021-04-28 15:59:13 -07:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: add io_uring tool to IO_URING 2021-05-05 15:22:28 -06:00
Makefile CFI on arm64 series for v5.13-rc1 2021-04-27 10:16:46 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.